gpt-engineer/README.md

# gpt-engineer

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gpt-engineer lets you:
- Specify software in natural language
- Sit back and watch as an AI writes and executes the code
- Ask the AI to implement improvements

## Getting Started

### Install gpt-engineer

For **stable** release:

- `python -m pip install gpt-engineer`

For **development**:
- `git clone https://github.com/gpt-engineer-org/gpt-engineer.git`
- `cd gpt-engineer`
- `poetry install`
- `poetry shell` to activate the virtual environment

We actively support Python 3.10 - 3.12. The last version to support Python 3.8 - 3.9 was [0.2.6](https://pypi.org/project/gpt-engineer/0.2.6/).

### Setup API Key

Choose **one** of:
- Export env variable (you can add this to .bashrc so that you don't have to do it each time you start the terminal)
    - `export OPENAI_API_KEY=[your api key]`
- .env file:
    - Create a copy of `.env.template` named `.env`
    - Add your OPENAI_API_KEY in .env
- Custom model:
    - See [docs](https://gpt-engineer.readthedocs.io/en/latest/open_models.html), supports local model, azure, etc.

Check the [Windows README](./WINDOWS_README.md) for Windows usage.

**Other ways to run:**
- Use Docker ([instructions](docker/README.md))
- Do everything in your browser:
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### Create new code (default usage)
- Create an empty folder for your project anywhere on your computer
- Create a file called `prompt` (no extension) inside your new folder and fill it with instructions
- Run `gpte <project_dir>` with a relative path to your folder
  - For example: `gpte projects/my-new-project` from the gpt-engineer directory root with your new folder in `projects/`

### Improve Existing Code
- Locate a folder with code which you want to improve anywhere on your computer
- Create a file called `prompt` (no extension) inside your new folder and fill it with instructions for how you want to improve the code
- Run `gpte <project_dir> -i` with a relative path to your folder
  - For example: `gpte projects/my-old-project -i` from the gpt-engineer directory root with your folder in `projects/`

By running gpt-engineer you agree to our [terms](https://github.com/gpt-engineer-org/gpt-engineer/blob/main/TERMS_OF_USE.md).


## Relation to gptengineer.app (GPT Engineer)
[gptengineer.app](https://gptengineer.app/) is a commercial project for the automatic generation of web apps.
It features a UI for non-technical users connected to a git-controlled codebase.
The gptengineer.app team is actively supporting the open source community.


## Features

### Pre Prompts
You can specify the "identity" of the AI agent by overriding the `preprompts` folder, with your own version of the `preprompts`, using the `--use-custom-preprompts` argument.

Editing the `preprompts` is how you make the agent remember things between projects.

### Vision

By default, gpt-engineer expects text input via a `prompt` file. It can also accept imagine inputs for vision-capable models. This can be useful for adding UX or architecture diagrams as additional context for GPT Engineer. You can do this by specifying an image directory with the—-image_directory flag and setting a vision-capable model in the second cli argument.

E.g. `gpte projects/example-vision gpt-4-vision-preview --prompt_file prompt/text --image_directory prompt/images -i`

### Open source, local and alternative models

By default, gpt-engineer supports OpenAI Models via the OpenAI API or Azure Open AI API, and Anthropic models.

With a little extra set up you can also run with open source models, like WizardCoder. See the [documentation](https://gpt-engineer.readthedocs.io/en/latest/open_models.html) for example instructions.

## Mission

The gpt-engineer community mission is to **maintain tools that coding agent builders can use and facilitate collaboration in the open source community**.

If you are interested in contributing to this, we are interested in having you.

If you want to see our broader ambitions, check out the [roadmap](https://github.com/gpt-engineer-org/gpt-engineer/blob/main/ROADMAP.md), and join
[discord](https://discord.gg/8tcDQ89Ej2)
to get input on how you can [contribute](.github/CONTRIBUTING.md) to it.

gpt-engineer is [governed](https://github.com/gpt-engineer-org/gpt-engineer/blob/main/GOVERNANCE.md) by a board of long-term contributors. If you contribute routinely and have an interest in shaping the future of gpt-engineer, you will be considered for the board.

## Example



https://github.com/gpt-engineer-org/gpt-engineer/assets/4467025/40d0a9a8-82d0-4432-9376-136df0d57c99