Liquid Upstart — Build. Ship. Run.

A self-hosted workbench for data, apps, and automation.
One command. Everything wired. Ready to go.

# install (sets up Docker + the app)
$ curl -fsSL https://liquidupstart.com/install.sh | bash
# launch, from anywhere
$ liquidupstart

# install (sets up Docker + the app)
$ curl -fsSL https://liquidupstart.com/install.sh | bash
# launch, from anywhere
$ liquidupstart

# 1A. install WSL2 (Terminal as Admin), then reboot
> wsl --install -d Ubuntu

On a fresh machine this installs WSL2 and tells you a reboot is needed. If WSL already exists, it installs Ubuntu directly.

# 1B. after reboot, run again to install Ubuntu
> wsl --install -d Ubuntu

Only for the fresh-machine case: after the reboot this installs Ubuntu. Skip if WSL was already set up.

# 2. inside Ubuntu shell
$ curl -fsSL https://liquidupstart.com/install.sh | bash
# launch, from anywhere
$ liquidupstart

The installer sets up Docker if needed, puts everything into ~/.liquidupstart, and links a liquidupstart command. Updating is just re-running the installer. Requires 16 GB RAM on macOS/Linux, 32 GB on Windows (WSL2).

Liquid Upstart is a local prototyping sandbox. Everything binds to localhost by design, so you can experiment safely with data, apps, and agents. It is not built to be a production system: when a prototype earns its keep, deploy it unchanged to Liquid.PM, the managed platform that adds security, backups, and operations. In the cloud or on your own hardware.