diff --git a/site/.gitignore b/site/.gitignore
index 1f9030c..6025605 100644
--- a/site/.gitignore
+++ b/site/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 dist/
 .astro/
 node_modules/
+public/install.sh
diff --git a/site/package.json b/site/package.json
index 205cb09..22f7c14 100644
--- a/site/package.json
+++ b/site/package.json
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@
   "version": "0.0.0",
   "private": true,
   "scripts": {
+    "predev": "node scripts/copy-install.mjs",
     "dev": "astro dev",
+    "prebuild": "node scripts/copy-install.mjs",
     "build": "astro build",
     "preview": "astro preview",
     "check": "astro check",
diff --git a/site/public/install.sh b/site/public/install.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 042daad..0000000
--- a/site/public/install.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,483 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env sh
-
-# Options
-#
-#   -V, --verbose
-#     Enable verbose output for the installer
-#
-#   -f, -y, --force, --yes
-#     Skip the confirmation prompt during installation
-
-TERMSCP_VERSION="1.0.0"
-GITHUB_URL="https://github.com/veeso/termscp/releases/download/v${TERMSCP_VERSION}"
-DEB_URL_AMD64="${GITHUB_URL}/termscp_${TERMSCP_VERSION}-1_amd64.deb"
-DEB_URL_AARCH64="${GITHUB_URL}/termscp_${TERMSCP_VERSION}-1_arm64.deb"
-
-PATH="$PATH:/usr/sbin"
-
-set -eu
-printf "\n"
-
-BOLD="$(tput bold 2>/dev/null || printf '')"
-GREY="$(tput setaf 0 2>/dev/null || printf '')"
-UNDERLINE="$(tput smul 2>/dev/null || printf '')"
-RED="$(tput setaf 1 2>/dev/null || printf '')"
-GREEN="$(tput setaf 2 2>/dev/null || printf '')"
-YELLOW="$(tput setaf 3 2>/dev/null || printf '')"
-BLUE="$(tput setaf 4 2>/dev/null || printf '')"
-MAGENTA="$(tput setaf 5 2>/dev/null || printf '')"
-NO_COLOR="$(tput sgr0 2>/dev/null || printf '')"
-
-# Functions
-
-set_termscp_version() {
-    TERMSCP_VERSION="$1"
-    GITHUB_URL="https://github.com/veeso/termscp/releases/download/v${TERMSCP_VERSION}"
-    DEB_URL_AMD64="${GITHUB_URL}/termscp_${TERMSCP_VERSION}-1_amd64.deb"
-    DEB_URL_AARCH64="${GITHUB_URL}/termscp_${TERMSCP_VERSION}-1_arm64.deb"
-}
-
-info() {
-    printf '%s\n' "${BOLD}${GREY}>${NO_COLOR} $*"
-}
-
-warn() {
-    printf '%s\n' "${YELLOW}! $*${NO_COLOR}"
-}
-
-error() {
-    printf '%s\n' "${RED}x $*${NO_COLOR}" >&2
-}
-
-completed() {
-    printf '%s\n' "${GREEN}✓${NO_COLOR} $*"
-}
-
-has() {
-    command -v "$1" 1>/dev/null 2>&1
-}
-
-get_tmpfile() {
-    local suffix
-    suffix="$1"
-    if has mktemp; then
-        printf "%s.%s" "$(mktemp)" "${suffix}"
-    else
-        # No really good options here--let's pick a default + hope
-        printf "/tmp/termscp.%s" "${suffix}"
-    fi
-}
-
-download() {
-    output="$1"
-    url="$2"
-    
-    if has curl; then
-        cmd="curl --fail --silent --location --output $output $url"
-    elif has wget; then
-        cmd="wget --quiet --output-document=$output $url"
-    elif has fetch; then
-        cmd="fetch --quiet --output=$output $url"
-    else
-        error "No HTTP download program (curl, wget, fetch) found, exiting…"
-        return 1
-    fi
-    $cmd && return 0 || rc=$?
-    
-    error "Command failed (exit code $rc): ${BLUE}${cmd}${NO_COLOR}"
-    warn "If you believe this is a bug, please report immediately an issue to <https://github.com/veeso/termscp/issues/new>"
-    return $rc
-}
-
-test_writeable() {
-  local path
-  path="${1:-}/test.txt"
-  if touch "${path}" 2>/dev/null; then
-    rm "${path}"
-    return 0
-  else
-    return 1
-  fi
-}
-
-elevate_priv() {
-    if has sudo; then
-      if ! sudo -v; then
-        error "Superuser not granted, aborting installation"
-        exit 1
-      fi
-      sudo="sudo"
-    elif has doas; then
-      sudo="doas"
-    else
-      error 'Could not find the commands "sudo" or "doas", needed to install termscp on your system.'
