Pre-release installation

Bring Ranga home.

Rangabot currently installs from source. There is no native application package yet, and the website will not pretend otherwise.

Before you begin

A modest local setup.

  • Node.js24 or newer
  • OllamaRunning locally
  • Starter chat modelllama3.2:3b
  • Embedding modelnomic-embed-text
  • Server binding127.0.0.1
  • AccountNot required

Model quality and speed vary with hardware. Larger models are not automatically better for an undersized machine.

Recommended setup

Install, inspect, then start.

The setup guide helps select a local model and initialize private storage. Doctor verifies the runtime before the app opens.

git clone https://github.com/saketh-viswanadh/rangabot.git
cd rangabot
npm install
npm run setup
npm run doctor
npm run dev
No silent model download.

Rangabot setup explains the requested artifact and hardware guidance. Installing or replacing a large model remains an explicit user decision.