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Chapter I · orientation

Install ELIPS

Five minutes. One terminal. No ports, no auth tokens.

Python

bash
pip install elips

The wheel ships the C++23 core as a compiled pybind11 extension (see docs/python/bindings/pybind11-architecture.md).

C++

bash
git clone https://github.com/axiomchronicles/elips.git
cd elips && cmake -B build -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
cmake --build build -j
  • Python 3.10+
  • C++23 toolchain: clang 17 / gcc 13 / MSVC 19.38
  • CMake ≥ 3.24
  • Optional GPU: CUDA 12 / HIP 6 / Metal / SYCL / Vulkan — selected at build time

Verify

python
import elips
db = elips.open(":memory:", dimension=4, metric="cosine")
print(db.vaults())   # ["default"]