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Installing WaveKat Voice

Download WaveKat Voice from wavekat.com, pick the build for your platform, and follow the steps below. Once it’s installed, Getting started walks you through your first account and your first call.

macOS

WaveKat Voice runs on Macs with Apple Silicon (M1 or later). Intel Macs aren’t supported at the moment.

  1. Download the .dmg.
  2. Open it and drag WaveKat Voice into your Applications folder.
  3. Launch it from Applications.

The app is signed and notarized with Apple, so it opens without any security warning. The first time you test your microphone or place a call, macOS asks for microphone access — click Allow. (If you clicked Don’t Allow by mistake, see Troubleshooting.)

Linux

Two builds ship for Linux (x64). Pick one:

Debian / Ubuntu package (recommended)

The .deb is the native install: double-click it in your software installer, or from a terminal:

sudo apt install ./"WaveKat Voice-<version>.deb"

You get a real entry in your app launcher, and updates install themselves — your system asks for your password when an update is ready to apply.

AppImage

The AppImage is a single file you can run from anywhere:

  1. Download it and make it executable: chmod +x "WaveKat Voice-<version>.AppImage".
  2. Run it.

Two things to know:

  • It needs FUSE to launch. On Ubuntu 24.04: sudo apt install libfuse2t64. On older releases: sudo apt install libfuse2.
  • Keep it somewhere you can write to (your home folder is fine, a read-only system location is not) so it can update itself.

One Linux quirk worth knowing up front: closing the window keeps WaveKat Voice running in the background so you can still receive calls. To quit completely, use the tray icon — see Troubleshooting for details.

Windows

Windows is a supported platform, and a younger one than macOS and Linux: it is built and published on every release, but it has had less time in front of real users, so expect the occasional rough edge.

Two builds ship. Pick x64 for a PC with an Intel or AMD processor, and arm64 for a Windows-on-ARM machine such as a Snapdragon-powered Surface. If you’re not sure which you have, open Settings → System → About and read the “System type” line. The x64 build also runs on an ARM machine, just less efficiently.

The Windows installer isn’t code-signed yet, so SmartScreen shows a “Windows protected your PC / unknown publisher” warning. If you choose to proceed, click More info → Run anyway.

Keeping the app up to date

WaveKat Voice keeps itself up to date — there’s nothing to re-download by hand:

  • The app checks for new versions in the background (shortly after launch, and every few hours after that).
  • When an update has downloaded, a quiet “Update ready — Restart now” notice appears. Restart when it suits you — an update never interrupts a call.
  • If you ignore the notice, the update applies the next time you quit the app normally.
  • You can also check manually any time: Settings → About → Check for updates.

Next steps

With the app installed, head to Getting started — adding your first SIP account takes about a minute.

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