Installation
AddaxAI is a desktop app. Pick your system, then download and follow the steps.
In mainland China the app's downloads are blocked, so also follow install in mainland China.
Installing on many computers at once, for example a computer lab? See silent install for IT teams.
- Windows
- macOS
- Linux
AddaxAI-Setup.exeInstall
Run the setup .exe and follow the installer.
AddaxAI is code signed, but Windows can still show a SmartScreen warning. This is more likely on work computers, which are often locked down harder. Click More info, then Run anyway. If your computer blocks the app completely, ask whoever manages it to allow it.
Use a GPU
AddaxAI uses an NVIDIA GPU automatically. The models ship with CUDA 12.8 builds, so recent cards including the RTX 50-series run at full speed. If the GPU is not being used, the driver is usually the reason, so install the latest one from NVIDIA's site. For an RTX 50-series card you need version 555 or newer, otherwise the card runs far below its speed. Cards from the GTX 900 series and older are too old for these builds and cannot be used, even with the latest driver. The app then runs on the processor and still works, just slower.
Update
Run the new setup .exe. It replaces the old version, and your projects and corrections survive.
Uninstall
Open Settings > Apps, find AddaxAI and click Uninstall. The uninstaller asks whether to also remove your data, and keeps it unless you say yes.
Remove your data
Your projects database, models and logs live in a folder outside the app, at %USERPROFILE%\AddaxAI. Delete that folder to remove them. This includes the labels and counts you confirmed. Your original images and videos are never in there.
AddaxAI-arm64.dmgOnly Apple Silicon is supported (M1, M2, M3, M4 and M5). Intel Macs cannot run AddaxAI.
Install
Open the dmg and drag AddaxAI into your Applications folder.
The first time you open it, macOS may ask you to confirm because it was downloaded from the internet. Click Open. If the option is greyed out, open System Settings > Privacy & Security and click Open Anyway there.
Use a GPU
On Apple Silicon the GPU is always used. There is nothing to install.
Update
Open the new dmg, drag AddaxAI into Applications, and click Replace. Your projects and corrections survive.
Uninstall
Drag AddaxAI from Applications to the Trash.
Remove your data
Your projects database, models and logs live in a folder outside the app, at /Users/<username>/AddaxAI. Delete that folder to remove them. This includes the labels and counts you confirmed. Your original images and videos are never in there.
AddaxAI-amd64.debInstall
Double-click the .deb file. The App Center opens and shows it as addaxai from an unknown publisher, with a "potentially unsafe" warning.
That warning is normal. Ubuntu shows it for every app installed outside its own store. Click Install.
When it finishes, find AddaxAI in the app grid.
Use a GPU
AddaxAI uses an NVIDIA GPU automatically. The models ship with CUDA 12.8 builds, so recent cards including the RTX 50-series run at full speed. If the GPU is not being used, the driver is usually the reason, so install the latest one from NVIDIA's site. For an RTX 50-series card you need version 555 or newer, otherwise the card runs far below its speed. Cards from the GTX 10 series and older are too old for these builds and cannot be used, even with the latest driver. The app then runs on the processor and still works, just slower.
Update
The App Center cannot update AddaxAI. It only updates apps from its own store, and shows a greyed out "Installed" button for a newer file. Update from a terminal instead, in the folder you downloaded to:
sudo apt install ./AddaxAI-amd64.deb
Your projects and corrections survive.
Uninstall
sudo apt remove addaxai
Remove your data
Your projects database, models and logs live in a folder outside the app, at /home/<username>/AddaxAI. Delete that folder to remove them. This includes the labels and counts you confirmed. Your original images and videos are never in there.