Kin apps

Kin on the web

Everything starts at app.kinlab.ai: connections, rules, AI apps, approvals, Activity, Pause and settings. It works in your browser, on a computer or a phone.

Kin on your Mac

On your Mac, Kin is a menu bar app that pairs your Mac with Kin, so your AI apps can use its local tools under your rules. It needs macOS 13.5 or later.

Anyone can download it, with no account, from Downloads. Pairing a computer and its local servers are in a private beta, on plans that include it, and downloading does not grant access. The first time you open Kin, macOS asks you to confirm, because it came from the internet.

Once your Mac is paired, you can:

• import the local MCP servers Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, Codex or VS Code already run, with Import from under Local servers in the Kin menu,
• add a local server from the Kin directory, such as a browser or files in a folder, or Your own command,
• turn your own command-line tools into named actions, under Custom tools in Kin's Settings,
• let AI apps use Mac actions such as notifications, Shortcuts, the clipboard and screenshots.

Each local server becomes a connection with its own rules, and a new one waits on hold until you select Allow on it in Kin. Actions that reach your screen, camera, clipboard or files start at Ask me, and running a command on your Mac always asks you first. Commands, environment values and keys stay on your computer.

Kin also notifies you when a request is waiting for your approval, with a link to it. It installs its own updates when nothing would be interrupted, and you can turn that off in its Settings.

Kin bridge for Windows and Linux

The Kin bridge does the same from the command line on Windows 10 or 11, or Linux, with Node.js 22 or later. Install it with npm:

npm install -g https://app.kinlab.ai/api/downloads/bridge

Then pair the computer. The bridge shows a code and opens Kin in your browser, where you check that the codes match and approve. When you pair a computer, Kin shows every step for its system, including starting the bridge at login and importing servers another app runs. Pairing is in the same private beta as Kin on your Mac.

Pair a computer

1. Install Kin, or the Kin bridge, on the computer you want to pair.

2. On that computer, open Kin on the web, go to Connections, then Devices, and select Pair a computer.

3. Under Steps for, choose Mac, Windows or Linux and follow the steps. On a Mac, you can also choose Pair this Mac from the Kin icon in the menu bar.

4. Approve the pairing in the browser, after checking that the code matches.

5. Add or import local servers, then select Allow on each one in Kin.

If your workspace is not in the beta yet, Kin shows that Computers are in private beta, with Request access.

Kin on iPhone, Apple Watch and Android

Kin on iPhone and Apple Watch, for approving requests from your phone or wrist, is in a private beta and not on the App Store. Kin on Android is not released yet. Meanwhile, approve requests in Kin on the web, which works in your phone's browser.