Advanced AI assistant with 3D avatar, lip-sync, Microsoft Phi-4 Multimodal integration, biometric security, voice, vision, and robotics capabilities
Tektra AI Assistant is an advanced AI assistant featuring 3D Avatar with Lip-Sync, Biometric Security, Microsoft Phi-4 Multimodal integration with superior voice, vision, and robotics capabilities. It delivers state-of-the-art speech recognition, intelligent chat completion, multimodal understanding, and immersive avatar interactions with persistent conversation management and a beautiful web interface.
Install Tektra with UV (recommended):
# Install UV if you don't have it
curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh
# Basic installation
uv tool install tektra
# With all optional features
uv tool install tektra --with tektra[all]
# Alternative: Traditional pip installation also works
pip install tektra
Just run Tektra - setup happens automatically!
tektra
That's it! 🎉
http://localhost:8000tektra start # Explicit start command
tektra enhance # Enhanced setup with guided Phi-4 configuration
tektra enable-phi4 # Manually enable Phi-4 if needed
uv tool install tektra → tektra → Done!tektra setup - directories, database, and models initialize automaticallytektra and everything works immediatelyuv sync --all-extras for seamless dev setup/api/v1/audio/phi4/load - Load Phi-4 Multimodal model/api/v1/audio/phi4/unload - Unload model to free memory/api/v1/audio/phi4/info - Get model status and capabilities# Start the server (default command)
tektra
# Start with custom options
tektra start --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8000 --no-browser
# Enhanced setup (server + Phi-4 guidance)
tektra enhance
# Enable Phi-4 Multimodal (superior AI)
tektra enable-phi4
# Check Phi-4 status
tektra phi4-status
# Disable Phi-4 (free memory)
tektra disable-phi4
# Show system information
tektra info
# Show version
tektra version
# Get help
tektra --help
Once started, you can:
Create a .env file in your working directory:
# Database
DATABASE_URL=sqlite:///./tektra.db
# Server
HOST=0.0.0.0
PORT=8000
DEBUG=false
# AI Models
MODEL_CACHE_DIR=./models
MAX_MODEL_MEMORY_GB=8
# Audio
AUDIO_SAMPLE_RATE=16000
MAX_AUDIO_DURATION=30
# API Keys (optional)
OPENAI_API_KEY=your_openai_key
ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=your_anthropic_key
Tektra AI Assistant is built with a modern, modular architecture:
tektra/
├── app/ # Main application
│ ├── routers/ # API endpoints
│ ├── services/ # Business logic
│ ├── models/ # Database models
│ ├── database.py # Database management
│ └── config.py # Configuration
├── frontend/ # Web interface (React/Next.js)
├── cli.py # Command-line interface
└── server.py # Server management
pip install tektra
pip install tektra[ml]
pip install tektra[audio]
pip install tektra[vision]
pip install tektra[robotics]
pip install tektra[all]
git clone https://github.com/dirvine/tektra.git
cd tektra
uv sync --all-extras
# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/dirvine/tektra.git
cd tektra
# Install in development mode with UV
uv sync --all-extras
# Set up pre-commit hooks
uv run pre-commit install
# Run tests
uv run pytest
# Start development server
uv run tektra start --reload --debug
Installation Problems:
# If you get permission errors
pip install --user tektra
# If you have dependency conflicts
pip install tektra --no-deps
pip install -r requirements.txt
Audio Issues:
# On macOS
brew install portaudio
pip install pyaudio
# On Ubuntu/Debian
sudo apt-get install portaudio19-dev
pip install pyaudio
Database Issues:
# Reset database
rm tektra.db
tektra setup
This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.
Made with ❤️ by Saorsa Labs
FAQs
Advanced AI assistant with 3D avatar, lip-sync, Microsoft Phi-4 Multimodal integration, biometric security, voice, vision, and robotics capabilities
We found that tektra demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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