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Desktop for your machine, CLI for your terminal. Nothing else to install.

redbtn Desktop

The Red button for your machine: talk to Red, drive apps, keep this machine connected.

download for macOS (Apple Silicon) · v0.11.1 (160 MB)

other platforms

macOS Intel (.dmg) v0.11.1 · 167 MB
macOS Apple Silicon (.zip) v0.11.1 · 154 MB
macOS Intel (.zip) v0.11.1 · 161 MB
Windows (.exe) v0.11.1 · 115 MB

first-run notes (unsigned builds)

macOS: open the app, then System Settings → Privacy & Security → Open Anyway.
Windows: SmartScreen appears → More info → Run anyway.
Desktop updates itself — you never reinstall it.

redbtn CLI

Run redbtn graphs from your terminal, on any machine with node 20+. Current version: v0.0.19-alpha (2026-09-30) — update any time with redbtn update.

macOS / Linux

curl -fsSL https://redbtn.io/install.sh | sh

Windows PowerShell

irm https://redbtn.io/install.ps1 | iex

Then: redbtn login, then redbtn connect. Alpha builds: --channel alpha.

versions

Desktop v0.11.1 · released 2026-09-30
CLI v0.0.19-alpha · 2026-09-30 — Compact tool-call display (consecutive tool calls collapse to 2-3 lines; config display.compactTools, /compact-tools, --expand-tools, ctrl+o). Consolidates the CLI stack: steering, platform commands, background sessions, history, hub cloud distribution, redbtn update.