Native Installation

Run Sophon as a native .NET application without Docker.

Prerequisites

.NET 10 SDK
Docker (optional — only needed for the code execution sandbox)

Without Docker, Sophon falls back to the process-based sandbox (ProcessSandboxOrchestrator) for code execution. All other features work normally.

Installation

dotnet tool install -g sophon-cli

Running

sophon start

This starts the Gateway server and opens the Dashboard at http://localhost:8080. On first run, the Setup Wizard guides you through adding your first LLM provider.

Building from Source

git clone https://github.com/buildersoftdev/sophon
cd sophon
dotnet build sophon.sln
dotnet run --project src/Sophon.Gateway

Configuration

User configuration is stored at ~/.sophon/config/appsettings.user.json. See the Configuration Reference for the full data directory layout and all available settings.