New here? Start with Install Strata. Download the one installer for your system (Windows, Linux or Mac), or install the Terminal with one line. Both use released engine packages. This documentation is for version 0.2.5.
| I want to… | Guide |
|---|---|
| Install or update | Desktop app and Terminal |
| Choose a model and check memory | Models and quantizations |
| Run DeepSeek V4.1-Flash (app and Terminal) | DeepSeek V4.1-Flash |
| Start from the command line | Terminal launch |
| Connect a coding tool | Tool connections |
| Fix an install or startup problem | Troubleshooting |
| Check privacy, downloads and network access | Safety and privacy |
Use the guide for your GPU and operating system. Model and feature support can differ between backends.
| Hardware | Guide |
|---|---|
| NVIDIA RTX 20 / 30 / 40 / 50 | Install |
| AMD Radeon (RX and AI PRO R9700) | AMD / HIP |
| AMD Ryzen AI Max / Strix Halo | Strix Halo, on Windows |
| Intel Arc on Linux | Intel Arc |
| Apple Silicon | Mac / Metal |
| More than one GPU | Multiple GPUs |
| Two cards: one reads the prompt, one makes the answer (opt-in) | Split serving |
| Older GPUs | Experimental hardware |
- Build or run from a source checkout
- Docker
- Contribution rules
- Community benchmarks and the standard benchmark protocol
- How the engine works, technical reference and Terminal reference
- KVA: approximate prompt processing for the late layers (experimental, opt-in)
- App development and packaging
- Install for a user
- Verified facts, model availability and API reference
- Articles and videos
- Repository instructions for agents
strata launch belongs to the installed Terminal. START-HERE.bat, SETUP.bat, UPDATE.bat and setup.sh
belong to a source checkout. Raw engine commands are a third interface. Their flags are not interchangeable:
Terminal launch uses --gpu and --vision on|off; source setup uses --gpus and --vision yes|no.
Release notes, design proposals and benchmark reports describe their named versions and machines. They remain available as historical evidence; use the guides above for a new installation. A published result on one GPU does not establish support or speed on every GPU.
- Installation steps live in INSTALL.md, source steps in SOURCE_INSTALL.md. The public READMEs stay short.
- Check command examples against the parser and filenames against the release assets.
- A guide describes the current release. Version history, fixed bugs and superseded settings go in a closing
History / older measurements section, in
bench/results, or in the release notes. Do not mix them into instructions.
Every guide page has this shape:
| Part | Content |
|---|---|
| Title | # Name of the task or topic |
| Purpose | One to three lines: what the page is for and who it is for |
| Quick start or Steps | The shortest working path, commands in code blocks |
| Details | ## sections; option and flag lists as tables; short paragraphs |
| History / older measurements | Optional, last. Dated numbers only |
Label every measurement the same way, directly above the number or table:
Measured on: hardware (GPU, CPU, RAM), model or set, Strata version, workload.