elements

Install

Paste this into your terminal. Free for 7 days on any new machine.

> curl -fsSL 'https://install.elements.dev?platform=darwin-amd64' | bash && export PATH=~/elements/bin:$PATH

Installs to ~/elements/bin and updates your PATH. No sudo.

Before you start.

Two things you'll want installed first.

Postgres 16.x

Elements integrates tightly with Postgres as the database for your app. 16.x is the supported major version, both locally and on deploy machines. Postgres.app is the easiest way to get it on macOS.

An editor

We recommend VS Code or a derivative like Cursor. We ship an extension that turns on automatically for the best experience.