waveterm/docs/docs/gettingstarted.mdx

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## Installation

You can install Wave directly from our [Downloads page](https://www.waveterm.dev/download) or by using a package manager.

Unless otherwise noted, the package manager entries are supported officially by Command Line Inc.

### Package managers

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#### Homebrew

Wave is available on macOS as a [Homebrew Cask](https://formulae.brew.sh/cask/wave):

```bash
brew install --cask wave
```

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Wave is available on Windows via [Chocolatey](https://community.chocolatey.org/packages/wave) and the [Windows Package Manager](https://winstall.app/apps/CommandLine.Wave).

#### Chocolatey

```Powershell
choco install wave
```

#### Windows Package Manager

```Powershell
winget install CommandLine.Wave
```

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Wave is available in the following package managers for Linux

#### Snap

Different Linux distributions have different ways of enabling Snap. You can find distro-specific instructions in our [Snapcraft listing](https://snapcraft.io/waveterm).

```bash
sudo snap install --classic waveterm
```

#### AUR/Pacman (community)

This is a [community-maintained AUR package](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/waveterm) for installing Wave on Arch distributions.

#### Nix (community)

This is a [community-maintained Nix package](https://search.nixos.org/packages?channel=unstable&show=waveterm&size=50&sort=relevance&type=packages&query=waveterm) for installing on NixOS or any other Linux distribution set up with Nix.

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