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Version: 1.0.0-beta

Introduction to Eliza

As seen powering @DegenSpartanAI and @aixvc_agent

What is Eliza?

Eliza is a powerful multi-agent simulation framework designed to create, deploy, and manage autonomous AI agents. Built with TypeScript, it provides a flexible and extensible platform for developing intelligent agents that can interact across multiple platforms while maintaining consistent personalities and knowledge.

Pro tip: copy paste the text from https://eliza.how/llms-full.txt into your preferred LLM.

Key Features

New in the Eliza v2 beta!

CLI ToolNative GUI
  • Platform Integration: Clients for Discord, X (Twitter), Telegram, and many others
  • Flexible Model Support: Deepseek, Ollama, Grok, OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, LLama, etc.
  • Character System: Create diverse agents using character files
  • Multi-Agent Architecture: Manage multiple unique AI personalities simultaneously
  • Memory Management: Easily ingest and interact with documents using RAG
  • Media Processing: PDF, URLs, Audio transcription, Video processing, Image analysis, Conversation summarization
  • Technical Foundation:
    • 100% TypeScript implementation
    • Modular architecture
    • Highly extensible action and plugin system
    • Custom client support
    • Comprehensive API

Installation

For detailed instructions on each path, including configuration options and extended capabilities, see our Quickstart Guide.

Prerequisites

Eliza offers different paths depending on your goals:

# Install the CLI globally
npm install -g @elizaos/cli@beta # will be simpler after beta

# From a folder to install a project
elizaos create
cd new-agent
elizaos start

Then visit https://localhost:3000 to interact with your agent through a web interface.

If it fails the first time try the start command again


Community and Support

Eliza is backed by an active community of developers and users:

Join us in building the future of autonomous AI agents with Eliza!