diff --git a/NozCli/NozCli.csproj b/NozCli/NozCli.csproj
index 5dc2529..ffdb6bb 100644
--- a/NozCli/NozCli.csproj
+++ b/NozCli/NozCli.csproj
@@ -13,6 +13,28 @@
     <TargetFramework>net10.0</TargetFramework>
     <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
     <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
+    <AssemblyName>noz</AssemblyName>
+    <RootNamespace>NozCli</RootNamespace>
+    <PublishAot>true</PublishAot>
+    <InvariantGlobalization>true</InvariantGlobalization>
+    <Version>0.1.0</Version>
+    <AssemblyVersion>0.1.0</AssemblyVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
+  <!-- Bake git short hash into InformationalVersion (e.g. 0.1.0+abc1234) -->
+  <Target Name="SetGitHash" BeforeTargets="GetAssemblyVersion">
+    <Exec Command="git rev-parse --short HEAD" ConsoleToMSBuild="true" IgnoreExitCode="true">
+      <Output TaskParameter="ConsoleOutput" PropertyName="GitShortHash" />
+    </Exec>
+    <PropertyGroup>
+      <SourceRevisionId Condition="'$(GitShortHash)' != ''">$(GitShortHash)</SourceRevisionId>
+    </PropertyGroup>
+  </Target>
+
+  <!-- macOS: tell the linker where Homebrew's OpenSSL lives -->
+  <ItemGroup Condition="$([MSBuild]::IsOSPlatform('OSX'))">
+    <LinkerArg Include="-L/opt/homebrew/opt/openssl/lib" />
+    <LinkerArg Include="-L/opt/homebrew/lib" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+
 </Project>
diff --git a/NozCli/Program.cs b/NozCli/Program.cs
index 018abb4..66c2d62 100644
--- a/NozCli/Program.cs
+++ b/NozCli/Program.cs
@@ -1,13 +1,23 @@
+using NozCli;
 using NozCli.Core.Config;
 using NozCli.Repl;
 using Spectre.Console;
 
+// ── noz --version / -v ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+if (args is ["--version"] or ["-v"] or ["version"])
+{
+    Console.WriteLine($"noz {VersionInfo.Full}");
+    return 0;
+}
+
 // ── noz init <url> <token> ────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 if (args is ["init", var url, var token])
 {
-    if (!url.StartsWith("https://", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+    var isLocalhost = url.StartsWith("http://localhost", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
+                   || url.StartsWith("http://127.", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+    if (!isLocalhost && !url.StartsWith("https://", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
     {
-        AnsiConsole.MarkupLine("[red]Error:[/] Only HTTPS servers are allowed.");
+        AnsiConsole.MarkupLine("[red]Error:[/] Only HTTPS servers are allowed (localhost HTTP is ok for dev).");
         return 1;
     }
 
diff --git a/NozCli/VersionInfo.cs b/NozCli/VersionInfo.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..18e996f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/NozCli/VersionInfo.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+using System.Reflection;
+
+namespace NozCli;
+
+public static class VersionInfo
+{
+    private static readonly string _informational =
+        typeof(VersionInfo).Assembly
+            .GetCustomAttribute<AssemblyInformationalVersionAttribute>()
+            ?.InformationalVersion ?? "0.0.0";
+
+    // "0.1.0+abc1234" → "0.1.0"
+    public static string Version =>
+        _informational.Contains('+')
+            ? _informational[.._informational.IndexOf('+')]
+            : _informational;
+
+    // "0.1.0+abc1234" → "abc1234", or "" if no hash
+    public static string GitHash =>
+        _informational.Contains('+')
+            ? _informational[(_informational.IndexOf('+') + 1)..]
+            : "";
+
+    public static string Full =>
+        GitHash.Length > 0 ? $"{Version} ({GitHash})" : Version;
+}