-      info "If you are on Windows, please run your shell as an administrator, then"
-      info "rerun this script. Otherwise, please run this script as root, or install"
-      info "sudo or doas."
-      exit 1
-    fi
-}
-
-elevate_priv_ex() {
-    check_dir="$1"
-    if test_writeable "$check_dir"; then
-        sudo=""
-    else
-        elevate_priv
-    fi
-    echo $sudo
-}
-
-# Currently supporting:
-#   - macos
-#   - linux
-#   - freebsd
-detect_platform() {
-    local platform
-    platform="$(uname -s | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')"
-    
-    case "${platform}" in
-        linux) platform="linux" ;;
-        darwin) platform="macos" ;;
-        freebsd) platform="freebsd" ;;
-    esac
-    
-    printf '%s' "${platform}"
-}
-
-# Currently supporting:
-#   - x86_64
-detect_arch() {
-    local arch
-    arch="$(uname -m | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')"
-    
-    case "${arch}" in
-        amd64) arch="x86_64" ;;
-        armv*) arch="arm" ;;
-        arm64) arch="aarch64" ;;
-    esac
-    
-    # `uname -m` in some cases mis-reports 32-bit OS as 64-bit, so double check
-    if [ "${arch}" = "x86_64" ] && [ "$(getconf LONG_BIT)" -eq 32 ]; then
-        arch="i686"
-    elif [ "${arch}" = "aarch64" ] && [ "$(getconf LONG_BIT)" -eq 32 ]; then
-        arch="arm"
-    fi
-    
-    printf '%s' "${arch}"
-}
-
-confirm() {
-    if [ -z "${FORCE-}" ]; then
-        printf "%s " "${MAGENTA}?${NO_COLOR} $* ${BOLD}[y/N]${NO_COLOR}"
-        set +e
-        read -r yn </dev/tty
-        rc=$?
-        set -e
-        if [ $rc -ne 0 ]; then
-            error "Error reading from prompt (please re-run with the '--yes' option)"
-            exit 1
-        fi
-        if [ "$yn" != "y" ] && [ "$yn" != "yes" ]; then
-            error 'Aborting (please answer "yes" to continue)'
-            exit 1
-        fi
-    fi
-}
-
-# Installers
-
-install_on_bsd() {
-    try_with_cargo "packages for freeBSD are distribuited no more. Only cargo installations are supported." "freebsd"
-}
-
-install_on_arch_linux() {
-    pkg="$1"
-    info "Detected ${YELLOW}${pkg}${NO_COLOR} on your system"
-    # check if rust is already installed
-    has cargo
-    CARGO=$?
-    if [ $CARGO -ne 0 ]; then
-        confirm "${YELLOW}rust${NO_COLOR} is required to install ${GREEN}termscp${NO_COLOR}; would you like to proceed?"
-        $pkg -S rust
-    fi
-    info "Installing ${GREEN}termscp${NO_COLOR} AUR package…"
-    $pkg -S termscp
-}
-
-install_with_brew() {
-    info "Installing termscp with brew"
-    if has termscp; then
-        info "Upgrading ${GREEN}termscp${NO_COLOR}…"
-        # The OR is used since someone could have installed via cargo previously
-        brew update && brew upgrade termscp || brew install veeso/termscp/termscp
-    else
-        info "Installing ${GREEN}termscp${NO_COLOR}…"
-        brew install veeso/termscp/termscp
-    fi
-}
-
-install_on_debian() {
-    local pkg_manager
-    if has apt; then
-        pkg_manager="apt"
-    elif has "apt-get"; then
-        pkg_manager="apt-get"
-    else
-        pkg_manager="dpkg"
-    fi
-
-    info "Detected $pkg_manager on your system"
-    case "${ARCH}" in
-        x86_64) DEB_URL="$DEB_URL_AMD64" ;;
-        aarch64) DEB_URL="$DEB_URL_AARCH64" ;;
-        *) try_with_cargo "we don't distribute packages for ${ARCH} at the moment" && return $? ;;
-    esac
-    info "Installing ${GREEN}termscp${NO_COLOR} via Debian package"
-    archive=$(get_tmpfile "deb")
-    download "${archive}" "${DEB_URL}"
-    info "Downloaded debian package to ${archive}"
-    if test_writeable "/usr/bin"; then
-        sudo=""
