Install on Windows (WSL2)

Demarkus runs natively on Linux. On Windows, use WSL2 (Windows Subsystem for Linux).

Prerequisites

Enable WSL2 — open PowerShell as Administrator:

wsl --install

Restart when prompted. This installs Ubuntu by default.

Open a WSL2 terminal — launch “Ubuntu” from the Start menu or run wsl in PowerShell.

Install inside WSL2

From your WSL2 terminal, follow the Linux install guide:

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

For a full server install:

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

Access from Windows

The server runs inside WSL2 on localhost:6309 (UDP). Windows can reach it directly — WSL2 bridges the loopback automatically.

From PowerShell or CMD, you can call WSL binaries:

wsl demarkus mark://localhost:6309/index.md

Notes

Systemd in WSL2 requires Ubuntu 22.04+ with the [boot] systemd=true option in /etc/wsl.conf. If systemd isn’t available, start the server manually: demarkus-server -root ~/my-docs
The install script detects WSL2 when run from a Windows shell (Git Bash, MSYS2, etc.) and prints instructions to use WSL2 instead.

Windows binaries (experimental)