From 870cab1fbb27c09cf38a7ed36d003c9306ff659c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: candle <ragzouken@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2024 13:52:19 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 01/15] attempt updating setup.py to toml

---
 python-libraries/nanover-ase/pyproject.toml | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++
 python-libraries/nanover-ase/setup.py       | 22 ++----------------
 2 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 python-libraries/nanover-ase/pyproject.toml

diff --git a/python-libraries/nanover-ase/pyproject.toml b/python-libraries/nanover-ase/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7891258c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python-libraries/nanover-ase/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools", "setuptools-scm"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
+[project]
+name = "nanover-ase"
+authors = [
+    {name = "Intangible Realities Lab"},
+]
+description = "ASE integration for NanoVer"
+readme = "README.md"
+requires-python = ">=3.12"
+dependencies = [
+    "nanover",
+    "ase >= 3.21",
+]
+dynamic = ["version"]
+
+[project.scripts]
+nanover-omm-ase = "nanover.ase.openmm.cli:main"
+
+[tool.setuptools.packages.find]
+where = ["src"]  # list of folders that contain the packages (["."] by default)
+include = ["nanover.*"]  # package names should match these glob patterns (["*"] by default)
+namespaces = false  # to disable scanning PEP 420 namespaces (true by default)
diff --git a/python-libraries/nanover-ase/setup.py b/python-libraries/nanover-ase/setup.py
index 38135eba1..beda28e82 100644
--- a/python-libraries/nanover-ase/setup.py
+++ b/python-libraries/nanover-ase/setup.py
@@ -1,23 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 
-from distutils.core import setup
-from setuptools import find_namespace_packages
+from setuptools import setup
 
-setup(
-    name="nanover-ase",
-    version="0.1.0",
-    description="ASE integration for NanoVer",
-    author="Intangible Realities Lab",
-    author_email="m.oconnor@bristol.ac.uk",
-    url="https://gitlab.com/intangiblerealities/",
-    packages=find_namespace_packages("src", include="nanover.*"),
-    package_dir={"": "src"},
-    package_data={"": ["py.typed"]},
-    install_requires=(
-        "nanover",
-        "ase>=3.21",
-    ),
-    entry_points={
-        "console_scripts": ["nanover-omm-ase=nanover.ase.openmm.cli:main"],
-    },
-)
+setup()

From 3fa4a9ce03659449f051db239cb7f4f25168dfbe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: candle <ragzouken@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2024 15:25:26 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 02/15] update most packages

---
 python-libraries/nanover-ase/setup.py         |  5 ----
 python-libraries/nanover-essd/pyproject.toml  | 23 ++++++++++++++++++
 python-libraries/nanover-essd/setup.py        | 20 ----------------
 .../nanover-jupyter/pyproject.toml            | 23 ++++++++++++++++++
 python-libraries/nanover-jupyter/setup.py     | 23 ------------------
 .../nanover-lammps/pyproject.toml             | 22 +++++++++++++++++
 python-libraries/nanover-lammps/setup.py      | 21 ----------------
 .../nanover-mdanalysis/pyproject.toml         | 21 ++++++++++++++++
 python-libraries/nanover-mdanalysis/setup.py  | 21 ----------------
 python-libraries/nanover-omni/pyproject.toml  | 24 +++++++++++++++++++
 python-libraries/nanover-omni/setup.py        | 23 ------------------
 .../nanover-openmm/pyproject.toml             | 24 +++++++++++++++++++
 python-libraries/nanover-openmm/setup.py      | 23 ------------------
 13 files changed, 137 insertions(+), 136 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 python-libraries/nanover-ase/setup.py
 create mode 100644 python-libraries/nanover-essd/pyproject.toml
 delete mode 100644 python-libraries/nanover-essd/setup.py
 create mode 100644 python-libraries/nanover-jupyter/pyproject.toml
 delete mode 100644 python-libraries/nanover-jupyter/setup.py
 create mode 100644 python-libraries/nanover-lammps/pyproject.toml
 delete mode 100644 python-libraries/nanover-lammps/setup.py
 create mode 100644 python-libraries/nanover-mdanalysis/pyproject.toml
 delete mode 100644 python-libraries/nanover-mdanalysis/setup.py
 create mode 100644 python-libraries/nanover-omni/pyproject.toml
 delete mode 100644 python-libraries/nanover-omni/setup.py
 create mode 100644 python-libraries/nanover-openmm/pyproject.toml
 delete mode 100644 python-libraries/nanover-openmm/setup.py

