Luge

Start gate · v0.25.0

Two minutes, and it glides.

Signed installers for all three platforms. Automatic updates, also signed (minisign). No credit card, no account required before you've seen what it looks like.

macOS

Apple Silicon · signed & notarized .dmg · 18 MB

Developer ID signed and Apple-notarized. Open the .dmg, drag Luge into Applications.

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Windows

x64 · Authenticode-signed .exe · 19 MB

Authenticode (EV) signed. SmartScreen recognizes the publisher.

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Linux (.deb)

Debian / Ubuntu · amd64 · 82 MB

sudo dpkg -i, or your graphical package manager.

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Linux (.rpm)

Fedora / RHEL · x86_64 · 82 MB

sudo rpm -i, or your graphical package manager.

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Edge node · v0.12.0

The edge node, standalone

A headless node — no UI — that you run on a server or a spare machine. It exposes that machine's local inference and tools to your Luge agents. Pair it once, then it runs in the background. It's also what hosts your coding agents on your machine.

macOS & Linux — one line:

curl -fsSL https://tchat-n-sign.github.io/luge-desktop-download/install.sh | sh

Installs into ~/.local (override with LUGE_EDGE_PREFIX) ; only luge-edge lands on your PATH — the bundled llama-server stays isolated. Apple Silicon and Linux x86-64 for now (Intel Mac not shipped yet).

Next:

  1. luge-edge init — connects to luge.tchatnsign.ai by default
  2. luge-edge pair — open the printed URL on an already-paired device, approve
  3. luge-edge run — or luge-edge service install to run as a daemon

Self-hosted Luge instance? luge-edge config set api-url https://your-instance/api

Rather grab the archive yourself, or you're on Windows (no install script): download it manually.

Verify what you download

Every desktop installer ships with its signature (.sig) on the public distribution repo. The update manifest (latest.json) is minisign-signed — the app refuses any update whose signature doesn't match. The edge node (curl | sh script, unsigned artifacts for now) isn't covered by this verification yet.

The first 5 minutes

After the install

  1. Pair your device. The app opens your browser; you approve in two clicks. No token copy-pasting — it lands in the system keychain.
  2. Pick your brain. Your Claude/OpenAI/Azure key, your vLLM server — or download a local model right in the app and run fully offline.
  3. Test the recorder. Start a Meet or Teams call: the recording bar shows up on its own. Nothing joins the call.
  4. Give your agent a first job. "Summarize this PDF" is a good start. Watch it remember what it learns.