Getting started

Install

Download the app and the CLI, and activate your license.

dotsafe runs on macOS, on Apple silicon and Intel. Every release is also on GitHub.

Desktop app

  1. Download dotsafe.dmg. It's a universal build, signed and notarized.
  2. Open it and drag dotsafe into Applications.
  3. Open dotsafe. The first screen asks for your license key.

The app checks for updates on its own and installs one only when you click.

CLI

The CLI comes inside the app. In dotsafe, open Settings → Agents and click Install under Command-line tool. It links dotsafe into /usr/local/bin (macOS asks for your password once) and updates with the app.

dotsafe --version

Want the CLI without the app? Download dotsafe-<version>-macos-universal.tar.gz from the same release. It's signed and notarized. Unpack it and put dotsafe on your PATH:

tar -xzf dotsafe-*-macos-universal.tar.gzsudo mv dotsafe /usr/local/bin/

Activate your license

dotsafe is paid, with no free version: one license is $49 and covers up to 2 Macs. See pricing. Activate it once, in the app or the CLI. Both read the same license, so either is enough.

dotsafe license activate <key>dotsafe license statusdotsafe license remove     # free this Mac's activation to use the key elsewhere