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Install Business Index

Business Index is currently distributed through a private preview. Your invitation or purchase confirmation provides an activation code and the exact installer command for your computer.

Private-preview availability

The public documentation is available now, but general customer downloads are not yet open. Do not run an installer command copied from an unofficial source. Signed macOS and Windows controller releases must be available before an installation can complete.

Requirements

  • Windows 11 or a currently supported macOS release
  • Docker Desktop with Docker Compose
  • Docker Desktop running before installation
  • At least 8 GB of memory; 16 GB is recommended
  • Several gigabytes of free disk space for containers, the database, and models
  • Internet access during installation, model download, and licence activation

Business Index itself binds only to the local computer. It is not a remotely hosted account or shared web application.

What the installer does

The installer:

  1. verifies that Docker Desktop is installed and running;
  2. downloads the versioned Business Index configuration;
  3. downloads and verifies the signed folder controller for the computer;
  4. creates random local database and controller credentials;
  5. stores configuration in the current user's application-data directory;
  6. pulls the compiled application, PostgreSQL/pgvector, and Ollama images;
  7. starts the containers and registers the folder controller at sign-in;
  8. creates a Business Index launcher and opens the local interface.

The installation directories are:

  • macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/BusinessIndex
  • Windows: %LOCALAPPDATA%\BusinessIndex

The interface opens at http://businessindex.localhost:8765. The installed launcher means that users normally do not need to type this address.

After installation

The first page requests licence activation. Once activated, choose the folders Business Index may read and select a model profile. Indexing then continues in the background.

Continue with Getting started.