diff --git a/python-libraries/nanover-ase/setup.py b/python-libraries/nanover-ase/setup.py
deleted file mode 100644
index beda28e82..000000000
--- a/python-libraries/nanover-ase/setup.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-
-from setuptools import setup
-
-setup()
diff --git a/python-libraries/nanover-essd/pyproject.toml b/python-libraries/nanover-essd/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4aa224190
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python-libraries/nanover-essd/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools", "setuptools-scm"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
+[project]
+name = "nanover-essd"
+authors = [
+    {name = "Intangible Realities Lab"},
+]
+description = "Extremely Simple Server Discovery, for use with NanoVer"
+requires-python = ">=3.12"
+dependencies = [
+    "netifaces",
+]
+dynamic = ["version"]
+
+[project.scripts]
+nanover-essd-list = "nanover.essd.list_cli:main"
+
+[tool.setuptools.packages.find]
+where = ["src"]  # list of folders that contain the packages (["."] by default)
+include = ["nanover.*"]  # package names should match these glob patterns (["*"] by default)
+namespaces = false  # to disable scanning PEP 420 namespaces (true by default)
diff --git a/python-libraries/nanover-essd/setup.py b/python-libraries/nanover-essd/setup.py
deleted file mode 100644
index ea31fb80a..000000000
--- a/python-libraries/nanover-essd/setup.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-
-from distutils.core import setup
-from setuptools import find_namespace_packages
-
-setup(
-    name="nanover-essd",
-    version="1.0.0",
-    description="Extremely Simple Server Discovery, for use with NanoVer",
-    author="Intangible Realities Lab",
-    author_email="m.oconnor@bristol.ac.uk",
-    url="https://gitlab.com/intangiblerealities/",
-    packages=find_namespace_packages("src", include="nanover.*"),
-    package_data={"": ["py.typed"]},
-    install_requires=("netifaces",),
-    entry_points={
-        "console_scripts": ["nanover-essd-list=nanover.essd.list_cli:main"],
-    },
-    package_dir={"": "src"},
-)
diff --git a/python-libraries/nanover-jupyter/pyproject.toml b/python-libraries/nanover-jupyter/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8a20e3e5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python-libraries/nanover-jupyter/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools", "setuptools-scm"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
+[project]
+name = "nanover-jupyter"
+authors = [
+    {name = "Intangible Realities Lab"},
+]
+description = "Utilities for using Jupyter with NanoVer"
+requires-python = ">=3.12"
+dependencies = [
+    "nanover",
+    "MDAnalysis",
+    "numpy",
+    "nglview",
+]
+dynamic = ["version"]
+
+[tool.setuptools.packages.find]
+where = ["src"]  # list of folders that contain the packages (["."] by default)
+include = ["nanover.*"]  # package names should match these glob patterns (["*"] by default)
+namespaces = false  # to disable scanning PEP 420 namespaces (true by default)
diff --git a/python-libraries/nanover-jupyter/setup.py b/python-libraries/nanover-jupyter/setup.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 5ec51ac13..000000000
--- a/python-libraries/nanover-jupyter/setup.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-
-
-from distutils.core import setup
-from setuptools import find_namespace_packages
-
-setup(
-    name="nanover-jupyter",
-    version="0.1.0",
-    description="NGLView python client for NanoVer",
-    author="Intangible Realities Lab",
-    author_email="harry.stroud@usc.es",
-    url="https://github.com/IRL2/",
-    packages=find_namespace_packages("src", include="nanover.*"),
-    package_dir={"": "src"},
-    package_data={"": ["py.typed"]},
-    install_requires=(
-        "nanover",
-        "MDAnalysis",
-        "numpy",
-        "nglview",
-    ),
-)
diff --git a/python-libraries/nanover-lammps/pyproject.toml b/python-libraries/nanover-lammps/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..179608060
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python-libraries/nanover-lammps/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools", "setuptools-scm"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
+[project]
+name = "nanover-lammps"
+authors = [
+    {name = "Intangible Realities Lab"},
+]
+description = "LAMMPS integration for NanoVer"
+requires-python = ">=3.12"
+dependencies = [
+    "nanover",
+    "mpi4py",
+    "numpy",
+]
+dynamic = ["version"]
+
+[tool.setuptools.packages.find]
+where = ["src"]  # list of folders that contain the packages (["."] by default)
+include = ["nanover.*"]  # package names should match these glob patterns (["*"] by default)
+namespaces = false  # to disable scanning PEP 420 namespaces (true by default)
diff --git a/python-libraries/nanover-lammps/setup.py b/python-libraries/nanover-lammps/setup.py
deleted file mode 100644
index cbaf8b4e9..000000000
--- a/python-libraries/nanover-lammps/setup.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-
-from distutils.core import setup
-from setuptools import find_namespace_packages
-
-setup(
-    name="nanover-lammps",
-    version="0.1.0",
-    description="LAMMPS integration for NanoVer",
-    author="Intangible Realities Lab",
-    author_email="simonbennie@gmail.com",
-    url="https://gitlab.com/intangiblerealities/",
-    packages=find_namespace_packages("src", include="nanover.*"),
-    package_dir={"": "src"},
-    package_data={"": ["py.typed"]},
-    install_requires=(
-        "nanover",
-        "mpi4py",
-        "numpy",
-    ),
-)
diff --git a/python-libraries/nanover-mdanalysis/pyproject.toml b/python-libraries/nanover-mdanalysis/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f33847bb3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python-libraries/nanover-mdanalysis/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools", "setuptools-scm"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
+[project]
+name = "nanover-mdanalysis"
+authors = [
+    {name = "Intangible Realities Lab"},
+]
+description = "MDAnalysis integration for NanoVer"
+requires-python = ">=3.12"
+dependencies = [
+    "nanover",
+    "MDAnalysis",
+]
+dynamic = ["version"]
+
+[tool.setuptools.packages.find]
+where = ["src"]  # list of folders that contain the packages (["."] by default)
+include = ["nanover.*"]  # package names should match these glob patterns (["*"] by default)
+namespaces = false  # to disable scanning PEP 420 namespaces (true by default)
diff --git a/python-libraries/nanover-mdanalysis/setup.py b/python-libraries/nanover-mdanalysis/setup.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 3f9c26aa4..000000000
--- a/python-libraries/nanover-mdanalysis/setup.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-
-
-from distutils.core import setup
-from setuptools import find_namespace_packages
-
-setup(
-    name="nanover-mdanalysis",
-    version="0.1.0",
-    description="MDAnalysis integration for NanoVer",
-    author="Intangible Realities Lab",
-    author_email="m.oconnor@bristol.ac.uk",
-    url="https://gitlab.com/intangiblerealities/",
-    packages=find_namespace_packages("src", include="nanover.*"),
-    package_dir={"": "src"},
-    package_data={"": ["py.typed"]},
-    install_requires=(
-        "nanover",
-        "MDAnalysis",
-    ),
-)
diff --git a/python-libraries/nanover-omni/pyproject.toml b/python-libraries/nanover-omni/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1a7ff2233
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python-libraries/nanover-omni/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools", "setuptools-scm"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
+[project]
+name = "nanover-omni"
+authors = [
+    {name = "Intangible Realities Lab"},
+]
+description = "Multi-simulation server for NanoVer"
+requires-python = ">=3.12"
+dependencies = [
+    "nanover",
+    "openmm",
+]
+dynamic = ["version"]
+
+[project.scripts]
+nanover-omni = "nanover.omni.cli:main"
+
+[tool.setuptools.packages.find]
+where = ["src"]  # list of folders that contain the packages (["."] by default)
+include = ["nanover.*"]  # package names should match these glob patterns (["*"] by default)
+namespaces = false  # to disable scanning PEP 420 namespaces (true by default)
diff --git a/python-libraries/nanover-omni/setup.py b/python-libraries/nanover-omni/setup.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 096bffa49..000000000
--- a/python-libraries/nanover-omni/setup.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-
-from distutils.core import setup
-from setuptools import find_namespace_packages
-
-setup(
-    name="nanover-omni",
-    version="0.1.0",
-    description="Omni server for NanoVer",
-    author="Intangible Realities Lab",
-    author_email="m.oconnor@bristol.ac.uk",
-    url="https://gitlab.com/intangiblerealities/",
-    packages=find_namespace_packages("src", include="nanover.*"),
-    package_dir={"": "src"},
-    package_data={"": ["py.typed"]},
-    install_requires=(
-        "nanover",
-        "openmm",
-    ),
-    entry_points={
-        "console_scripts": ["nanover-omni=nanover.omni.cli:main"],
-    },
-)
diff --git a/python-libraries/nanover-openmm/pyproject.toml b/python-libraries/nanover-openmm/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5dde3d718
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python-libraries/nanover-openmm/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools", "setuptools-scm"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
+[project]
+name = "nanover-openmm"
+authors = [
+    {name = "Intangible Realities Lab"},
+]
+description = "Multi-simulation server for NanoVer"
+requires-python = ">=3.12"
+dependencies = [
+    "nanover",
+    "openmm",
+]
+dynamic = ["version"]
+
+[project.scripts]
+nanover-omm-server = "nanover.openmm.cli:main"
+
+[tool.setuptools.packages.find]
+where = ["src"]  # list of folders that contain the packages (["."] by default)
+include = ["nanover.*"]  # package names should match these glob patterns (["*"] by default)
+namespaces = false  # to disable scanning PEP 420 namespaces (true by default)
diff --git a/python-libraries/nanover-openmm/setup.py b/python-libraries/nanover-openmm/setup.py
deleted file mode 100644
index ff19c138c..000000000
--- a/python-libraries/nanover-openmm/setup.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-
-from distutils.core import setup
-from setuptools import find_namespace_packages
-
-setup(
-    name="nanover-openmm",
-    version="0.1.0",
-    description="OpenMM server for NanoVer",
-    author="Intangible Realities Lab",
-    author_email="m.oconnor@bristol.ac.uk",
-    url="https://gitlab.com/intangiblerealities/",
-    packages=find_namespace_packages("src", include="nanover.*"),
-    package_dir={"": "src"},
-    package_data={"": ["py.typed"]},
-    install_requires=(
-        "nanover",
-        "openmm",
-    ),
-    entry_points={
-        "console_scripts": ["nanover-omm-server=nanover.openmm.cli:main"],
-    },
-)

