Before using Pliny you'll need to be familiar (and have available):

• Postgres with the uuid-ossp module. Most installers will have this covered, you can confirm it's available by running CREATE EXTENSION "uuid-ossp";
• Foreman, to declare processes with Procfile
• Ruby, Rubygems, Sinatra

Pliny is distributed as a gem. Install it like:

Then initialize your new app:

Next up run the bin/setup script to install dependencies, create databases, etc:

You can confirm your environment is setup by running tests:

$ rake
No examples found.
Finished in 0.00008 seconds
0 examples, 0 failures

And use Foreman to boot your app server:

Next: Writing your first app.