Get PlayOn
Install Home on a party box or laptop; add a spare PC or VPS later. One command.
Recommended
One-line install
Downloads the latest portable Home build from GitHub Releases, installs it, and starts
PlayOn. Create the Owner account, connect an LLM provider (or MCP agent), optionally add LAN or cloud nodes, then start a game — see the quick start.
Windows (PowerShell)
irm https://playon.games/install.ps1 | iex
Linux
curl -fsSL https://playon.games/install | bash
Default install locations: %LOCALAPPDATA%\PlayOn (Windows) and
~/playon (Linux). Optional env: PLAYON_HOME,
PLAYON_VERSION, PLAYON_SERVICE=1 (systemd / scheduled tasks),
PLAYON_START=0.
Requires a published
Home release
(playon-home-*-windows-x64.zip / *-linux-x64.tar.gz).
Manual
Download the archive
Prefer a zip you can copy to a USB stick? Grab the matching asset from
Releases, extract, then
run Start-PlayOn.ps1 (Windows) or ./start-playon.sh (Linux).
Always-on party box
Install as a service
Same one-liner, with reboot-safe services:
# Windows (elevated prompt may appear)
$env:PLAYON_SERVICE=1; irm https://playon.games/install.ps1 | iex
# Linux
curl -fsSL https://playon.games/install | PLAYON_SERVICE=1 bash
Games
Official game packages
Games install on demand from the
package library
(chat or admin **Packages**). Catalog:
https://playon.games/packages/index.json
Developers
From source
Node.js 22+ and pnpm 9+.
git clone https://github.com/gmcclelland90/playon.git
cd playon
pnpm install
pnpm verify
pnpm dev