Download & Install

Zinley works in your browser, but the desktop app is where it gets interesting — a machine with the app installed becomes a device your agent can actually work on.

Open the web app

Go to zinley.com/dashboard in any modern browser and sign in. Nothing to install, and it's the fastest way to look around.

The Zinley sign-in screen with Continue with Google and email/password options.
Sign in with Google, or with your email address and password.

New here? See Quick Start for signing up and the first few minutes.

Install the desktop app

Head to zinley.com/downloads and pick your platform:

Platform Notes
macOS The usual choice for a machine you leave running
Windows
Linux
CLI A command-line client, if you'd rather live in a terminal

Install it, sign in with the same account, and your computer registers itself as a device automatically — there's no pairing step. Give it a recognisable name and you're done. See Connect a device.

Why bother

The web app is a window onto your agent. The desktop app is a pair of hands. With it installed, Zinley can read and write files on that machine, run commands, drive a browser, and use your local apps — and you can schedule work to run there. Everything your agent does in the cloud keeps working either way.

Most people install it on one computer they leave on and let it sit in the background. That's the whole setup.

Keeping it running

  • Leave the app running — background is fine. It checks in about once a minute so the device shows as online.
  • A sleeping machine is still usable: Zinley wakes the app in around ten seconds when it needs it.
  • A machine that's fully powered off can't be reached. Scheduled work aimed at it won't run, and you'll get an email letting you know.

Updates

The desktop app keeps itself up to date — you don't need to come back and re-download it.

Mobile apps

iOS and Android apps are rolling out via waitlist. Join with your name and email address — pick the platform you want and you'll be notified when your spot opens up. You can join both.

In the meantime, you can reach your agent from a phone through the web app, over Telegram or Discord, or by simply calling its phone number.

Once a mobile app is installed and signed in, the phone registers itself as a device just like a computer does, and can receive push notifications from your agent.

Signing out

Use Sign Out at the bottom of the sidebar to end your session on that device. Removing a device from your account is separate — see Devices.

Phone & email don't need installing. Your agent's number and email address live in the cloud and run whether or not any app is open. See Get a number and Your agent's email address.

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