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Headless install

Install the malibu-cli binary directly without the app.

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Install

curl -fsSL https://get.malibu.tech/install.sh | bash

• Picks a recommended MLX model by running the autotune recommend flow against a signed static feed of demand rank + candidate models, filtered by your Mac’s RAM tier, sustained TPS, and 4K-prompt TTFT (you can override).
• Asks for a stable provider handle used as your pool identity.
• Downloads and verifies the latest malibu-cli release against a signed checksum manifest.
• Installs under ~/.malibu and sets up a user-level launchd service.
• Runs a local /v1/models check and a coordinator pool visibility check.
• Enrolls the provider in autoupdate: once the coordinator advertises a newer recommended_binary_version, the provider validates the signed release, drains in-flight traffic, and swaps itself in place.

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Inspect before running

curl -fsSL https://get.malibu.tech/install.sh -o install.sh
less install.sh
bash install.sh

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Non-interactive install

curl -fsSL https://get.malibu.tech/install.sh | bash -s -- \
  --provider-id ci-runner-01 \
  --model mlx-community/Qwen2.5-7B-Instruct-4bit \
  --no-launchd \
  --yes

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Manual install

VERSION=$(gh release view --repo MalibuAI/malibu --json tagName -q .tagName)
gh release download "$VERSION" --repo MalibuAI/malibu \
  --pattern "malibu-cli-*-darwin-arm64" \
  --pattern "malibu-cli-*-darwin-arm64.sha256"
shasum -a 256 -c malibu-cli-*-darwin-arm64.sha256
chmod +x malibu-cli-*-darwin-arm64
mv malibu-cli-*-darwin-arm64 /usr/local/bin/malibu-cli
malibu-cli serve --config ~/.malibu/config.yaml

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Uninstall

launchctl unload ~/Library/LaunchAgents/tech.malibu.malibu-cli.plist
rm ~/Library/LaunchAgents/tech.malibu.malibu-cli.plist
rm -rf ~/.malibu

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Related

• malibu-cli — command reference
• Flags & config — every flag and env variable
• Provider autoupdate — how in-place binary swaps work