Install Code Config

Install Code Config on the computer where your coding app runs. That’s where it sets up your toolkit’s skills and MCP servers before each session, so it needs to live next to the app.

Desktop app or csc: which to install

• The desktop app suits most people. You pick a project, a toolkit, and a coding app on screen, and it opens the app for you. It includes csc too.
• csc on its own suits the terminal and servers you reach over SSH, where there’s no screen to click.

If you’re not sure, install the desktop app.

Find the download for your computer

Open Downloads. It puts the download for your computer first and lists the others below it, with the terminal install. Code Config runs on Mac and Linux.

Install the desktop app

Download the package offered for your computer in Downloads, then open it. On Linux, choose one of these:

Any distribution

1. Choose Download for Linux (or Download AppImage) in Downloads.
2. Save the file. In its Properties, allow it to run as a program.
3. Open the file to start Code Config.

Debian or Ubuntu

Choose Download for Ubuntu or Debian, open the downloaded package to install it, then start Code Config from your applications.

Fedora

Choose Download for Fedora, open the downloaded package to install it, then start Code Config from your applications.

Check: the Code Config window opens and offers to connect your computer.

Install from the terminal

Run the installer on the computer that will use the toolkit:

curl -fsSL https://dl.code-config.com/install | sh

On a Mac it installs csc, then puts the Code Config app in your Applications folder and asks whether to open it. On Linux it installs csc. To install only csc, on a Mac or on Linux, run this instead:

curl -fsSL https://dl.code-config.com/install | sh -s -- --cli-only

The installer adds csc to ~/.local/bin and sets up supported shells to find it. Open a new terminal, then check:

csc --version

The response should show csc and an installed version number.

Keep Code Config up to date

Code Config offers each new version when it starts. Say yes, and it updates itself and opens again on its own.

The checkbox in that message, or the switch in Settings, turns on automatic updates from then on, so it never has to ask.

csc says when a newer version is out, and csc update installs it. csc update --auto on keeps it current from then on; csc update --auto off stops that.

Fix common install problems

Command not found: open a new terminal. If it still cannot find csc, check the installer’s result and run the installer again.

No download for this computer: check Downloads rather than choosing a package for another system.

An older version is running: run csc update, or open Code Config and answer the message it shows when a new version is out.

Next

Connect your computer.

To remove Code Config later, see Uninstall.