Installation

PyPI

pip install rom-manager            # core CLI + Api facade
pip install "rom-manager[mcp]"     # + MCP server (rom-manager-mcp)
pip install "rom-manager[agent]"   # + A2A agent server (rom-manager-agent)
pip install "rom-manager[native]"  # + patool (archive extraction)
pip install "rom-manager[all]"     # everything

From source

git clone https://github.com/Knuckles-Team/rom-manager
pip install -e ".[all]"

External binaries (required for conversion)

rom-manager shells out to native tools for the actual conversion. Install the ones you need:

• chdman (CHD output) — Ubuntu: apt install mame-tools; Windows: install MAME tools from https://github.com/mamedev/mame/releases and add to PATH.
• dolphin-tool (RVZ output) — see https://github.com/dolphin-emu/dolphin#dolphintool-usage.
• 7z / archive backends (extraction) — Ubuntu: apt install p7zip-full; required by the patool native extra.

The Python package installs cleanly without these binaries; only the conversion actions require them at runtime.