Your first OKR in five minutes.

Check Node.js

You need Node.js 22.13 or newer.

$ node --version
# v22.13.0 or higher

Don’t have it? Get it from nodejs.org or run nvm install 22.

Install OKR.ai

$ npx okr-ai@latest

$ npm install -g okr-ai
$ mkdir my-okrs && cd my-okrs
$ okr-ai

It starts on localhost:3000.

Set a secret key

Optional on a laptop, required in production. Add it to a .env file:

OKRAI_SECRET_KEY="paste the output of: openssl rand -base64 32"
# Optional: one AI key for everyone. Or paste a key later in the AI model panel.
OKRAI_AI_PROVIDER="anthropic"   # or openai, deepseek, openrouter
OKRAI_AI_KEY=""

Create your account

Open localhost:3000, enter your work email and type the code. No mail server yet? The code shows on screen.

The first person in becomes the workspace admin. SSO can come later.

Add your team

Use the + under your node to add reports, or upload a whole org from Team import.

Draft your first OKR

Click your node → My OKRs → Add OKR. Write the objective and AI drafts the key results.