Download Salience
Pre-release. Salience is in alpha (0.3.2-alpha, released 25 September 2026) and shipping early to a small group of users. Expect rough edges, and please report what you find. It's free while it's in alpha; pricing comes later.
Which one do I need?
Open the Apple menu in your menu bar and choose About This Mac. If the chip line says Apple M…, take the Apple Silicon build. If it says Intel, take the Intel one.
On Linux, choose the .deb for Debian or Ubuntu, or the .AppImage for other distributions. Both Linux downloads are for x86_64 (AMD64) computers.
Requirements
- macOS 13 (Ventura) or newer, on Apple Silicon or Intel; or Linux on x86_64
- A second monitor is recommended but not required — Salience is designed to be glanceable from across the room
Installing
macOS
Open the .dmg, drag Salience to your Applications folder, and launch it from Spotlight or Launchpad. The first time you open it, macOS will ask whether you trust the developer — click Open.
Linux
For Debian or Ubuntu, install the downloaded .deb using your software installer, or run sudo apt install ./Salience_*.deb from the download folder.
For an AppImage, make the downloaded file executable and launch it:
chmod +x Salience_*.AppImage
./Salience_*.AppImageRun these commands in the download folder with only the version you want to install present.
The install guide covers first launch in more detail, and first run walks through adding your first project.
Verifying your download
On macOS, run shasum -a 256 <downloaded-file>. On Linux, run sha256sum <downloaded-file>. Compare the result with the matching SHA-256 below.
| Download | SHA-256 |
|---|---|
| Salience_0.3.2-alpha_aarch64.dmg | 94faac5caae82b04aba28843bc71b5ab1adb724087ce03b1f070a461c3caf3e9 |
| Salience_0.3.2-alpha_x64.dmg | 3618ed2c17de725b62e9fc6cc04ea3c2f5dc67662fc57167ab9ef41769270059 |
| Salience_0.3.2-alpha_amd64.AppImage | 8455dd3c9864714d3e02d1b54772a25a6c9a9d2b32d3cdc5f7bec0d229523693 |
| Salience_0.3.2-alpha_amd64.deb | a35458e2c8797d89934e4ffc40e815e9b09a1389556e4b08a7b3f64e612dc2fd |
Updating
Salience checks for updates on launch and every six hours, and can download them in the background — applying an update is always gated on you clicking Apply and restart. Both are configurable; see configuration.
Other versions
Every build, with its release notes, is on the releases page.