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# Installing Maestro
The repo is private, so grab `install.sh` while signed in to gitea, then run it:
1. Open <https://git.naps.pt/naps62/maestro/src/branch/main/install.sh>, click
**Raw**, save as `install.sh`. Or from any existing clone:
```sh
git show origin/main:install.sh > install.sh
```
2. Run it:
```sh
chmod +x install.sh && ./install.sh
```
The bootstrap script builds `maestro-installer` into a temp directory, runs the
wizard, and cleans up — only the unified `maestro` binary ends up persisted in
`~/.cargo/bin`.
**Updating is the same command.** Re-running `./install.sh` detects an existing
systemd unit, refreshes it, and runs `systemctl --user restart maestro` instead
of `start`. No `--update` flag needed. **The restart keeps your sessions:** the unit sets
`KillMode=process`, so systemd signals only the daemon — the tmux server (and
every session) survives, and the new daemon re-adopts them on start. A unit
written before this default lacks the line; re-run `./install.sh` to refresh it.
Inside the script, `cargo install --git https://git.naps.pt/naps62/maestro …`
uses your already-configured git credentials for this host (HTTPS helper or
SSH agent). If only SSH is set up:
```sh
MAESTRO_REPO_URL=ssh://git@git.naps.pt/naps62/maestro ./install.sh
```
Pass flags through to the wizard after `./install.sh`:
```sh
./install.sh --yes --no-systemd
```
The wizard:
1. Runs `cargo install` for the unified `maestro` crate (pinned to the
committed `Cargo.lock` via `--locked`). The same binary hosts the CLI,
the per-host daemon (`maestro daemon`), and the TUI, gated by Cargo
features.
2. On systemd hosts, optionally writes a user unit at
`~/.config/systemd/user/maestro.service`, reloads systemd, and offers to
enable + start it.
The binary lands in `~/.cargo/bin/maestro` — make sure that's on your `$PATH`.
## Nix / NixOS
The repo is a flake. It exposes the `maestro` package, the SPA bundle it
embeds, and a Home Manager module:
```sh
nix run git+https://git.naps.pt/naps62/maestro -- list # the maestro binary
```
`packages.maestro` is the unified CLI + daemon + TUI binary, with the browser
SPA embedded, wrapped so `tmux` and `git` are on its `PATH`. The Nix build
points `MAESTRO_WEB_DIST` at `packages.webFrontend`, so `build.rs` skips pnpm
entirely and no network fetch happens mid-compile. Set that variable yourself
to reuse a bundle built elsewhere; leave it unset and the build falls back to
running `pnpm install && pnpm build` in `web/`.
Home Manager, with the daemon running as a *user* unit (same trust boundary as
the tmux server it wraps):
```nix
{
inputs.maestro.url = "git+https://git.naps.pt/naps62/maestro";
# in your Home Manager configuration:
imports = [ inputs.maestro.homeManagerModules.default ];
services.maestro = {
enable = true; # installs the binary, runs `maestro daemon`
settings = {
daemon.bind_addr = "127.0.0.1:7070";
};
};
}
```
`settings` is written verbatim to `~/.config/maestro/config.toml` in the schema
below; every field has a default, so `{}` writes no file at all. The daemon
serves the browser UI off that same address, and there is no auth layer — bind
it to a LAN or VPN address only on a trusted segment, never a public IP.
`services.maestro.daemon.enable = false` installs the CLI and TUI without
running a local daemon, for a host that only talks to another machine's.
The daemon unit carries the same `KillMode=process` as the wizard-written one,
so `systemctl --user restart maestro-daemon` leaves the tmux server and every
session alive.
## Thin builds for single-role hosts
The default install pulls in everything (`cli` + `daemon` + `tui` + `web`).
Single-role hosts can opt out of unused dependencies:
```sh
# Daemon-only host — no CLI or TUI:
cargo install --git https://git.naps.pt/naps62/maestro \
--no-default-features --features daemon --locked maestro
# CLI-only client (no local daemon, no TUI):
cargo install --git https://git.naps.pt/naps62/maestro \
--no-default-features --features cli --locked maestro
```
Neither of those builds the browser UI: `web` is left out, so pnpm and node
aren't needed. Add `--features daemon,web` to put it back.
