Download Bex

Choose how you work with Bex. Get the desktop app or install the CLI.

Prefer the terminal?

Bex CLI

Deploy, inspect logs, and automate Bex from your terminal.

What can the CLI do?

Install with Homebrew

brew install bex-co/tap/bex

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Other installation methods & setup

Bex Desktop

Latest stable: 1.20.0-bex.6Last checked: Sep 23, 2026Start your first session

Bex for macOS

Your projects, ready for a local edit. Choose the build for your Mac and follow the installation guide.

macOS (Apple Silicon)macOS (Intel)

Installation guide

Bex for Windows

Open a folder and get to work. Choose x64 or ARM64 to match your Windows computer.

Windows (x64)Windows (ARM64)

Installation guide

Bex for Linux

Keep your editor close to your code. Download the archive for your architecture and launch it in your desktop session.

Linux (x64)Linux (ARM64)

Installation guide

Source, releases, and a clear next step

Inspect the Desktop source, read release notes, or get help with installation. The platform CLI has its own guide.

Troubleshooting CLI guide

Release notes

The macOS installer now opens as **Bex** and contains only **Bex.app** and the **Applications** shortcut. The legacy Zed.app link is removed.

Packaging now mounts and checks each DMG before continuing, verifying the volume name, exact root contents, application identity, executable architecture, icon presence, and application signature.

Bex 1.20.0-bex.5 can update to this release. Older .4 installations need to install this release manually because their updater expects the previous Zed volume layout.

This release addresses installer branding. The HTML extension download error and telemetry HTTP 404 observed during local smoke testing are not addressed by this change.

Release Notes:

- Fixed remaining Zed branding in macOS installer volumes and removed the extra Zed shortcut.