The Windows release is a single portable executable. On first launch, the app downloads and manages its own services — proxy-router, llama.cpp AI runtime with the tinyllama demo model, and an IPFS node. For source builds, see macOS install and adapt the toolchain.

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Steps

1

Download

Get the latest portable executable from Releases — the asset is named like win-x64-morpheus-app-<version>.exe. Mainnet builds have no suffix; testnet builds end in -test.
2

Launch

Double-click the .exe. Windows Defender may prompt — allow it.
3

Let the app fetch its services

The first launch (and the first after each update) shows a Starting services screen: the app downloads the proxy-router, AI runtime, demo model, and IPFS node, then starts and probes each one. Container Runtime (Docker) is only detected, never installed — it is needed only for containerized agent features. Click Skip to continue without it; Retry re-runs failed steps.
4

Onboard

Accept terms, set a UI password, create or recover a wallet. Save the mnemonic somewhere safe.
5

Validate

Open http://localhost:8082/swagger/index.html. Try the Local Model in the Chat tab to verify the local pipeline.

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Cleanup

Save your wallet mnemonic / private key first. This deletes the local key store along with the downloaded services.
(morpheus-app is the Electron package / userData folder name; the product name in the UI is MorpheusUI.) See also: Troubleshooting.