Take the binary.

One file per platform. The desktop build carries the interface inside it; the CLI build is the same engine without a window. No installer, no daemon, and no telemetry.

Desktop · Linux

The application window with the whole UI inside one ELF binary. Falls back to your browser if WebKitGTK is missing.

relift-desktop-linux-x64on GitHub

Desktop · Windows

One .exe, WebView2 window, no installer and no service. If WebView2 is absent it opens the same UI in Edge.

relift-desktop-windows-x64.exeon GitHub

CLI · Linux

The engine and every command, with no window and no Python required. Built on 22.04 so it runs on glibc 2.35 and newer.

relift-linux-x64on GitHub

CLI · Windows

The same commands as a single executable. Add it to PATH, or call it by path from PowerShell.

relift-windows-x64.exeon GitHub

Showing v0.2.0. No release is published yet, so every link opens the release page. These are the asset names the release workflow builds. Verify before you run: sha256sum -c relift-linux-x64.sha256.

From the Python package

# isolated install, CLI only
pipx install relift

# or a portable zipapp, no install at all
python3 relift.pyz list

Python 3.9 or newer. The engine is stdlib-only; the desktop extra adds pywebview for the native window.

Build it yourself

git clone https://github.com/jaylukdevelopment/relift
cd relift
python -m venv .venv && . .venv/bin/activate
pip install -e ".[dev,desktop]"
pytest -q      # the suite the release gate runs

The desktop binary is a PyInstaller one-file build; the exact command is in the desktop documentation.

What it needs

Nothing beyond the operating system, unless you ask for the window.

Linuxx86-64, glibc 2.35 or newer. The desktop build uses WebKitGTK when present.

Windowsx86-64, Windows 10 or newer. WebView2 ships with the system; Edge is the fallback.

NoneNo database drivers, no agents, no cloud account, and no account at all.

LocalThe desktop API binds 127.0.0.1 only and takes a token generated per launch.