INSTALL WIGWAM

Choose your Wigwam experience

Both installs run the same hut and base, and both work with the site. Desktop also gives you the full Wigwam UI in a native window.

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Pick an install

You do not need both. Choose where you want to use the Wigwam UI.

HOW THIS CONFIGURATION WORKS Desktop install
INSTALLED ON THIS COMPUTER
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Wigwam Desktop UI The native interface added by Desktop
ADDED
Wigwam runtime Identical in both installs
wigwam CLIcommands + configuration hutconnections + relay basepersistent terminals
WAYS TO USE WIGWAM
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Desktop UI Your native Wigwam app
PRIMARY
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Site UI wigwam.build in any browser
ALSO AVAILABLE

Desktop is the Wigwam runtime—CLI, hut, and base—with the native Desktop UI added on top.

RECOMMENDED FOR WORKSTATIONS
DESKTOP UI + WIGWAM RUNTIME

Wigwam Desktop

Best for: personal workstations

The native Wigwam interface plus the same CLI runtime—wigwam, hut, and base. You can still use the site from any browser.

  • ✓ Full Wigwam UI in a native app
  • ✓ Same CLI, hut, and base bundled inside
  • ✓ Guided startup, service setup, and app updates
  • ✓ Browser access included; mobile apps coming soon
macOSApple Silicon LinuxAppImage WindowsSetup .exe
Other desktop downloads
macOSApple Silicon · DMG macOSIntel · DMG LinuxDebian · .deb LinuxAppImage WindowsSetup · .exe WindowsInstaller · MSI

Latest desktop release: desktop-v0.3.0-beta

WIGWAM RUNTIME

Command line install

Best for: servers and terminal-first setups

Only the Wigwam runtime—wigwam, hut, and base. Use the full site UI at wigwam.build instead of installing the native interface.

  • ✓ CLI, hut, base, relay, and terminal features
  • ✓ Full Wigwam UI through the site
  • ✓ Explicit command-line control and configuration
  • ✓ Ideal for servers, SSH hosts, and headless machines
macOS
Linux
Windows
Then start the runtime First run opens a browser so you can sign in and connect this hut.
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The site works with both

Desktop or CLI-only, wigwam.build remains available from any browser.

YOUR BROWSER CLIENT wigwam.build/session

See and control every connected hut from one place.

Sign in to Wigwam →