[BUG] Installation fails on Windows due to FalkorDBLite / redislite dependency

[kashifalikhan36]

Description

Installing codegraphcontext on Windows fails during dependency resolution.
The failure occurs because falkordblite depends on redislite, which does not support the win32 (Windows) platform.

Error Message

The redislite module is not supported on the 'win32' platform
ERROR: Failed to build 'falkordblite' when getting requirements to build wheel

Impact

• Users on Windows cannot install codegraphcontext using pip
• Installation fails even before using any functionality
• This blocks Windows developers from experimenting or contributing

Expected Behavior

• Either:

  • The package should install successfully on Windows without FalkorDBLite, or
  • Windows should be clearly marked as unsupported in documentation, or
  • FalkorDBLite should be made an optional dependency

Suggested Solutions

One of the following could resolve the issue:

1. Make falkordblite an optional / extra dependency
2. Add platform checks to skip redislite on Windows
3. Provide a Neo4j-only fallback for Windows users
4. Clearly document Linux/WSL-only support

Environment

• OS: Windows 10 / 11 (win_amd64)
• Python: 3.12
• Installation method: pip install codegraphcontext

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[kashifalikhan36]

@Shashankss1205 i think it's a critical issue because maybe it will break on MAC os as well, redislite i think does not support MAC os as well, Please alot me this issue , i'll make the falkordblite as a optional dependency and Provide a Neo4j-only fallback for Windows and MAC user's.

[kashifalikhan36]

Alot me this issue under SWOC 26

[kashifalikhan36]

@Shashankss1205 i saw that where falkordblite is pulled into install deps and where runtime messages/imports assume to work, actually i'm thinking about to update packaging (make FalkorDB an optional extra),

And in Readme include that ( FalkorDB relies on redislite, which is not supported on Windows. For Windows users, run CodeGraphContext inside WSL/Linux to use FalkorDB or use the Neo4j backend instead.

[kashifalikhan36]

Fixed, and tested on my end :- C:/Users/kashi/OneDrive/Documents/GitHub/CodeGraphContext/env/Scripts/python.exe -m pytest -q
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42 passed, 335 skipped in 6.30s @Shashankss1205 Please assign me this issue under SWOC 26, and yeah i'll make pull request tomorrow after doing some tests and Readme Update

[Shashankss1205]

@Shashankss1205 i think it's a critical issue because maybe it will break on MAC os as well, redislite i think does not support MAC os as well, Please alot me this issue , i'll make the falkordblite as a optional dependency and Provide a Neo4j-only fallback for Windows and MAC user's.

I think it will not break on MAC because it is based on the unix kernel! but yep for Windows we need an urgent solution.

[kashifalikhan36]

@Shashankss1205 please review #451 pull request i've fixed the dependency issue as i described above

[kashifalikhan36]

Ooh so this issue is resolved i think, now we can close it !