How to install Claude Code on a VPS or Mac mini, without putting your own machine at risk.
Thirty minutes. The safe setup, the hardening steps, the install commands, and videos at every stage.
What you get
Why you must never install this on your own computer, and the two setups that are actually safe.
The hardening checklist. Non-root user, SSH keys only, firewall, auto-updates, snapshots. Ten minutes, done once.
Every install command, current as of July 2026: native, Homebrew, npm, Windows and Linux package managers.
Four walkthrough videos, including our own, plus the credential rules that stop a small mistake becoming a big one.
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