Desktop App from Releases
Download the Shard Desktop App for Windows or macOS. The README notes one-click setup with model download and background contribution mode.
Open releases
https://github.com/TrentPierce/Shard/releases/latestQuick Start Guide
Steps below come directly from the project README installation path: join as verifier, join as scout, then integrate the API.
Run a Verifier
Download the Shard Desktop App for Windows or macOS. The README notes one-click setup with model download and background contribution mode.
https://github.com/TrentPierce/Shard/releases/latestBecome a Scout
Open the live dashboard in latest Chrome or Edge with hardware acceleration enabled, then keep the tab open to contribute scout compute.
https://www.shardnetwork.live/Consume the API
Install the Shard SDK from PyPI and use it as a drop-in OpenAI replacement.
pip install shard-inference
from shard import Shard
client = Shard()
response = client.chat.completions.create(
model="meta-llama/Llama-3.2-1B",
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Explain the Shard network architecture."}]
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)