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Steerholm is one CLI and one daemon: the holm CLI is your control plane, and the daemon is the local endpoint your agents connect to. Installing sets up both and starts the daemon running as you.

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One-line install

The install script downloads pre-built binaries, registers a per-user background daemon that runs as you, and starts it. No admin rights, no Python or package manager required.
This installs the holm control-plane CLI and starts the daemon’s HTTP MCP endpoint at http://127.0.0.1:4767/mcp.

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What the install script does

  1. Downloads the latest release binaries for your platform
  2. Installs holm to ~/.local/bin (Linux/macOS) or %LOCALAPPDATA%\steerholm\bin (Windows)
  3. Registers a per-user background daemon that runs as you (no admin required):
    • Linux: systemd user service
    • macOS: launchd user agent
    • Windows: a logon Scheduled Task
  4. Starts the daemon on http://127.0.0.1:4767/mcp
The daemon starts at login and restarts on crash. You can also download binaries manually from the GitHub Releases page.

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Verify

You should see the daemon running on http://127.0.0.1:4767/mcp.

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Upgrade

Update to the latest release in place:
Use holm update --check to see whether a newer version is available without installing, and holm version to print the installed version. See the CLI reference for all options.

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Uninstall

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Development setup

For contributing or local development:
This installs in editable mode — changes to the source take effect immediately.