Installation¶
There are three ways to install Showtail. The one-line installer is the fastest and needs no runtime; the other two are for people who already use Bun or want to build from source.
Option 1: One-line install, no runtime required¶
These scripts download a standalone showtail binary from the latest GitHub
Release. You do not need Node, Bun, or any other runtime installed.
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Tingsters/Showtail/main/install.sh | bash
irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Tingsters/Showtail/main/install.ps1 | iex
Option 2: Install with Bun¶
If you already use Bun, you can run Showtail from source:
git clone https://github.com/Tingsters/Showtail.git
cd Showtail
bun install
bun run src/cli.ts --help
To build your own standalone binary:
bun run build
The binary is written to dist/showtail.
Option 3: Build from source¶
Clone the repository, install dependencies with Bun, and either run the CLI directly or build a standalone binary:
git clone https://github.com/Tingsters/Showtail.git
cd Showtail
bun install
# Run the CLI directly
bun run src/cli.ts <command>
# Or build a binary
bun run build
Put dist/showtail on your PATH if you want to run it as showtail from
anywhere.
Next steps¶
- Quickstart — connect a tool and start capturing in a couple of minutes.
- Integrations — set up Showtail for your specific AI tool.