Continuum ships on eight surfaces, all speaking the same wire protocol. Install
whichever ones you use:
- Hosts run your agents and hold your code: the macOS app, the Windows and
Linux desktop apps, and the
continuum CLI. Each one is local-first and
starts its own daemon — none of them requires another machine.
- Remotes steer a host: iPhone, Apple Watch, Android, and the web app.
Every client is free. You pay only for the provider subscriptions you already
have, or for optional Continuum-hosted inference.
Hosts
Status: stable — this is the flagship client.Requirements
- Apple Silicon Mac running macOS 26 (Tahoe) or later. The build targets
macOS 26 and ships arm64-only; Intel Macs and older systems are not
supported.
- At least one provider CLI installed and logged in:
claude, codex,
cursor-agent, agy (Antigravity), grok, or opencode — or none at
all if you use Continuum-hosted models.
Install
- Download the DMG. mac.continuumcode.ai
always redirects to the latest arm64 build; you can also browse
every release.
- Open the DMG and drag
Continuum.app to your Applications folder.
- Launch it from Applications. It appears in the menu bar and opens its
main window.
The DMG is Developer ID signed and notarized by Apple (Montauk Analytics
Inc, team LRL8MRH6B4), so Gatekeeper opens it without a security prompt.
Release builds run inside the App Sandbox. Status: beta.Requirements
- x64 Windows 10 or 11. (There is no arm64 Windows build.)
- Provider CLIs on
PATH for whichever agents you want to run.
Install — download the .exe installer from
continuumcode.ai/download and run it.
It’s an NSIS installer; no admin-only steps beyond the usual installer
prompt.The desktop app is an Electron shell around the same interface the web app
uses, plus a bundled daemon that runs your sessions locally. It is a
full host, not a remote — you can drive agents on it with no Mac anywhere in
the picture. See the desktop app.Beta builds published so far are not code-signed, so Windows SmartScreen
warns on first run. Verify you downloaded from continuumcode.ai before
clicking through.
Status: beta.Requirements
- x64 or arm64 Linux.
- Provider CLIs on
PATH for whichever agents you want to run.
Install — take either package from
continuumcode.ai/download:
.deb (x64 or arm64) — sudo apt install ./Continuum-<version>-<arch>.deb- AppImage (x64 or arm64) —
chmod +x it and run it directly.
Same Electron shell and bundled daemon as Windows, so a Linux desktop is a
first-class host. A headless Linux server is a different thing — enroll that
as an execution host instead.Beta builds published so far are not code-signed.
Status: beta.continuum is the fourth client on the same wire protocol. It runs on
macOS, Linux, and Windows, x64 and arm64, and drives sessions from a
terminal, a script, or CI.Install (macOS / Linux) — no sudo; resolves the latest CLI release,
verifies its checksums, and installs to ~/.local/bin:To inspect the script first, or to pin a version:Install (Windows PowerShell) — installs to %LOCALAPPDATA%\Continuum\bin,
no admin rights:Set CONTINUUM_CLI_INSTALL_DIR to install somewhere else. See
the CLI for what it can do.CLI archives are not code-signed — the release workflow has no
cross-platform signing credentials yet, and the manifest records that
explicitly. The SHA-256 check catches accidental corruption, not a
tampered origin: verify the release origin yourself.
Remotes
iPhone
Apple Watch
Android
Web
Status: stable, on the App Store as
Continuum Console.Requires iOS 26 or later. Install it, sign in with the same email you used
on your host, and approve the phone once from the host — see
pairing. Status: stable.The Watch app ships inside the iPhone app rather than as a separate App
Store listing — install Continuum Console on the phone and the Watch app
installs from there. It never talks to a host directly; the phone relays for
it.
Status: in testing.The Android app (ai.continuum.mobile) is built from the same codebase as
the iPhone app and goes out through Google Play testing tracks; there’s no
public store link on the download page yet. Until there is, the
web app gives you the same control plane in a mobile
browser. Status: stable. Nothing to install.Sign in at continuumcode.ai/app and you get
the full control plane in a browser tab: Code, Usage, Settings, and org
administration. Compute still happens on a host — the browser is a remote.
See the web app. How each client updates
macOS
Windows & Linux
CLI
Mobile & web
The Mac app keeps itself up to date with Sparkle 2.9.2. It reads the
appcast at
https://continuumcodeapp.github.io/continuum-updates/updates/appcast.xml,
and every update signature is verified with EdDSA against the app’s embedded
public key.Trigger a check from the Update App control in the window titlebar, or
Check for Updates in the app menu. That titlebar popover also hosts a
Check automatically toggle for Sparkle’s scheduled background checks.If Sparkle can’t reach the appcast or a download fails, the app falls back to
opening the
latest public release page
so you can update by hand.Mac updates render only in the top-right titlebar popover — there is no
center-screen update overlay.
The desktop app updates through electron-updater, which reads the release
metadata published alongside each installer. Point it at your own feed by
setting CONTINUUM_UPDATE_FEED_URL before launch.
Automatic updates are deliberately disabled until a real release-signing
trust root exists, so updating is an explicit opt-in:Only a writable, user-local executable is replaced; a system-installed copy
is left alone. Re-running the install script works too. iPhone, Watch, and Android update through their app stores. The web app is
always current — reload the tab.
Continuum installs as Continuum.app (or Continuum on Windows and Linux).
The internal codename Clawdmeter still appears in on-disk paths — your
data lives at ~/Library/Application Support/Clawdmeter/ and
~/.clawdmeter/, the URL scheme is clawdmeter://, and preferences use the
clawdmeter.* domain. These are stable identifiers, not a different product.
After installing
Install at least one provider CLI and sign in to it — see
providers for what each one needs. Then sign in to
Continuum with your email on every device you own so they find each other:
pairing. 
