How to Install TeamMapper on macOS

TeamMapper is an open-source tool for visualizing team relationships in the workplace. It can help you understand how people and teams collaborate and identify areas for improvement. In this tutorial, we'll walk you through the steps to install TeamMapper on macOS.

Prerequisites

Before we get started, we need to make sure you have the following tools installed on your computer:

If you don't have these tools installed, please follow the instructions in the links above to install them.

Step 1: Download and Install Python 3

TeamMapper is written in Python 3, so we need to install it on our system. We can use Homebrew to install Python 3 with the following command:

brew install python3

This will install Python 3 and its dependencies on your system.

Step 2: Clone the TeamMapper Repository

Now that we have installed Python 3, we can download TeamMapper from GitHub using Git. Open Terminal on your macOS and run the following command:

git clone https://github.com/b310-digital/teammapper.git

This will download the TeamMapper code to your current directory.

Step 3: Install TeamMapper Dependencies

TeamMapper has several Python dependencies that are required to run. We can install these dependencies using pip, which is the package installer for Python. Run the following command in Terminal:

cd teammapper/
pip3 install -r requirements.txt

This command will install all the required Python dependencies for TeamMapper.

Step 4: Run TeamMapper

To launch TeamMapper, we need to run the following command in Terminal:

cd teammapper/
python3 run.py

This will start the TeamMapper server on your local machine. Open your web browser and go to http://localhost:8000 to see the TeamMapper application running.

Conclusion

Congratulations! You have successfully installed TeamMapper on macOS. Now you can use this powerful tool to visualize team relationships and improve collaboration in your workplace.

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