Installation
These guides cover installing a robot in an unattended environment — a server you reach over SSH or RDP, where nobody is sitting at the machine to click a tray icon.
Installing on your own computer?
Start with Getting Started → Install Robot instead. It covers Windows, macOS and Linux desktop installs and is the canonical install path. The guides here build on it rather than repeat it.
Which guide do I need?
| Situation | Guide |
|---|---|
| Robot must run 24/7 on a Windows server, survive reboots, and run scheduled flows | Windows VPS |
| Robot must run 24/7 on a Linux server as a service | Linux VPS |
| You want the Inspect feature of Browser nodes while building flows | Chrome Extension |
Chrome Extension
The Robomotion RPA extension is what lets you point at elements instead of writing
Linux VPS
A robot on a VPS has no logged-in desktop user to start it, so two things differ from a
Windows VPS
A robot on a Windows server differs from a desktop install in two ways: it authenticates