Installation Reference

For AI agents: the documentation index is at llms.txt (full corpus: llms-full.txt). A markdown source for this page is /using-stacks/installation.md.

Complete installation reference for all Arete client SDKs.

New to Arete?

Start with the Quickstart to scaffold a working app, or Connect to a Stack to add Arete to an existing project.

Building your own stack?

If you’re creating a custom data feed, see Building Stacks → Environment Setup instead.

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TypeScript (Core)

For Node.js, Vue, Svelte, or vanilla JS:

npm install arete-typescript

Framework-agnostic with AsyncIterable-based streaming. No peer dependencies.

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TypeScript (React)

For React applications:

npm install arete-react

Peer dependencies: react ^19.0.0, zustand ^4.0.0

npm install react zustand

Which package?

• React/Next.js → arete-react
• Everything else → arete-typescript

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Rust

Add to your Cargo.toml:

[dependencies]
a4-sdk = "0.1.1"

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Next Steps

• Quickstart — Scaffold a working app in under 2 minutes
• React SDK — Build a complete React app
• TypeScript SDK — Use with Node.js, Vue, Svelte
• Rust SDK — Native Rust client

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CLI

The Arete CLI (a4) handles project scaffolding, deployment, and SDK generation.

Via npm (global):

npm install -g @usearete/a4

Or use without installing:

npx @usearete/a4 --help

Via Cargo:

cargo install a4-cli

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Troubleshooting

Issue	Solution
Cannot find module 'arete-*'	Run npm install for the relevant package
Peer dependency warnings	Install react and zustand explicitly