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:

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hounddogai/hounddog/main/install.sh | sh

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

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hounddogai/hounddog/main/install.sh | sudo sh

Windows

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

irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hounddogai/hounddog/main/install.ps1 | iex

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.