Windows desktop app (power-up)
The desktop app is a power-up, not a fourth way to use CloakAPI. It runs the native tokeniser on your machine and gives Chat — and any local client — the fullest on-device PII coverage, signs receipts locally, and can drive complete-local models. The three ways to use CloakAPI stay the same (API / SDK / proxy · Chat · browser extension); the desktop app makes them stronger.
Use it when you want tokenisation that runs entirely on your own machine with the widest coverage — beyond the fast pattern matching in the browser extension.
Download (Windows x64)
Windows x64 builds are available today from the downloads page:
| Package | File |
|---|---|
| NSIS installer | CloakAPI-1.0.0-x64-setup.exe |
| MSI installer | CloakAPI-1.0.0-x64.msi |
| Portable (no installer) | cloakapi-desktop-1.0.0-x86_64.exe |
- Download your preferred package from app.cloakapi.io/downloads and verify the published SHA-256 before running.
- The builds are unsigned today, so Windows SmartScreen shows an “Unrecognised app” prompt on first run — click More info → Run anyway once you have verified the checksum. Signed releases follow once code-signing certificates are in place.
- Sign in with your CloakAPI account. The desktop tokeniser then backs your Chat sessions and any local client you point at it.
macOS and Linux are coming soon. macOS is pending Apple notarisation; Linux
(AppImage / .deb / .rpm) builds are being finalised. Use the
Email me when ready button on the downloads page to be notified when they land.
Good to know
- Paid, key-backed, fail-closed. Local tokenisation requires a CloakAPI account with balance; if it cannot tokenise, it blocks rather than leak.
- Pricing is usage-based, USD only — a flat markup on the underlying model cost (plus the small client-side metering fee). See pricing.
- How it works end-to-end: How privacy works.