holo-auto-installer

What is holo-auto-installer and what is it for?

holo-auto-installer is a management tool for HoloPorts, the always-on machines that host Holochain apps for other people. It reads a list of the apps a HoloPort is meant to be running and installs the ones that are missing while removing the ones that are no longer on the list.

holo-auto-installer is a management tool built inside the Holo-Host organisation, the group behind the HoloPort — a small always-on machine that runs Holochain apps on behalf of other people. Its documented job is to keep the set of apps installed on a HoloPort in step with what that HoloPort is supposed to be running, so an operator does not have to add or remove apps by hand each time the list changes. The repository calls it an auto-pilot for managing hosted apps on a HoloPort.

Operators describe the desired set of apps in a YAML file rather than through a graphical interface. The file separates apps the host is expected to provide from apps a participant has chosen to self-host; each entry carries an app id, a version, and optionally the URLs its app package and interface are fetched from. The tool's contributor notes describe two behaviours on a HoloPort: install apps that should be present but are not, and remove apps that are present but no longer qualify.

A small worked example appears in the project's own documentation: a YAML list with one entry naming app id hha, a version, and a download URL for the app package. The repository README documents the command line and its options, and the contributor notes explain the install and uninstall paths and the connection the tool opens to the HBS service when it starts. hAppRadar records the project as stalled with no release recorded, so the documented usage reads as a historical record rather than a supported installation guide.

From 3 public sources, checked 23 September 2026.