Bestboy Malini
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Install

Download Malini for macOS, connect Claude Code and GitHub in setup, and add your first repository.

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Requirements

  • macOS 13 or later on Apple silicon.
  • git.

Malini ships the GitHub CLI, and setup installs Claude Code if you don't have it.

Install

  1. Download Malini and drag it to Applications.
  2. Open it.
  3. Add a repository. Your first workstream is ready.

First launch

  • Both accounts, side by side. Setup connects Claude Code and GitHub one at a time: Install and Sign in for Claude Code, and a one-time code in your browser for GitHub. Malini ships the GitHub CLI, so you don't install it or run gh auth login yourself, and a gh you installed still comes first.
  • Your jobs, introduced. The built-in jobs are one slash away from any chat.
  • Then a repository. Clone one from GitHub, with your recent repositories one search away, or open a folder on your Mac.

Updates

Malini updates itself. Updates download in the background and install when you quit, or right away with Restart to Update in the app menu. See Updates and compatibility.

Build from source

You need macOS on Apple silicon and Node 24.

git clone https://github.com/bestboyhq/malini && cd malini
corepack enable pnpm
pnpm install
pnpm dev

pnpm dev starts the app with hot reload. pnpm dist builds an unsigned .app under apps/malini/release/.