Installation

HoundDog.ai's code scanner is available as a standalone binary and a Docker image.

Standalone Binary

Requirements

• Operating System: Linux, MacOS, Windows 10/11

• Architecture: AMD64 (x86-64) or ARM64

• Shell: Bash, Zsh or Fish for Linux/MacOS; PowerShell for Windows

• CPU: Minimum 2 CPU cores

• Memory: Minimum 4 GB of free memory

• Storage: Minimum 1 GB of free disk space

Linux and MacOS

To install the standalone binary in user directory at ~/.hounddog/bin/hounddog:

To install the binary system-wide at /usr/local/bin/hounddog (requires sudo):

Windows

To install the standalone executable at %LocalAppData%\hounddog\bin\hounddog.exe (requires PowerShell):

You can also download the standalone binary and checksum files directly from our GitHub releases page.

Docker Image

Requirements

• Operating System: Linux, MacOS, Windows 10/11

• Architecture: AMD64 (x86-64) or ARM64

• CPU: Minimum 2 CPU cores allocated to Docker

• Memory: Minimum 4 GB of memory allocated to Docker

• Storage: Minimum 1 GB of free disk space allocated to Docker

See Docker Desktop (or Docker Engine) for installation instructions.