Install and run

You can download a release build or run Sentinel from source.

Download a release

Release builds are published on GitHub Releases:

• Download Sentinel

Current release targets:

• macOS: DMG
• Windows: NSIS installer
• Linux: AppImage

Run from source

Sentinel uses Bun.

bun install
cp .env.example .env
bun run dev:desktop

The app runs at http://localhost:3232.

ENCRYPTION_KEY can be left empty in .env. Sentinel generates one on first desktop launch.

Build commands

macOS

bun run build:desktop:mac

Windows

bun run build:desktop:windows

Linux

bun run build:desktop:linux

Related pages

• Getting started
• Quickstart
• Environment and build