Installation

Get Centy up and running in your development environment.

Install via Shell Script (recommended)

The fastest way to install the Centy daemon — no Node.js required:

curl -fsSL https://github.com/centy-io/installer/releases/latest/download/install.sh | sh

This detects your OS and architecture, downloads the correct binary, and installs the daemon to ~/.centy/bin/.

To also use the CLI, install it via pnpm:

pnpm add -g centy

Install via pnpm

If you already have Node.js, you can install everything through pnpm:

# Install the CLI
pnpm add -g centy

# Install the daemon
centy install daemon

Run without Installing

You can also run Centy directly without global installation:

pnpm dlx centy init
pnpm dlx centy create issue

Verify Installation

After installation, verify that Centy is available:

centy --version

Initialize a Project

Navigate to your project directory and initialize Centy:

cd your-project
centy init

This creates the .centy/ folder structure with default configuration.

Updating Centy

To update the daemon to the latest version, re-run the install script:

curl -fsSL https://github.com/centy-io/installer/releases/latest/download/install.sh | sh

To update the CLI:

pnpm update -g centy

Uninstalling

To remove Centy from your system:

# Remove the CLI
pnpm remove -g centy

# Remove the daemon
rm -rf ~/.centy/bin

Supported Platforms

OS	Architecture
macOS	Intel, Apple Silicon
Linux	x86_64, ARM64
Windows	x86_64

Next Steps

After installation, proceed to Configuration to customize Centy for your project.