Installation

Selecting the right installation method for the hydra-node depends on your requirements and technical preferences. Below are the primary methods to get started quickly and efficiently.

Docker

The quickest way to install and run a hydra-node is by using Docker images:

docker pull ghcr.io/cardano-scaling/hydra-node
docker run --rm ghcr.io/cardano-scaling/hydra-node --help

Prebuilt binaries

We provide statically linked binaries of hydra-node and hydra-tui for x86_64 Linux and ARM64 MacOS platforms. These binaries are available as attachments in our github releases.

Build from source

While using Docker is the recommended way to use Hydra, you can also build the hydra-node from source. We recommend using Nix for this and you can find instructions in our contributing guidelines.