Getting Started
hyperwave is free and ships as a direct download — there is no store, no account, and no license to activate.
Download
Section titled “Download”The links below always resolve to the newest release — no version number to track down.
| Platform | Download |
|---|---|
| macOS (Apple Silicon) | Download for Apple Silicon |
| macOS (Intel) | Download for Intel |
| Windows | Download for Windows |
Installing
Section titled “Installing”- Open the DMG and drag hyperwave into your Applications folder
- Launch it from Applications — the strip appears in your menu bar and starts moving with whatever is playing
Windows
Section titled “Windows”- Run the installer
- hyperwave docks a small toolbar to your desktop and sits in the system tray
The one permission (macOS)
Section titled “The one permission (macOS)”hyperwave captures system audio through a CoreAudio process tap, which needs the System Audio Recording grant. The menu carries a “System Audio Access…” item at all times — macOS does not always prompt on its own, so if the bars sit flat while audio is playing, open it and grant the permission there.
Note — Running from a terminal If you launch the binary directly from a shell, macOS attributes the capture to the terminal’s grant instead of hyperwave’s, which can mask a missing permission. Launch through
open hyperwave.app(or Finder) to exercise the real path.
Building from source
Section titled “Building from source”hyperwave is open source under MIT. The GitHub repository has the code and a build guide.