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Get Tavra running.

Pick your platform below. Each setup has short videos and screenshots — most people are done in about ten minutes.

I'm on Windows → I'm on Mac → Something's broken?

Windows fast install

One PowerShell paste. Done in ~2 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

Open PowerShell from Start (search PowerShell), right-click to paste. Prefer to click through it yourself? 5-step manual guide below.

Windows setup — do these in order

Requires Windows 11 Home, version 25H2. Pro, Enterprise, and older Windows builds are not supported.

Prep your PC

Three Windows settings to flip before you run Tavra.

Add a Defender exclusion

Make a folder for Tavra, tell Defender to leave it alone.

Download & run Tavra

Grab Tavra.exe, drop into your Tavra folder, double-click.

Pair your device

Type the 8-character code from your dashboard. One-time.

Your first AI query

Hotkeys, modes, overlay. What Tavra actually does.

Mac setup — one page, top to bottom

Requires macOS 13 (Ventura) or newer, Apple Silicon or Intel. Setup weakens macOS's default protections — only run Tavra on a Mac you own.

Get started on Mac

Disable SIP + AMFI from Recovery, install with one Terminal command, sign in, arm the app you want the overlay in.

Troubleshooting — when something breaks

Tavra won't launch

Double-clicked Tavra.exe, nothing happened.

Defender ate my download

Tavra.exe vanished. Restore it and stop it happening again.

Pairing code doesn't work

The code gets rejected or times out. Five things to try.