Get Blade Running in 60 Seconds

Blade Terminal is free and open source. Install with scoop (Windows), brew (macOS), or download .deb, .rpm, and AppImage packages for Linux.

Download for your OS v1.0.0

Also available via package managers below

Windows
x86_64
scoop bucket add blade https://gitlab.com/adratagit/scoop-blade.git && scoop install blade
Download .zip
~4 MB
macOS
Apple Silicon (aarch64)
brew tap adratagit/blade && brew install blade
Download Blade.app
Signed & Notarized
Linux
x86_64
brew tap adratagit/blade && brew install blade
Download .tar.gz
.deb .rpm AppImage
Getting Started

Up and running in 3 steps

1

Install Blade

Download the installer above or use your package manager.

> scoop bucket add blade https://gitlab.com/adratagit/scoop-blade.git
> scoop install blade
Installing 'blade' (1.0.0)
Linking ~\scoop\apps\blade\current => 1.0.0
blade (1.0.0) installed successfully

Or download the .zip, extract, add blade.exe to your PATH, and run blade in terminal.

# Option 1: Homebrew
$ brew tap adratagit/blade https://gitlab.com/adratagit/homebrew-blade.git
$ brew install blade
blade 1.0.0 installed
 
# Option 2: Download Blade.app
$ tar xzf blade-macos-aarch64-app.tar.gz
$ mv Blade.app /Applications/

The .app bundle is signed & notarized. No quarantine removal needed.

# Debian / Ubuntu
$ sudo dpkg -i blade-linux-x86_64.deb
 
# Fedora / RHEL
$ sudo rpm -i blade-linux-x86_64.rpm
 
# AppImage (any distro)
$ chmod +x blade-linux-x86_64.AppImage && ./blade-linux-x86_64.AppImage
 
# Arch Linux (AUR)
$ yay -S blade-bin
 
# Binary tarball
$ tar xzf blade-linux-x86_64.tar.gz && sudo cp bin/blade /usr/local/bin/

Homebrew also available: brew tap adratagit/blade && brew install blade

2

Launch & Configure

Open Blade. Run diagnostics to verify everything works.

~ blade doctor
 
Blade Diagnostics
 
GPU Detected (Vulkan/Metal/DX12)
Font JetBrains Mono (ligatures: on)
PTY OK (ConPTY/posix)
Render 60+ FPS (vsync, 2 draw calls)
Latency <5ms (input-to-pixel)
 
All checks passed

Customize your setup: ~/.config/blade/blade.toml

3

Start Using Claude Code

Install Claude Code and start coding with AI.

~ npm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code
added 1 package in 4s
 
~ claude
 
Claude Code v1.0.0
 
Tip: Use Shift+Enter for multi-line input
 
> Help me build a REST API with auth

Learn more at Claude Code docs

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