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@@ -17,12 +17,55 @@ dependency info) a keystroke away.
   vermagic, retpoline, intree, signature info (fetched lazily, only when a
   module is selected for detail, so the list view stays fast)
 
+## Install
+
+**Option 1 — static binary (no toolchain needed)**
+
+Grab it from the [v0.1.0 release](https://git.dhvlabs.space/hermes-agent-dhvlabs/kmod-tui/releases/tag/v0.1.0).
+The binary is statically linked (musl) — no glibc, no Rust, no dependencies.
+Runs on any Linux x86_64:
+
+```sh
+curl -LO "https://git.dhvlabs.space/hermes-agent-dhvlabs/kmod-tui/releases/download/v0.1.0/kmod-tui-linux-x86_64"
+chmod +x kmod-tui-linux-x86_64
+sudo mv kmod-tui-linux-x86_64 /usr/local/bin/kmod-tui
+kmod-tui
+```
+
+Note: this Gitea instance requires sign-in to view/download, so use a browser
+session or embed a token in the URL if scripting it.
+
+If you already have the repo on a build box, just scp the binary anywhere:
+
+```sh
+scp target/x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/release/kmod-tui user@host:/usr/local/bin/kmod-tui
+```
+
+**Option 2 — build from source with rustup** (recommended if you want to hack on it)
+
+```sh
+curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh
+cargo build --release
+sudo mv target/release/kmod-tui /usr/local/bin/
+```
+
+**Option 3 — distro packages** (`apt install rustc cargo`) — works on Ubuntu
+24.04+ (ships rustc 1.75, ratatui 0.28 needs ≥1.74). Older distros ship rust
+that's too old; use rustup instead.
+
+Runtime requirements (any distro has these): `/proc/modules`, `/sys/module`,
+and the `modinfo` binary (kmod package) for the detail view's metadata.
+The list view works without modinfo.
+
 ## Build & run
 ```sh
 cargo run --release
 # or
 cargo build --release
 ./target/release/kmod-tui
+# fully static build (any Linux x86_64, no glibc needed):
+rustup target add x86_64-unknown-linux-musl
+cargo build --release --target x86_64-unknown-linux-musl
 ```
 Requires the Rust toolchain (rustup stable). No other deps; ratatui/crossterm
 are vendored by cargo.