Installation

Implicit Core 1.0.0 is the stable initial release, licensed under Apache-2.0. Python 3.11+ is required; Core needs no runtime dependencies. Use a dedicated virtual environment:

pip install implicit-ai
implicit --version
implicit --help
implicit-mcp --help

The distribution is implicit-ai; the import is implicit. Avoid the unrelated implicit distribution in the same environment because namespaces may collide.

Manual artifact or source installation

The GitHub Release supplies verified wheel and sdist assets. Install a downloaded wheel with python -m pip install --no-index PATH_TO_WHEEL. From the public source root or an extracted sdist:

python -m pip install hatchling
python -m hatchling build
python -m pip install --no-index dist/implicit_ai-1.0.0-py3-none-any.whl

Development checks require the dev extra (python -m pip install ".[dev]"). Package builds need Hatchling; neither is a Core runtime dependency. Research dependencies are absent from public metadata. Uninstalling does not erase journals or content; see SECURITY.md. Completed platform validation is recorded in release evidence; a CI configuration alone does not establish a completed run.