Installation Guide
Follow the steps for your operating system below.
System requirements
Operating system
Windows 11 (developed and tested), likely fine on Windows 10 · macOS 11 (Big Sur) or later, Intel or Apple Silicon · Linux, most modern 64-bit distributions (Ubuntu 20.04+ or equivalent)
Processor
Any 64-bit CPU from the last ~8 years. No GPU required — the model runs entirely on CPU by design.
Memory
4 GB RAM minimum, 8 GB recommended for comfortable use alongside other apps.
Storage & setup
~2 GB free disk space. Internet required only for one-time first-launch setup (downloads the model and its runtime, roughly 500 MB–1 GB); fully offline after that.
These numbers reflect what the app is built to need, not exhaustive testing across every machine — if you hit an issue on hardware at or near these minimums, let us know.
Mac
Download the .dmg file
Click “Download for Mac” above, or from the download page. Open the downloaded .dmg file.
Drag to Applications
Drag the BriefOnPoint icon into your Applications folder.
Drag to Applications
run this in Terminal once to remove the warning permanently:xattr -cr /Applications/BriefOnPoint.app
Right-click to open (important)
Do NOT double-click to open. Instead, go to Applications, right-click BriefOnPoint, and choose Open.
Why right-click?
macOS shows a warning for apps not registered with Apple (authorized soon). Right-clicking → Open bypasses this once. After that, double-clicking works normally forever. This is safe — BriefOnPoint processes everything locally and never sends data anywhere.
Or run this in Terminal once to remove the warning permanently:
xattr -cr /Applications/BriefOnPoint.appWait for first-time setup
On first launch, BriefOnPoint sets up the AI runtime and downloads the AI model (~375MB). This takes 5–10 minutes once. After that, it opens in 10–20 seconds every time.
Windows
Download and extract
Download the Windows zip using the button above, or from the download page. Extract it to any folder (e.g. C:\BriefOnPoint\).
Run BriefOnPoint.exe
Open the extracted folder and double-click BriefOnPoint.exe. No separate Python install needed — BriefOnPoint bundles its own AI runtime. Run as Administrator
Windows SmartScreen warning?
You may see “Windows protected your PC”. This appears because the app is not yet code-signed. Click More info → Run anyway to proceed. This is safe — BriefOnPoint is open source and processes everything locally.
Having trouble? Run run.bat instead to see detailed error messages.
Wait for first-time setup
First launch downloads the AI model (~375MB) and finishes setting up the bundled AI runtime. Takes 5–10 minutes once, then opens in seconds.
Linux
Download the AppImage
Download the Linux AppImage using the button below, or from the download page.
Make it executable
chmod +x BriefOnPoint-*.AppImage
Run it
./BriefOnPoint-*.AppImage
Wait for first-time setup
Same as Mac and Windows — first launch sets up the AI runtime and downloads the model. Takes 5–10 minutes once.
Still having trouble?
Email us with a screenshot of the error and we'll get you sorted.
hello@briefonpoint.com