Install

Pick the path that matches your target machine.

Debian / Ubuntu — .deb (recommended)

The .deb is built, signed, and tested in CI against Debian bookworm, Debian trixie, Ubuntu 22.04, and Ubuntu 24.04. It installs the lynxpm CLI, the lynxd daemon, a system-mode systemd unit, and polkit rules for the lynxadm group.

# Grab the latest .deb from https://github.com/Jaro-c/Lynx/releases
sudo apt install ./lynxpm_*_amd64.deb
sudo usermod -aG lynxadm "$USER" && newgrp lynxadm
sudo systemctl enable --now lynxd
sudo lynxpm install-tools   # optional: expose bun/node/go/… to the daemon

You’re done. lynxpm --version should print 0.9.8 or newer.

Prebuilt binary (any Linux)

Use this when you’re not on Debian/Ubuntu, or when you want to pin a specific version without the package manager in the loop. The binary is statically linked (CGO_ENABLED=0) and ships with a signature + SBOM + SLSA provenance attestation.

# amd64
gh release download --repo Jaro-c/Lynx --pattern 'lynxpm_linux_amd64'
install -m 0755 lynxpm_linux_amd64 ~/.local/bin/lynxpm

# arm64
gh release download --repo Jaro-c/Lynx --pattern 'lynxpm_linux_arm64'
install -m 0755 lynxpm_linux_arm64 ~/.local/bin/lynxpm

Then start a user-mode daemon:

lynxd &

Or wire it as a systemd --user unit:

sudo lynxpm startup   # installs the unit, enables + starts it

Build from source

Requires Go 1.26+.

git clone https://github.com/Jaro-c/Lynx
cd Lynx
go build -o lynxpm ./cmd/lynxpm
go build -o lynxd  ./cmd/lynxd

Verify the release signature (optional)

Every release ships with a detached signature over the binary. The public key lives in SECURITY.md on the repo.

gh release download --repo Jaro-c/Lynx --pattern 'lynxpm_linux_amd64*'
# verify signature with the key in SECURITY.md

Next

• Quickstart — run your first process.
• Access model — system-mode vs user-mode daemon.