Common questions about this section
  • How do I download Antfly?
  • How do I install Antfly on macOS?
  • How do I install Antfly on Linux?
  • How do I run Antfly with Docker?

Download Antfly#

Early-Access Release#

Antfly is currently in pre-alpha development. We are actively working on features and improvements, and we welcome your feedback.

Installation Instructions#

After downloading, extract the archive and add the antfly binary to your PATH:

brew install antflydb/antfly/antfly antflydb/antfly/antflycli

or tap homebrew-antfly and install separately:

brew tap antflydb/antfly
brew install antfly antflycli

Omni Edition (Experimental)#

The Omni edition is experimental and may have bugs or compatibility issues. Use the standard edition above for production workloads.

The Omni edition includes bundled ONNX Runtime and XLA libraries for faster local ML inference. This allows Antfly to generate embeddings directly without requiring an external embedding service like Ollama.

When to use the Omni edition:

  • You want faster embedding generation with optimized ONNX models
  • You prefer a self-contained binary with bundled ML runtime
  • You don't want to run a separate embedding service

When to use the standard edition:

  • You're running in production
  • You want a smaller binary size
  • You're already using Ollama or another embedding provider

Download Antfly Omni Edition#

Installation Instructions#

brew install --cask antflydb/antfly/antfly-omni

or tap homebrew-antfly first:

brew tap antflydb/antfly
brew install --cask antfly-omni

The Omni cask installs bundled libraries in lib/ alongside the binary. These are automatically found at runtime.