From 2e6b28f83723fa19e65502956bd82cf6f44545d8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: candle <ragzouken@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2024 15:33:40 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 03/15] nanover-core toml

---
 python-libraries/nanover-core/pyproject.toml | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++
 python-libraries/nanover-core/setup.py       | 14 ---------
 2 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 python-libraries/nanover-core/pyproject.toml

diff --git a/python-libraries/nanover-core/pyproject.toml b/python-libraries/nanover-core/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f2d1e3d69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python-libraries/nanover-core/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools", "setuptools-scm"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
+[project]
+name = "nanover-core"
+authors = [
+    {name = "Intangible Realities Lab"},
+]
+description = "NanoVer python framework"
+requires-python = ">=3.12"
+dependencies = [
+    "setuptools>=40.1.1",
+    "grpcio>=1.63.0",
+    "grpcio-tools>=1.63.0",
+    "pytest",
+    "aiogrpc",
+    "numpy",
+    "hypothesis",
+    "typing_extensions",
+]
+dynamic = ["version"]
+
+[project.scripts]
+nanover-multiplayer = "nanover.multiplayer.cli:main"
+
+[tool.setuptools.packages.find]
+where = ["src"]  # list of folders that contain the packages (["."] by default)
+include = ["nanover.*"]  # package names should match these glob patterns (["*"] by default)
+namespaces = false  # to disable scanning PEP 420 namespaces (true by default)
diff --git a/python-libraries/nanover-core/setup.py b/python-libraries/nanover-core/setup.py
index 89c41cd65..b4e77be14 100644
--- a/python-libraries/nanover-core/setup.py
+++ b/python-libraries/nanover-core/setup.py
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 import distutils.cmd
 import distutils.log
 from distutils.core import setup
-from setuptools import find_namespace_packages
 from importlib import resources
 
 
@@ -142,20 +141,7 @@ def move_in_directory(destination):
     requirements = f.readlines()
 
 setup(
-    name="nanover",
-    version="1.0",
-    description="NanoVer python framework",
-    author="Intangible Realities Lab",
-    author_email="m.oconnor@bristol.ac.uk",
-    url="https://gitlab.com/intangiblerealities/",
-    packages=find_namespace_packages("src", include="nanover.*") + ["nanover.protocol"],
-    package_dir={"": "src"},
-    package_data={"": ["py.typed"]},
-    install_requires=requirements,
     cmdclass={
         "compile_proto": CompileProtoCommand,
     },
-    entry_points={
-        "console_scripts": ["nanover-multiplayer=nanover.multiplayer.cli:main"],
-    },
 )

