diff --git a/scripts/install.sh b/scripts/install.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+# This script installs llama-swap on Linux.
+# It detects the current operating system architecture and installs the appropriate version of llama-swap.
+
+set -eu
+
+red="$( (/usr/bin/tput bold || :; /usr/bin/tput setaf 1 || :) 2>&-)"
+plain="$( (/usr/bin/tput sgr0 || :) 2>&-)"
+
+status() { echo ">>> $*" >&2; }
+error() { echo "${red}ERROR:${plain} $*"; exit 1; }
+warning() { echo "${red}WARNING:${plain} $*"; }
+
+available() { command -v $1 >/dev/null; }
+require() {
+    local MISSING=''
+    for TOOL in $*; do
+        if ! available $TOOL; then
+            MISSING="$MISSING $TOOL"
+        fi
+    done
+
+    echo $MISSING
+}
+
+SUDO=
+if [ "$(id -u)" -ne 0 ]; then
+    if ! available sudo; then
+        error "This script requires superuser permissions. Please re-run as root."
+    fi
+
+    SUDO="sudo"
+fi
+
+NEEDS=$(require curl tee jq tar)
+if [ -n "$NEEDS" ]; then
+    status "ERROR: The following tools are required but missing:"
+    for NEED in $NEEDS; do
+        echo "  - $NEED"
+    done
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+[ "$(uname -s)" = "Linux" ] || error 'This script is intended to run on Linux only.'
+
+ARCH=$(uname -m)
+case "$ARCH" in
+    x86_64) ARCH="amd64" ;;
+    aarch64|arm64) ARCH="arm64" ;;
+    *) error "Unsupported architecture: $ARCH" ;;
+esac
+
+IS_WSL2=false
+
+KERN=$(uname -r)
+case "$KERN" in
+    *icrosoft*WSL2 | *icrosoft*wsl2) IS_WSL2=true;;
+    *icrosoft) error "Microsoft WSL1 is not currently supported. Please use WSL2 with 'wsl --set-version <distro> 2'" ;;
+    *) ;;
+esac
+
+download_binary() {
+    ASSET_NAME="linux_$ARCH"
+
+    # Fetch the latest release info and extract the matching asset URL
+    DL_URL=$(curl -s "https://api.github.com/repos/mostlygeek/llama-swap/releases/latest" | \
+        jq -r --arg name "$ASSET_NAME" \
+        '.assets[] | select(.name | contains($name)) | .browser_download_url')
+
+    # Check if a URL was successfully extracted
+    if [ -z "$DL_URL" ]; then
+        error "No matching asset found with name containing '$ASSET_NAME'."
+    fi
+
+    status "Downloading Linux $ARCH binary"
+    curl -s -L "$DL_URL" | $SUDO tar -xzf - -C /usr/local/bin llama-swap
+}
+download_binary
+
+configure_systemd() {
+    if ! id llama-swap >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+        status "Creating llama-swap user..."
+        $SUDO useradd -r -s /bin/false -U -m -d /usr/share/llama-swap llama-swap
+    fi
+    if getent group render >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+        status "Adding llama-swap user to render group..."
+        $SUDO usermod -a -G render llama-swap
+    fi
+    if getent group video >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+        status "Adding llama-swap user to video group..."
+        $SUDO usermod -a -G video llama-swap
+    fi
+    if getent group docker >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+        status "Adding llama-swap user to docker group..."
+        $SUDO usermod -a -G docker llama-swap
+    fi
+
+    status "Adding current user to llama-swap group..."
+    $SUDO usermod -a -G llama-swap $(whoami)
+
+    if [ ! -f "/usr/share/llama-swap/config.yaml" ]; then
+        status "Creating default config.yaml..."
+        cat <<EOF | $SUDO -u llama-swap tee /usr/share/llama-swap/config.yaml >/dev/null
+# default 15s likely to fail for default models due to downloading models
+healthCheckTimeout: 60
+
+models:
+  "qwen2.5":
+    cmd: |
+      docker run
+        --rm
+        -p \${PORT}:8080
+        --name qwen2.5
+      ghcr.io/ggml-org/llama.cpp:server
+        -hf bartowski/Qwen2.5-0.5B-Instruct-GGUF:Q4_K_M
+    cmdStop: docker stop qwen2.5
+
+  "smollm2":
+    cmd: |
+      docker run
+        --rm
+        -p \${PORT}:8080
+        --name smollm2
+      ghcr.io/ggml-org/llama.cpp:server
+        -hf bartowski/SmolLM2-135M-Instruct-GGUF:Q4_K_M
+    cmdStop: docker stop smollm2
+EOF
+    fi
+
+    status "Creating llama-swap systemd service..."
