Get started with Chalk
Run Chalk yourself on your own infrastructure — the complete feature set, free forever under AGPL-3.0 — or let us host it, starting free for Chromebook fleets.
Note: Device tracking ships today in self-hosted Chalk; the hosted rollout is finishing now. Sign up and it turns on for your district the moment it lands — your roster and console work from day one.
Self-host
Run Chalk on your own infrastructure
Full feature set, free forever under AGPL-3.0. You control your data, your uptime, and your release cadence.
# Linux / macOS
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/usechalk/chalk/main/install.sh | sh
mkdir chalk-trial && cd chalk-trial
chalk init --data-dir . && chalk serve --port 8080Windows: download the .exe from Releases. Run chalk update later to stay current.
- ✓All connectors and features
- ✓No accounts, no telemetry
- ✓Community support on GitHub
Cloud-hosted
We run it for you
Start on the free tier — unlimited Chromebooks, unlimited admins, no operation caps. Tracking other asset types moves you to a paid plan. We handle backups, updates, and monitoring.
Device tracking ships today in self-hosted Chalk; the hosted rollout is finishing now. Sign up and it turns on for your district the moment it lands — your roster and console work from day one. Want it now? Self-hosted Chalk has the full device module today, free under AGPL-3.0.