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Install on macOS

Requirements

Section titled “Requirements”
  • macOS 12 Monterey or later
  • Apple Silicon (M1/M2/M3) or Intel x64

Option A — Notarized DMG (recommended)

Section titled “Option A — Notarized DMG (recommended)”
  1. Download memstrata-pro-5.2.x-mac-universal.dmg from the releases page.
  2. Open the DMG and drag MemStrata.app to /Applications.
  3. On first launch, macOS will verify the notarization — no Gatekeeper warning.
  4. Open Terminal and run:
Terminal window
memstrata init

The DMG installer adds memstrata to your PATH automatically.

Option B — Homebrew (coming in v5.3)

Section titled “Option B — Homebrew (coming in v5.3)”
Terminal window
brew install memstrata/tap/memstrata-pro

Option C — pipx

Section titled “Option C — pipx”
Terminal window
pip3 install pipx
pipx install memstrata-pro
memstrata init

Verify the install

Section titled “Verify the install”
Terminal window
memstrata status

Expected output:

MemStrata v5.2.x
MCP server:  stopped (run 'memstrata serve' to start)
Database:    ~/memstrata/index.db
License:     Pro (60-day trial active)

Auto-start with Login

Section titled “Auto-start with Login”
Terminal window
memstrata install-service

This creates a LaunchAgent plist at ~/Library/LaunchAgents/dev.memstrata.harness.plist. The harness starts on login and restarts on crash.

Uninstall

Section titled “Uninstall”
Terminal window
memstrata uninstall        # removes LaunchAgent and CLI symlinks
rm -rf /Applications/MemStrata.app
# Optional: remove local data
rm -rf ~/memstrata/

Next steps

Section titled “Next steps”