The wizard always installs the default-feature build.
## The terminal UI: `maestro tui`
`maestro tui` is the keyboard-and-mouse driven terminal UI client. It ships
in the default feature set, so a vanilla `cargo install maestro` builds it.
A bare `maestro` opens the TUI too — the missing subcommand defaults to `tui`
(#119), so `maestro --daemon-url http://host:7070` works as well. Builds
without the `tui` feature have no UI to open and print help instead (exit 0).
Drop the `tui` feature to skip it on hosts that don't need the UI surface
(`--no-default-features --features cli,daemon`).
It talks to the local `maestro daemon` over `http://127.0.0.1:7070` by default.
Override the daemon URL with `--daemon-url` or `$MAESTRO_DAEMON_URL`.
The `[tui]` section in `~/.config/maestro/config.toml` (or whatever path you
pass via the global `--config` flag) controls the keymap. Shipped defaults
cover every v1 action — only override what you want to change:
```toml
[tui]
theme = "dark" # see the theme list below
leader = "ctrl-a" # one byte that escapes Insert mode; the web reads
# the same setting off /api/info
chord_timeout_ms = 1000 # how long to hold a partial chord like `ctrl-w`
[tui.keymap.normal]
"i" = "EnterInsert"
"n" = "OpenSpawnModal"
"N" = "FastForwardSpawn"
"x" = "KillHighlighted"
"r" = "RenameHighlighted"
"?" = "ShowHelp"
"ctrl-w h" = "FocusSidebar"
"enter" = "AttachHighlighted"
"pageup" = "ScrollPanePageUp"
"pagedown" = "ScrollPanePageDown"
[tui.keymap.insert]
# (leader is added automatically as LeaveInsert; only override here when you
# want extra Insert-mode bindings)
```
`theme` selects the complete TUI palette. `dark` is the default: Maestro's
graphite palette, near-neutral chrome where the activity colours are the only
hue on screen; `light` is its light peer; `ansi` uses the terminal's named
ANSI colours for terminals without truecolour. Five house presets recolour
the graphite base with an accent, and the remaining presets adapt well-known
editor themes — in both groups individual colours are lifted or darkened
where they would fall short of the WCAG AA contrast floors the palette tests
assert:
| name | based on |
|-------------------|------------------|
| `ice-cyan` | graphite base, signal-cyan accent |
| `periwinkle` | indigo base, blue-violet accent |
| `amber-phosphor` | warm graphite, CRT-amber accent |
| `ember` | warm graphite, orange-red accent |
| `orchid` | violet base, muted violet accent |
| `solarized-dark` | Solarized Dark |
| `solarized-light` | Solarized Light |
| `catppuccin` | Catppuccin Mocha |
| `github-dark` | GitHub Dark |
| `github-light` | GitHub Light |
| `tokyo-night` | Tokyo Night |
| `gruvbox` | Gruvbox Dark |
| `nord` | Nord |
| `dracula` | Dracula |
An unknown name is rejected as an `[tui].theme` configuration error.
The full action vocabulary is the `Action` enum in
`crates/maestro-tui/src/action.rs`.
## Structured sessions: `claude-code-acp`
A session spawned with `view: Structured` (#134) runs Claude Code as a child
of the daemon over the Agent Client Protocol instead of in a tmux pane. The
daemon resolves the adapter binary, `claude-code-acp`, on its `PATH` at spawn
time. Install it once per host:
```sh
npm install -g --prefix ~/.local @zed-industries/claude-code-acp
```
That puts `claude-code-acp` in `~/.local/bin`, which must be on the daemon's
`PATH` (a systemd user unit does not read your shell profile; set
`Environment=PATH=…` in the unit or install somewhere already on it). The
adapter needs a logged-in Claude Code (`claude /login`).
When the adapter is missing the spawn still creates the session, marked dead
with the install command above as its activity detail, so the sidebar says
what to run. The adapter is a child of the daemon: it ends with a `DELETE
/api/sessions/:id` (`session/cancel`, then `SIGTERM`) and with the daemon
itself. A daemon restart ends an in-flight structured turn, but preserves its
worktree, session record, and event-log transcript. The replacement daemon
starts a new adapter, resumes it with `session/load`, and replays the
transcript. Terminal sessions keep surviving restarts through tmux.
