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How to install on macOS

generalaction/emdash

Emdash is the Open-Source Agentic Development Environment (🧡 YC W26). Run multiple coding agents in parallel. Use any provider.

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Start here

Website ↗emdash.comThe project's own site.Docs ↗emdash.shLinked from the README.

Will it work on my device?

Yes, it installs on your macOS

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

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Download for macOS

v1.2.11 · 11/6/2026 ↗

emdash-arm64.dmg

dmg · Apple Silicon · 236.0 MB · 87 downloads · best match

Download

Drag the app into Applications.

curl -LO "https://github.com/generalaction/emdash/releases/download/v1.2.11/emdash-arm64.dmg"
open "emdash-arm64.dmg"

Other macOS downloads (1)

emdash-x64.dmg

dmg · Intel · 242.7 MB · 16 downloads

Download

Drag the app into Applications.

curl -LO "https://github.com/generalaction/emdash/releases/download/v1.2.11/emdash-x64.dmg"
open "emdash-x64.dmg"

Install with a package manager

Homebrew

brew install --cask emdash

From the README, exactly as the maintainers wrote it.

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Parts list

1×Node.js 24.14.0runtime
1×pnpm pnpm@10.28.2package manager

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Good to know

Monorepo (workspaces) — install from the repo root.
Tool versions pinned in mise.toml — mise install (or asdf install) installs them all.
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: apps/emdash-desktop/package.json, apps/emdash-desktop/tooling/node-deps/package.json, apps/workspace-server/package.json, apps/workspace-server/runtime-deps/package.json and 7 more

package.json scripts (12)

devnx run-many -t dev --all --parallel=10
buildnx run-many -t build --all
testnode tooling/scripts/test.mjs
lintnx run-many -t lint --all && node tooling/oxlint/scripts/check-allowlists.mjs
formatnx run-many -t format --all
format:checknx run-many -t format:check --all
typechecknx run-many -t typecheck --all
affectednx affected -t lint typecheck test
checknode tooling/scripts/check.mjs
doctorpnpm --dir apps/emdash-desktop run doctor
prune:boundary-allowlistsnode tooling/oxlint/scripts/prune-boundary-allowlists.mjs
graphnx graph

Files we read (13)

.github/workflows/code-consistency-check.yml

.github/workflows/release-canary.yml

.github/workflows/release-linux.yml

.github/workflows/release-prod.yml

.github/workflows/release-workspace-server.yml

.github/workflows/workspace-server-package-check.yml

.node-version

.nvmrc

CONTRIBUTING.md

README.md

mise.toml

package.json

pnpm-workspace.yaml

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