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Install Spectra Terminal

macOS, Windows, and Linux installers. Verify the binary checksum, then launch in paper-trading mode.

Spectra ships as a signed native binary on three platforms. Pick your OS, verify the checksum, launch.

macOS

Download the universal .dmg from /download and drag the app into /Applications. The binary is signed and notarised — Gatekeeper will let it through without a right-click bypass.

shasum -a 256 ~/Downloads/Spectra-Terminal-0.6.0.dmg
# expected: <published on the download page>

Windows

Download the .msi. Right-click → Properties → check the publisher matches Spectra Terminal. Run the installer; defaults are fine.

Linux

Three formats, in order of preference:

  • .AppImage — runs anywhere with libc 2.31+. chmod +x and execute.
  • .deb — for Debian/Ubuntu derivatives.
  • .rpm — for Fedora/RHEL/OpenSUSE.

System requirements

  • 4 GB RAM minimum, 8 GB recommended.
  • A GPU that supports Vulkan / Metal / DX12 — basically anything from 2017+.
  • 200 MB disk for the binary; another 500 MB if you cache historical data.
  • Internet for cloud sync, the script library, and live data. Works fully offline otherwise.

What happens on first launch

  1. The risk-disclaimer modal. You can't dismiss it without clicking through.
  2. A choice between paper-trading (default) and live trading.
  3. The Cobalt theme and a populated BTC/USDT chart.

You're done. Pick a symbol from the watchlist, drop a few drawings, run a script — see Your first chart.