Test

Status: NEEDS-ACCOUNT (squatter pip package)

The pip install autogpt package is a name-squatter and does not work. Real AutoGPT requires Docker and a cloud account.

What was attempted

python -c "import autogpt"

Actual output:

ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'autogpt'

The package at pip install autogpt (version 0.0.1.dev0, publisher "Shadow Walker") installs but provides no importable module. It is a name-squatter on PyPI and is not the real AutoGPT project.

What real AutoGPT requires

Real AutoGPT comes from github.com/Significant-Gravitas/AutoGPT and requires:

• Docker Desktop with Compose
• An account at agpt.co (cloud-hosted version) or a full self-hosted Docker stack
• API keys for the model provider (OpenAI, Anthropic, etc.)

There is no pip-installable package for the real AutoGPT platform.

Self-hosted stack smoke test (after Docker Compose setup)

docker compose ps

Expected output when all containers are running:

NAME                              STATUS          PORTS
autogpt_platform-backend-1        running         0.0.0.0:8001->8001/tcp
autogpt_platform-executor-1       running         0.0.0.0:8006->8006/tcp
autogpt_platform-frontend-1       running         0.0.0.0:3000->3000/tcp
autogpt_platform-postgres-1       running         5432/tcp
autogpt_platform-redis-1          running         6379/tcp

All five containers must show running. Any container in exited or restarting indicates a missing API key or misconfigured .env.

Browser check

Open http://localhost:3000. The AutoGPT login or onboarding screen confirms the full stack is live.

Do not use until

A Docker-based install from the official repo is complete and a valid agpt.co account or self-hosted stack with working API keys is confirmed. Do not use the PyPI autogpt package for any purpose.