One-Command Install

Install CrestBid on Linux, macOS, or Windows with a single command.

Sign up on the Download page first — the install command we email you already contains your license key. The examples below show where the key goes (YOUR-KEY).

Windows

Open PowerShell as Administrator (Start › type PowerShell › right-click › Run as administrator), paste, and press Enter:

$env:CRESTBID_KEY="YOUR-KEY"; irm https://license.crestbidai.com/win | iex

The first run installs Docker and WSL2, which may require one restart. After rebooting, open PowerShell as Administrator again and paste the same command — it remembers where it was and continues.

macOS and Linux

Open a terminal, paste, and press Enter:

curl -fsSL https://license.crestbidai.com/sh | bash -s -- --key YOUR-KEY

On Linux the installer also sets up Docker and the NVIDIA container runtime (you may be asked for your sudo password). Macs have no NVIDIA GPU, so CrestBid runs in cloud-model mode there — see System Requirements.

What it does

  1. 1Verifies your OS, available disk space, and GPU drivers
  2. 2Installs Docker (and WSL2 on Windows) if missing
  3. 3Downloads the CrestBid application containers and local AI models
  4. 4Activates your license and creates the local data volumes
  5. 5Opens your browser at http://localhost:3000 when finished

Expect 15–25 minutes end to end — most of it is the one-time AI model download.

Upgrading

The installer is idempotent: re-run the same command at any time to move to the latest release. Your projects, knowledge bases, and license are preserved.

Under the hood, CrestBid runs as a set of Docker Compose services on a single host. See Docker & Deployment Architecture for what gets installed and how to manage it.
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