AI-Powered App and Website Builder: ChatDev for Ubuntu 24.04

ChatDev is a collaborative AI-driven software development framework. Follow these steps to install and run it on Ubuntu 24.04.

Step 1: Clone the GitHub Repository

git clone https://github.com/OpenBMB/ChatDev.git
cd ChatDev

Step 2: Set Up Python Environment

Create a Python 3.9+ Conda environment. For detailed Conda installation on Ubuntu, refer to this guide.

conda create -n ChatDev_conda_env python=3.9 -y
conda activate ChatDev_conda_env

Step 3: Install Dependencies

pip3 install -r requirements.txt

Step 4: Set OpenAI API Key

export OPENAI_API_KEY="your_OpenAI_API_key"

Step 5: Build Your Software

python3 run.py --task "[description_of_your_idea]" --name "[project_name]"

Step 6: Run Your Software

cd WareHouse/project_name_DefaultOrganization_timestamp
python3 main.py

This will successfully set up ChatDev on your Ubuntu system!