Install on a computer

Chatter runs on Windows, Mac, or Linux, with Docker. It needs no internet. For a Raspberry Pi, see Install on a Raspberry Pi.

System requirements

	You need
Computer	Windows, Mac, or Linux, with an Intel, AMD, or 64-bit ARM processor
Docker	Docker Desktop (Windows or Mac) or Docker Engine (Linux)
FANUC machines	The amd64 package. A Mac with Apple silicon runs it with emulation. See FANUC machines.

Install

1. Open the newest release on the GitHub Releases page. Download the Docker package for your computer:

   Your processor	Download
   Intel or AMD (most Windows and Linux computers)	chatter-<version>-docker-amd64.zip
   64-bit ARM, such as a Mac with Apple silicon	chatter-<version>-docker-arm64.zip. It cannot read FANUC machines: for FANUC, use the amd64 package.

   Not sure?

   The table Which file do I need? on the release page tells which file is for which computer.

2. Unzip it. Open a terminal in its chatter folder.

   Warning:

   Keep the folder name chatter. Docker uses the name to find your data.

3. Load the images, then start Chatter:

   docker load -i images.tar
   docker compose up -d

4. Open http://localhost:3001. From another computer on your network, use http://<this computer's IP>:3001.

5. Do the steps in Get started.

chatter/README.txt in the package has the same steps.

WARNING

Chatter runs already from a folder of this repo? Do not install the package. It starts a new Chatter with no machines and no users. Update the old Chatter in its own folder: run docker compose pull, then docker compose up -d.