Install Cerevisor

Cerevisor ships on Windows and macOS . A Linux build is available but unsupported. Download Download the latest installer for your platform from cerevisor.com/download . Platform Installer Notes Windows 10/11 Cerevisor-<version>-Setup.exe (NSIS) Branded installer chrome; standard "Next, Next, Install" flow. macOS (Apple Silicon, M1+) Cerevisor-<version>-arm64.dmg Pick this one for any Mac with an Apple chip (M1, M2, M3, M4). macOS (Intel) Cerevisor-<version>-x64.dmg Pre-Apple-Silicon Macs only. We deliberately ship per-architecture macOS DMGs instead of a fat universal binary. The arm64 build is significantly smaller and avoids edge cases in the native modules Cerevisor depends on (SQLite, ONNX runtime). Pick the matching architecture for your Mac . Installing the wrong one yields a launch error. If you're not sure which Mac you have: click the Apple menu → About This Mac. If it says "Chip: Apple M…", you want arm64 . If it says "Processor: Intel…", you want x64 . Install Windows Double-click the downloaded .exe and follow the installer. Cerevisor will install into your user's local programs folder (no admin password required) and add a Start Menu shortcut. macOS Double-click the downloaded .dmg . Drag the Cerevisor app icon to your Applications folder. Eject the DMG when done. The first time you launch Cerevisor, macOS may show a "Cerevisor cannot be opened because the developer cannot be verified" warning. This is normal: the early builds are signed ad-hoc, not yet with an Apple Developer ID certificate. To allow the launch: Right-click (or Control-click) Cerevisor in Applications. Choose Open . Click Open in the confirmation dialog. After the first allow, future launches behave normally. Apple Developer ID signing + notarization is on the roadmap. First launch The first time Cerevisor opens, you'll see three modals in sequence: Welcome intro : a brief tour of what the app does. You can dismiss any time. Provider setup : pick a model provider. You can skip this and configure it later from Settings, but you can't actually run a workflow until at least one provider is connected. See Connect a model provider . Trust profile : choose how often Cerevisor should pause to ask permission before doing risky things (writing files, running shell commands). Pick Cautious if unsure; you can change this later. After those, you land on the Home Screen , which shows starter templates and any recent workflows. Updating Cerevisor Cerevisor checks for updates in the background on launch. When a new version is available, you'll see an "Update available" indicator in the title bar and a branded modal appears with Restart now / Later options. Picking Restart now applies the update on the next launch. Updates always download regardless of your license tier. Paid customers can never be stranded on a broken build by a license-server hiccup. Where Cerevisor stores its data Cerevisor is local-first. All user data lives under your home directory: Folder

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