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Download Tandem

For Mac and Linux. Free on your own and for hackathons; bring the AI tools you already use.

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Mac Apple silicon · .dmg Linux Ubuntu, Debian · .deb Linux any distro · AppImage

What you need

Tandem runs on your Mac and drives the coding agents you already pay for.

A Mac or a Linux PC

macOS 14 Sonoma or later on Apple silicon, or 64-bit Linux (Ubuntu 22.04+, Debian 12+, Fedora and others) with Node.js 22.18 or newer.

At least one AI agent

Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini, GitHub Copilot or OpenCode, signed in with your own subscription. Or free local models with Ollama.

A Google account

To sign in, so teammates can find you. Your code stays on your computer.

Get started in four steps

About five minutes.

  1. Install Tandem

    Mac

    Open the download and drag Tandem into Applications, then open it from there.

    Linux

    Ubuntu or Debian (.deb): double-click the file. It opens in the App Center (Software Center); click Install, then open Tandem from your apps.

    Or from a terminalsudo apt install ./Tandem-0.5.4-amd64.deb
    Linux

    Any other Linux (AppImage): nothing to install. Right-click the file, choose Properties, turn on Allow executing file as program, then double-click it. On Ubuntu 22.04 and newer, the AppImage also needs a small library first: sudo apt install libfuse2t64 (on 22.04: libfuse2). The .deb doesn't.

    Or from a terminalchmod +x Tandem-0.5.4-x86_64.AppImage && ./Tandem-0.5.4-x86_64.AppImage

    On Linux, Tandem also needs Node.js 22.18 or newer (from nodejs.org or your package manager); your agents use it too. Tandem tells you if it's missing.

  2. Sign in with Google

    One click. Tandem uses your name and email so your teammates see who's who.

  3. Connect your agents

    Tandem works with the agent tools on your computer. If you don't have one yet, install one in Terminal, then sign in to it from Tandem's Agents tab:

    Claude CodeMac · Linuxnpm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code
    CodexMac · Linuxnpm install -g @openai/codex
    Ollama (free, local)Macbrew install ollama
    Ollama (free, local)Linuxcurl -fsSL https://ollama.com/install.sh | sh

    Cursor, Gemini, Copilot and OpenCode work too; the Agents tab shows how to add each.

  4. Start a project

    Make a new project or open one you have, and just talk to it. Propose an idea and Tandem plans it with you before anything is built. Invite your team with one link.