Check its license. It has its own license: read it before using it for work.

Is Kiln still maintained?

Yes, active. Last change today. Latest release v1.2.1, 3 days ago.

How widely used is Kiln?

Widely used. 5.3k stars, 2 years old, by an organization. As with any download, get it from the official repo.

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How to install Kiln on Linux (Kiln-AI/Kiln) · gitmanual

How to install on Linux

Kiln-AI/Kiln

Build, Evaluate, and Optimize AI Systems. Includes evals, RAG, agents, fine-tuning, synthetic data generation, dataset management, MCP, and more.

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Is it free?: Check its licenseIt has its own license: read it before using it for work.
Still maintained?: Yes, activeLast change today. Latest release v1.2.1, 3 days ago.
How widely used?: Widely used5.3k stars, 2 years old, by an organization. As with any download, get it from the official repo.

Difficulty: Easy
Time: about 5 min
Stars: ★ 5,275
Activity: Updated this month

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Will it work on Linux?

Yes, it installs on your Linux

A ready-made Linux download is in the latest release.

Your system

macOS Windows Linux

Start here

Website ↗kiln.techThe project's own site.

Also: Docs ↗

Download for Linux

Kiln Desktop - v1.2.1 · 11/11/2026 ↗

Kiln.Linux.x64.zip

zip · x64 · 361.8 MB · 18 downloads · best match

Download

Move the extracted binary onto your PATH (e.g. /usr/local/bin).

curl -LO "https://github.com/Kiln-AI/Kiln/releases/download/v1.2.1/Kiln.Linux.x64.zip"
unzip "Kiln.Linux.x64.zip"

Other Linux downloads (1)

Kiln.Linux.ARM.zip

zip · 346.6 MB · 10 downloads

Download

Move the extracted binary onto your PATH (e.g. /usr/local/bin).

curl -LO "https://github.com/Kiln-AI/Kiln/releases/download/v1.2.1/Kiln.Linux.ARM.zip"
unzip "Kiln.Linux.ARM.zip"

Install with a package manager

Alternative: pipNeeds Python 3.10 or newer

pip install kiln-ai

From the README, exactly as the maintainers wrote it.

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Parts list

1×Python >=3.10runtime
1×uv package manager

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Has AGENTS.md — instructions for coding agents. You can open Claude Code (or another agent) in the cloned folder and ask it to do the setup for you.
Nested projects: app/desktop/pyproject.toml, app/web_ui/package.json, libs/core/pyproject.toml, libs/server/pyproject.toml

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.github/CONTRIBUTING.md

.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml

.github/workflows/build_desktop.yml

.github/workflows/build_docs.yml

.github/workflows/check_api_bindings.yml

.github/workflows/check_release_downloads.yml

.github/workflows/format_and_lint.yml

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README.md

app/web_ui/.env.example

pyproject.toml

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