Install

Quay ships signed installers for macOS, Windows, and Linux. Latest release is v0.3.1 (auto-fetched from /v1/releases at build time — the URLs below always point at the most recent build).

curl -sS https://license.quay.uncle-z.com/v1/releases | jq

Platform support

Platform	Architecture	v0.3.1 (today)	Next
macOS	Apple Silicon (arm64)	✅ `Quay_{VERSION}_aarch64.dmg`	✅
macOS	Intel (x86_64)	❌ not supported yet	✅ universal2 DMG
Windows	x64	✅ `Quay_{VERSION}_x64-setup.exe`	✅
Windows	arm64	—	(under evaluation)
Linux	x86_64 (.deb)	✅ `Quay_{VERSION}_amd64.deb`	✅
Linux	x86_64 (.rpm)	✅ `Quay-{VERSION}-1.x86_64.rpm`	✅
Linux	aarch64	—	✅ planned

Minimum versions: macOS 13 (Ventura) · Windows 10 · Ubuntu 22.04 / Debian 12 or any distro with WebKitGTK 4.1+.

macOS (Apple Silicon)

Today’s macOS build is Apple Silicon (M1 or later) only. It does not run on Intel Macs: Rosetta 2 runs Intel apps on Apple Silicon, not the other way round. A universal2 DMG that covers both arm64 and x86_64 is planned.

One-liner install

DMG=~/Downloads/Quay.dmg
curl -L -o "$DMG" https://dl.quay.toko.center/Quay_0.3.1_aarch64.dmg
hdiutil attach -nobrowse -readonly "$DMG"
sudo cp -R /Volumes/Quay/Quay.app /Applications/
hdiutil detach /Volumes/Quay
xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/Quay.app
open -a /Applications/Quay.app

About Gatekeeper

The DMG is signed with Developer ID Application: MUHAMMAD ZAID TAUFIQ YASYAF (HPJ77R28B5) and notarised by Apple. On first launch macOS shows the usual “downloaded from the internet” prompt. Click Open.

If macOS still blocks the app (for example after a copy that lost its quarantine data), open System Settings → Privacy & Security, scroll to the Security section, click Open Anyway next to “Quay was blocked”, then confirm with your password or Touch ID. Check the download first with Hash verification below.

Windows

# Download the signed installer
curl -L https://dl.quay.toko.center/Quay_0.3.1_x64-setup.exe -o Quay-setup.exe

Then double-click. SmartScreen may flag on first run; click “More info” → “Run anyway”.

Linux

# Debian / Ubuntu
curl -L -O https://dl.quay.toko.center/Quay_0.3.1_amd64.deb
sudo dpkg -i Quay_0.3.1_amd64.deb

# RHEL / Fedora
curl -L -O https://dl.quay.toko.center/Quay-0.3.1-1.x86_64.rpm
sudo rpm -ivh Quay-0.3.1-1.x86_64.rpm

WebKitGTK is the only runtime dependency — apt / dnf will pull it.

Verify the install

After install, confirm the version:

GUI: Settings → About — shows the version, bundle id, license status, and a link to the release notes.

macOS terminal:

defaults read /Applications/Quay.app/Contents/Info CFBundleShortVersionString

Linux terminal:

dpkg -s quay | grep '^Version'   # or `rpm -qi quay | grep Version`

If the version doesn’t match the latest at /v1/releases, run the Upgrade flow.

CLI (24/7 scheduled backups)

The Quay CLI (quay) is the headless companion that fires scheduled backups when the desktop app isn’t open. Pre-built binaries are available for macOS, Windows and Linux: see CLI overview and CLI install for the download links and the launchd / systemd unit setup.

Where Quay puts its data

Useful for support questions + uninstall:

Path	macOS	Linux
Connections + projects	`~/Library/Application Support/com.unclez.quay/connections.json`	`~/.config/quay/connections.json`
Schedules	same dir, `schedules.json`	same dir, `schedules.json`
Licence + activation	same dir, `license.json`	same dir, `license.json`
Settings	same dir, `settings.json`	same dir, `settings.json`
Default backup location	`~/Documents/Quay Backups/`	`~/Documents/Quay Backups/`

Connection passwords stay plaintext in connections.json (locked decision). The file is mode 0600 by default.

Upgrade

The desktop app self-checks against the licence-server release manifest on launch and surfaces an “Update available” badge. Manual upgrade is the same as install — overwrite the previous build (the data dir survives untouched).

Uninstall

OS	Command
macOS	`rm -rf /Applications/Quay.app` (data dir kept)
macOS, full wipe	add `rm -rf "~/Library/Application Support/com.unclez.quay" "~/Documents/Quay Backups"`
Windows	Settings → Apps → Quay → Uninstall
Debian	`sudo apt remove quay` (`sudo apt purge quay` to also drop config)
RHEL	`sudo rpm -e quay` then `rm -rf ~/.config/quay` for full wipe

The CLI is sudo rm /usr/local/bin/quay plus its launchd plist / systemd unit if you set one up.

Hash verification

Check that the file you downloaded is the one we published, before you open it. Compute the SHA-256 and compare it with the table.

shasum -a 256 ~/Downloads/Quay_0.3.3_aarch64.dmg   # macOS
sha256sum Quay_0.3.3_amd64.deb                     # Linux

Get-FileHash .\Quay_0.3.3_x64-setup.exe -Algorithm SHA256   # Windows

SHA-256 for v0.3.3:

File	SHA-256
`Quay_0.3.3_aarch64.dmg`	`f5d03604ca141acb10c5e0aada7eeef6af576a25ffa95e910802ca4408c52ce9`
`Quay_0.3.3_x64-setup.exe`	`3541d9cad66d187af2024b880fc860d23daada505cbf40a2da604a8de9d4a779`
`Quay_0.3.3_amd64.deb`	`16f486f80fc5268fb2115a023a3a7a591199f364b82834de3b5888db13704080`
`Quay-0.3.3-1.x86_64.rpm`	`08e9f5b8014dcdb593bd6ae4d4765462055ff89d7f1dd68c0e2749b6aa223711`

If the hash differs, delete the file and download it again.

After you copy the app to /Applications, you can also check the developer signature on macOS:

codesign -dv --verbose=2 /Applications/Quay.app 2>&1 | grep -E "Authority|TeamIdentifier"
codesign --verify --deep --strict /Applications/Quay.app && echo "signature OK"

You should see Authority=Developer ID Application: MUHAMMAD ZAID TAUFIQ YASYAF (HPJ77R28B5) and TeamIdentifier=HPJ77R28B5. To ask Gatekeeper directly, run spctl -a -vvv -t install on the DMG: it should report accepted with source=Notarized Developer ID.