From 71b39353623c6a50e93191d8e5094dc44c808978 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: candle <ragzouken@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2024 16:31:32 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 04/15] fix proto compiling

---
 .github/workflows/conda.yml                   |   2 +-
 compile.sh                                    |   2 +-
 .../setup.py => compile_proto.py}             | 125 ++++++++----------
 win_compile.ps1                               |   2 +-
 4 files changed, 57 insertions(+), 74 deletions(-)
 rename python-libraries/{nanover-core/setup.py => compile_proto.py} (50%)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/conda.yml b/.github/workflows/conda.yml
index 094d40f58..67e3e4dce 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/conda.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/conda.yml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: conda install -y python conda-build "grpcio-tools<1.62" conda-verify
       - name: Compiling the prototypes
-        run: python python-libraries/nanover-core/setup.py compile_proto --proto-dir=protocol
+        run: python ./python-libraries/compile_proto.py --proto-dir=./protocol --python-dir=./python-libraries/nanover-core/src/nanover/protoco
       - name: Building the Conda packages
         run: |
           $build_command \
diff --git a/compile.sh b/compile.sh
index 7ffce599e..c839480e4 100755
--- a/compile.sh
+++ b/compile.sh
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ if [[ $with_python == true ]]; then
 	python -m pip install -r ./python-libraries/requirements.test ${user_option}
 
 	announce "Compiling proto files to python"
-	python ./python-libraries/nanover-core/setup.py compile_proto
+	python ./python-libraries/compile_proto.py --proto-dir=./protocol --python-dir=./python-libraries/nanover-core/src/nanover/protocol
 
 	announce "Installing the python packages"
 	python -m pip install ${edit_option} ${nanover_user_option} ./python-libraries/nanover-core/
diff --git a/python-libraries/nanover-core/setup.py b/python-libraries/compile_proto.py
similarity index 50%
rename from python-libraries/nanover-core/setup.py
rename to python-libraries/compile_proto.py
index b4e77be14..41a449a09 100644
--- a/python-libraries/nanover-core/setup.py
+++ b/python-libraries/compile_proto.py
@@ -1,74 +1,58 @@
-# !/usr/bin/env python
-
-
+import argparse
 import os
+import textwrap
 from contextlib import contextmanager
-from pathlib import Path
-import distutils.cmd
-import distutils.log
-from distutils.core import setup
 from importlib import resources
+from pathlib import Path
 
 
-class CompileProtoCommand(distutils.cmd.Command):
+def handle_user_arguments(args=None) -> argparse.Namespace:
     """
-    Custom command to compile the protocol files.
+    Parse the arguments from the command line.
 
-    To run the command, call::
+    :return: The namespace of arguments read from the command line.
+    """
+    description = textwrap.dedent(
+        """\
+    Compile the gRPC protocol files to python.
+    """
+    )
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=description)
+
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--proto-dir",
+        required=True,
+        dest="proto_dir",
+        metavar="PATH",
+        help="The path to the directory containing the proto files",
+    )
 
-        python setup.py compile_proto
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--python-dir",
+        required=True,
+        dest="python_dir",
+        metavar="PATH",
+        help="The path to the directory where to generate the python files",
+    )
 
-    While it is not recommended, it is possible to run the compilation with a
-    different set of protocol files by passing the --proto-dir option:
+    arguments = parser.parse_args(args)
+    return arguments
 
-        python setup.py compile_proto --proto-dir=../other-proto-files
 
-    """
-
-    description = "Compile the protocol files."
-    user_options = [
-        # The format is (long option, short option, description)
-        ("proto-dir=", None, "Path to the directory containing the protocol files."),
-    ]
-
-    def initialize_options(self):
-        """
-        Set the default values for the options.
-        """
-        # By default, the setup.py file is in nanover-protocol/python-libraries/nanover-core,
-        # the protocol files are in nanover-protocol/protocol, which is ../../protocol relative
-        # to the directory of setup.py.
-        here = Path(__file__).parent
-        self.proto_dir = here / "../../protocol"
-
-    def finalize_options(self):
-        """
-        Post-process options.
-        """
-        self.proto_dir = Path(self.proto_dir)
-        assert (
-            self.proto_dir.exists
-        ), "The prototype directory {} does not exist.".format(self.proto_dir)
-
-    def run(self):
-        """
-        Run the compilation.
-        """
-        self.announce("Compile protocol files.", level=distutils.log.INFO)
-        setup_path = Path(__file__).parent.resolve()
-        compile_protocol(self.proto_dir, setup_path / "src", self)
-
-
-def compile_protocol(proto_dir, python_dir, logger):
+def compile_protocol(proto_dir, python_dir):
     """
     Compile the protocol files to python.
 
