OpenBee
User Guide

Installation

Install OpenBee on your system

Prerequisites

  • Claude CLI (optional) — Required for Claude Code workers. See Claude Code documentation for installation.
  • Go 1.25+ (only if building from source)
  • Node.js 20+ (only if building from source)

Install via npm

npm install -g openbee

Install via Script

macOS / Linux:

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/theopenbee/openbee/main/install.sh | bash

Windows (PowerShell):

irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/theopenbee/openbee/main/install.ps1 | iex

Install via Package Manager

macOS (Homebrew):

brew install theopenbee/tap/openbee

Windows (Scoop):

scoop bucket add theopenbee https://github.com/theopenbee/scoop-bucket.git
scoop install openbee

Build from Source

git clone https://github.com/theopenbee/openbee.git
cd openbee
make web    # Build frontend assets
make build  # Build binary

The binary will be at ./bin/openbee.

Verify Installation

openbee --version

You should see the version number, commit hash, and build date.

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