Installing Coder

A single CLI (coder) is used for both the Coder server and the client.

We support two release channels: mainline and stable - read the Releases page to learn more about which best suits your team.

Download the latest release from GitHub

Linux/macOS

Our install script is the fastest way to install Coder on Linux/macOS:

curl -L https://coder.com/install.sh | sh

Refer to GitHub releases for alternate installation methods (e.g. standalone binaries, system packages).

Windows

[!IMPORTANT] If you plan to use the built-in PostgreSQL database, you will need to ensure that the Visual C++ Runtime is installed.

Use GitHub releases to download the Windows installer (.msi) or standalone binary (.exe).

Alternatively, you can use the winget package manager to install Coder:

winget install Coder.Coder

To start the Coder server:

coder server

To log in to an existing Coder deployment:

coder login https://coder.example.com

Download the CLI from your deployment

Note

Available in Coder 2.19 and newer.

Every Coder server hosts CLI binaries for all supported platforms. You can run a script to download the appropriate CLI for your machine from your Coder deployment.

curl -L https://coder.example.com/install.sh | sh

This script works within air-gapped deployments and ensures that the version of the CLI you have installed on your machine matches the version of the server.

This script can be useful when authoring a template for installing the CLI.

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