     :param proto_dir: The path to the directory containing the proto files.
     :param python_dir: The path to the directory where to generate the python files.
-    :param logger: The logger instance used by distutils.
     """
     from grpc_tools import protoc
 
+    try:
+        os.makedirs(python_dir)
+    except OSError:
+        pass
+
     # Note on calling grpc_tools.protoc as a python function:
     # grpc_tools.protoc.main is called by the command line with sys.argv and
     # the include path for the default protobuf proto files. sys.argv is a list of
@@ -79,17 +63,15 @@ def compile_protocol(proto_dir, python_dir, logger):
     proto_include = resources.files("grpc_tools") / "_proto"
     with move_in_directory(proto_dir):
         for protocol_file in Path(".").glob("**/*.proto"):
-            logger.announce(
-                "Compiling {}".format(protocol_file), level=distutils.log.INFO
-            )
+            print(f"Compiling {protocol_file}")
             protoc.main(
                 (
                     "protoc",
-                    "--proto_path=.",
-                    "--python_out=" + str(python_dir),
-                    "--grpc_python_out=" + str(python_dir),
+                    f"--proto_path=.",
+                    f"--python_out={python_dir}",
+                    f"--grpc_python_out={python_dir}",
                     str(protocol_file),
-                    "--proto_path={}".format(proto_include),
+                    f"--proto_path={proto_include}",
                 )
             )
     generated_protocol_directories = (
@@ -132,16 +114,17 @@ def move_in_directory(destination):
         os.chdir(str(directory_to_restore))
 
 
-# Avoid repeating the content of requirements.txt here.
-# The requirements.txt file is in the same directory as this setup.py,
-# we then should now were the setup lies to be independent of the working
-# directory.
-requirements_path = Path(__file__).parent.resolve() / "requirements.txt"
-with open(str(requirements_path)) as f:
-    requirements = f.readlines()
+def main():
+    """
+    Entry point for the command line.
+    """
+    arguments = handle_user_arguments()
+
+    compile_protocol(
+        Path(arguments.proto_dir).resolve(),
+        Path(arguments.python_dir).resolve(),
+    )
+
 
-setup(
-    cmdclass={
-        "compile_proto": CompileProtoCommand,
-    },
-)
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
diff --git a/win_compile.ps1 b/win_compile.ps1
index 73371725a..532a13a57 100644
--- a/win_compile.ps1
+++ b/win_compile.ps1
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ announce "Installing python test requirements"
 python -m pip install -r ./python-libraries/requirements.test ${user_option}
 
 announce "Compiling proto files to python"
-python ./python-libraries/nanover-core/setup.py compile_proto
+python ./python-libraries/compile_proto.py --proto-dir=./protocol --python-dir=./python-libraries/nanover-core/src/nanover/protocol
 
 announce "Installing the python packages"
 python -m pip install ${edit_option} ${user_option} ./python-libraries/nanover-core/

From c6694c80246377c39decbd63b32feb99a749a6b0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: candle <ragzouken@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2024 16:41:04 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 05/15] missing include

---
 python-libraries/nanover-core/pyproject.toml | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/python-libraries/nanover-core/pyproject.toml b/python-libraries/nanover-core/pyproject.toml
index f2d1e3d69..49b0511c6 100644
--- a/python-libraries/nanover-core/pyproject.toml
+++ b/python-libraries/nanover-core/pyproject.toml
@@ -26,5 +26,5 @@ nanover-multiplayer = "nanover.multiplayer.cli:main"
 
 [tool.setuptools.packages.find]
 where = ["src"]  # list of folders that contain the packages (["."] by default)
-include = ["nanover.*"]  # package names should match these glob patterns (["*"] by default)
+include = ["nanover.*", "nanover.protocol"]  # package names should match these glob patterns (["*"] by default)
 namespaces = false  # to disable scanning PEP 420 namespaces (true by default)

From 8f5424f961ee065c6c6b0a515f95447ac992d406 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: candle <ragzouken@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2024 16:44:32 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 06/15] fix paths

---
 .github/workflows/conda.yml | 2 +-
 compile.sh                  | 2 +-
 win_compile.ps1             | 2 +-
 3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/conda.yml b/.github/workflows/conda.yml
index 67e3e4dce..b641fd520 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/conda.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/conda.yml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: conda install -y python conda-build "grpcio-tools<1.62" conda-verify
       - name: Compiling the prototypes
-        run: python ./python-libraries/compile_proto.py --proto-dir=./protocol --python-dir=./python-libraries/nanover-core/src/nanover/protoco
+        run: python ./python-libraries/compile_proto.py --proto-dir=./protocol --python-dir=./python-libraries/nanover-core/src
       - name: Building the Conda packages
         run: |
           $build_command \
diff --git a/compile.sh b/compile.sh
index c839480e4..808f6456e 100755
--- a/compile.sh
+++ b/compile.sh
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ if [[ $with_python == true ]]; then
 	python -m pip install -r ./python-libraries/requirements.test ${user_option}
 
 	announce "Compiling proto files to python"
-	python ./python-libraries/compile_proto.py --proto-dir=./protocol --python-dir=./python-libraries/nanover-core/src/nanover/protocol
+	python ./python-libraries/compile_proto.py --proto-dir=./protocol --python-dir=./python-libraries/nanover-core/src
 
 	announce "Installing the python packages"
 	python -m pip install ${edit_option} ${nanover_user_option} ./python-libraries/nanover-core/
diff --git a/win_compile.ps1 b/win_compile.ps1
index 532a13a57..b000adcf6 100644
--- a/win_compile.ps1
+++ b/win_compile.ps1
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ announce "Installing python test requirements"
 python -m pip install -r ./python-libraries/requirements.test ${user_option}
 
 announce "Compiling proto files to python"
-python ./python-libraries/compile_proto.py --proto-dir=./protocol --python-dir=./python-libraries/nanover-core/src/nanover/protocol
+python ./python-libraries/compile_proto.py --proto-dir=./protocol --python-dir=./python-libraries/nanover-core/src
 
 announce "Installing the python packages"
 python -m pip install ${edit_option} ${user_option} ./python-libraries/nanover-core/

From 4a8aba562cdbb2c29121f4de9413c3a048d8be8c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: candle <ragzouken@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2024 16:47:32 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 07/15] style

