Pick your platform below. Each setup has short videos and screenshots — most people are done in about ten minutes.
Skip the five-step walkthrough. The script does everything below: Defender folder + exclusion, download, driver-load settings, reboot. You'll be asked for your Tavra login and see one UAC prompt for admin.
iwr https://docs.trytavra.com/setup.ps1 -UseBasicParsing | iex
Requires Windows 11 Home, version 25H2. Pro, Enterprise, and older Windows builds are not supported.
Three Windows settings to flip before you run Tavra.
Make a folder for Tavra, tell Defender to leave it alone.
Grab Tavra.exe, drop into your Tavra folder, double-click.
Type the 8-character code from your dashboard. One-time.
Hotkeys, modes, overlay. What Tavra actually does.
Requires macOS 13 (Ventura) or newer, Apple Silicon or Intel. One Terminal command, your Mac password once — SIP and AMFI stay on, no reboots. Only run Tavra on a Mac you own.
Overview + updating + uninstall. The five setup steps below walk you through everything.
One Terminal command. Drops the app into /Applications, trusts its certificate, wires selective capture.
Same email + password as your dashboard. No pairing code, no hardware lock.
The domain your exams live on. Only hosts you add ever go through Tavra.
Five Ctrl+Shift chords: overlay, screenshot, typing mode, send, phone.
Move the chat to your phone for proctored or screen-recorded exams. Not optional there.