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Mac - Terminal

Scrypted NVR on Mac must install the Install or Migrate to the Desktop Application. The Desktop App has GPU acceleration, is fully self contained with zero dependencies, and requires a license. The free version of Scrypted may be installed using the Terminal Installation below.

This script below will download all the dependencies, including node, python, and install Scrypted as a service.

  1. Install Homebrew.
  2. Use the Copy button in the snippet below to copy the entire script, and then paste the contents into Terminal to install Scrypted.
sh
curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/koush/scrypted/main/install/local/install-scrypted-dependencies-mac.sh > ~/install-scrypted-dependencies-mac.sh 
bash ~/install-scrypted-dependencies-mac.sh
rm ~/install-scrypted-dependencies-mac.sh

Scrypted is now running at: https://localhost:10443/

Note that it is https and that you'll be asked to approve/ignore the website certificate. Replace localhost with your server/container IP.