Download PokerAlpha

Desktop app

Desktop builds are planned. When signed releases are published on GitHub, this page will link them here. Until then the app runs from source.

Source code

The engine, solvers, C++ backend, experiments, result files and this site are in one repository.

Local development

Python 3.11+ and Node 20.9+. The C++ backend is optional and builds with pip.

git clone https://github.com/codyrchen/poker-alpha
cd poker-alpha
python3 -m venv .venv && source .venv/bin/activate
pip install -e ".[dev,ui,api]"
pip install ./cpp                  # optional: native C++ training backend

python -m poker_alpha.api          # local engine on 127.0.0.1
cd apps/web && npm install && npm run dev   # this site, talking to the local engine

• Quick start and the full test suite
• Web app and local engine
• Desktop app: build the Electron overlay with the engine bundled inside (unsigned)

The live demos on the Demo page need none of this.

Intended use

• Analysis only. PokerAlpha never clicks, bets or controls a poker client.
• Real-time use only in private, play-money or test environments where assistance is permitted; everywhere else, use post-session review.
• The screen observer is experimental and excluded from the product. See the system card.