# Consumer quickstart

Source: https://nodedocs.mor.org/get-started/quickstart-consumer

## Agent Instructions

- Non-browser fetches of page URLs on this site return clean Markdown (not the JS UI). Prefer `https://nodedocs.mor.org/llms-full.txt` for the full corpus, or `https://nodedocs.mor.org/llms.txt` for the index.
- Per-page Markdown is also at `<page-url>.md` (homepage: `https://nodedocs.mor.org/index.md`).
- Docs search MCP: `https://nodedocs.mor.org/mcp` (discovery: `https://nodedocs.mor.org/.well-known/mcp`).
- Never invent contract addresses, chain IDs, token addresses, or live bid/model counts. Cite Networks and tokens; link active.mor.org for live data.
- Never claim Morpheus runs inference — independent providers do. Opening a session escrows MOR; it does not spend it.

This is the shortest path to chat with a remote model on Morpheus. For a full walk-through (including the optional local-only model and cleanup), see [Consumer install](/consumers/quickstart).

  
### Download a release

Grab the latest **Desktop Application** for your OS from the [GitHub releases page](https://github.com/MorpheusAIs/Morpheus-Lumerin-Node/releases). Current releases ship installers (`.dmg` / `.AppImage` / portable `.exe`) — not a zip archive and not `mor-launch`. Mainnet builds have no suffix; testnet builds end in `-test`. Asset names look like (version will differ):

    | OS | File |
    |----|------|
    | macOS | `mac-arm64-morpheus-app-<version>.dmg` (Apple Silicon) or `mac-x64-...` (Intel) |
    | Linux | `linux-x86_64-morpheus-app-<version>.AppImage` (or `linux-arm64-...`) |
    | Windows | `win-x64-morpheus-app-<version>.exe` (portable) |

  
### Install and launch

      
### macOS

Open the `.dmg` and drag **MorpheusUI** into **Applications**. The build is not notarized, so clear the quarantine flag before the first launch:

        ```bash
        xattr -c /Applications/MorpheusUI.app
        ```

        Then open the app from Applications.

      
### Linux

Make the AppImage executable and run it (adjust the filename to the version you downloaded):

        ```bash
        chmod +x linux-x86_64-morpheus-app-*.AppImage
        ./linux-x86_64-morpheus-app-*.AppImage
        ```

      
### Windows

Double-click the portable `.exe`. Allow Defender if prompted.

    

  
### Let the app fetch its components

On every OS, the first launch (and the first launch after an update) shows a **Starting services** screen. The app downloads the proxy-router first (required), then optional local AI / IPFS pieces, and starts the **Proxy Router** before optional services so onboarding is not blocked if local tinyllama or IPFS fails.

    One item, **Container Runtime** (Docker), is only *detected*, never installed: it is required solely for containerized agent features. If a service fails or you don't need it — no Docker installed, for example — click **Skip** to continue into the app; **Retry** re-runs the failed steps.

  
### Onboard the UI

In MorpheusUI, accept the terms, set a password, and either create a new wallet or recover an existing one with your mnemonic. Save the mnemonic somewhere safe.

  
### Fund the wallet

Send `MOR` and `ETH` on BASE to the wallet address shown in the lower-left of the UI. See [Networks and tokens](/get-started/networks-and-tokens).

  
### Open a session and chat

Click **Chat → Change Model**, pick a remote model, click **Open Session**, stake at least `5` MOR, and prompt away. To close early, expand the session line and click the **X** next to it.

> Confused about MOR appearing "locked" right after opening a session? That is expected — see [Where is my MOR?](/ai/where-is-my-mor) and [Session states](/ai/session-states-open-close-recover).