Installation

Choose the Rookhold surface that matches what you are doing.

Rookhold app

Use the complete app when you want rookhold run, a local trusted-code service, the persistent server, setup commands, remote client, MCP, and the verifier.

Computer	App bundle
Windows, 64-bit	Download for Windows
Mac with Apple Silicon	Download for Mac
Linux x86_64	Download for Linux

The exact release, checksums, SBOM, provenance, SDK artifacts, and standalone clients are on the v0.8.0 release.

SDK

Use an SDK when an application submits jobs to a Rookhold endpoint. Before v0.8.0 publishes, install the candidate from the checkout:

python -m pip install ./sdks/python
npm install ./sdks/typescript

Install the exact GitHub release packages:

pip install https://github.com/sambai-dev/rookhold/releases/download/v0.8.0/rookhold-0.8.0-py3-none-any.whl
npm install https://github.com/sambai-dev/rookhold/releases/download/v0.8.0/rookhold-0.8.0.tgz

Named PyPI and npm installs are deferred until maintainer registry activation.

These packages are clients. Installing them does not create the guarded Linux execution boundary.

Standalone client

Use the standalone rookhold-cli download when a person or MCP host already has a Rookhold endpoint and does not need the service or local-run workflow.

Computer	Client
Windows, 64-bit	Download the Windows client
Mac with Apple Silicon	Download the Mac client
Linux x86_64	Download the Linux client

Mac and Linux users must mark direct executable downloads with chmod +x. Keep credentials in the environment or a managed secret mechanism.

Verify a release

Before running an unsigned community binary, verify its SHA256SUMS entry and GitHub provenance. The deployment guide contains exact Linux, macOS, and Windows verification commands.