zen 1.0.0

zen 1.0.0

Initial release of zen, the Zenvara command-line interface — a single self-contained native binary (NativeAOT, no .NET runtime required) for installing, operating, and talking to a Zenvara instance.

Highlights

• Install & update — zen app fetch / zen app update / zen app rollback manage the Zenvara application files; zen cli update / zen cli rollback keep the CLI itself current; zen path install puts zen on the system PATH.
• Run as a service — zen service install|start|stop|restart|status|remove manages Zenvara as a system service (systemd / Windows Service); zen iis install|remove hosts Zenvara under IIS on Windows.
• MCP bridge — zen mcp bridge exposes a running Zenvara as a stdio MCP server over its local Unix socket / named pipe (or TCP via --host); zen mcp add|remove|list manages MCP registrations.
• Extensions — zen extension list|add|install|enable|disable|uninstall manages connector extension packs, including fully air-gapped installs from a local package file (add) and marketplace installs verified server-side (install).
• Auth & config — zen login authenticates once and persists an API key; zen config set|get|list|unset manages CLI configuration.
• Build tooling — zen build builds Zenvara artifacts (frontend, backend, or the Studio desktop app) from a source checkout.
• Onboarding — zen tour walks through a random-access getting-started tour; zen setup chromium installs the Chromium used for PDF generation.

Supported platforms

Platform	Archive
Linux x64	zen-linux-x64.tar.gz
Linux arm64	zen-linux-arm64.tar.gz
Windows x64	zen-win-x64.zip
macOS x64 (Intel)	zen-osx-x64.tar.gz
macOS arm64 (Apple silicon)	zen-osx-arm64.tar.gz

Each archive contains the single zen executable. A .sha256 checksum file accompanies every archive.

Install

# Linux / macOS (pick your archive from the table above)
tar xzf zen-linux-x64.tar.gz
./zen path install   # puts zen on the system PATH
zen --help

# Windows
Expand-Archive zen-win-x64.zip .
.\zen.exe path install
zen --help

Verify a download:

sha256sum -c zen-linux-x64.tar.gz.sha256