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Download Silo

Version 1.0.1, released October 20, 2026. Release notes · What's new

Windows

Tested and supported. Windows 10 and 11, 64-bit.

Setup (.exe) 7 MB · Recommended. Installs for your user account, no administrator rights.

SHA-256
e34ba4f38c20d88f8c3bbdfb50c17bff80da985c0e2ff707c985d98ea1c36cf5
Installer (.msi) 10 MB · Installs for all users; needs administrator rights.

SHA-256
1781d45a2ffab7b6b8b19c79111c3cd0aa2bc5973c667dbe5b8dda8eee4468ee

macOS

Builds exist but are largely untested. Testers welcome.

Apple Silicon (.dmg) 9 MB · M1 and later.

SHA-256
a7a5403aec4d43924b09361ea8431c38d9323049388cf36b6d2be721f47060b9
Intel (.dmg) 9 MB · Older Intel Macs.

SHA-256
f48f1b4f09d0217120c28d498bdc7aa0175b76d8ef880c8c317a8235a343f037

Linux

Builds exist but are largely untested. Testers welcome.

AppImage 89 MB · Runs on most distributions.

SHA-256
38d587d3944f3e108f8948eb5c65e326efe1283bc1e4287d595cbd55cd2c84e4
Debian and Ubuntu (.deb) 11 MB

SHA-256
39278fca42123a761efb02b584723f2603d56ea5848302af781834f1b4677b84
Fedora and openSUSE (.rpm) 11 MB

SHA-256
1ea30bbc749f2d25c7820b8c438de22d60944a50a602953a3c105224fc0b2d80

Before you install

Windows

Windows installers are digitally signed by David Hellmer, Silo's developer. SmartScreen may still prompt on a brand-new release while its reputation builds, but it names the publisher instead of "unknown". After that, Silo updates itself: it checks for a new version of the app at launch and installs it in one click.

macOS

The macOS builds are unsigned. Open Silo once, then choose Open Anyway in System Settings, Privacy & Security.

Check a download

Compare a file's SHA-256 with the value above, or with the release's SHA256SUMS.txt. On Windows: Get-FileHash .\file.exe. On macOS and Linux: shasum -a 256 file. The .sig files on the release page are for Silo's own updater. How to verify a download.

Build it yourself

The source is on GitHub under the MIT license.