---
 python-libraries/compile_proto.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/python-libraries/compile_proto.py b/python-libraries/compile_proto.py
index 41a449a09..fe079434a 100644
--- a/python-libraries/compile_proto.py
+++ b/python-libraries/compile_proto.py
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ def compile_protocol(proto_dir, python_dir):
             protoc.main(
                 (
                     "protoc",
-                    f"--proto_path=.",
+                    "--proto_path=.",
                     f"--python_out={python_dir}",
                     f"--grpc_python_out={python_dir}",
                     str(protocol_file),

From 3a5a39ecbf13f7ddc92e49b0ce9475c18c55e6bc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: candle <ragzouken@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2024 16:55:36 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 08/15] remove spurious file

---
 python-libraries/nanover-core/conda/bld.bat | 2 --
 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 python-libraries/nanover-core/conda/bld.bat

diff --git a/python-libraries/nanover-core/conda/bld.bat b/python-libraries/nanover-core/conda/bld.bat
deleted file mode 100644
index 602113031..000000000
--- a/python-libraries/nanover-core/conda/bld.bat
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-"%PYTHON%" setup.py install
-if errorlevel 1 exit 1
\ No newline at end of file

From 19c9fdcade5b6b0bc010d0f10e426e25650666f1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: candle <ragzouken@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2024 11:39:27 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 09/15] fix compile scripts?

---
 compile.sh      | 2 +-
 win_compile.ps1 | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/compile.sh b/compile.sh
index 808f6456e..d5c2b429b 100755
--- a/compile.sh
+++ b/compile.sh
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ if [[ $with_python == true ]]; then
 	python -m pip install ${edit_option} ${nanover_user_option} ./python-libraries/nanover-core/
 
 	for package in python-libraries/nanover-*/; do
-		if [[ -f "${package}/setup.py" ]]; then
+		if [[ -f "${package}/pyproject.toml" ]]; then
 			python -m pip install ${edit_option} ${nanover_user_option} ${package}
 		fi
 	done
diff --git a/win_compile.ps1 b/win_compile.ps1
index b000adcf6..e73ac34c5 100644
--- a/win_compile.ps1
+++ b/win_compile.ps1
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ announce "Installing the python packages"
 python -m pip install ${edit_option} ${user_option} ./python-libraries/nanover-core/
 
 Get-ChildItem -Directory python-libraries/nanover-* | ForEach-Object {
-    if (Test-Path -Path "$($_.FullName)/setup.py") {
+    if (Test-Path -Path "$($_.FullName)/pyproject.toml") {
         Write-Host "$($_.FullName)"
         pip install ${edit_option} ${user_option} ""$($_.FullName)""
     }

From 5c87d12647673076a8cdd4b2af7b572539347e8a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: candle <ragzouken@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2024 12:01:47 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 10/15] correct package name for nanover-core

---
 python-libraries/nanover-core/pyproject.toml | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/python-libraries/nanover-core/pyproject.toml b/python-libraries/nanover-core/pyproject.toml
index 49b0511c6..f75d57e14 100644
--- a/python-libraries/nanover-core/pyproject.toml
+++ b/python-libraries/nanover-core/pyproject.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ requires = ["setuptools", "setuptools-scm"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
-name = "nanover-core"
+name = "nanover"
 authors = [
     {name = "Intangible Realities Lab"},
 ]

From a3d756f0f2813eee1181673aeca6e4df112b83bb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: candle <ragzouken@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2024 13:33:42 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 11/15] missing entry point

---
 python-libraries/nanover-essd/conda/meta.yaml | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/python-libraries/nanover-essd/conda/meta.yaml b/python-libraries/nanover-essd/conda/meta.yaml
index e60293a1a..b42fc6720 100644
--- a/python-libraries/nanover-essd/conda/meta.yaml
+++ b/python-libraries/nanover-essd/conda/meta.yaml
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ source:
 build:
   noarch: python
   number: 0
+  entry_points:
+    - nanover-essd-list = nanover.essd.list_cli:main
 
 requirements:
   build:

From b1c3b11b4ba302674aa67c859d46b59326656e66 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: candle <ragzouken@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2024 13:36:34 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 12/15] allow PEP 420 packages

