Help

Vibe Console is a native macOS app for macOS 15 or later, universal for Apple Silicon and Intel, signed and notarized by Apple.

Install

1. Download the DMG and open it.
2. Drag Vibe Console to the Applications folder.
3. Open it from Applications. macOS asks once because the app was downloaded from the Internet: click Open.

Trial & subscription

The 14-day free trial starts the first time you open the app, with every feature, and never turns into a subscription on its own. After that, Vibe Console Pro ($4.99 a month or $39.99 a year) keeps it running on up to 3 Macs and adds Connect from anywhere. Vibe Remote (coming soon to the App Store) controls Vibe Console from your iPhone and is included with Vibe Console Pro. See pricing.

Subscribe on the Mac

Open Settings → Subscription and press Get Pro, or buy on the pricing page. No account needed. The checkout opens in your browser; Link (Stripe) is the seller and sends your receipts, and your statement shows LINK.COM* VIBE CONSOLE. Back in the app, it checks for the new subscription on its own for a few minutes. Bought on the website or on another Mac? Choose Restore purchase in Settings → Subscription and enter the e-mail you paid with; we send it a 6-digit code. To cancel or change your payment method, go to app.link.com.

Subscribe on iPhone

In Vibe Remote, open Settings → Subscription. Apple bills the purchase; manage it in your Apple Account settings.

Earlier one-time license

A license bought before keeps Vibe Console on your Mac for life. If the app asks, enter the key in Settings → Subscription. Lost it? Sign in to the Polar customer portal with your checkout email, or write to support@vibeconsole.dev.

When the trial ends

The console window locks until you subscribe. The notch keeps working either way. Refunds: see the refund policy.

Updating

Vibe Console checks for updates on its own and installs them when you agree. To check now, choose Check for Updates… in the Vibe Console menu or Settings → General. Your settings, projects and subscription are kept.

Language

Vibe Console is available in 14 languages. Pick one in Settings → General → Language, or choose Follow System to match your Mac.

Privacy & permissions

• Documents folder. If your projects live in Documents, macOS asks whether Vibe Console may access it. Allow it so the file tree, editor and terminals can open those projects.
• Usage rings (optional). To show usage limits, the app may ask “Let Vibe Console read Claude Code’s sign-in?” (or Codex’s, Antigravity’s). Choose Allow or Not Now. The sign-in stays on your Mac and is only sent to that provider. Choose which providers are read in Settings → Accounts.

Details are in the Privacy Policy.

Vibe Remote

Setting up Vibe Remote on iPhone, pairing, and what to do when it doesn't connect: see Vibe Remote help.

Uninstall

1. To delete your account data on our servers, choose Delete Account… in Settings → Subscription before you uninstall. Deleting the account does not cancel a subscription.
2. To free a device slot, press Sign Out in Settings → Subscription first: it removes this Mac from your subscription.
3. Quit Vibe Console and drag it from Applications to the Trash.
4. Optionally delete its data:
   • ~/Library/Application Support/VibeConsole (settings, appearance, saved prompts, your local skill list)
   • ~/.frame/workspaces.json (your project list)
   • ~/Library/Preferences/com.vibeconsole.ide.plist (preferences)
   • .frame/saved-prompts.json inside a project folder (that project’s saved prompts)
   • The Keychain item com.vibeconsole.ide.license (trial and subscription record)

Contact

Email support@vibeconsole.dev. For license issues, include the email you used at checkout.