Installation

Author

Aether is distributed as a standalone binary — no Node.js or any runtime required. The install script handles architecture detection and macOS Gatekeeper automatically.

macOS / Linux

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/aether-one/aether/main/scripts/install.sh | sh

Windows (PowerShell)

irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/aether-one/aether/main/scripts/install.ps1 | iex

Verify Installation

aether --version

Quick Start

Run aether in any project directory:

cd my-project
 aether

An interactive session opens. Type /help to see available commands.

Configure a Provider

Before running /genesis, pick an AI provider with /config:

/config gemini      # free tier — good default
 /config openrouter  # one key, access to many models (including free ones)
 /config openai
 /config anthropic

Then set your API key:

/config set key <your-api-key>

Generate Documentation

/genesis

This scans your entire project, decides which docs make sense for it, and writes them to .aether/docs/ — both human guides (getting-started, onboarding) and AI/architecture docs, tied together by a README.md index. See CLI Reference for flags and details.

Keep Docs Updated

After making code changes, run:

/sync

This diffs the project against the last run and refreshes only the affected docs — no full regeneration needed.