Download

Every file of the current version is on the release page, with a SHA-256 checksum beside each one. Pick the format that matches your system below.

Latest release

Not released yet

The first beta has not been published. This page describes the packages it will come in; the release page is empty until then.

Closed beta

Kaveo needs a licence key during the beta. See Support to ask for one.

What you need

• Linux: x86_64 with glibc 2.35 or newer — Ubuntu 22.04, Debian 12, Fedora 40 or anything newer — on Wayland or X11, and a GPU with Vulkan 1.2.
• Windows: Windows 10 or 11, 64-bit (x64).
• macOS is not supported.

Linux

Ubuntu, Debian, Mint

Download the .deb file and open it with your software installer, or install it from a terminal in the folder you saved it to:

sudo apt install ./kaveo_*.deb

For Ubuntu 22.04 or newer, Debian 12 or newer, and the distributions built on them, such as Linux Mint and Pop!_OS.

Fedora, openSUSE

Download the .rpm file and install it:

sudo dnf install ./kaveo-*.rpm      # Fedora
sudo zypper install ./kaveo-*.rpm   # openSUSE

For Fedora 40 or newer, and openSUSE.

Arch, CachyOS, Manjaro

Install kaveo-bin from the AUR with your AUR helper:

yay -S kaveo-bin

Or download the .pkg.tar.zst file from the release page and install it with sudo pacman -U ./kaveo-bin-*.pkg.tar.zst. Both are the same package under the same name.

Any distribution

Tarball — download the .tar.xz file, unpack it, and run the installer inside it. It asks which components to use, whether to add Kaveo to your file manager’s right-click menu and whether to put the kaveo command on your PATH, then installs for your user alone — or, with --system, for every user of the computer.

tar xf kaveo-*-linux-x86_64.tar.xz
./kaveo-*-linux-x86_64/install.sh

install.sh --uninstall removes exactly what it installed; your library and settings stay.

AppImage — download the .AppImage file, make it executable, and run it. Nothing is installed.

chmod +x Kaveo-*.AppImage
./Kaveo-*.AppImage

Windows

Unsigned during the beta

The Windows builds are not code-signed yet, so Windows SmartScreen warns about them the first time you run one. Choose More info, then Run anyway. Check the file’s SHA-256 against the one on the release page first if you want to be sure it is the file we published.

Installer (.exe)

The usual choice. Installs Kaveo for your user, with no administrator prompt.

MSI (.msi)

Installs Kaveo for every user of the computer; it asks for administrator rights. Meant for managed computers, where it can be deployed and its updates controlled by policy.

Portable (.zip)

Unzip it anywhere — a folder or a USB drive — and run Kaveo from there. Nothing is installed, and everything Kaveo keeps stays in that folder.

Updates

Kaveo checks for new versions by itself. When one is out it offers it, and once you accept it downloads, verifies and installs the update itself — whichever format you installed. The automatic check can be turned off; see Privacy.

Older versions

Every earlier release stays available on the releases list.