# Installation Guide All components in your Cillers system are run in containers. Cillers uses Docker for laptops/desktops and Kubernetes in the cloud. Cillers is built on [Polytope](https://docs.bluetext.dev/getting-started/www.polytope.com) which provides an amazing developer experience for managing your system components and how they are run. ## Installing Cillers On Your Laptop / Desktop The installation procedure differs depending on operating system, so we have separate installation instructions for each operating system. * [For macOS users](broken://pages/61fIfEV3ZJZnC4oOKFOM) * [For Windows users](/polytope/installation-for-windows-users.md) * [For Linux users](/polytope/installation-for-linux-users.md) ## Cloud Services Your Cillers system can integrate with external cloud services, e.g. the Couchbase Capella database cloud service that our demo system uses. Follow [this guide](/getting-started/installation-guide/setting-up-a-free-couchbase-capella-cluster.md) to set up Couchbase Capella cluster. Our demo system depends on a the steps in this guide. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.bluetext.dev/getting-started/installation-guide.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.