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Set Up

This step-by-step guide will have you running LBRY and interacting with the API in just a few minutes.

This guide is for programmers and other technical users. For consumer usage of LBRY, please go here.

What's Covered

  1. Installation
  2. Running LBRY
  3. The API
  4. Credits
  5. Community & Issues

1. Installation

The easiest way to install LBRY is to use a pre-packaged binary. We provide binaries for Windows, macOS, and Debian-based Linux.

macOS Linux Windows
Download DMG Download DEB Download MSI

If you prefer to compile from source or are not on one of the above operating systems, follow this guide.

2. Running LBRY

Launch the deamon to run as a background process:

$lbrynet-daemon

The first time you run the daemon, it must catch-up with most recent blockheaders. This can take several minutes.

macOS and Windows do not currently bundle the daemon separately. Just launch the full app and the API will still be available. This will be resolved in v0.9.