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A 64-bit PC (x64). Tested on Windows 11.

1. Open Hotseat-x64-setup.exe. It installs for your account only.
2. Windows SmartScreen says “Windows protected your PC”: choose More info, then Run anyway.
3. Choose Next and Install. The first time, Windows asks once for permission to let Hotseat through its firewall: choose Yes.

The installer is not signed yet, so SmartScreen warns before it runs, and your browser may say the file is not commonly downloaded: keep it. Hotseat's own updates do not bring this warning again.

A 64-bit PC (amd64). Tested on Ubuntu 24.04 and 26.04, with GNOME.

1. Double-click Hotseat-amd64.deb and choose Install in App Center, or in a terminal, in the folder it was saved to:sudo apt install ./Hotseat-amd64.deb
2. Open Hotseat from the applications menu.
3. The window says Ubuntu needs a small system service to read and send keys: choose Set up and type your password. Once for each user. In a terminal it is:sudo /usr/lib/hotseat/hotseat-input-setup

It does not run on Ubuntu 22.04: its programs need a newer system library (glibc 2.39).

A Mac with Apple silicon; for its sound, macOS 14.2 or newer. There is no version for Intel Macs.

1. Open Hotseat-arm64.dmg, drag Hotseat to Applications and open it from there. macOS asks whether to open an app from the internet: choose Open.
2. The window asks for two permissions in System Settings: Accessibility, so Hotseat can read and send keys, and Local Network, so it can find your other computers. Turn on hotseatd in both.

Signed with our Apple Developer ID and notarized by Apple, so macOS opens it after its usual question.