Installation

Use this page as the short installation reference. For the step-by-step first run, see Getting Started.

Docker Compose

Save this as docker-compose.yml, replacing /path/to/downloads with your own folder:

services:
  weaver:
    image: ghcr.io/scryer-media/weaver:latest
    container_name: weaver
    restart: unless-stopped
    ports:
      - "9090:9090"
    volumes:
      - weaver-config:/config
      - /path/to/downloads:/downloads

volumes:
  weaver-config:

Start it:

docker compose up -d

Then open http://localhost:9090.

Homebrew

brew tap scryer-media/weaver
brew install weaver-usenet
brew services start weaver-usenet

Homebrew creates a live service config at $(brew --prefix)/etc/weaver/config.env.

Edit that file to override the config path, service port, or base URL:

nano "$(brew --prefix)/etc/weaver/config.env"
brew services restart weaver-usenet

Open http://localhost:9090.

Release Binary

Download the archive for your operating system from the latest release, extract it, and run the weaver binary. Keep the data directory on persistent storage.

After Install

Configure Storage Layout before long-running work.
Configure Servers only with connection records Weaver should use.
Configure Security before exposing Weaver outside a trusted network.