Installation

AlphaBase can be installed and used on all major operating systems (Windows, MacOS and Linux). There are two different types of installation possible:

Users

Users can install AlphaBase as a Python package in an existing Python environment.

## Optional: create a python environment
# conda create -n alphabase python=3.9 -y && conda activate alphabase

pip install alphabase

To enforce stringent dependencies (recommended), you can install the stable version of AlphaBase

pip install "alphabase[stable]"

Development version

For development, clone the latest version from GitHub to an appropriate location on your personal device and install an editable version:

## Optional: Create development environment
# conda create -n alphabase_dev python=3.9 -y && conda activate alphabase_dev

# Clone repository
git clone https://github.com/MannLabs/alphabase.git
cd alphabase

# Install editable development version
pip install -e ".[development]"