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How to install panelalpha-engine on Windows (panelalpha/panelalpha-engine) · gitmanual

How to install on Windows

panelalpha/panelalpha-engine

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Difficulty: Moderate
Time: 30 min or more
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License: Apache-2.0
Open issues: 13
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Start here

Website ↗engine.panelalpha.comThe project's own site.

Setup script in the repo

The maintainers included scripts/bootstrap-from-source.sh. Run it from the cloned folder after reading it.

bash scripts/bootstrap-from-source.sh

Also: scripts/install-sysbox.sh

Will it work on my device?

No Windows version

Apps are only published for macOS and Linux.

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macOS Windows Linux

No Windows app in the box

No ready-made Windows app or install command in v2.2.0. There are apps for macOS and Linux.

Did you get it running?

On Windows: 1 got it running, 0 got stuck.

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Parts list

Nothing extra to install.

83× settings in .env

APP_NAME
APP_ENV
APP_KEYsecret
APP_DEBUG
APP_URL
LOG_CHANNEL
LOG_DEPRECATIONS_CHANNEL
LOG_LEVEL
DB_CONNECTION
DB_HOST
DB_PORT
DB_DATABASE
DB_USERNAME
DB_PASSWORDsecret
BROADCAST_DRIVER
CACHE_DRIVER
FILESYSTEM_DISK
QUEUE_CONNECTION
SESSION_DRIVER
SESSION_LIFETIME
MEMCACHED_HOST
MAIL_MAILER
MAIL_HOST
MAIL_PORT
MAIL_USERNAME
MAIL_PASSWORDsecret
MAIL_ENCRYPTION
MAIL_FROM_ADDRESS
MAIL_FROM_NAME
AWS_ACCESS_KEY_IDsecret
AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEYsecret
AWS_DEFAULT_REGION
AWS_BUCKET
AWS_USE_PATH_STYLE_ENDPOINT
PUSHER_APP_ID
PUSHER_APP_KEYsecret
PUSHER_APP_SECRETsecret
PUSHER_HOST
PUSHER_PORT
PUSHER_SCHEME
PUSHER_APP_CLUSTER
VITE_PUSHER_APP_KEYsecret
VITE_PUSHER_HOST
VITE_PUSHER_PORT
VITE_PUSHER_SCHEME
VITE_PUSHER_APP_CLUSTER
PANELALPHA_CONNECT
PANELALPHA_MONITORING
SWAGGER_ENABLED
SWAGGER_GENERATE_ALWAYS
SITE_PASSWORD_AUTH_MODEsecret
MCP_TOOLSETS
MCP_TOOLS
MCP_PERMISSION_MODE
MCP_DENIED_TOOLS
MCP_DENIED_TOOLS_REGEX
MCP_TOOL_SEARCH
COMPOSE_PROFILESoptional
CORE_MYSQL_PASSWORDsecret
USERS_MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORDsecret

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Good to know

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.
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CONTRIBUTING.md

README.md

core/.env.example

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