M Demarkus

Install on Windows (WSL2)

Demarkus runs natively on Linux. On Windows, install it inside WSL2 (Windows Subsystem for Linux).

Prerequisites

1. Enable WSL2

Open PowerShell as Administrator:

wsl --install

Restart when prompted. This installs Ubuntu by default. Open “Ubuntu” from the Start menu or run wsl in PowerShell.

2. Enable systemd (server only)

The server runs as a systemd service. If your WSL distribution has not enabled systemd, add the setting below. Skip this for client-only installs.

Inside your WSL2 terminal:

sudo tee -a /etc/wsl.conf >/dev/null <<'EOF'

[boot]
systemd=true
EOF

Then from a Windows PowerShell:

wsl --shutdown

Re-open WSL. Verify systemd is running:

systemctl is-system-running

Install inside WSL2

Client only

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/latebit-io/demarkus/main/install.sh | bash -s -- --client-only

Full server + client

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/latebit-io/demarkus/main/install.sh | sudo bash

Access from Windows

Demarkus uses QUIC over UDP. Run its clients inside WSL2:

Any client running inside WSL2 reaches the server directly at mark://localhost:6309:

demarkus --insecure mark://localhost:6309/health

From PowerShell or CMD, invoke the WSL binary:

wsl demarkus --insecure mark://localhost:6309/health

Windows netsh interface portproxy forwards TCP, not UDP. For access from other machines, configure WSL mirrored networking and its firewall, or deploy the server on a Linux host.