Install on Linux

kino ships as a native package on every major distro. Pick the line that matches your system.

Debian / Ubuntu

# Download .deb from the latest GitHub release
sudo apt install ./kino_<version>_amd64.deb

This installs the binary, registers a kino systemd service, creates a kino service user, and starts the server. Open http://localhost:8080 and run through the setup wizard.

Service control:

sudo systemctl status kino
sudo systemctl restart kino
sudo journalctl -u kino -f

Fedora / RHEL

sudo dnf install ./kino-<version>.x86_64.rpm

Same systemd integration as the .deb package.

Arch Linux

yay -S kino-bin
# or paru -S kino-bin

Pulls the kino-bin package from the AUR (binary release, not source build). Maintained by the kino release pipeline; refreshed automatically on each release.

AppImage (any glibc distro)

If your distro isn’t covered above:

curl -fsSL https://github.com/kinostack-app/kino/releases/latest/download/kino-x86_64.AppImage -o kino.AppImage
chmod +x kino.AppImage
./kino.AppImage serve

The AppImage is self-contained except for FFmpeg, which kino expects on PATH:

sudo apt install ffmpeg     # Debian / Ubuntu
sudo dnf install ffmpeg     # Fedora

To run as a system service:

sudo ./kino.AppImage install-service

To remove:

sudo ./kino.AppImage uninstall-service

Firewall

kino listens on port 8080 by default. Adjust your distro’s firewall:

# ufw (Debian/Ubuntu)
sudo ufw allow 8080/tcp

# firewalld (Fedora/RHEL)
sudo firewall-cmd --add-port=8080/tcp --permanent
sudo firewall-cmd --reload

Tray + autostart

The .deb and .rpm packages ship the desktop tray (system tray icon + menu). On GNOME 40+, install the AppIndicator and KStatusNotifierItem extension so the icon shows up.

To enable per-user autostart of the tray:

kino install-tray

Configuring the data directory

By default kino stores its database + cached metadata in a per-OS location:

Mode	Path
systemd service	`/var/lib/kino/`
User mode (`--user` install)	`$XDG_DATA_HOME/kino/` (typically `~/.local/share/kino/`)
AppImage (no service)	`$XDG_DATA_HOME/kino/`

Override via --data-path /path/to/dir or KINO_DATA_PATH=/path/to/dir.