Install the phone surface and the host bridge.

iPhone

iOS 18 or later. Desk and iPad clients are deferred; macOS and Linux run Drover Host.

Host

Drover for Mac on a Mac with Apple silicon, or droverd on Linux (x86_64 or arm64).

Herdr

User-installed official Herdr at or above Drover’s published capability floor. Drover never bundles, installs, patches, or falls back to a private runtime or direct PTY.

Network

Pairing starts on the local network. LAN control remains free; off-network control is a Pro capability.

$ curl -fsSL https://newdrover.com/install.sh | sh

It checks the signed release, installs droverd for your user (no root, no sudo) and starts it under systemd --user. Needs curl and OpenSSL 3; x86_64 or arm64, glibc 2.28 or newer.

Prefer to install by hand:

1. 1

   Download the binary

   Get droverd-<version>-<triple> (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu or aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu) from https://newdrover.com/releases/<version>/. The same build also ships as droverd-<version>-<triple>.tar.gz with its licenses and provenance.

2. 2

   Verify the checksum

   Check its SHA-256 (sha256sum) equals the sha256 for that triple in https://newdrover.com/releases/releases.json. By hand this trusts HTTPS alone; the one-line installer also verifies that manifest's signature (releases.json.sig) against Drover's release key.

3. 3

   Install and start it

   chmod +x the binary, then run ./droverd-<version>-<triple> install, which copies droverd into ~/.config/drover/bin and starts the systemd --user service.

1. 1

   Install Drover for iPhone

   Accept the official TestFlight invitation and install the production-signed beta.

2. 2

   Install Drover Host

   On macOS, install Drover for Mac (Apple silicon). On Linux, run the one-line installer above.

3. 3

   Start beside Herdr

   On Linux, run droverd as your normal user; Drover for Mac runs it for you. It attaches to the compatible Herdr service; it does not replace or host your agents.

4. 4

   Pair locally

   Scan the short-lived QR code with iPhone and compare the same verification phrase on both devices.

• Confirm the verified hostname shown on iPhone.
• Keep Drover Host running in your user session.
• Verify the current agent state before sending input.
• Expect unavailable panes to explain their read-only state. Backgrounding suspends commands until foreground re-authenticates and resyncs; Drover never queues commands offline.

Read how the system fits together, check the support guide, or email admin@newdrover.com.