// download · v0.7.1 · 2026-10-04

Get Tern.

The Mac app and the terminal UI share one daemon, so install either or both. Updates come through Homebrew; the app also tells you when there's a new one.

Mac app

macOS 12 or later, Apple Silicon and Intel. The app contains the daemon; it works without the CLI.

brew install --cask shubham-1994/tern/tern-desktop

Download Tern.dmg 20 MB

CLI and terminal UI

macOS and Linux (x86-64 and ARM64), FreeBSD (x86-64). One static binary; it needs only git.

brew install shubham-1994/tern/tern

curl -fsSL https://tern.build/install.sh | sh

The first time you open the app, macOS may say it can't check it: Tern isn't notarized by Apple yet. On macOS 15 and later, go to System Settings ▸ Privacy & Security ▸ Open Anyway; on macOS 12–14, right-click Tern in Applications ▸ Open. Or run xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/Tern.app.

The files

Tern.dmg	Mac app · Apple Silicon and Intel	20 MB
tern-darwin-arm64	CLI · macOS, Apple Silicon	12 MB
tern-darwin-amd64	CLI · macOS, Intel	13 MB
tern-linux-amd64	CLI · Linux, x86-64	13 MB
tern-linux-arm64	CLI · Linux, ARM64	12 MB
tern-freebsd-amd64	CLI · FreeBSD, x86-64	13 MB
checksums.txt	SHA-256 of every file	1 KB
install.sh	the install script	2 KB

Check a file: shasum -a 256 -c checksums.txt --ignore-missing in the folder you downloaded to. Every release: GitHub releases.

Update and remove

Update: brew upgrade shubham-1994/tern/tern and brew upgrade --cask shubham-1994/tern/tern-desktop, or run the script again.
After updating, tern kill-server restarts the daemon on the new version. Running sessions stop; worktrees and files stay.
Remove: brew uninstall --cask tern-desktop and brew uninstall tern. Tern keeps its state, settings and worktrees in ~/.tern; delete it to remove those too.