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Install the local LastDB node and the daily apps on macOS.
Last reviewed: 2026-08-18. Product status: alpha.
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This path installs LastDB plus the common first-party app CLIs and the read-only LastDB Browser UI (its launcher is linked as lastdb-browser).
Paste-safe for macOS zsh (no # comment lines — interactive zsh does not treat them as comments). Skip the Bun line if already installed; skip the node line if npm --version already works. Needs Homebrew + Apple Silicon.
curl -fsSL https://bun.sh/install | bash export PATH="$HOME/.bun/bin:$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH" brew install node git clone https://github.com/EdgeVector/last-stack ~/.last-stack ~/.last-stack/setup ~/.last-stack/bin/last-stack-install-apps brew services start lastdb brain init --grant-consent kanban init situations init lastsecrets init org init search init
brew install edgevector/lastdb/lastdb brew services start lastdb
The Homebrew package ships lastdbd, the local daemon, and lastdb, the control CLI.
HEALTH
curl -s --unix-socket ~/.lastdb/data/folddb.sock \ http://localhost/health
Expect {"status":"ok"}.
VERSIONS
lastdb status lastdb --version lastdbd --version
The owner socket is ~/.lastdb/data/folddb.sock. TCP :9001 is retired.
No desktop app, DMG, or file-ingestion product surface ships in the current Homebrew path. Use the local node plus app CLIs.