Install the free
Matador Host.
Matador Host is the menu-bar companion that runs on your Mac. It discovers your iPhone or iPad on the network, approves each device with an X25519 key exchange, and serves the terminals and AI coding agents that Matador drives. It's free, notarized by Apple, collects no analytics, and sends nothing to Silo Systems.
Two ways to install.
direct dmg · homebrewDownload the DMG.
Open the disk image, drag Matador Host to Applications, and launch it. It lives in your menu bar. Because the build is notarized, Gatekeeper opens it without warnings.
MatadorHost-1.0.0.dmgOne command.
Prefer the terminal? Install from the Silo Systems tap. Homebrew fetches the same notarized DMG and keeps it current with brew upgrade.
Matador Host is the free companion to Matador for iPhone and iPad. Install the host, open its menu-bar popover, and scan the pairing QR with Matador to approve the device on your Mac. The host is sandbox-free by design so it can spawn real terminals and the AI agents installed on your machine. It sends their input and output only to your paired iPhone or iPad, encrypted end to end. By default that encrypted traffic may pass through public relays run by n0, the team behind iroh, which cannot read it, and the host publishes its network address to their discovery service. Pick Self-host or Direct only under Relay in the menu-bar popover to avoid both. Nothing reaches Silo Systems.