---
 python-libraries/nanover-ase/pyproject.toml        | 1 -
 python-libraries/nanover-core/pyproject.toml       | 1 -
 python-libraries/nanover-essd/pyproject.toml       | 1 -
 python-libraries/nanover-jupyter/pyproject.toml    | 1 -
 python-libraries/nanover-lammps/pyproject.toml     | 1 -
 python-libraries/nanover-mdanalysis/pyproject.toml | 1 -
 python-libraries/nanover-omni/pyproject.toml       | 1 -
 python-libraries/nanover-openmm/pyproject.toml     | 1 -
 8 files changed, 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/python-libraries/nanover-ase/pyproject.toml b/python-libraries/nanover-ase/pyproject.toml
index 7891258c5..6d84b036b 100644
--- a/python-libraries/nanover-ase/pyproject.toml
+++ b/python-libraries/nanover-ase/pyproject.toml
@@ -22,4 +22,3 @@ nanover-omm-ase = "nanover.ase.openmm.cli:main"
 [tool.setuptools.packages.find]
 where = ["src"]  # list of folders that contain the packages (["."] by default)
 include = ["nanover.*"]  # package names should match these glob patterns (["*"] by default)
-namespaces = false  # to disable scanning PEP 420 namespaces (true by default)
diff --git a/python-libraries/nanover-core/pyproject.toml b/python-libraries/nanover-core/pyproject.toml
index f75d57e14..9da6ae5a5 100644
--- a/python-libraries/nanover-core/pyproject.toml
+++ b/python-libraries/nanover-core/pyproject.toml
@@ -27,4 +27,3 @@ nanover-multiplayer = "nanover.multiplayer.cli:main"
 [tool.setuptools.packages.find]
 where = ["src"]  # list of folders that contain the packages (["."] by default)
 include = ["nanover.*", "nanover.protocol"]  # package names should match these glob patterns (["*"] by default)
-namespaces = false  # to disable scanning PEP 420 namespaces (true by default)
diff --git a/python-libraries/nanover-essd/pyproject.toml b/python-libraries/nanover-essd/pyproject.toml
index 4aa224190..f320ccca9 100644
--- a/python-libraries/nanover-essd/pyproject.toml
+++ b/python-libraries/nanover-essd/pyproject.toml
@@ -20,4 +20,3 @@ nanover-essd-list = "nanover.essd.list_cli:main"
 [tool.setuptools.packages.find]
 where = ["src"]  # list of folders that contain the packages (["."] by default)
 include = ["nanover.*"]  # package names should match these glob patterns (["*"] by default)
-namespaces = false  # to disable scanning PEP 420 namespaces (true by default)
diff --git a/python-libraries/nanover-jupyter/pyproject.toml b/python-libraries/nanover-jupyter/pyproject.toml
index 8a20e3e5d..670a461d7 100644
--- a/python-libraries/nanover-jupyter/pyproject.toml
+++ b/python-libraries/nanover-jupyter/pyproject.toml
@@ -20,4 +20,3 @@ dynamic = ["version"]
 [tool.setuptools.packages.find]
 where = ["src"]  # list of folders that contain the packages (["."] by default)
 include = ["nanover.*"]  # package names should match these glob patterns (["*"] by default)
-namespaces = false  # to disable scanning PEP 420 namespaces (true by default)
diff --git a/python-libraries/nanover-lammps/pyproject.toml b/python-libraries/nanover-lammps/pyproject.toml
index 179608060..4385c567d 100644
--- a/python-libraries/nanover-lammps/pyproject.toml
+++ b/python-libraries/nanover-lammps/pyproject.toml
@@ -19,4 +19,3 @@ dynamic = ["version"]
 [tool.setuptools.packages.find]
 where = ["src"]  # list of folders that contain the packages (["."] by default)
 include = ["nanover.*"]  # package names should match these glob patterns (["*"] by default)
-namespaces = false  # to disable scanning PEP 420 namespaces (true by default)
diff --git a/python-libraries/nanover-mdanalysis/pyproject.toml b/python-libraries/nanover-mdanalysis/pyproject.toml
index f33847bb3..28f0d53ee 100644
--- a/python-libraries/nanover-mdanalysis/pyproject.toml
+++ b/python-libraries/nanover-mdanalysis/pyproject.toml
@@ -18,4 +18,3 @@ dynamic = ["version"]
 [tool.setuptools.packages.find]
 where = ["src"]  # list of folders that contain the packages (["."] by default)
 include = ["nanover.*"]  # package names should match these glob patterns (["*"] by default)
-namespaces = false  # to disable scanning PEP 420 namespaces (true by default)
diff --git a/python-libraries/nanover-omni/pyproject.toml b/python-libraries/nanover-omni/pyproject.toml
index 1a7ff2233..def4a2633 100644
--- a/python-libraries/nanover-omni/pyproject.toml
+++ b/python-libraries/nanover-omni/pyproject.toml
@@ -21,4 +21,3 @@ nanover-omni = "nanover.omni.cli:main"
 [tool.setuptools.packages.find]
 where = ["src"]  # list of folders that contain the packages (["."] by default)
 include = ["nanover.*"]  # package names should match these glob patterns (["*"] by default)
-namespaces = false  # to disable scanning PEP 420 namespaces (true by default)
diff --git a/python-libraries/nanover-openmm/pyproject.toml b/python-libraries/nanover-openmm/pyproject.toml
index 5dde3d718..3bfa3d22a 100644
--- a/python-libraries/nanover-openmm/pyproject.toml
+++ b/python-libraries/nanover-openmm/pyproject.toml
@@ -21,4 +21,3 @@ nanover-omm-server = "nanover.openmm.cli:main"
 [tool.setuptools.packages.find]
 where = ["src"]  # list of folders that contain the packages (["."] by default)
 include = ["nanover.*"]  # package names should match these glob patterns (["*"] by default)
-namespaces = false  # to disable scanning PEP 420 namespaces (true by default)

From 2d04711bb349d6cc688f3162013c522e8b7e9c87 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: candle <ragzouken@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2024 16:04:43 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 13/15] fix mypy

---
 .github/workflows/tests.yml | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index ee776ff22..2f7842a8e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ jobs:
         run: conda install -y mpi4py openmm
       - name: Install tests dependancies
         run: python -m pip install -r python-libraries/requirements.test
-      - name: Compile
-        run: ./compile.sh --no-dotnet
+      - name: Compile (mypy requires --no-edit)
+        run: ./compile.sh --no-dotnet --no-edit
       - name: mypy
         run: |
           # Mypy accepts paths, modules or packages as inputs. However, only

From bc6d08a2148d12dfbf611e0d9eea408ab5bee100 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: candle <ragzouken@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2024 16:22:41 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 14/15] fix test

---
 .../tests/core/test_nanover_client_server_state.py           | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/python-libraries/nanover-core/tests/core/test_nanover_client_server_state.py b/python-libraries/nanover-core/tests/core/test_nanover_client_server_state.py
index 42412151b..ac0be4d63 100644
--- a/python-libraries/nanover-core/tests/core/test_nanover_client_server_state.py
+++ b/python-libraries/nanover-core/tests/core/test_nanover_client_server_state.py
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 
 import numpy
 import pytest
+
+from nanover.testing import assert_in_soon
 from nanover.utilities.change_buffers import DictionaryChange
 from nanover.utilities.key_lockable_map import ResourceLockedError
 
