Installation

FlowLayer installs two binaries:

• flowlayer-server
• flowlayer-client-tui

Official binaries are available on Linux, macOS, and Windows.

Prerequisites

• A local environment where you can run host processes.

Linux & macOS

Install script (recommended)

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/FlowLayer/distribution/main/install.sh | sh

Homebrew

brew tap FlowLayer/distribution https://github.com/FlowLayer/distribution.git
brew install flowlayer

Windows

Scoop (recommended)

scoop bucket add flowlayer https://github.com/FlowLayer/distribution.git
scoop install flowlayer

WinGet

winget source update
winget install FlowLayer.FlowLayer

After installing with WinGet, restart your terminal so the PATH update takes effect.

Verify the install

flowlayer-server --version
flowlayer-client-tui --version

Expected output:

flowlayer-server 1.1.1
flowlayer-client-tui 1.1.1

PATH setup

install.sh installs FlowLayer binaries into ~/.local/bin for user-level installs. If flowlayer-server or flowlayer-client-tui is not found after installation, add ~/.local/bin to your PATH. This is only relevant for install.sh or manual user-level installs, not normally for Homebrew, Scoop, or WinGet.

Bash:

echo 'export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bashrc
source ~/.bashrc

Zsh:

echo 'export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.zshrc
source ~/.zshrc

Fish:

fish_add_path ~/.local/bin

Verify:

flowlayer-server --version
flowlayer-client-tui --version

Build from source

If you want to build the official TUI client from source or contribute, start from the public repository: https://github.com/FlowLayer/tui

Next step

Continue with First Stack for a minimal server-first run and explicit TUI connection.