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Install Semios on a laptop

Installs the Semios bridge on your machine. Your laptop becomes a node on the mesh. ~5 minutes.

1 Open PowerShell as Administrator

Press Win, type powershell, right-click → Run as Administrator.

2 Paste this one line and press Enter

Downloads + runs the Semios installer. It installs Python if missing, sets up the bridge, generates your node identity.

irm https://bridge.semios.global/install.ps1 | iex

3 Start the bridge + go live

After the installer finishes, in the same PowerShell window run:

cd $env:USERPROFILE\semios-workspace\installer; .\go-live.ps1
If your laptop will only run the bridge locally (not publicly), skip step 3 and run .\start-bridge.ps1 instead. Then open http://localhost:8443/app/ on this machine or http://<your-LAN-ip>:8443/app/ from a phone on the same network.

1 Open Terminal

Spotlight (⌘+Space), type terminal, press Enter.

2 Paste this one line and press Enter

Downloads + runs the Semios installer. Installs Python (via Homebrew) if missing, sets up the bridge, generates your node identity.

curl -fsSL https://bridge.semios.global/install.sh | bash

3 Start the bridge

The installer prints the exact next command. Typically:

launchctl load ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.semios.bridge.plist

1 Open a terminal

2 Paste this one line and press Enter

Downloads + runs the Semios installer. Installs Python if missing, sets up the bridge as a systemd service.

curl -fsSL https://bridge.semios.global/install.sh | bash

3 Start the bridge

The installer wires a systemd unit. Start it with:

sudo systemctl enable --now semios-bridge

After the bridge is up

Open the runtime on this machine (it talks to your local bridge automatically), or from your phone on the same network: http://<your-laptop-ip>:8443/app/. For advanced setup (signed delegation to a second laptop from an existing principal): /onboard/.