Installation

Installer options

Installer variables, the choice of the core and installing when GitHub is blocked.

Variables

Options are passed as environment variables after |, before ash or sh:

wget -O - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/prettyleaf/openwrt-exodus/main/install.sh | VERSION=v1.26.1 CORE=alpha ash

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/prettyleaf/openwrt-exodus/keenetic/install.sh | CORE=alpha PASSWORD=secret sh

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/prettyleaf/openwrt-exodus/asuswrt/install.sh | CORE=alpha PASSWORD=secret sh

Variable	Platforms	Meaning
`CORE`	all	`meta`, `alpha` or `prizrak` — install this core without asking
`GH_PROXY`	all	address of gh-proxy with the token, e.g. `https://example.com/ghproxy/TOKEN`; `GH_PROXY=` goes back to direct downloads
`LOW_SPACE=1`	all	remove the current core before installing the new one when there is little free space
`VERSION`	OpenWrt	a release instead of the latest one, e.g. `v1.26.1`
`PASSWORD`	Keenetic, Asus	password of the web UI on the first install, otherwise it is asked or generated
`REF`	Keenetic, Asus	a branch or a tag instead of `keenetic` / `asuswrt`

The chosen core and gh-proxy are saved (/etc/config/nikki on OpenWrt, /opt/etc/exodus/config.json on Keenetic and Asus): the next runs of the installer and the update page use them.

Core

In a terminal the installer asks for the core, Enter keeps the current one. CORE= chooses it without asking.

Core	`CORE`	What is installed
Mihomo Meta	`meta`	the latest stable release of MetaCubeX/mihomo, the default
Mihomo Alpha	`alpha`	the latest development build, Prerelease-Alpha
Prizrak-Core	`prizrak`	the latest release of legiz-ru/Prizrak-Core, a fork of mihomo

The core is downloaded from its GitHub releases for the architecture of the router, the next runs of the installer and the update page update it to the latest build. On OpenWrt Mihomo Meta is installed as the mihomo-meta package verified by sha256, Alpha and Prizrak-Core replace its binary while the package stays installed as a dependency. Choosing Mihomo Meta again brings back the stable core of that package version.

If GitHub is blocked

The installer first checks access to GitHub. When GitHub is unreachable, it checks jsDelivr: if jsDelivr is reachable, GitHub is blocked by the provider; if not, the router probably has no internet or DNS. jsDelivr serves files of the repository, but not release files, so the packages and the core come only from GitHub.

The solution is gh-proxy on a server that can reach GitHub. Its address with the token looks like https://example.com/ghproxy/TOKEN. In a terminal the installer asks for the address itself. It can also be given in advance, downloading the installer through the same gh-proxy or from jsDelivr:

# through gh-proxy
wget -O - https://example.com/ghproxy/TOKEN/https://raw.githubusercontent.com/prettyleaf/openwrt-exodus/main/install.sh | GH_PROXY=https://example.com/ghproxy/TOKEN ash
# the installer from jsDelivr, it may lag behind the repository by a few hours
wget -O - https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/prettyleaf/openwrt-exodus@main/install.sh | GH_PROXY=https://example.com/ghproxy/TOKEN ash

# through gh-proxy
curl -fsSL https://example.com/ghproxy/TOKEN/https://raw.githubusercontent.com/prettyleaf/openwrt-exodus/keenetic/install.sh | GH_PROXY=https://example.com/ghproxy/TOKEN sh
# the installer from jsDelivr, it may lag behind the repository by a few hours
curl -fsSL https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/prettyleaf/openwrt-exodus@keenetic/install.sh | GH_PROXY=https://example.com/ghproxy/TOKEN sh

# through gh-proxy
curl -fsSL https://example.com/ghproxy/TOKEN/https://raw.githubusercontent.com/prettyleaf/openwrt-exodus/asuswrt/install.sh | GH_PROXY=https://example.com/ghproxy/TOKEN sh
# the installer from jsDelivr, it may lag behind the repository by a few hours
curl -fsSL https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/prettyleaf/openwrt-exodus@asuswrt/install.sh | GH_PROXY=https://example.com/ghproxy/TOKEN sh

The address is saved, the next runs and the update page download through it. When the saved gh-proxy does not work, the installer tries to download directly.
If GHP_ALLOW_LIST of the gh-proxy is set, allow prettyleaf/openwrt-exodus in it, and also MetaCubeX/mihomo and legiz-ru/Prizrak-Core for the Alpha and Prizrak-Core cores. gh-proxy answers 404 to a wrong token and to a repository outside the list.
On OpenWrt the packages can also be installed without gh-proxy, from the release archive: installing without access to GitHub.