Install

Install PQCove Chat

Download the ZIP, verify its SHA-256 checksum, create a Python environment, and install the package on Windows, Linux, or macOS.

Download ZIP Download Hash

Verify

Confirm the archive hash before installing. The expected SHA-256 value is the same on every platform.

Expected SHA-256

3b5e2e3e75dc0b88c2853913ff3707d9decd3036928d93259829dfba3a024037

Check locally

# Windows PowerShell
Get-FileHash .\pqcove-chat-0.2.1.zip -Algorithm SHA256

# Linux or macOS
shasum -a 256 pqcove-chat-0.2.1.zip

Platform Install

PQCove Chat needs Python 3.11 or newer. The demo commands use --insecure-dev-mode later only when liboqs is not installed.

Windows

Expand-Archive .\pqcove-chat-0.2.1.zip -DestinationPath .\pqcove-chat-0.2.1
cd .\pqcove-chat-0.2.1\pqcove-chat-0.2.1

py -3.11 -m venv .venv
.\.venv\Scripts\Activate.ps1
python -m pip install --upgrade pip
python -m pip install .

pqcove --help

Linux

unzip pqcove-chat-0.2.1.zip
cd pqcove-chat-0.2.1

python3.11 -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate
python -m pip install --upgrade pip
python -m pip install .

pqcove --help

macOS

unzip pqcove-chat-0.2.1.zip
cd pqcove-chat-0.2.1

python3.11 -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate
python -m pip install --upgrade pip
python -m pip install .

pqcove --help

Real post-quantum mode: install a working liboqs/liboqs-python backend, then install with python -m pip install ".[pqc]" from the extracted package directory.

Local demo mode: --insecure-dev-mode uses a development shim when OQS is unavailable. Do not use that mode for real communications.

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