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title: "Install and set up Panolayer"
type: HOW-TO
updated: 2026-09-23
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# Install and set up Panolayer

Install Panolayer on an Apple silicon Mac running macOS 15 Sequoia or later, sign in, and open a repository. Intel Macs are not supported.

Last updated 2026-09-23

## Check your Mac

Panolayer needs an Apple silicon Mac running macOS 15 Sequoia or later. Agents run in containers, and the container runtime requires macOS 15.

## Install and sign in

1. [Download Panolayer](https://panolayer.com/download) and open the DMG.
2. Move Panolayer to Applications and open it.
3. Sign in with GitHub, Google, email and password, a passkey, or a code sent to your email.
4. Your browser opens to finish signing in. Approve this Mac when asked, then return to Panolayer.

Use the same account in the app and on the website.

## Open your repository

1. Open your repository in Panolayer.
2. Verify opens and starts checking the whole repository right away, with nothing to configure. Failures appear as they're found.
3. When it finishes, usually within seconds, you have the full verification report. Each failure shows the function, the rule, what happened instead, and the affected callers.
4. Open Architecture to see how your code fits together.

From here on, when you or an agent changes code, Panolayer separates new failures from the ones that were already there. Verification doesn't catch every bug, and coverage varies by language and repository.

## Continue learning

- [Supported languages](/docs/languages)

- [Run an agent on your repository](/docs/running-agents)