Install TildaZ

Download the native drop-down terminal for your OS.

TildaZ ships release builds for Linux, macOS, and Windows. Pick the package that matches how you normally install tools, launch it, then press F1.

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Linux

Choose your package

Use a portable tarball, deb, rpm, AppImage, or Arch pkg. Linux builds target common distribution families and include x86_64 / aarch64 where the release provides them.

  • tar.gz for portable installs
  • deb for Debian / Ubuntu
  • rpm for Fedora / RHEL / openSUSE
  • AppImage for a single-file launch
  • Arch pkg for Arch-family systems
macOS

Drag the app in

Download the universal DMG and drag TildaZ.app into Applications. Releases use a stable self-signed TildaZ identity rather than Apple notarization, so use macOS's Open action if Gatekeeper blocks the first launch. Then grant Input Monitoring and Accessibility for global hotkey and window control shortcuts.

  • macOS 14+
  • Apple Silicon + Intel
  • AppKit + Metal host
Windows

Unzip and run

Download the x64 or ARM64 zip, keep the _internal folder next to tildaz.exe, and run tildaz.exe.

  • Windows 10 1903+ x64
  • Windows 11 ARM64
  • Bundled Microsoft OpenConsole runtime

After Install

First launch creates your config.

PlatformConfigLog
Linux$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/tildaz/config_0.json$XDG_STATE_HOME/tildaz/tildaz_0.log
macOS$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/tildaz/config_0.json~/Library/Logs/tildaz_0.log
Windows%APPDATA%\tildaz\config_0.json%APPDATA%\tildaz\tildaz_0.log

On Linux and macOS, XDG_CONFIG_HOME defaults to ~/.config. On Linux, XDG_STATE_HOME defaults to ~/.local/state. Empty or relative values use those defaults.