Installation on macOS

Install Ponos on macOS.

Quick install (recommended)

curl -sSL https://nodeoperator.ai/install.sh | sh

This installs the ponos binary.

Build from source

Prereqs:

• Go (1.20+)
• Git
• Make

git clone https://github.com/blockops-sh/ponos
cd ponos
make build-ponos

The binary is produced at ./bin/ponos.

Download the binary from GitHub Releases

Pick the correct asset for your CPU:

• ponos_Darwin_x86_64.tar.gz (Intel)
• ponos_Darwin_arm64.tar.gz (Apple Silicon)

Replace vX.Y.Z with a real tag from the GitHub releases page.

Example for Apple Silicon:

VERSION="vX.Y.Z"
curl -L -o ponos.tar.gz \
  "https://github.com/blockopsnetwork/ponos/releases/download/${VERSION}/ponos_Darwin_arm64.tar.gz"
tar -xzf ponos.tar.gz
sudo mv ponos /usr/local/bin/ponos

Verify the binary is on your PATH:

which ponos

Run the TUI

ponos

This is the Ponos TUI after launch. You can begin prompting the agent here

Upgrade Ponos

ponos upgrade

You can target a specific version:

ponos upgrade --version vX.Y.Z