diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index ba386852..241d0e03 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -36,7 +36,28 @@ Its goal is to become the [AUTOMATIC1111/stable-diffusion-webui](https://github. ## Installation -The recommended installation methods are the following: +### One-click installers + +[oobabooga-windows.zip](https://github.com/oobabooga/text-generation-webui/releases/download/installers/oobabooga-windows.zip) + +Just download the zip above, extract it, and double click on "install". The web UI and all its dependencies will be installed in the same folder. + +* To download a model, double click on "download-model" +* To start the web UI, double click on "start-webui" + +Source codes: https://github.com/oobabooga/one-click-installers + +> **Note** +> +> Thanks to [@jllllll](https://github.com/jllllll) and [@ClayShoaf](https://github.com/ClayShoaf), the Windows 1-click installer now sets up 8-bit and 4-bit requirements out of the box. No additional installation steps are necessary. + +> **Note** +> +> There is no need to run the installer as admin. + +### Manual installation using Conda + +These are the recommended installation methods: * Linux and MacOS: using conda natively. * Windows: using conda on WSL ([WSL installation guide](https://github.com/oobabooga/text-generation-webui/wiki/Windows-Subsystem-for-Linux-(Ubuntu)-Installation-Guide)). @@ -84,24 +105,8 @@ pip install -r requirements.txt > > For bitsandbytes and `--load-in-8bit` to work on Linux/WSL, this dirty fix is currently necessary: https://github.com/oobabooga/text-generation-webui/issues/400#issuecomment-1474876859 -### Alternative: one-click installers -[oobabooga-windows.zip](https://github.com/oobabooga/one-click-installers/archive/refs/heads/oobabooga-windows.zip) - -[oobabooga-linux.zip](https://github.com/oobabooga/one-click-installers/archive/refs/heads/oobabooga-linux.zip) - -Just download the zip above, extract it, and double click on "install". The web UI and all its dependencies will be installed in the same folder. - -* To download a model, double click on "download-model" -* To start the web UI, double click on "start-webui" - -Source codes: https://github.com/oobabooga/one-click-installers - -> **Note** -> -> To get 8-bit and 4-bit models working in your 1-click Windows installation, you can use the [one-click-bandaid](https://github.com/ClayShoaf/oobabooga-one-click-bandaid). - -### Alternative: native Windows installation +### Alternative: manual Windows installation As an alternative to the recommended WSL method, you can install the web UI natively on Windows using this guide. It will be a lot harder and the performance may be slower: [Installation instructions for human beings](https://github.com/oobabooga/text-generation-webui/wiki/Installation-instructions-for-human-beings).