Choosing your method
There are five ways to install Kubuno. They all lead to the same result: a server that starts with the machine and greets you with its installation wizard. Choose your method first — each of the pages that follow covers only its own.
Which method to choose #
| Method | Who it is for | What you need |
|---|---|---|
| Docker recommended | Trying Kubuno out, or deploying quickly on a Linux server without installing anything else. | An x86-64 Linux server. The script sets up Docker, Kubuno and its database. |
Linux — .deb / .rpm | Running it for the long term: a system service, packages, and updates you control. | Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, RHEL or openSUSE, and a reachable PostgreSQL 16. |
Windows — .exe | A Windows server, or a Windows 10/11 workstation. | 64-bit Windows 10/11 or Windows Server, and a reachable PostgreSQL 16. |
macOS — .pkg | A Mac used as a server, or a local working instance. | An Apple Silicon Mac, and a reachable PostgreSQL 16. |
| From source | Developing, or building your own packages. | Rust, Node.js and PostgreSQL on the build machine. |
Important
PostgreSQL is not bundled in the native packages: they install the Kubuno server, not its database. Only the Docker method provides one for you. See Database to prepare it.
What is the same whichever method you choose #
- No file to edit by hand. A fresh instance serves an installation wizard on its usual port: it asks for the database and the first administrator, then writes the configuration itself.
- No default password. You are the one who chooses the administrator's password, during the installation.
- The core alone is not enough. It brings neither files, nor calendar, nor mail: those are modules, which you add afterwards — except with Docker, whose image already ships about twenty of them.
Where the downloads are #
All the native packages are published on the Releases page of the core repository, built by continuous integration at every version. A module has its own packages, on the Releases page of its own repository.
https://github.com/kubuno/core/releases/latest
https://github.com/kubuno/<module>/releases/latest