+    cat <<EOF | $SUDO tee /etc/systemd/system/llama-swap.service >/dev/null
+[Unit]
+Description=llama-swap
+After=network.target
+
+[Service]
+User=llama-swap
+Group=llama-swap
+
+# set this to match your environment
+ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/llama-swap --config /usr/share/llama-swap/config.yaml --watch-config
+
+Restart=on-failure
+RestartSec=3
+StartLimitBurst=3
+StartLimitInterval=30
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
+EOF
+    SYSTEMCTL_RUNNING="$(systemctl is-system-running || true)"
+    case $SYSTEMCTL_RUNNING in
+        running|degraded)
+            status "Enabling and starting llama-swap service..."
+            $SUDO systemctl daemon-reload
+            $SUDO systemctl enable llama-swap
+
+            start_service() { $SUDO systemctl restart llama-swap; }
+            trap start_service EXIT
+            ;;
+        *)
+            warning "systemd is not running"
+            if [ "$IS_WSL2" = true ]; then
+                warning "see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/systemd#how-to-enable-systemd to enable it"
+            fi
+            ;;
+    esac
+}
+
+if available systemctl; then
+    configure_systemd
+fi
+
+install_success() {
+    status 'The llama-swap API is now available at 127.0.0.1:8080.'
+    status 'Customize the config file at /usr/share/llama-swap/config.yaml.'
+    status 'Install complete.'
+}
+
+# WSL2 only supports GPUs via nvidia passthrough
+# so check for nvidia-smi to determine if GPU is available
+if [ "$IS_WSL2" = true ]; then
+    if available nvidia-smi && [ -n "$(nvidia-smi | grep -o "CUDA Version: [0-9]*\.[0-9]*")" ]; then
+        status "Nvidia GPU detected."
+    fi
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+install_success
diff --git a/scripts/uninstall.sh b/scripts/uninstall.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+# This script uninstalls llama-swap on Linux.
+# It removes the binary, systemd service, config.yaml (optional), and llama-swap user and group.
+
+set -eu
+
+red="$( (/usr/bin/tput bold || :; /usr/bin/tput setaf 1 || :) 2>&-)"
+plain="$( (/usr/bin/tput sgr0 || :) 2>&-)"
+
+status() { echo ">>> $*" >&2; }
+error() { echo "${red}ERROR:${plain} $*"; exit 1; }
+warning() { echo "${red}WARNING:${plain} $*"; }
+
+available() { command -v $1 >/dev/null; }
+
+SUDO=
+if [ "$(id -u)" -ne 0 ]; then
+    if ! available sudo; then
+        error "This script requires superuser permissions. Please re-run as root."
+    fi
+
+    SUDO="sudo"
+fi
+
+configure_systemd() {
+    status "Stopping llama-swap service..."
+    $SUDO systemctl stop llama-swap
+
+    status "Disabling llama-swap service..."
+    $SUDO systemctl disable llama-swap
+}
+if available systemctl; then
+    configure_systemd
+fi
+
+if available llama-swap; then
+    status "Removing llama-swap binary..."
+    $SUDO rm $(which llama-swap)
+fi
+
+if [ -f "/usr/share/llama-swap/config.yaml" ]; then
+    while true; do
+        printf "Delete config.yaml (/usr/share/llama-swap/config.yaml)? [y/N] " >&2
+        read answer
+        case "$answer" in
+            [Yy]* ) 
+                $SUDO rm -r /usr/share/llama-swap
+                break
+                ;;
+            [Nn]* | "" ) 
+                break
+                ;;
+            * ) 
+                echo "Invalid input. Please enter y or n."
+                ;;
+        esac
+    done
+fi
+
+if id llama-swap >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    status "Removing llama-swap user..."
+    $SUDO userdel llama-swap
+fi
+
+if getent group llama-swap >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    status "Removing llama-swap group..."
+    $SUDO groupdel llama-swap
+fi