Install

Your own inbox

We host it for you at inbox.yourbusiness.com, free.

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Or let your AI set it up

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Install Surfing Dog Inbox for my business. Follow the instructions at https://surfingdog.ai/install.md exactly, ask me before anything that costs money or changes DNS, and verify each step before moving on.

It will ask you a few things it cannot know: where you want it to run, which subdomain, which address signs in as the owner. It is told to ask before anything that costs money or touches your DNS, and to check its work after every step rather than assume.

What it does

The same five things, either way

  • Puts it somewhere. Your Cloudflare account, free to start, or your own server.
  • Gives it your subdomain. Usually inbox.yourdomain.com, with a certificate.
  • Turns on email in, so a customer can simply write to it, and proves it with a test message.
  • Signs you in and hands you the key, once.
  • Sets your business up: hours, services, products, and the rules that answer for you.

The instructions it follows are at /install.md. They are written for a machine: every secret is generated rather than guessed, every step has a command that proves it worked, and it is told to stop and tell you rather than carry on when a check fails. Read them yourself if you like.

Or by hand

Three ways

  1. On your own server

    Point a subdomain, such as inbox.yourbusiness.com, at an Ubuntu or Debian server, then run one command. HTTPS, a backup every night, and updates that undo themselves if they fail.

    curl -fsSL https://surfingdog.ai/install.sh | sudo sh

    How it works Read it first

  2. Docker, or a platform you use

    The image, for amd64 and arm64. Steps for Docker, Coolify, Fly.io, Render and Railway.

    ghcr.io/surfingdogai/inbox

    Docker Platforms Backups

  3. Cloudflare Workers

    One click puts it on your own Cloudflare account. You can start free; sending email needs Workers Paid or a Resend key.

    Deploy to Cloudflare

    What to have ready

Already running other software?

Connect what you already use

Your shop, your calendar, your CRM: you do not need a plug-in for each. Give your AI the line below. It connects the inbox to them where it can, says which connections are not yet verified on a live account, and tells you plainly where it cannot. 

Connect my Surfing Dog Inbox to the software I already use. Follow https://surfingdog.ai/connect.md exactly, ask me which tools I use, ask before changing a setting in another system or sending an email for me, and test every connection before telling me it works.

Each system that calls your inbox gets its own key, which you can revoke in Settings → Keys. The steps it follows are at /connect.md. Calendars, Calendly, payments, shops (WooCommerce®, Shopify, Square), property systems, ordering systems and job tools connect in Settings → Integrations today (which, and how). Missing yours? Vote for it on the requests board. WooCommerce and its associated designs are trademarks of Automattic Inc.