From a618ca569905a1ea4fa30acd210905acac8836eb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jared Van Bortel Date: Wed, 15 May 2024 14:10:10 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] readme: document difference between installers (#2336) Signed-off-by: Jared Van Bortel --- README.md | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 0d39fd21..ecaf7db9 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -33,6 +33,13 @@ Learn more in the [documentation](https://docs.gpt4all.io). A GPT4All model is a 3GB - 8GB file that you can download and plug into the GPT4All software. **Nomic AI** supports and maintains this software ecosystem to enforce quality and security alongside spearheading the effort to allow any person or enterprise to easily deploy their own on-edge large language models. +### Installation + +The recommended way to install GPT4All is to use one of the online installers linked above in this README, which are also available at the [GPT4All website](https://gpt4all.io/). These require an internet connection at install time, are slightly easier to use on macOS due to code signing, and provide a version of GPT4All that can check for updates. + +An alternative way to install GPT4All is to use one of the offline installers available on the [Releases page](https://github.com/nomic-ai/gpt4all/releases). These do not require an internet connection at install time, and can be used to install an older version of GPT4All if so desired. But using these requires acknowledging a security warning on macOS, and they provide a version of GPT4All that is unable to notify you of updates, so you should enable notifications for Releases on this repository (Watch > Custom > Releases) or sign up for announcements in our [Discord server](https://discord.gg/mGZE39AS3e). + + ### What's New - **October 19th, 2023**: GGUF Support Launches with Support for: - Mistral 7b base model, an updated model gallery on [gpt4all.io](https://gpt4all.io), several new local code models including Rift Coder v1.5 @@ -44,6 +51,7 @@ A GPT4All model is a 3GB - 8GB file that you can download and plug into the GPT4 [Docker-based API server]: https://github.com/nomic-ai/gpt4all/tree/cef74c2be20f5b697055d5b8b506861c7b997fab/gpt4all-api + ### Building From Source * Follow the instructions [here](gpt4all-chat/build_and_run.md) to build the GPT4All Chat UI from source.