Installation

Download a pre-built binary

The easiest way to get SeedNet. No build tools required.

1. Visit the GitHub Releases page
2. Download the binary for your OS and architecture
3. Make it executable and place it in your PATH

macOS / Linux

# Example for macOS Apple Silicon
curl -LO https://github.com/oboard/seednet/releases/latest/download/seednet-aarch64-apple-darwin
chmod +x seednet-aarch64-apple-darwin
mv seednet-aarch64-apple-darwin /usr/local/bin/seednet

macOS: If Gatekeeper blocks the binary, open System Settings → Privacy & Security and click Allow Anyway.

Windows

Download seednet-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc.exe, rename it to seednet.exe, and place it in a folder that is in your %PATH% (e.g. C:\Windows\System32 or a custom tools folder).

Verify the installation

seednet --version

You should see the version string printed.

Build from source

You need Rust (stable toolchain).

git clone https://github.com/oboard/seednet.git
cd seednet
cargo build --release
# Binary is at: target/release/seednet

State directory

SeedNet stores its state (identity, peers, logs, PID) in ~/.seednet/ by default. You can override this with the --state-dir flag or the SEEDNET_STATE_DIR environment variable.

seednet --state-dir /var/lib/seednet up "my network"