## The browser UI
The daemon serves the SPA off its own listener. Open
`http://127.0.0.1:7070/` — or whatever `[daemon].bind_addr` is — and the
browser talks to the same process the CLI and TUI do. One binary, one port,
nothing extra to install or start.
**Build prerequisite.** The `web` cargo feature is on by default and embeds the
bundle at compile time: `build.rs` runs `pnpm install --frozen-lockfile &&
pnpm build` in `web/`, so pnpm and node must be on `PATH`. Two ways around
that — point `MAESTRO_WEB_DIST` at a bundle built elsewhere, or build with
`--no-default-features` and pick the features you want (see *Thin builds*
above).
**Trust model.** There is no authentication layer: anyone who can reach
`[daemon].bind_addr` can load the UI and drive every session on the host.
Pick `127.0.0.1` for local-only, a WireGuard/LAN address for one-segment
access, and never a public IP — the network perimeter is the only boundary
Maestro has.
**Upgrading from the two-binary install.** Re-running `./install.sh` removes
the old `maestro-web.service` unit for you; nothing to undo by hand. A leftover
`[web]` block in `~/.config/maestro/config.toml` is ignored rather than
rejected, but it no longer does anything — move the address you care about to
`[daemon].bind_addr`.
## Flags
| Flag | Purpose |
|---|---|
| `--git <url>` | Install from a different git repo (default: this one). |
| `--branch <name>` | Pin a branch with `--git`. |
| `--path <dir>` | Install from a local workspace checkout (`--path` + `-p maestro`). |
| `--no-locked` | Drop `--locked` from `cargo install` (resolves a fresh dep tree). |
| `--exec-start <path>` | Override the systemd unit's `ExecStart` (default `~/.cargo/bin/maestro daemon`). |
| `--no-systemd` | Skip the systemd step even if detected. |
| `-y`, `--yes` | Non-interactive: install the binary + drop systemd unit + reload + enable, but **don't** auto-start the unit. |
## Where tmux sockets land
`maestro daemon` defaults `TMUX_TMPDIR` to `$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR` (= `/run/user/$UID`)
so a plain `tmux ls` in your shell — which typically uses the same env var
— sees maestro-managed sessions. Override in
`~/.config/maestro/config.toml`:
```toml
[daemon]
tmux_tmpdir = "/tmp"
```
Pick `/tmp` if the daemon must outlive your login session and you can't run
`loginctl enable-linger` (the runtime dir is wiped on logout, taking the
tmux sockets with it). The env var `MAESTRO_DAEMON_TMUX_TMPDIR` takes
precedence over the file.
## What the systemd unit looks like
The wizard writes a *user* unit (`systemctl --user`), since `maestro daemon`
runs per-user and uses tmux sockets under `$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR`. Body:
```ini
[Unit]
Description=Maestro per-host daemon
Documentation=https://git.naps.pt/naps62/maestro
After=network-online.target
[Service]
Type=simple
ExecStart=%h/.cargo/bin/maestro daemon
ExecReload=/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=5
[Install]
WantedBy=default.target
```
Check status / logs:
```sh
systemctl --user status maestro
journalctl --user -u maestro -f
```
## Running the wizard without the bootstrap script
If you'd rather skip the script:
```sh
cargo install --git https://git.naps.pt/naps62/maestro maestro-installer
maestro-install
```
This leaves `maestro-installer` permanently in `~/.cargo/bin` — the bootstrap
script avoids that by installing to a scratch dir.
## Fully manual install (no wizard)
```sh
cargo install --git https://git.naps.pt/naps62/maestro --locked maestro
maestro daemon # foreground; or wire your own service manager
```
Every setting has a default, so `~/.config/maestro/config.toml` is optional —
create it only to change the bind address, spawn presets, or TUI
keymap. (Worktrees live inside their base repos at `<repo>/worktrees/<branch>`;
set `[daemon].worktree_root` only to override that.)
## Non-Linux hosts
The wizard works on macOS for the `cargo install` part. The systemd step is
automatically skipped (probe of
`/run/systemd/system`). launchd integration is not yet supported — start
`maestro daemon` from your shell or your own service manager.