Installation

One-Line Install

curl -fsSL https://getarcan.dev/install.sh | sh

Downloads the latest release binary for your platform (macOS, Linux) and places it in your PATH.

brew install arcan

docker run -d \
  --name arcan \
  -p 9797:9797 \
  -v arcan-data:/root/.arcan/data \
  getarcan/arcan:latest

The data volume persists the master key, database, TLS certificates, and plugins across container restarts.

Requires Go 1.22+:

go install getarcan.dev/arcan/cmd/arcan@latest

Or clone and build:

git clone https://github.com/getarcan/arcan.git
cd arcan
go build -o arcan ./cmd/arcan

arcan --version

Requirement	Minimum
OS	macOS (Apple Silicon, Intel), Linux (amd64, arm64)
Memory	64 MB
Disk	50 MB (binary + data)
Go (from source)	1.22+

Once installed, follow the Quick Start to store your first secret in 3 minutes.