TachyonPress: Getting Started guide

NOTE: this doc will be moved to https://tachyonpress.com/ (site is currently under construction).

Install: curl -fsSL https://verify.tachyonpress.com/public/install.sh | bash

Now you will need a license key. You will need to be a paying user. If you are, then please email hello@programmerhat.com for how to get this.

Activate the license key: tm license <key>

Install the PHP/C extensions server-wide: sudo tm extension install --nightly

Enable/disable on a per-site basis:

  • Enable: tm install --nightly
  • Disable: tm uninstall

Performance Testing: run Apache Benchmark. Example:

ab -n 400 -c 5 "http://139.84.200.126/index.php/2026/01/10/hello-world/"

  • -n 400 means 400 requests
  • -c 5 means with 5 concurrent requests.

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