-        msg="Installing ${GREEN}termscp${NO_COLOR}, please wait…"
-    else
-        warn "Root permissions are required to install ${GREEN}termscp${NO_COLOR}…"
-        elevate_priv
-        sudo="sudo"
-        msg="Installing ${GREEN}termscp${NO_COLOR} as root, please wait…"
-    fi
-    info "$msg"
-
-    if [ "$pkg_manager" = "apt" ]; then
-        $sudo apt install -y "${archive}"
-    elif [ "$pkg_manager" = "apt-get" ]; then
-        $sudo dpkg -i "${archive}"
-        $sudo apt-get -f install
-    else
-        $sudo dpkg -i "${archive}"
-    fi
-
-    rm -f ${archive}
-}
-
-install_on_linux() {
-    local msg
-    local sudo
-    local archive
-    if has pacman; then
-        install_on_arch_linux pacman
-    elif has yay; then
-        install_on_arch_linux yay
-    elif has pakku; then
-        install_on_arch_linux pakku
-    elif has paru; then
-        install_on_arch_linux paru
-    elif has aurutils; then
-        install_on_arch_linux aurutils
-    elif has pamac; then
-        install_on_arch_linux pamac
-    elif has pikaur; then
-        install_on_arch_linux pikaur
-    elif has dpkg; then
-        install_on_debian
-    elif has brew; then
-        install_with_brew
-    else
-        try_with_cargo "No suitable installation method found for your Linux distribution; if you're running on Arch linux, please install an AUR package manager (such as yay). Currently only Arch, Debian based and Red Hat based distros are supported" "linux"
-    fi
-}
-
-install_on_macos() {
-    if has brew; then
-        install_with_brew
-    else
-        try_with_cargo "brew is missing on your system; please install it from <https://brew.sh/>" "macos"
-    fi
-}
-
-# -- cargo installation
-
-install_bsd_cargo_deps() {
-    set -e
-    confirm "${YELLOW}gcc${NO_COLOR} is required to install ${GREEN}termscp${NO_COLOR}; would you like to proceed?"
-    sudo="$(elevate_priv_ex /usr/local/bin)"
-    $sudo pkg install -y curl wget gcc dbus pkgconf libsmbclient
-    info "Dependencies installed successfully"
-}
-
-install_linux_cargo_deps() {
-    local debian_deps="gcc pkg-config libdbus-1-dev libsmbclient-dev"
-    local rpm_deps="gcc openssl pkgconfig dbus-devel openssl-devel libsmbclient-devel"
-    local arch_deps="gcc openssl pkg-config dbus smbclient"
-    local deps_cmd=""
-    # Get pkg manager
-    if has apt; then
-        deps_cmd="apt install -y $debian_deps"
-    elif has apt-get; then
-        deps_cmd="apt-get install -y $debian_deps"
-    elif has yum; then
-        deps_cmd="yum -y install $rpm_deps"
-    elif has dnf; then
-        deps_cmd="dnf -y install $rpm_deps"
-    elif has pacman; then
-        deps_cmd="pacman -S --noconfirm $arch_deps"
-    else
-        error "Could not find any suitable package manager for your linux distro 🙄"
-        error "Supported package manager are: 'apt', 'apt-get', 'yum', 'dnf', 'pacman'"
-        exit 1
-    fi
-    set -e
-    confirm "${YELLOW}gcc, openssl, pkg-config, libdbus${NO_COLOR} are required to install ${GREEN}termscp${NO_COLOR}. The following command will be used to install the dependencies: '${BOLD}${YELLOW}${deps_cmd}${NO_COLOR}'. Would you like to proceed?"
-    sudo="$(elevate_priv_ex /usr/local/bin)"
-    $sudo $deps_cmd
-    info "Dependencies installed successfully"
-}
-
-install_cargo() {
-    if has cargo; then
-        return 0
-    fi
-    cargo_env="$HOME/.cargo/env"
-    # Check if cargo is already installed (actually), but not loaded
-    if [ -f $cargo_env ]; then
-        . $cargo_env
-    fi
-    # Check again cargo
-    if has cargo; then
-        return 0
-    else
-        confirm "${YELLOW}rust${NO_COLOR} is required to build termscp with cargo; would you like to install it now?"
