Get PaneScale.
For Windows, macOS and Linux. One installer per system, no admin rights, updates from inside the app.
Windows 10 and Windows 11 on x64. Uses the WebView2 runtime that comes with Windows.
Download for WindowsmacOS 11 Big Sur or later. One universal app for Apple silicon and Intel, signed and notarized by Apple.
Download for macOSx86_64 with glibc 2.35 or newer: Ubuntu 22.04+, Debian 12+, Fedora, openSUSE, Arch. Needs WebKitGTK 4.1 — the installer adds it if it’s missing.
Download for LinuxInstall in a minute.
Windows
Double-click the setup file. It installs for your user only — no administrator prompt — and adds PaneScale to the Start menu and the desktop. If Windows shows “Windows protected your PC”, choose More info → Run anyway, or install from PowerShell below.
macOS
Open the disk image and drag PaneScale onto Applications. Start it from Launchpad or the Applications folder; on the first start macOS asks once whether to open an app from the internet.
Linux
Run the installer — a short wizard asks two questions. PaneScale lands in your app menu, on the desktop if you like, and as the panescale command.
Windows from PowerShell.
One line downloads the current installer, checks its SHA-256 against the release and installs PaneScale for your user — without the SmartScreen prompt a browser download gets. Run it again any time to repair or update.
irm https://panescale.com/install.ps1 | iexLinux from the terminal.
The installer works with a desktop dialog or right in the terminal. --quiet installs without questions, --uninstall removes PaneScale again. Prefer your package manager? Use the .deb or .rpm instead — updates then come as new packages.
# Installer (current user, updates from inside the app)
sh PaneScale-0.3.5-linux-x86_64-setup.run
# Debian, Ubuntu
sudo apt install ./PaneScale_0.3.5_amd64.deb
# Fedora, openSUSE
sudo dnf install ./PaneScale-0.3.5-1.x86_64.rpmBring at least one coding CLI.
PaneScale orchestrates the agents you already use. If you don’t have one yet, Claude Code or Codex are a good start — install either with npm, sign in once, and PaneScale will find it.
# Claude Code
npm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code
# Codex
npm install -g @openai/codex
# Gemini CLI
npm install -g @google/gemini-cliUpdates that wait for you.
You decide when
PaneScale checks for a new version at start, every ten minutes and when the window gets focus. A small “Update” badge appears in the title bar — nothing installs until you click it.
Verified, then silent
Every update is checked against its SHA-256 before anything changes. It installs silently and PaneScale restarts in a few seconds, with your panes and workspaces as you left them.
Your data stays
Settings, chats, runs and workspaces live outside the program folder, so updating or reinstalling never touches them. See Your data.
Release notes
Every version is listed in the changelog, with what’s new, what improved and what was fixed.
What PaneScale needs.
| Windows | Windows 10 or Windows 11, x64, with the WebView2 runtime |
| macOS | macOS 11 Big Sur or later, Apple silicon or Intel |
| Linux | x86_64, glibc 2.35 or newer, WebKitGTK 4.1 (installed for you if missing), X11 or Wayland |
| Memory | 8 GB works for a few panes; 16 GB or more is recommended from six panes up — every agent is its own process |
| Disk | An installer of 6 to 18 MB, plus room for worktrees and an optional Whisper model (142 or 547 MiB) |
| Git | Git on the PATH — needed for worktrees, checkpoints, Point & Fix and the autopilot |
| Coding CLIs | At least one supported CLI, installed and signed in |
| Optional | gh CLI for GitHub issues and draft PRs · Ollama or your own endpoint for model steps in workflows |
Checksums.
Compare the SHA-256 of your download with this list, for example with shasum -a 256 on macOS, sha256sum on Linux or Get-FileHash in PowerShell.
| Windows PaneScale-0.3.12-setup.exe · 7.6 MB | 062ddc13f54a2ee48630aebf6e6f69993656f3ada86e52dbc1925302cd851960 |
| macOS PaneScale-0.3.6.dmg · 17.2 MB | 4aafb7fe1ebad2a742ac164bf5e3f0c3dcaafdc8fbb2bce76cc6e04cd44303f0 |
| Linux PaneScale-0.3.5-linux-x86_64-setup.run · 8 MB | 9c6fc7a71cc08c72ac4b7348a078831ca23e4e530b0c3f2269c71a168f9b150e |
| Linux PaneScale_0.3.5_amd64.deb · 8.2 MB | 2ee590f468bb6e6e3df9686283686a87de965d40b5f1fd98ed3f0665e6fc5d02 |
| Linux PaneScale-0.3.5-1.x86_64.rpm · 8.2 MB | 47f90683d39031cb44c587188d8118a80c25dae3f2f31b1cd904595b87f27e55 |
Questions before you install?
The help center covers setup, accounts and the most common problems.