Video: Brainsalt Hub - Desktop App

Last updated 6 August 2026

Steps

The Hub is reachable from any browser if you know a server's IP address. The desktop app removes that condition: it finds Brainsalt servers on the network by itself, lists them, and opens the Hub for whichever one you pick.

That is the difference worth understanding. Both routes show the same Hub — the app is not a different product, it is a way in that does not need an address.

Before you start

Your machine must be on the same network switch as the servers for discovery to work.
To download from a server you need its IP address; otherwise use the Brainsalt website.
Windows, macOS and Linux builds are all published.

1. Get the installer from the server

If you know a server's IP, browse to it and take the app from its own Hub download page. The server publishes the builds it has, with a primary button for the operating system you are browsing from and the rest behind Other platforms.

The download is on the login page too — you do not have to sign in to get it. A server offers the desktop app anonymously, so a new operator with no account yet can still install the Hub from a machine they cannot log into.

2. Or get it from the Brainsalt website

Where no server address is to hand, the same builds are published on the Brainsalt website.

Go to Downloads, choose Brainsalt Hub, and take the installer for your platform.

Windows and macOS builds are code-signed by Brainsalt Media GmbH, so they install without security warnings. Linux ships as an AppImage — make it executable with chmod +x and run it; there is nothing to install.

3. Install and open it

Run the installer, then open the app.

4. Pick a server from the list

On launch it lists every Brainsalt server on the same network switch — no addresses typed, nothing configured.

Select a server and click System Management to open its Hub inside the app.

Discovery is the reason to install the app, not convenience. It finds servers by looking on the local switch rather than by address — which means it also sees machines a browser could never reach: wrong subnet, or no IP at all. On a freshly imaged server, this is the only way in.

5. The same Hub, either way

What the app shows through System Management is exactly the Hub a browser shows when pointed at the server's address. Same pages, same sections, same permissions.

Use whichever suits the moment: the browser when you know the address and want no install, the app when you do not — or when the server is not properly on the network yet.

Done when

The app opens, lists the servers on your network, and System Management takes you into a server's Hub. From there the useful first jobs on a new machine are changing the default password and setting up the network.

What this depends on

Depends on	Why
Same network switch	Discovery is local; it is what makes the app work without an address.
A server address, or the website	Two places to get the installer — one needs an IP, the other does not.
An account on the server	The download is anonymous; opening the Hub is not.