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Getting started

Manual setup

Run llama-dash from source against an existing llama-swap instance.

Run llama-dash directly with Node when you already have a llama-swap instance, or you want a development setup.

Requirements

  • Node 24+
  • pnpm
  • A reachable llama-swap instance

Install

Configure the environment

cp .env.example .env

Edit .env and set INFERENCE_BASE_URL to point at your llama-swap instance (default http://localhost:8080). See Configuration for the full list of variables.

Install dependencies and migrate the database

pnpm install
pnpm db:migrate

pnpm db:migrate creates the SQLite database at data/dash.db. Migrations are always applied explicitly — they never run automatically at boot.

Start the dev server

pnpm dev

The dev server runs on http://localhost:5173.

The development server listens on 5173; the production Docker image and the diagrams in these docs use 3000. Adjust client base URLs to match how you run it.

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