-        set -e
-        rustup=$(get_tmpfile "sh")
-        info "Downloading rustup.sh…"
-        download "${rustup}" "https://sh.rustup.rs"
-        chmod +x $rustup
-        $rustup -y
-        rm -f ${archive}
-        info "Rust installed with success"
-        . $cargo_env
-    fi
-
-}
-
-try_with_cargo() {
-    err="$1"
-    platform="$2"
-    # Install cargo
-    install_cargo
-    if has cargo; then
-        info "Installing ${GREEN}termscp${NO_COLOR} via Cargo…"
-        case $platform in
-            "freebsd")
-                install_bsd_cargo_deps
-                cargo install --locked --no-default-features termscp
-            ;;
-
-            "linux")
-                install_linux_cargo_deps
-                cargo install --locked termscp
-            ;;
-
-            *)
-                cargo install --locked termscp
-            ;;
-
-        esac
-    else
-        error "$err"
-        error "Alternatively you can opt for installing Cargo <https://www.rust-lang.org/tools/install>"
-        return 1
-    fi
-}
-
-# defaults
-if [ -z "${PLATFORM-}" ]; then
-    PLATFORM="$(detect_platform)"
-fi
-
-if [ -z "${BIN_DIR-}" ]; then
-    BIN_DIR=/usr/local/bin
-fi
-
-if [ -z "${ARCH-}" ]; then
-    ARCH="$(detect_arch)"
-fi
-
-if [ -z "${BASE_URL-}" ]; then
-    BASE_URL="https://github.com/starship/starship/releases"
-fi
-
-# parse argv variables
-while [ "$#" -gt 0 ]; do
-    echo $1
-    case "$1" in
-        
-        -V | --verbose)
-            VERBOSE=1
-            shift 1
-        ;;
-        -f | -y | --force | --yes)
-            FORCE=1
-            shift 1
-        ;;
-        -V=* | --verbose=*)
-            VERBOSE="${1#*=}"
-            shift 1
-        ;;
-        -f=* | -y=* | --force=* | --yes=*)
-            FORCE="${1#*=}"
-            shift 1
-        ;;
-        -v=* | --version=*)
-            set_termscp_version "${1#*=}"
-            shift 1
-        ;;
-        *)
-            error "Unknown option: $1"
-            exit 1
-        ;;
-    esac
-done
-
-printf "  %s\n" "${UNDERLINE}Termscp configuration${NO_COLOR}"
-info "${BOLD}Platform${NO_COLOR}:      ${GREEN}${PLATFORM}${NO_COLOR}"
-info "${BOLD}Arch${NO_COLOR}:          ${GREEN}${ARCH}${NO_COLOR}"
-
-# non-empty VERBOSE enables verbose untarring
-if [ -n "${VERBOSE-}" ]; then
-    VERBOSE=v
-    info "${BOLD}Verbose${NO_COLOR}: yes"
-else
-    VERBOSE=
-fi
-
-printf "\n"
-
-confirm "Install ${GREEN}termscp ${TERMSCP_VERSION}${NO_COLOR}?"
-
-# Installation based on arch
-case $PLATFORM in
-    "freebsd")
-        install_on_bsd
-    ;;
-    "linux")
-        install_on_linux
-    ;;
-    "macos")
-        install_on_macos
-    ;;
-    *)
-        error "${PLATFORM} is not supported by this installer"
-        exit 1
-    ;;
-esac
-
-completed "Congratulations! Termscp has successfully been installed on your system!"
-info "If you're a new user, you might be interested in reading the user manual <https://termscp.veeso.dev/user-manual.html>"
-info "While if you've just updated your termscp version, you can find the changelog at this link <https://termscp.veeso.dev/#changelog>"
-info "Remember that if you encounter any issue, you can report them on Github <https://github.com/veeso/termscp/issues/new>"
-info "Feel free to open an issue also if you have an idea which could improve the project"
-info "If you want to support the project, please, consider a little donation <https://ko-fi.com/veeso>"
-info "I hope you'll enjoy using termscp :D"
-
-exit 0
diff --git a/site/scripts/copy-install.mjs b/site/scripts/copy-install.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9fc6bc9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/site/scripts/copy-install.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import { copyFile, access } from 'node:fs/promises';
+import { dirname, join } from 'node:path';
+import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
+
+const here = dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
+const src = join(here, '..', '..', 'install.sh'); // repo-root install.sh (single source of truth)
+const dest = join(here, '..', 'public', 'install.sh');
+
+try {
+  await access(src);
+} catch {
+  console.error(`[copy-install] source not found: ${src}`);
+  console.error('[copy-install] the repo-root install.sh must be available at build time.');
+  process.exit(1);
+}
+
+await copyFile(src, dest);
+console.log('[copy-install] copied install.sh -> public/install.sh');