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Installation

Requirements

  • Node.js 22+ or Bun 1.0+
  • TypeScript is optional — Brainy ships with full type definitions

Install

npm install @soulcraft/brainy

Or with your preferred package manager:

bun add @soulcraft/brainy
yarn add @soulcraft/brainy
pnpm add @soulcraft/brainy

Verify

import { Brainy } from '@soulcraft/brainy'

const brain = new Brainy()
await brain.init()

console.log('Brainy ready.')

Native Acceleration (Optional)

For production workloads, add Cortex for Rust-accelerated SIMD distance calculations, vector quantization, and native embeddings:

npm install @soulcraft/cortex
import { Brainy } from '@soulcraft/brainy'
import { registerCortex } from '@soulcraft/cortex'

registerCortex()  // activates native acceleration globally

const brain = new Brainy()
await brain.init()

Cortex delivers a 5.2x geometric mean speedup — see Brainy vs Cortex for measured benchmarks.

Browser (OPFS)

Brainy works in the browser using the Origin Private File System:

import { Brainy } from '@soulcraft/brainy'

const brain = new Brainy({ storage: 'opfs' })
await brain.init()

No server required. Data persists across page refreshes in the browser's private storage.

TypeScript

Brainy ships with full TypeScript types. No @types/ package needed:

import { Brainy, NounType, VerbType } from '@soulcraft/brainy'

const brain = new Brainy()
await brain.init()

const id = await brain.add({
  data: 'Hello, Brainy',
  type: NounType.Concept,
  metadata: { created: Date.now() }
})

Next Steps