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How to build Open Ghost installers from source for your platform with Open Ghost

Run the app from code and produce an installer for Windows, macOS or Linux.

  • Research
  • Advanced
  • 45 minutes
  • From the README
  • Any agent

Who it is forA developer who wants to audit, modify or package the open source desktop agent for their own platform.

The problemUsing a prebuilt release limits control over the code, and a fork needs a way to produce installers for each system.

The outcomeA local copy of the app running from source and an installer file in the dist folder for the system you build on.

What you need first

  • A computer running Windows, macOS or Linux
  • A ChatGPT account sign-in, or an API key for OpenAI, Claude, DeepSeek or OpenRouter
  • Node.js 22 or newer, only if you build from the source code

Steps

  1. Install Node.js 22 or newer and clone the repository from https://github.com/ANDRETRIPOL/OpenGhost.
  2. Run npm ci in the project folder to install the dependencies.
  3. Run npm start to launch the app straight from the code.
  4. On Windows run npm run dist, on macOS run npm run dist:mac, or on Linux run npm run dist:linux, each on that system.
  5. For Mac or Linux without a local machine, fork the repo, turn on Actions, open Build and press Run workflow.

Prompt for your agent

Clone https://github.com/ANDRETRIPOL/OpenGhost, run `npm ci`, then run the dist command that matches this operating system: `npm run dist` on Windows, `npm run dist:mac` on macOS or `npm run dist:linux` on Linux. Expected output: an installer in the dist folder whose name starts with OpenGhost. Verify that the file exists and that `npm start` launches the app.

Caveat. The README says each installer must be built on its own system, so a Windows machine cannot produce the macOS or Linux files directly.

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