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fastrepl/anarlog

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Difficulty: Moderate
Time: about 15 min
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Start here

Website ↗anarlog.soThe project's own site.Docs ↗docs.anarlog.soLinked from the README.

Setup script in the repo

The maintainers included scripts/setup-desktop-e2e.sh. Run it from the cloned folder after reading it.

bash scripts/setup-desktop-e2e.sh

Also: scripts/setup-devtools.sh, scripts/setup-flathub.sh, scripts/setup-linux-others.sh, scripts/setup-linux-tauri.sh

Will it work on my device?

Yes, it installs on your macOS

A ready-made macOS download is in the latest release.

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Download for macOS

desktop_v1.4.34 · 10/29/2026 ↗

anarlog-macos-aarch64.dmg

dmg · Apple Silicon · 211.4 MB · 584 downloads · best match

Download

Drag the app into Applications.

curl -LO "https://github.com/fastrepl/anarlog/releases/download/desktop_v1.4.34/anarlog-macos-aarch64.dmg"
open "anarlog-macos-aarch64.dmg"

Other macOS downloads (1)

anarlog-macos-x86_64.dmg

dmg · Intel · 178.5 MB · 32 downloads

Download

Drag the app into Applications.

curl -LO "https://github.com/fastrepl/anarlog/releases/download/desktop_v1.4.34/anarlog-macos-x86_64.dmg"
open "anarlog-macos-x86_64.dmg"

Did you get it running?

No reports for macOS yet.

Still stuck? Get a written guide

Claude reads the 13 key files and writes a step-by-step guide for macOS. Once written, it's saved for everyone.

Parts list

1×Node.js ^22.23.4 || ^24.22.1 || >=26.12.1runtime
1×Rust 1.94.0runtime
1×pnpm pnpm@11.1.1package manager

8× settings in .env

POSTGRES_DB
POSTGRES_USER
POSTGRES_PASSWORDsecret
ANARLOG_ENTERPRISE_DATABASE_URL
ANARLOG_ENTERPRISE_DATABASE_MAX_CONNECTIONS
ANARLOG_ENTERPRISE_WORKSPACE_TOKENSsecret
ANARLOG_ENTERPRISE_PORT
RUST_LOG

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Good to know

Monorepo (workspaces) — install from the repo root.
Cargo workspace — pick a crate with cargo run -p <name>.
Has AGENTS.md — instructions for coding agents. You can open Claude Code (or another agent) in the cloned folder and ask it to do the setup for you.
Nested projects: apps/api/Cargo.toml, apps/cli/Cargo.toml, apps/desktop/package.json, apps/desktop/src-tauri/Cargo.toml and 11 more

package.json scripts (10)

devnode scripts/dev.mjs stack
dev:desktopnode scripts/dev.mjs desktop
dev:webnode scripts/dev.mjs web
dev:apinode scripts/dev.mjs api
fmt:checkdprint check
fmtdprint fmt
lintpnpm lint:oxlint && pnpm lint:eslint
lint:eslinteslint
lint:oxlintoxlint --type-aware
plugin:hello-world:installpnpm --dir examples/plugins/hello-world install:dev

Files we read (13)

.github/workflows/api_ci.yaml

.github/workflows/ci.yaml

.github/workflows/cli_ci.yaml

.github/workflows/content-check.yml

.github/workflows/db_ci.yaml

.github/workflows/desktop_ci.yaml

Cargo.toml

README.md

docs/installation.mdx

enterprise/control-plane/.env.sample

package.json

pnpm-workspace.yaml

rust-toolchain.toml

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