Install with Homebrew

On macOS, Hive can be installed as a Homebrew cask from the project's tap:

brew tap honeyhive-ai/hive
brew install --cask hive

Upgrade later with:

brew upgrade --cask hive

This installs Hive.app into /Applications. The desktop app is Apple Silicon only — the cask is arm-only, so brew install on an Intel Mac reports no available build.

The DMGs are signed + notarized (Developer ID), so Gatekeeper opens the app normally — no xattr workaround needed — and it updates itself in place from then on.

Uninstall

brew uninstall --cask hive          # remove the app
brew uninstall --zap --cask hive    # also remove local data/settings

The hive CLI / daemon

The headless client + agent daemon ships as its own formula (works on macOS and Linux, Apple Silicon and x86_64):

brew install honeyhive-ai/hive/hive-cli   # installs the `hive` binary
brew upgrade hive-cli                      # track releases

This is the same runtime as the desktop app without the window — for running agents on a server, scripting Hive, or connecting a remote agent to a workspace. See Headless agents & setups for the full workflow (hive enroll → hive worker).

Other platforms

Homebrew installs the CLI formula on both macOS and Linux (above). The desktop app is a macOS-only cask; on Linux it's distributed as .AppImage / .deb / .rpm, and on Windows as an installer. See Building the dist for all the bundle formats.