Install

Sendwire is a desktop application for macOS, Linux and Windows. There is no account to create and no licence key to enter.

The quickest path is one command — it detects your OS and architecture, downloads the latest release, verifies its SHA-256 against the published manifest, installs the app, and links sendwire and sw onto your PATH. Per-user, no admin. Read install.sh before you run it.

curl -fsSL https://sendwire.dev/install.sh | bash

The download page has the same command per OS, plus direct downloads.

macOS

The install command above works on Apple silicon and Intel. Prefer a direct download? Grab the .zip for your chip from the download page — it unpacks to Sendwire.app, which you drag to Applications.

A .dmg isn't published yet; the .zip is the direct download for now.

Linux

The install command (x64 and ARM64) unpacks the AppImage rather than running it in place, so it needs no libfuse2, adds Sendwire to your application menu, and links sendwire / sw onto your PATH — per-user, no admin.

Prefer to run the AppImage yourself?

chmod +x Sendwire-*.AppImage
./Sendwire-*.AppImage
# If your distro ships libfuse3 and no libfuse2 (Ubuntu 22.04+), either
# `sudo apt install libfuse2`, or run it without FUSE:
./Sendwire-*.AppImage --appimage-extract-and-run

Prefer a native package? The download page also has, for x64 and ARM64:

• .deb (Debian / Ubuntu / Mint / Pop!_OS) — sudo apt install ./sendwire_1.0.1_*.deb
• .rpm (Fedora / RHEL / openSUSE) — sudo dnf install ./sendwire-1.0.1.*.rpm
• Flatpak (any distro, sandboxed — x64) — flatpak install --user ./Sendwire-1.0.1-x86_64.flatpak

The Flatpak is the most portable — it ships its own runtime, so it needs no libfuse2 and runs on old and new distros alike.

Windows

The install command detects your architecture, downloads the latest release, verifies its SHA-256, and installs per-user (no administrator prompt):

irm https://sendwire.dev/install.ps1 | iex

Prefer a direct download? The download page has the NSIS installer (.exe, covers x64 and ARM64) and a per-arch .zip. The builds aren't code-signed yet, so Microsoft Defender SmartScreen may warn about an unrecognised app — choose More info → Run anyway. Read install.ps1 before you run it.

What gets installed

The application, and nothing else. No background service, no browser extension, no auto-start entry. (The install.sh/install.ps1 one-liners also link the sendwire and sw commands onto your PATH — a direct download does not.)

Your workspace is created on first launch at a path the app shows in the status bar. Deleting the application does not delete it.

Updates

Sendwire checks for a newer version when it starts and shows a banner if one is out; nothing downloads until you click Restart & Update. A release can mark a minimum version, in which case a critical update is required rather than optional. You can trigger a check yourself from Sendwire → Check for Updates…, and turn the automatic check off in Settings. That launch check is the only thing the app contacts on its own — see Privacy and data.