Desktop app

Spikefrost for Mac & Windows

Your Spikefrost workspace as a desktop app — browse your teams and Apps, keep their files on your computer, and change them by chatting with Claude Code or Codex.

Download for macOS

Version 0.27.0 · Apple Silicon (arm64) · DMG · ~103 MB · Notarized by Apple

Download for Windows

Version 0.24.0 · Windows 10+ (x64) · Installer · ~82 MB · Signed by Spikefrost Limited

Installing

  1. Mac: open the downloaded .dmg and drag Spikefrost into Applications.
  2. Windows: run the installer — the app opens by itself when it finishes.
  3. Sign in with your Spikefrost account — your Apps appear automatically.

Requires an Apple Silicon Mac or Windows 10+ (64-bit). Intel Mac builds are on the roadmap. The app keeps itself up to date on both platforms.

Prefer the command line?

The sf CLI gives developers and coding agents the full platform from the Terminal — check out and push app files, build, deploy, and manage agents, connectors, and data. The Spikefrost desktop app ships with it built in.

curl -fsSL https://edge.spikefrost.com/sf/install.sh | sh

macOS, Linux and WSL. The installer brings its own Node.js if you don’t have a recent one, and keeps itself current. Then sign in with sf login.

Changing apps by chat?

The desktop app works with either Claude Code CLI or Codex CLIto edit and deploy your apps. Install and sign in to at least one of them with your own account before starting a chat.

Set up Claude Code or Codex →

Run jobs on your own machine

An edge node is a computer you own running a Spike worker. It pulls jobs from Spikefrost and executes them locally with your own Claude Code or Codex seat — for work that has to happen on your hardware, against a private repository or an internal network.

Fresh Linux box or EC2 instance

curl -fsSL https://edge.spikefrost.com/sf/ec2-bootstrap.sh | sudo bash

One command, or paste it as cloud-init user-data at launch. Installs everything, starts the service, and prints the node's connection string.

A Mac, or a machine you already run

sf edge pair

Prints the connection string; sf edge service start runs it in the background.

Edge node setup guide →

Frequently asked questions

What is the Spikefrost desktop app?
The Spikefrost desktop app is a native macOS and Windows client that shows your teams and apps, keeps a local working copy of each app's files on your computer, and lets you change an app by chatting with Claude Code or Codex. It runs the same sf CLI that developers use in a terminal, so desktop and command-line work on the same project folder.
Which platforms does Spikefrost support?
The desktop app ships for macOS on Apple Silicon (signed and notarized by Apple) and for Windows 10 or later on x64 (a signed installer). Intel Mac builds are on the roadmap. The sf CLI installs on macOS, Linux and WSL with one command and brings its own Node.js runtime if needed. Apps you build deploy to a global edge network, independent of the machine you build on.
Do I need the desktop app to use Spikefrost?
No. The desktop app is the easiest way to build by chat, but developers can install the sf CLI directly with the one-line installer, sign in with sf login, and create, build and deploy apps from a terminal. Both use the same account and the same project files, so a team can mix desktop and CLI workflows.
What do I need before installing Spikefrost?
You need a Spikefrost account (the Free plan needs no credit card and includes 3 apps and 1 seat) and one active coding-agent subscription: Claude (Claude Code), Codex, Kimi or Grok. Install the matching CLI first; the setup guide linked on this page walks through installing and signing in to Claude Code or Codex.