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Two pieces: the app on your iPad, and the agent on the machine you want to work on. The rendezvous server is optional — only if you want to run your own.

Host agent 1.0.0 is available now (Linux + macOS). The iPad app and the self-hosted rendezvous binary are releasing soon.

1 · iPad app Releasing soon

Requires iPadOS 15 or later. Free to use on your own network. App Store listing is on the way — meanwhile you can already install the host agent below.

App Store — releasing soon

2 · Host agent

Install this on every machine you want to reach — a Linux desktop, a headless server, a VPS, or a Mac. Each one serves its filesystem and a login shell to your paired iPads, and nothing else. Release V1.0.0 on GitHub.

macOS

macOS 12 or later. Ships as a menu-bar app that supervises the agent.

Build	For
`spadeide-agent-1.0.0-macos-arm64.dmg`	Apple silicon (M1 and later)	Download
`spadeide-agent-1.0.0-macos-amd64.dmg`	Intel Macs	Download

macOS installation guide →

Linux

Ubuntu / Debian desktop gets a tray app with icon and pairing QR. Servers keep the CLI.

Build	For
`spadeide-agent_1.0.0_amd64.deb`	Ubuntu / Debian desktop app + CLI, x86-64	Download
`spadeide-agent_1.0.0_arm64.deb`	Ubuntu / Debian desktop app + CLI, ARM64	Download
`spadeide-agent-1.0.0-linux-amd64.tar.gz`	Any distro, x86-64	Download
`spadeide-agent-1.0.0-linux-arm64.tar.gz`	Any distro, ARM64	Download

Linux installation guide → · Reinstall on a server → · SHA256SUMS.txt

3 · Rendezvous server Releasing soon — optional

You do not need this for LAN use. Remote access and a self-hosted introducer binary are releasing soon — a single static binary with no database, for people who would rather not rely on our hosted introducer.

Build	For
`spade-rendezvous-linux-amd64.tar.gz`	x86-64 server	Releasing soon
`spade-rendezvous-linux-arm64.tar.gz`	ARM64 server	Releasing soon

Self-hosting guide → (docs are ready; packages land with the release)

Hosted introducer: wss://rendezvous.spadeide.com — default baked into the app and the agent once remote access ships. Leave the Rendezvous URL field empty in the app to use whatever the current default is.

Verifying a download

Every agent release ships SHA256SUMS.txt alongside the artifacts.

curl -fsSL -O https://github.com/SpadeIDE/spadeide-agent/releases/download/V1.0.0/SHA256SUMS.txt
shasum -a 256 -c SHA256SUMS.txt --ignore-missing

The macOS app is signed with a Developer ID certificate and notarised, so Gatekeeper opens it without a warning. If macOS complains, the file was modified in transit — download it again rather than overriding the warning.