Station setup

Download the Listener

One command. No Node.js, no key. It links itself.

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Paste this into a terminal. It grabs the right build, unblocks it, and starts linking.

curl -fsSL https://playcatchfleet.com/install.sh | sh

Windows: irm https://playcatchfleet.com/install.ps1 | iex

Or download the file yourself

A raw download does not double-click to run on macOS or Linux (the OS opens it as a document). The one-line installer above avoids that.

How it goes

Start your decoder with networking on: dump1090 --interactive --net. The Listener reads its local feed on port 30003.
Run the install command above (or the file you downloaded). The first time, it prints a link and a short code. Open the link, confirm the code, and you're linked. No key to copy.
Leave it running. It reconnects on its own and keeps catching.

Older Windows (before 2018), a 32-bit Pi, or any other machine: install Node.js and run node catch-listener.cjs (same link-in-browser flow, download it from the release).
Downloaded the raw file yourself? The one-time security prompt: on macOS right-click and choose Open; on Windows click “More info” then “Run anyway.” The install command clears this for you.