Cabin

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Getting started

Start Cabin on your own computer in one line, confirm yourself as the owner and open the app.

Cabin runs on your own computer or server. You need Git, and macOS, Linux or Windows with WSL2. Nothing else: the installer brings Node when it is missing, and rer brings pnpm.

Start Cabin

Run one line to install the rer launcher, clone Cabin and start it:

Shell
npx -y @runeditrun/rer dev just-every/run-cabin

No Node? curl -fsSL https://runeditrun.com/install.sh | sh -s -- dev just-every/run-cabin does the same and brings its own Node; it changes no shell settings, so if it prints an export PATH=… line, run that line to use rer again later. To set Cabin up without starting it, use setup in place of dev.

The first launch installs dependencies, sets up the local database and prepares a local owner. It can take several minutes. Run the same command again if it is interrupted.

Sign in as the owner

  1. When Cabin is ready, the terminal prints a private RER_OPEN link. Open it in your browser and keep it to yourself.
  2. Confirm yourself as the owner on Finish setup.
  3. Open /app. As the owner you have every tab: Calendar, Turnovers, Statements, Properties & people, Move in and Agent access.

RER_READY in the terminal is the ordinary app address for later visits.

Stop and start again

Stop Cabin with rer dev --stop or Ctrl-C. To start it again later:

Shell
cd run-cabin
rer dev

A lasting installation

For an installation that sends real email from your own mailbox, run setup in place of the one line, entering your email when asked, then start it:

Shell
npx -y @runeditrun/rer setup just-every/run-cabin
cd run-cabin
rer dev

While you try Cabin locally, development mail is not sent. To see what a manager or a cleaner sees, use the local personas described in Homes and people.

What to do first

  1. Add your homes and your team in Homes and people, or bring a register of homes with Move in your homes.
  2. Bring in each home's channel calendars in Channel calendars.
  3. Send a cleaner their first job in Turnovers.
  4. Prepare the month's figures in Owner statements.