It runs on your computer
The Box is a folder on your Mac or Linux machine (or in WSL on Windows) with its code and its data. Nothing to rent, no server to set up.
For growing teams and founders
Your team’s own workspace, on your own computer.
A Box is one place for your team’s chat, customers, plans and notes. It runs on your Mac or Linux machine (Windows through WSL), your data stays with you, and an AI agent builds and adapts features for you. Free and open source (MIT).
1First add WSL, Windows’ built-in Linux. Open PowerShell as administrator, run this, then restart:
wsl --install2Open Ubuntu from the Start menu and paste:
curl -fsSL https://box.silkweave.dev/install | bashOpen Terminal (press ⌘ Space, type “Terminal”), paste the command and press Return.
Open a terminal, paste the command and press Enter.
Press Enter. Everything else happens inside Ubuntu.
- Checks your Mac and opens Apple’s installer for its developer tools if they are missing.
- Installs Bun, the small runtime the Box runs on. No administrator password.
- Asks before it creates your Box in a folder called box, right where you are.
- Opens your Box in the browser after a few questions for your owner account.
- Checks your computer and offers to install Git if it is missing (that step asks for your password).
- Installs Bun, the small runtime the Box runs on. No administrator password.
- Asks before it creates your Box in a folder called box, right where you are.
- Opens your Box in the browser after a few questions for your owner account.
- Runs inside Ubuntu on WSL, Windows’ built-in Linux, and offers to install Git if it is missing.
- Installs Bun, the small runtime the Box runs on. No administrator password.
- Asks before it creates your Box in a folder called box, inside Ubuntu.
- Opens your Box in the browser after a few questions for your owner account.
$ curl -fsSL https://box.silkweave.dev/install | bash
silkweave / install
Your team's own Box, set up on this computer.
1/5 Checking this computer
✓ macOS on Apple silicon
✓ Git
2/5 Preparing the tools
Bun runs the Box. It installs into ~/.bun and needs no administrator password.
Install Bun? [Y/n] y
✓ Installing Bun
· Node.js is not needed; the Box runs on Bun.
✓ AI agent: Claude
3/5 Choosing a place for your Box
The Box is a folder with its code and its data. It stays on this computer.
Create your Box in /Users/maya/box? [Y/n] y
✓ Box folder: /Users/maya/box
4/5 Installing the Box
✓ Downloading the Box
✓ Installing dependencies
✓ Adding the box command
5/5 Setting up your Box
A few questions create your owner account. The Box then starts and opens in your browser.
What you will see in the terminal. It asks before every change.
What is a Box
A workspace that belongs to your team.
Your data stays with you
Your team’s messages, customers and notes live in your Box, not in someone else’s cloud.
An AI agent builds it with you
Describe what your team needs. The agent adds features like chat, a CRM or a wiki, and adapts them to how you work.
Prototype: the sections below the hero are still to be built.