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Install Hydrate

Hydrate ships as a single binary. Pick your platform.

macOS & Linux — one-liner

curl -fsSL gethydrate.dev/install | sh

The installer detects your architecture, downloads the binary to /usr/local/bin/hydrate, and runs hydrate init to wire the Claude Code hooks.

macOS — Homebrew

brew install sedasoft/hydrate/hydrate
hydrate init

Windows — Scoop

scoop bucket add sedasoft https://github.com/sedasoft/scoop-hydrate
scoop install hydrate
hydrate init

Docker

docker run -d \
  -v ~/.hydrate:/data \
  -p 8089:8089 \
  --name hydrate \
  ghcr.io/sedasoft/hydrate:latest

Then point your Claude Code hooks at http://localhost:8089.

Verify

hydrate status

✓ hydrate-server running on :8089

✓ Claude Code hooks installed

✓ SQLite store at ~/.hydrate/db.sqlite

  license: Free (local)

Upgrade to Pro

Paid for a plan on /pricing? Run:

hydrate login <license-key>

Your license is JWT-signed, verified offline, and phones home once a week.