macOS
macOS 13 Ventura or later. Signed and notarized.
Download cowork
Free for macOS and Windows. It runs on your own machine and keeps itself up to date.
Install it
Open the downloaded .dmg
It is in your Downloads folder.
Drag cowork to Applications
Then eject the disk image.
Open cowork and add a model
Any OpenAI-compatible or Anthropic-style endpoint works. Your key stays on this computer.
Run the downloaded setup file
It installs for your user account and needs no administrator rights.
Let it past SmartScreen
Choose More info, then Run anyway.
Open cowork and add a model
Any OpenAI-compatible or Anthropic-style endpoint works. Your key stays on this computer.
Already installed?
From version 0.8.4 on, cowork finds new versions on its own, shows you what changed, and installs them when you say so or when you quit.
Version 0.8.3 and earlier cannot find updates. Install the current version once from this page, and you are set.