From 834d959b11331a3777ac828bb9ebe0ffa0fa666a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Igor Ilic <30923996+dexters1@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 26 May 2025 15:47:57 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Readme local install (#872)

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## Description
Add info about installing Cognee locally

## DCO Affirmation
I affirm that all code in every commit of this pull request conforms to
the terms of the Topoteretes Developer Certificate of Origin.
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 README.md | 22 ++++++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e78735f58..832ffaa3a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 
 Build dynamic Agent memory using scalable, modular ECL (Extract, Cognify, Load) pipelines.
 
-More on [use-cases](https://docs.cognee.ai/use-cases) and [evals](https://github.com/topoteretes/cognee/tree/main/evals) 
+More on [use-cases](https://docs.cognee.ai/use-cases) and [evals](https://github.com/topoteretes/cognee/tree/main/evals)
 
   <p align="center">
   🌐 Available Languages
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ More on [use-cases](https://docs.cognee.ai/use-cases) and [evals](https://github
   ·
   <a href="assets/community/README.ru.md">🇷🇺 Русский</a>
   </p>
-  
+
 
 <div style="text-align: center">
   <img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/topoteretes/cognee/refs/heads/main/assets/cognee_benefits.png" alt="Why cognee?" width="50%" />
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ Your contributions are at the core of making this a true open source project. An
 
 ## 📦 Installation
 
-You can install Cognee using either **pip**, **poetry**, **uv** or any other python package manager. 
+You can install Cognee using either **pip**, **poetry**, **uv** or any other python package manager.
 Cognee supports Python 3.8 to 3.12
 
 ### With pip
@@ -82,6 +82,17 @@ Cognee supports Python 3.8 to 3.12
 pip install cognee
 ```
 
+## Local Cognee installation
+
+You can install the local Cognee repo using **pip**, **poetry** and **uv**.
+For local pip installation please make sure your pip version is above version 21.3.
+
+### with UV with all optional dependencies
+
+```bash
+uv sync --all-extras
+```
+
 ## 💻 Basic Usage
 
 ### Setup
@@ -127,12 +138,12 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
 Example output:
 ```
   Natural Language Processing (NLP) is a cross-disciplinary and interdisciplinary field that involves computer science and information retrieval. It focuses on the interaction between computers and human language, enabling machines to understand and process natural language.
-  
+
 ```
 
 ### cognee UI
 
-You can also cognify your files and query using cognee UI. 
+You can also cognify your files and query using cognee UI.
 
 <img src="assets/cognee-ui-2.webp" width="100%" alt="Cognee UI 2"></a>
 
@@ -175,4 +186,3 @@ We are committed to making open source an enjoyable and respectful experience fo
 ## Star History
 
 [![Star History Chart](https://api.star-history.com/svg?repos=topoteretes/cognee&type=Date)](https://star-history.com/#topoteretes/cognee&Date)
-