How to Install Kallithea on Windows 11

Kallithea is a free and open-source version control system that offers a web interface for managing code repositories. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the installation process of Kallithea on a Windows 11 machine.

Prerequisites

Before we begin, please make sure you have the following prerequisites:

• Windows 11 installed on your computer
• Python version 2.7 installed
• Git installed

Step 1: Install Kallithea

1. Visit the official Kallithea website at https://kallithea-scm.org/download.html
2. Download the latest stable release of Kallithea
3. Extract the downloaded file using Zip or other archive software
4. Move the extracted folder to a directory of your choice, such as C:\Kallithea

Step 2: Install Dependencies

1. Open PowerShell with Administrator privileges
2. Navigate to the Kallithea folder using the command cd C:\Kallithea
3. Install the required dependencies by running the command pip install --upgrade pip setuptools
4. Install other Kallithea dependencies using the command pip install -r requirements.txt

Step 3: Initialize the Database

1. While still in the Kallithea folder, create a new folder called data
2. Open the kallithea.ini file located in the Kallithea folder using a text editor
3. Locate the [app:main] section of the file
4. Find the line sqlalchemy.url = sqlite:///data/kallithea.db
5. Uncomment this line by removing the semicolon at the beginning of the line
6. Save and close the kallithea.ini file
7. Initialize the Kallithea database by running the command paster setup-db kallithea.ini

Step 4: Run Kallithea

1. Start the Kallithea server by running the command paster serve kallithea.ini
2. Open your web browser and navigate to http://localhost:5000

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Kallithea on your Windows 11 machine. You can now start using Kallithea to manage your code repositories.

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