Installation

Install OpenWalrus on macOS or Linux with one command, or build from source with Cargo.

Quick install

The fastest way to install OpenWalrus:

curl -sSL https://openwalrus.xyz/install | sh

This downloads the latest prebuilt binary for your platform (macOS or Linux, Intel or ARM).

If you have Rust installed, you can build from source:

cargo install openwalrus

For NVIDIA GPU acceleration:

cargo install openwalrus --features local,cuda

For Apple Silicon GPU acceleration:

cargo install openwalrus --features local,metal

Flag	Description
`local`	Enable local LLM inference via mistralrs
`cuda`	NVIDIA GPU acceleration (requires CUDA toolkit)
`metal`	Apple Silicon GPU acceleration

walrus --version

After installing, follow the quickstart guide to run your first agent. See configuration for customizing your setup.