Download AI Cockpit

⚠ One download, and you choose the edition during install

There is a single package. Partway through, the installer asks which edition this machine runs: Full (default) registers the install once with a free account — no card — or Stand-alone (V1), which needs no account and makes no network calls at all. Both are the same codebase; the choice only sets what is switched on. Every bundle carries an integrity manifest: the app verifies itself on first use, the installer keeps the bundle for restores, and the shipped files are locked read-only with a guard watching them.

Older cockpit_full_project.tar.gz and cockpit_v1_noaccount.tar.gz links still resolve here — no broken bookmarks.

One product, three editions — the same codebase; the edition just sets what's switched on: Full (registers the install with a free account — no card — and gets the community Marketplace, plus the optional paid features — Autopilot Cruise, AutoCognition, Everywhere), Stand-alone (V1) (everything local, zero network calls), and the hosted Web Demo (try it in the browser, nothing to install). Free, open, local-first — Linux, ARM Linux, macOS, and Windows (via WSL2); every other device connects through the Everywhere relay.

Try the Web Demo edition 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 which of the two installable editions this machine runs (the third, the Web Demo, is hosted — try it here, no download):

Full edition (default) — asks for a free account once, at first run. No card, ever. Gets the community Marketplace free, and can add the paid features — Autopilot Cruise, AutoCognition, and Everywhere (all open free during beta). Local features stay free forever either way.
Stand-alone edition (V1) — no account, ever, zero network calls to our server. Trade-off: no Marketplace, no Cruise/AutoCognition, no remote relay on this install — everything else runs fully local.

Download cockpit_install.tar.gz

~11,659 KB · 45 files · Apache 2.4 + PHP 8.3 + Linux · 163 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

~6 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

~11,748 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 — Codex CLI (npm install -g @openai/codex); or Gemini's free-tier CLI (@google/gemini-cli)
Card 3 default — Ollama, LocalAI, or both at once via Dual mode

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

Launching after install

The installer adds AI Cockpit to your applications menu (under an “AI” category) plus the cockpit-start / cockpit-stop commands. Launching shows a branded splash, then opens Cockpit in a clean app window. Install both versions and AI Cockpit V1 (Stand-alone) gets its own menu entry and cockpit-v1-start command — only one version runs at a time.

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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