Install on Windows

Works on Windows 11 and Windows Server 2025, 64-bit. Installing is one command.

Install

1. Open PowerShell as Administrator: right-click the Start button and choose Terminal (Administrator). Answer Yes to the permission prompt.

   Why administrator?

   Waired registers a background service that starts with the computer, before anyone logs in. That is a machine-wide change, so Windows asks first.

2. Paste this line and press Enter:

   iwr -useb https://github.com/waired-ai/waired-agent/releases/latest/download/install.ps1 | iex

   What that line does

   iwr downloads Waired’s install script and iex runs it. If you would rather read it first, see below.

3. It prints a summary of what it is about to do and asks Proceed? [Y/n]. Press Enter.

   A fresh interactive install also offers to change where Waired goes — press Enter to accept C:\Program Files\Waired.

Now sign in and set up.

Read the script before running it

Reasonable. Download it, read it, then run it:

iwr -useb https://github.com/waired-ai/waired-agent/releases/latest/download/install.ps1 -OutFile $env:TEMP\install.ps1
notepad $env:TEMP\install.ps1
& $env:TEMP\install.ps1

This is also how you pass options — the piped one-liner cannot take them.

Unattended installs

-Yes skips the confirmation and -InstallDir <path> (or the WAIRED_INSTALL_DIR environment variable) pins the location. The full list is in Advanced install options.

Skip the AI software

Waired installs Ollama — the program that runs models — during setup, and only on computers that will run models. To make sure it is never installed (a headless or low-disk host, or you already run your own):

$env:WAIRED_NO_OLLAMA = '1'
iwr -useb https://github.com/waired-ai/waired-agent/releases/latest/download/install.ps1 | iex

You can add it later from an administrator prompt with waired runtimes install ollama.

What gets installed

Program files	C:\Program Files\Waired (changeable)
Background service	waired-agent, starts at boot
Settings and state	%ProgramData%\waired (secrets are locked down to administrators)
Start Menu	Waired (the icon you use day to day)

Sign in and set upThe next step.

UninstallOne line, about ten seconds.