# Start Your Own GaiaNet Node Run a finetuned LLM and proprietary knowledge base on your own computer. You can chat with it, or use it as a free and drop-in replacement for the OpenAI API. **Quick start in a few mins** Install with a single line of command on Mac, Linux/ Windows WSL. ```bash curl -sSfL 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/GaiaNet-AI/gaianet-node/main/install.sh' | bash ``` Initialize the node. It will download the model files and vector database files specified in the `$HOME/gaianet/config.json` file, and it could take a few minutes since the files are large. ```bash gaianet init ``` Start the node. ```bash gaianet start ``` The script prints the official node address on the console as follows. (open a browser to this URL to see the node info and then chat with the AI agent on the node.) ``` ... ... https://0xf63939431ee11267f4855a166e11cc44d24960c0.gaianet.xyz ``` To stop the node, run ``` gaianet stop ``` **Like our work?** Give us a star on GitHub!