Download Swarmfile
Installers for macOS (Developer ID signed and notarized), Windows (Authenticode-signed), and Linux. On every platform, the in-app updater verifies each update’s signature before installing it. Runs on macOS 11+, Windows 10 or 11, and Ubuntu 22.04+ - see platform requirements for full detail. No account required to download - sign in on first launch. See the changelog for what’s new.
Windows
Windows 10 or 11 · ARM64 and x64, Authenticode-signed, installs WinFsp + VC++ Redist + WebView2
Download for Windows (x64)First run may show a Windows SmartScreen prompt - here’s the two-click bypass.
macOS
The .pkg installs the Desktop App and the swarmfile-engine daemon together; both start at login. The .dmg is the app on its own: its bundle carries the engine, but it doesn’t set up the engine’s login service, the mount helper, or the /usr/local/bin CLI symlinks - use it if you manage those yourself.
Windows
The installer bundles WinFsp, the VC++ Redist, and WebView2, adding each only if it’s missing. The bare .msi is for IT/GPO silent deployment and expects those prerequisites already present; the .zip needs no installer, but still expects WinFsp, the VC++ Redist and WebView2 to be on the machine. Either way, Explorer gets a Swarmfile ▶ right-click menu on the drive.
Windows first run: the SmartScreen prompt
When you run the downloaded installer (or an app binary from the .zip), Windows may show a blue “Windows protected your PC” box. The installer is Authenticode-signed; the .zip’s tools are not, and a new signing identity hasn’t built up download reputation yet. Either way, it doesn’t mean the download failed or was tampered with.
- Click More info - the small link, not Don’t run; the Run anyway button appears underneath.
- Click Run anyway.
- If Windows asks for permission, choose Yes, then finish the install as usual.
Every platform
Mount status is reported plainly: if a drive letter is taken, you see it - Windows relocates to a free letter automatically. The .pkg, the .deb and the Windows installers also put the CLI tools on PATH; the .dmg and .zip are the manual-install routes that don’t. The tools are swarmfile, swarmfile-lfs, swarmfile-runner (CI - materializes in place, no FUSE mount or git clone), git-remote-swarmfile (the swarmfile:// git helper), swarmfile-brlock (byte-range lock test client for plugin developers), and swarmfile-doctor/-migrate/-search/-verify-history/-seed.
Looking for the swarmfile-doctor connectivity-diagnostics CLI as a standalone download? It’s on the Security page.
New to Swarmfile?
Start a free trial to get an org and a seat, then create your first project and mount it.