@@ -80,7 +82,8 @@ def test_client_copy_state_is_independent(client_server):
     client, server = client_server
     client.subscribe_all_state_updates(0)
 
-    time.sleep(IMMEDIATE_REPLY_WAIT_TIME)
+    # wait for first update
+    assert_in_soon(lambda: "test", lambda: client.copy_state())
 
     copy = client.copy_state()
     copy["test"]["baby"] = "shark"

From b15855e9c5e321c35f4519473cf48340101f0cbc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: candle <ragzouken@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2024 18:57:40 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 15/15] python 3.11 not 3.12

---
 python-libraries/nanover-ase/pyproject.toml        | 2 +-
 python-libraries/nanover-core/pyproject.toml       | 2 +-
 python-libraries/nanover-essd/pyproject.toml       | 2 +-
 python-libraries/nanover-jupyter/pyproject.toml    | 2 +-
 python-libraries/nanover-lammps/pyproject.toml     | 2 +-
 python-libraries/nanover-mdanalysis/pyproject.toml | 2 +-
 python-libraries/nanover-omni/pyproject.toml       | 2 +-
 python-libraries/nanover-openmm/pyproject.toml     | 2 +-
 8 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/python-libraries/nanover-ase/pyproject.toml b/python-libraries/nanover-ase/pyproject.toml
index 6d84b036b..42ad61bcc 100644
--- a/python-libraries/nanover-ase/pyproject.toml
+++ b/python-libraries/nanover-ase/pyproject.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ authors = [
 ]
 description = "ASE integration for NanoVer"
 readme = "README.md"
-requires-python = ">=3.12"
+requires-python = ">=3.11"
 dependencies = [
     "nanover",
     "ase >= 3.21",
diff --git a/python-libraries/nanover-core/pyproject.toml b/python-libraries/nanover-core/pyproject.toml
index 9da6ae5a5..2afa88ebd 100644
--- a/python-libraries/nanover-core/pyproject.toml
+++ b/python-libraries/nanover-core/pyproject.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ authors = [
     {name = "Intangible Realities Lab"},
 ]
 description = "NanoVer python framework"
-requires-python = ">=3.12"
+requires-python = ">=3.11"
 dependencies = [
     "setuptools>=40.1.1",
     "grpcio>=1.63.0",
diff --git a/python-libraries/nanover-essd/pyproject.toml b/python-libraries/nanover-essd/pyproject.toml
index f320ccca9..779bc11f1 100644
--- a/python-libraries/nanover-essd/pyproject.toml
+++ b/python-libraries/nanover-essd/pyproject.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ authors = [
     {name = "Intangible Realities Lab"},
 ]
 description = "Extremely Simple Server Discovery, for use with NanoVer"
-requires-python = ">=3.12"
+requires-python = ">=3.11"
 dependencies = [
     "netifaces",
 ]
diff --git a/python-libraries/nanover-jupyter/pyproject.toml b/python-libraries/nanover-jupyter/pyproject.toml
index 670a461d7..304c2f0c3 100644
--- a/python-libraries/nanover-jupyter/pyproject.toml
+++ b/python-libraries/nanover-jupyter/pyproject.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ authors = [
     {name = "Intangible Realities Lab"},
 ]
 description = "Utilities for using Jupyter with NanoVer"
-requires-python = ">=3.12"
+requires-python = ">=3.11"
 dependencies = [
     "nanover",
     "MDAnalysis",
diff --git a/python-libraries/nanover-lammps/pyproject.toml b/python-libraries/nanover-lammps/pyproject.toml
index 4385c567d..21be654bd 100644
--- a/python-libraries/nanover-lammps/pyproject.toml
+++ b/python-libraries/nanover-lammps/pyproject.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ authors = [
     {name = "Intangible Realities Lab"},
 ]
 description = "LAMMPS integration for NanoVer"
-requires-python = ">=3.12"
+requires-python = ">=3.11"
 dependencies = [
     "nanover",
     "mpi4py",
diff --git a/python-libraries/nanover-mdanalysis/pyproject.toml b/python-libraries/nanover-mdanalysis/pyproject.toml
index 28f0d53ee..a538c473c 100644
--- a/python-libraries/nanover-mdanalysis/pyproject.toml
+++ b/python-libraries/nanover-mdanalysis/pyproject.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ authors = [
     {name = "Intangible Realities Lab"},
 ]
 description = "MDAnalysis integration for NanoVer"
-requires-python = ">=3.12"
+requires-python = ">=3.11"
 dependencies = [
     "nanover",
     "MDAnalysis",
diff --git a/python-libraries/nanover-omni/pyproject.toml b/python-libraries/nanover-omni/pyproject.toml
index def4a2633..5e804a05c 100644
--- a/python-libraries/nanover-omni/pyproject.toml
+++ b/python-libraries/nanover-omni/pyproject.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ authors = [
     {name = "Intangible Realities Lab"},
 ]
 description = "Multi-simulation server for NanoVer"
-requires-python = ">=3.12"
+requires-python = ">=3.11"
 dependencies = [
     "nanover",
     "openmm",
diff --git a/python-libraries/nanover-openmm/pyproject.toml b/python-libraries/nanover-openmm/pyproject.toml
index 3bfa3d22a..5204466aa 100644
--- a/python-libraries/nanover-openmm/pyproject.toml
+++ b/python-libraries/nanover-openmm/pyproject.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ authors = [
     {name = "Intangible Realities Lab"},
 ]
 description = "Multi-simulation server for NanoVer"
-requires-python = ">=3.12"
+requires-python = ">=3.11"
 dependencies = [
     "nanover",
     "openmm",