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Hostess

Installation

Install the Hostess CLI on macOS, Linux, or Windows and verify your installation.

Install

macOS / Linux:

Terminal
curl -fsSL https://hostess.sh/install.sh | sh
Terminal
brew install howl-cloud/tap/hostess

Windows:

PowerShell
irm https://hostess.sh/install.ps1 | iex

Download the appropriate hostess-windows-{arch}.exe asset from the hostess-cli releases, rename it to hostess.exe, and add it to your PATH.

Verify your installation

Terminal
hostess --version
# hostess version 0.2.x

Updating

Terminal
hostess update

Uninstalling

Terminal
rm -f ~/.local/bin/hostess
rm -rf ~/.hostess
Terminal
brew uninstall hostess
rm -rf ~/.hostess
PowerShell
Remove-Item -Force "$env:USERPROFILE\.local\bin\hostess.exe" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
Remove-Item -Recurse -Force "$env:USERPROFILE\.hostess" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue

Next steps

After installing, log in and follow the Quick Start to deploy your first application.

Introduction

Hostess is a deployment platform that lets you deploy your entire stack — Next.js, FastAPI, Postgres, Redis, and more — with a single command.

Authentication

Log in to Hostess, manage your session, and configure authentication for CI/CD pipelines.

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