Update installation instructions and replace Poetry with uv across documentation and scripts

README.md

@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ 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 **uv**, **pip**, **poetry** or any other python package manager.
 Cognee supports Python 3.8 to 3.12
 
 ### With pip
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ pip install cognee
 
 ## Local Cognee installation
 
-You can install the local Cognee repo using **pip**, **poetry** and **uv**.
+You can install the local Cognee repo using **uv**, **pip** and **poetry**.
 For local pip installation please make sure your pip version is above version 21.3.
 
 ### with UV with all optional dependencies

cognee-gui.py

@@ -23,10 +23,10 @@ except ImportError as e:
     print(
         "\nPlease install Cognee with optional gui dependencies or manually install missing dependencies.\n"
     )
-    print("\nTo install with poetry use:")
+    print("\nTo install with uv use:")
-    print("\npoetry install -E gui\n")
+    print("\nuv sync --extra gui\n")
-    print("\nOr to install with poetry and all dependencies use:")
+    print("\nOr to install with uv and all dependencies use:")
-    print("\npoetry install --all-extras\n")
+    print("\nuv sync --all-extras\n")
     print("\nTo install with pip use: ")
     print('\npip install ".[gui]"\n')
     raise e

cognee-mcp/README.md

@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ Open inspector with timeout passed:
 
 To apply new changes while developing cognee you need to do:
 
-1. `poetry lock` in cognee folder
+1. `uv lock` in cognee folder
 2. `uv sync --dev --all-extras --reinstall`
 3. `mcp dev src/server.py`
 

deployment/helm/Dockerfile

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 FROM python:3.11-slim
 
-# Define Poetry extras to install
+# Define uv extras to install
-ARG POETRY_EXTRAS="\
+ARG UV_EXTRAS="\
 # Storage & Databases \
 postgres neo4j falkordb kuzu \
 # Notebooks & Interactive Environments \
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ ARG DEBUG
 # Set environment variable based on the build argument
 ENV DEBUG=${DEBUG}
 ENV PIP_NO_CACHE_DIR=true
-ENV PATH="${PATH}:/root/.poetry/bin"
 
 
 RUN apt-get install -y \
@@ -30,16 +29,12 @@ RUN apt-get install -y \
 
 
 WORKDIR /app
-COPY pyproject.toml poetry.lock /app/
+COPY pyproject.toml uv.lock /app/
 
+RUN pip install uv
 
-RUN pip install poetry
+# Install the dependencies with uv
-
+RUN uv sync --no-dev
-# Don't create virtualenv since docker is already isolated
-RUN poetry config virtualenvs.create false
-
-# Install the dependencies
-RUN poetry install --extras "${POETRY_EXTRAS}" --no-root --without dev
 
 
 # Set the PYTHONPATH environment variable to include the /app directory

deployment/setup_ubuntu_instance.sh

@@ -26,5 +26,5 @@ sudo apt install -y python3.12
 virtualenv venv --python=python3.12
 
 source venv/bin/activate
-pip install poetry
+pip install uv
-poetry install
+uv sync

distributed/Dockerfile

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ FROM python:3.11-slim
 
 # Set environment variables
 ENV PIP_NO_CACHE_DIR=true
-ENV PATH="${PATH}:/root/.poetry/bin"
 ENV PYTHONPATH=/app
 ENV RUN_MODE=modal
 ENV SKIP_MIGRATIONS=true
@@ -19,13 +18,11 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
 
 WORKDIR /app
 
-COPY pyproject.toml poetry.lock README.md /app/
+COPY pyproject.toml uv.lock README.md /app/
 
-RUN pip install poetry
+RUN pip install uv
 
-RUN poetry config virtualenvs.create false
+RUN uv sync --extra neo4j --extra postgres --extra aws --extra distributed --no-dev
-
-RUN poetry install --extras neo4j --extras postgres --extras aws --extras distributed --no-root
 
 COPY cognee/ /app/cognee
 COPY distributed/ /app/distributed

tools/check-lockfile.py

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import sys
 
 # File and string to search for
-lockfile_name = "poetry.lock"
+lockfile_name = "uv.lock"
 hash_string = "hash = "
 threshold = 100
 
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ try:
 
     # If the loop completes without early exit, it means the threshold was not reached
     print(
-        f"Error: The string '{hash_string}' appears less than {threshold} times in {lockfile_name}, please make sure you are using an up to date poetry version."
+        f"Error: The string '{hash_string}' appears less than {threshold} times in {lockfile_name}, please make sure you are using an up to date uv version."
     )
     sys.exit(1)