Live Beta — free to use during beta. Paid tiers are marked "Free during beta" until monetization launches.

Download AI Cockpit

⚠ Changed 2026-08-08 — one download now, not two

Full account and No-Account (Stand-alone) used to be separate downloads. They're now the same package — the installer asks which one you want partway through (default: Full). Old cockpit_full_project.tar.gz / cockpit_v1_noaccount.tar.gz links still work and resolve here, no broken bookmarks.

Free, open, local-first. Runs on Linux, ARM Linux, macOS, and Windows (via WSL2). Every other device connects through the Everywhere relay instead.

Try the interactive demo first — no install

v2.0.0 — Latest

AI Cockpit

All PHP backends, frontend, shell scripts, documentation, and tool definitions in one tarball. Partway through install, you pick:

  • Full account edition (default) — free account, no card, unlocks the Marketplace and Everywhere remote relay. Local features stay free forever either way.
  • Stand-alone edition — no account, ever, zero network calls to our server. Trade-off: no Marketplace, no remote relay on this install.
Download cockpit_install.tar.gz

~3,088 KB · 90 files · Apache 2.4 + PHP 8.3 + Linux · 95 downloads · CI-verified — an unattended end-to-end install run passes on Linux Mint/Ubuntu, both editions

On Windows or macOS? The .tar.gz above works natively — tar has shipped built into Windows since 2018 and is standard on macOS. Prefer no terminal at all? Use the manual-install .zip below instead — plain double-click extraction.
  • Windows: NOT TESTED YET from PowerShell: tar -xzf cockpit_install.tar.gz, then run install_windows.ps1 from inside the extracted folder — it sets up WSL2 and does the rest. Full steps in the Setup Guide's Windows section. Written and reviewed, but not yet run on a real Windows machine — tell us how it goes.
  • macOS: run tar -xzf on the .tar.gz from Terminal. See the macOS section. CI-verified — an unattended end-to-end install run passes on a real Apple Silicon runner.
  • ARM Linux / Raspberry Pi: same tarball, same install_cockpit.sh as regular Linux — tar -xzf then run the script. CI-verified — an unattended end-to-end install run passes on a real ARM64 runner.
Docker Not Tested Yet

On Windows or macOS? Docker is also an option

Docker packages AI Cockpit and Ollama into one self-contained container (they share it — see the Setup Guide for why), so you skip the native/WSL2 setup entirely. Runs the same way on Linux, Windows (via Docker Desktop on WSL2), and macOS (via Docker Desktop's built-in virtualization).

Not yet published to Docker Hub — download the small bundle below (Dockerfile + docker-compose.yml + setup instructions), build it locally. Once it's running, use it exactly like a normal local install: open your regular browser on the host machine and go to http://localhost:8080 — you never interact with the container directly after that. Written and reviewed carefully, but not yet actually built/run end-to-end — let us know how it goes.

Download cockpit_docker.zip

~7 KB · includes step-by-step README · Docker section of the Setup Guide

Manual Installation Files

No script

Manual-Install Package

Don't want to run the install script at all? This .zip has the app's files already extracted, plus a step-by-step Manual Install Guide for Linux, macOS, and Windows — no script required, includes the one-line step for choosing Full account vs Stand-alone by hand. The install scripts are still included inside, in case you change your mind partway through.

Download cockpit_manual_install.zip

~3,193 KB · SETUP_GUIDE.html, USER_GUIDE.html, MANUAL_INSTALL.html

Everywhere Beta

Other Systems or Hardware?

Android, iOS, or anything else — connect to your own Cockpit from another device through the Everywhere relay. Free account with the Everywhere tier, nothing installed on the phone beyond a browser tab.

Open the Everywhere relay

Before you install

Required

Card 1/2/3 each accept several CLIs — these are just the default choices below, not the only options (see Features).

  • Linux Mint 22.3 or Ubuntu 24.04 (native) — or Windows via WSL2, macOS, or Raspberry Pi / ARM Linux, see the Setup Guide
  • Apache 2.4 + PHP 8.3
  • PHP extensions: curl, mbstring, xml, zip
  • tmux, jq, curl
  • Node.js 20 LTS
  • Card 1 default — Claude Code CLI (npm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code)
  • Card 2 default — Gemini CLI (npm install -g @google/gemini-cli)
  • Card 3 default — Ollama, LocalAI, or both at once via Dual mode

Recommended

  • pandoc + texlive-xetex (document conversion)
  • poppler-utils (PDF extraction)
  • ffmpeg (media conversion)
  • whisper.cpp with Vulkan (speech-to-text)
  • LibreTranslate (local translation)
  • archmage (CHM extraction)
  • imagemagick (image processing)

Quick install summary

sudo nala install apache2 php8.3 \ php8.3-curl php8.3-mbstring \ php8.3-xml php8.3-zip \ libapache2-mod-php8.3 \ tmux jq curl wget \ pandoc ffmpeg # Node.js via NodeSource: curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/\ setup_20.x | sudo bash - sudo nala install nodejs # Claude Code + Gemini CLIs: npm install -g \ @anthropic-ai/claude-code \ @google/gemini-cli

Full Installation Guide

Step-by-step setup including whisper.cpp / Vulkan compilation, LibreTranslate systemd service, and first-run verification.

Read the Setup Guide

What's included in the download

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User Guide

Complete user manual — all sections, opens in-app too.
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Setup Guide

Full installation, configuration, and verification steps.
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Manual Install Guide

Hand-copy steps for every OS, no script — also inside the manual-install .zip.
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Docker bundle

Dockerfile, compose file, and setup steps — separate download, see above.

Also inside the tarball itself: MANIFEST.txt (SHA-256 checksums for every file) and VERSION.