Installation

mise (Recommended)

mise is a polyglot runtime manager. It handles versioning and updates automatically.

mise use --global github:davidolrik/overseer@latest

To update later:

mise upgrade overseer

go install

If you have Go installed:

go install go.olrik.dev/overseer@latest

This installs to your $GOPATH/bin directory (usually ~/go/bin). Make sure it's in your PATH.

Manual Download

Download a precompiled binary from the GitHub releases page, extract it, and move it to a directory in your PATH:

# Example for macOS (Apple Silicon)
curl -L https://github.com/davidolrik/overseer/releases/latest/download/overseer_darwin_arm64.tar.gz | tar xz
sudo mv overseer /usr/local/bin/

Available Binaries

Binary	Platform
overseer_darwin_arm64.tar.gz	macOS (Apple Silicon)
overseer_darwin_amd64.tar.gz	macOS (Intel)
overseer_linux_arm64.tar.gz	Linux (ARM64)
overseer_linux_amd64.tar.gz	Linux (x86_64)

Verify Installation

overseer version

Next Steps

Continue to the Quick Start to set up your first configuration.