Install

Requirements

Node.js ≥ 20
Either an Anthropic API key, or a local or remote OpenAI-compatible inference server (Ollama, vLLM, LM Studio, llama.cpp server, TGI, …).

From npm (recommended)

npm install -g @usepolyglot/cli

That puts a polyglot command on your PATH. pnpm add -g / yarn global add / bun add -g work too - Polyglot detects which one you used for its auto-update check.

Verify:

polyglot --version

From source

git clone https://github.com/giuseppe-sirigu/polyglot.git
cd polyglot
pnpm install
pnpm build

This builds @usepolyglot/core (the provider-agnostic engine) and @usepolyglot/cli (the terminal frontend). Run it with:

node packages/cli/dist/main.js

To get the short polyglot command from a source checkout:

pnpm setup                     # one-time: registers pnpm's global bin dir on PATH
source ~/.bashrc               # or ~/.zshrc
cd packages/cli && pnpm link --global

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