Reference
Programs Conch gets for you
When a feature needs a program, Conch finds it, installs it when you press Install, and keeps it up to date.
Nothing here needs installing first. A feature that needs one says so with a single button; the command it shows is the command it runs.
| Program | macOS | Windows | Linux | Kept up to date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The command sandbox | Its own installer | Not needed | Its own installer | By itself, or by you |
| The 1Password app | brew install --cask 1password | winget install --id AgileBits.1Password | Its own installer | By itself, or by you |
| 1Password’s MCP server Comes with the 1Password app | Comes with another | Comes with another | Comes with another | By itself, or by you |
| Claude Code | brew install --cask claude-code | winget install --id Anthropic.ClaudeCode | npm install --global @anthropic-ai/claude-code@latest | Yes |
| Codex | brew install codex | winget install --id OpenAI.Codex | npm install --global @openai/codex@latest | Yes |
| GitHub Copilot CLI | brew install --cask copilot-cli | winget install --id GitHub.Copilot | npm install --global @github/copilot@latest | Yes |
| Gemini CLI | npm install --global @google/gemini-cli@latest | npm install --global @google/gemini-cli@latest | npm install --global @google/gemini-cli@latest | Yes |
| Grok Build | npm install --global @xai-official/grok@latest | npm install --global @xai-official/grok@latest | npm install --global @xai-official/grok@latest | Yes |
| LM Studio | brew install --cask lm-studio | winget install --id ElementLabs.LMStudio | Its own installer | By itself, or by you |
| The 1Password command-line tool | brew install 1password-cli | winget install --id AgileBits.1Password.CLI | Its own installer | Yes |
| The Bitwarden command-line tool | brew install bitwarden-cli | winget install --id Bitwarden.CLI | npm install --global @bitwarden/cli@latest | Yes |
| KeePassXC | brew install --cask keepassxc | winget install --id KeePassXCTeam.KeePassXC | Its own installer | Yes |
| The Proton Pass command-line tool | brew install protonpass/tap/pass-cli | Its own installer | Its own installer | Yes |
| The Dashlane command-line tool | brew install dashlane/tap/dashlane-cli | Its own installer | Its own installer | Yes |
| Keeper Commander | Its own installer | Its own installer | Its own installer | By itself, or by you |
| uv (runs Python tools) | brew install uv | winget install --id astral-sh.uv | Conch downloads uv-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz from github.com/astral-sh/uv | Yes |
| Ollama | brew install --cask ollama-app | winget install --id Ollama.Ollama | Its own installer | Yes |
| Tailscale | Its own installer | Its own installer | Its own installer | By itself, or by you |
| whisper.cpp (private listening) | brew install whisper-cpp | Conch downloads whisper-bin-x64.zip from github.com/ggml-org/whisper.cpp | brew install whisper-cpp | Yes |
| FFmpeg (for voice notes) | brew install ffmpeg | winget install --id Gyan.FFmpeg | brew install ffmpeg | Yes |
| Piper (natural voices) | uv tool install piper-tts | uv tool install piper-tts | uv tool install piper-tts | Yes |
| Apple’s Command Line Tools | Its own installer | Its own installer | Its own installer | By itself, or by you |
| AppIndicator for Python | Its own installer | Its own installer | Its own installer | By itself, or by you |
| signal-cli (for Signal) | brew install signal-cli | Its own installer | brew install signal-cli | Yes |
| Java 25 or later (for Signal) | brew install openjdk | winget install --id EclipseAdoptium.Temurin.25.JRE | brew install openjdk | Yes |
| Messages | Its own installer | Not needed | Not needed | By itself, or by you |
| GitHub CLI | brew install gh | winget install --id GitHub.cli | Its own installer | Yes |
| Git | brew install git | winget install --id Git.Git | Its own installer | Yes |
| Docker | Its own installer | Its own installer | Its own installer | By itself, or by you |