Installation

taiku has two installable pieces:

the CLI, which creates and manages sessions
the desktop app, which adds device presence, remote launch, remote desktop, and a native window

On macOS, the recommended install gets you both at once.

Install

macOS (Homebrew) installs the desktop app and CLI in one step:

brew install --cask taiku-dev/tap/taiku

This places taiku.app in your Applications folder and adds the taiku CLI to your PATH.

CLI only

If you only need the CLI: brew install taiku-dev/tap/taiku

Linux (Homebrew):

brew install taiku-dev/tap/taiku

Any platform (curl):

curl -sSf https://taiku.live/get | sh

Any platform (npm):

npx taiku

Verify it works

Check that the CLI is available:

taiku --version

If the command is missing, add the install location to your PATH and run it again.

Authenticate once so the CLI can create sessions under your account:

taiku login

When no browser can open on that machine, taiku prints a URL and code instead.

Direct downloads

Use direct downloads if you want to install manually or need a specific architecture.

Platform coverage

Linux and Windows builds have not been tested as thoroughly as macOS yet. They should still be usable, so feel free to try them and report any issues you hit.

macOS

	Apple Silicon	Intel
Desktop app	Download	Download
CLI	Download	Download

The desktop app download is a .dmg. Open it and drag taiku.app to your Applications folder. The CLI is bundled inside the app at taiku.app/Contents/MacOS/taiku.

Linux

	x86-64	ARM64
Desktop app	Download	Download
CLI	Download	Download

The Linux desktop app ships as a tarball with a bundled installer:

tar -xzf taiku-desktop-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz
cd taiku-desktop && sh install.sh

tar -xzf taiku-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz
mv taiku /usr/local/bin/taiku
chmod +x /usr/local/bin/taiku

Windows

Less tested on Windows

The Windows desktop app is newer and less tested than macOS and Linux — expect rough edges. The CLI is the most battle-tested option on Windows.

	x86-64
Desktop app	Download
CLI	Download

The desktop app is an NSIS installer (taiku-windows-x64-setup.exe) — run it to install taiku and the bundled CLI; it auto-updates. For the CLI alone, extract the zip and place taiku.exe somewhere on your PATH.

Once the CLI is installed and authenticated, continue to the quickstart guide.