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Update Waired

Who this is for
Anyone running an older version
You need
Administrator rights
Time
2 minutes

Waired tells you when an update is available; applying it is always something you trigger. Nothing updates itself behind your back.

Click the Waired icon — in the menu bar on macOS, next to the clock on Windows and Linux — and choose the “⚠ Update available” entry when it appears.

Or from a terminal:

Terminal window
waired update

That checks, shows what it found, and asks before applying.

Command What it does
waired update Check, then apply if a newer version exists
waired update --check Report only — changes nothing
waired update --yes Apply without asking (for scripts and servers)

Everything that matters: you stay signed in, this computer keeps its identity and its place in your network, and your settings are preserved. You do not have to set up again.

The AI software and your downloaded models are managed separately and are not touched by waired update.

Channel Who it is for
stable (default) Everyone. Released versions only.
edge Trying unreleased changes. Rebuilt on every merge, not for production.

waired update keeps this computer on whichever channel it is already on — a stable install never gets silently moved onto edge, or the other way round.

To switch:

Terminal window
waired update --edge # move to / stay on edge
waired update --stable # move back to stable

Switching swaps the apt source (Linux) or the download it pulls (macOS, Windows), and is allowed in both directions.

Installing straight onto edge
Terminal window
curl -fsSL https://github.com/waired-ai/waired-agent/releases/latest/download/install.sh \
| WAIRED_VERSION=edge sh

Once on edge, waired update keeps you there.