The launcher downloads, configures and runs the open‑source low‑code platform Citeck on your computer or server. It watches and upgrades the services and, when you ask, packs all the data into one archive you can restore from. You just get to work.
The launcher runs on computers and servers. Open this page on a computer, or install Citeck on a server:
Intel Mac? · All systems and formats
What you run
An open-source alternative to proprietary ECM/BPM suites that runs on your own servers. Draw process routes in the BPMN designer and configure document types without code. Users, roles and permissions come out of the box.
Approval, signing, registry
Requests and approval routes
Personnel documents and requests
Electronic archive and corporate portal
Choose where Citeck will run.
Desktop app
A regular desktop app, no command line needed. Citeck keeps running even after you close the window.
On first run the launcher downloads the images (several GB) and starts the platform. This usually takes 10–15 minutes. The services start automatically and in the right order.
Linux · VM · over SSH
Server install command:
curl -fsSL https://github.com/Citeck/citeck-launcher/releases/latest/download/install.sh | bashFrom then on, the citeck command runs the stand: status, logs, upgrades, backups.
On first run the launcher downloads the images (several GB) and starts the platform. This usually takes 10–15 minutes. The services start automatically and in the right order.
Features
A crashed service restarts automatically, and the launcher records why it crashed.
Upgrading PostgreSQL, RabbitMQ, ZooKeeper or Qdrant moves the data into a new volume. The original volume stays untouched, and rollback is one command.
All volumes go into a single archive. Restore it on the same server or on another one.
A Let's Encrypt certificate with auto-renewal, even for an IP address. You can also bring your own.
Status, CPU, memory and real-time logs of every service, in the app or in the terminal.
What it looks like
Free
Fully open source. The platform core: documents, processes, BPMN, permissions.
DownloadLicensed
Professional support and additional modules. Requires a license key issued by Citeck.
Contact usThe launcher installs either edition.Compare editions
The launcher runs on computers and servers. Open this page on a computer, or install Citeck on a server:
Installers for every system are on the latest release page on GitHub. All releases on GitHub →
macOS: the app is not notarized by Apple yet. On first launch, open it with right-click → Open.
The app is not notarized by Apple yet. Open it once with right-click → Open (or System Settings → Privacy & Security → Open Anyway); after that it starts normally.
No. The launcher only needs Docker: it starts and wires up every Citeck service by itself.
No. The launcher drives the containers through the Docker API itself, so you need neither docker compose nor compose files. Docker Desktop still shows every container of a stand as one group.
Install 2.x. On first start it brings over your namespaces and settings from 1.x. Secrets come over once you enter the master password. The data in Docker volumes stays where it is.
In Docker volumes on your computer or server. Nothing is sent anywhere. A backup of all volumes is saved as a single archive.
Community is the free open-source edition with the platform core. Enterprise adds professional support and extra modules. It needs a license key. Compare editions
Free, open source, on your own hardware.
The launcher runs on computers and servers. Open this page on a computer, or install Citeck on a server:
Intel Mac? · All systems and formats
Or install on a server with one command:
curl -fsSL https://github.com/Citeck/citeck-launcher/releases/latest/download/install.sh | bash