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Installing Rabtly

Installing Rabtly on a device takes about two minutes. You’ll install a small background app (the Rabtly daemon) that keeps the device connected to your private network.

Choose your operating system

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How it works

Connecting a device takes three steps:

  1. Install the Rabtly app on the device
  2. Sign in with rabtly login (opens your browser) or enter your credentials
  3. Connect with sudo rabtly up

The app runs in the background and reconnects automatically when the device restarts.

Package managers

Prefer your usual package manager?

  • macOS — Homebrew: brew install rabtly/rabtly/rabtly
  • Windows — Scoop: scoop bucket add rabtly https://github.com/rabtly/scoop-rabtly then scoop install rabtly
  • Linux — no distro packages yet; use the install script: curl -fsSL https://dl.rabtly.cloud/install.sh | sh

See each platform page above for the full set of options.

Nothing extra to install

The official installers and packages bundle everything Rabtly needs. On macOS and Linux there are no extra dependencies. On Windows (installed via Scoop), install WireGuard for Windows  once if it isn’t already present.

System requirements

  • macOS: 13 or later (Intel or Apple Silicon)
  • Windows: Windows 10 or 11 (64-bit)
  • Linux: Any modern distribution
  • Disk space: ~50 MB
  • Memory: ~20 MB RAM while running
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