Installation

You need Go 1.27.1+ (to build).

git clone https://github.com/ouranoshong/openheron
cd openheron
make build

make build builds the frontend and embeds the interface into the binary, producing bin/openheron — a self-contained executable that runs on any machine (cross-compile for platforms other than your build host).

If you just want to try it quickly:

make build-go     # backend only (no UI) — faster while iterating on Go code

★ Or install a released binary. Every v* tag publishes the same self-contained executable for six platforms — the interface is embedded, so nothing has to be installed next to it. One command does the whole thing:

# Linux / macOS
curl -fsSL https://github.com/ouranoshong/openheron/releases/latest/download/install.sh | sh

# Windows
irm https://github.com/ouranoshong/openheron/releases/latest/download/install.ps1 | iex

The installer picks the asset for your platform, verifies its sha256 against the release’s checksums.txt, and installs it into ~/.local/bin. A download that does not match the checksum is not installed.

Prefer to look before you run? Download install.sh from the releases page and read it — the script is part of the release, next to the binaries it installs.

Without the script, take the archive from the releases page and check it against the checksums.txt next to it:

sha256sum -c checksums.txt --ignore-missing

★ The binary is static (CGO_ENABLED=0), so it runs on any machine of that platform — no Go, no Node, no runtime to install.