# VLM Demo > *VLM Demo*: Lightweight repo for chatting with models loaded into *VLM Bench*. --- ## Installation This repository can be installed as follows: ```bash git clone git@github.com:TRI-ML/vlm-demo.git cd vlm-demo pip install -e . ``` This repository also requires that the `vlm-bench` package (`vlbench`) and `prismatic-vlms` package (`prisma`) are installed in the current environment. These can both be installed from source from the following git repos: `vlm-bench`: `https://github.com/TRI-ML/vlm-bench` `prismatic-vlms`: `https://github.com/TRI-ML/prismatic-vlms` ## Usage Start Gradio Controller: `serve/gradio_controller.py` Start Gradio Web Server: `serve/gradio_web_server.py` Run interactive demo: `interactive_demo.py` To run the demo, run the following commands: Start Gradio Controller: `python -m serve.controller --host 0.0.0.0 --port 10000` Start Gradio Web Server: `python -m serve.gradio_web_server --controller http://localhost:10000 --model-list-mode reload --share` Run interactive demo: `CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES=0 python -m interactive_demo --port 40000 --model_dir ` ## Contributing Before committing to the repository, *make sure to set up your dev environment!* Here are the basic development environment setup guidelines: + Fork/clone the repository, performing an editable installation. Make sure to install with the development dependencies (e.g., `pip install -e ".[dev]"`); this will install `black`, `ruff`, and `pre-commit`. + Install `pre-commit` hooks (`pre-commit install`). + Branch for the specific feature/issue, issuing PR against the upstream repository for review.