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Installation

Download and install Overseer on your system.

Install the current packaged desktop release, then prepare the local runtimes Overseer depends on for orchestration and tool execution.

System Requirements

Windows10 or later (64-bit, packaged release available now)
RAM8 GB minimum (16 GB recommended)
Disk500 MB for the app plus model/runtime space
Model RuntimeOllama recommended for local chat and orchestration
PythonNeeded for some local tool flows and scripts

Download

The current public packaged release is the Windows x64 installer. Download it from the Hub:

Go to Downloads

Windows Installation

  1. Download the packaged desktop archive from the Hub.
  2. Extract the package, keep the bundled assets and config folders beside the app, then launch Overseer.
  3. Launch Overseer and let it initialize the local database on first run.
  4. Install and start Ollama before sending your first model-backed request.

Tip

If you are running Overseer from source on Windows, use run_overseer_desktop.bat so the Visual Studio toolchain is loaded correctly.

macOS Installation

A packaged macOS release is not published yet. Today the practical path is building from source while the public installer channel is still catching up.

Linux Installation

A packaged Linux release is not published yet. If you want to evaluate Overseer on Linux today, use the source build path and provide the same local runtimes described in Desktop Setup.

Terminal
# Clone the app repo
git clone <your-overseer-repo>
cd overseer

# Make sure Rust, protoc, and your C/C++ build tools are available
cargo check --features desktop

# Start the desktop app
dx serve

Verify Installation

After installation, verify the app and the model runtime separately:

bash
# Start or check your local model runtime
ollama serve
ollama list

# Then launch Overseer
.\run_overseer_desktop.bat

Caution

If chat requests fail with a connection error to http://localhost:11434, Overseer is running but Ollama is not reachable yet.