From 8af8bd80d2883a8025d9dccad320ed6594ee13c8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: yangdx <gzdaniel@me.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2025 21:54:47 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] docs: add frontend build steps to server installation guide

---
 README-zh.md | 16 ++++++++++++----
 README.md    | 16 ++++++++++++----
 2 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README-zh.md b/README-zh.md
index 867478bd..552d566a 100644
--- a/README-zh.md
+++ b/README-zh.md
@@ -104,18 +104,26 @@ lightrag-server
 git clone https://github.com/HKUDS/LightRAG.git
 cd LightRAG
 # 如有必要，创建Python虚拟环境
-# 以可编辑模式安装并支持API
+# 以可开发（编辑）模式安装LightRAG服务器
 pip install -e ".[api]"
-cp env.example .env
+
+cp env.example .env  # 使用你的LLM和Embedding模型访问参数更新.env文件
+
+# 构建前端代码
+cd lightrag_webui
+bun install --frozen-lockfile
+bun run build
+cd ..
+
 lightrag-server
 ```
 
 * 使用 Docker Compose 启动 LightRAG 服务器
 
-```
+```bash
 git clone https://github.com/HKUDS/LightRAG.git
 cd LightRAG
-cp env.example .env
+cp env.example .env  # 使用你的LLM和Embedding模型访问参数更新.env文件
 # modify LLM and Embedding settings in .env
 docker compose up
 ```
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 991f6b58..4603843e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -103,19 +103,27 @@ lightrag-server
 ```bash
 git clone https://github.com/HKUDS/LightRAG.git
 cd LightRAG
-# create a Python virtual enviroment if neccesary
+# Create a Python virtual enviroment if neccesary
 # Install in editable mode with API support
 pip install -e ".[api]"
-cp env.example .env
+
+cp env.example .env  # Update the .env with your LLM and embedding configurations
+
+# Build front-end artifacts
+cd lightrag_webui
+bun install --frozen-lockfile
+bun run build
+cd ..
+
 lightrag-server
 ```
 
 * Launching the LightRAG Server with Docker Compose
 
-```
+```bash
 git clone https://github.com/HKUDS/LightRAG.git
 cd LightRAG
-cp env.example .env
+cp env.example .env  # Update the .env with your LLM and embedding configurations
 # modify LLM and Embedding settings in .env
 docker compose up
 ```