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Install Clout Browser and open your first profile on Linux.

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Choose desktop or command line

For a graphical computer, get the x64 AppImage or amd64 Debian package from Download. The manifest currently lists both at 0.0.52 and marks Linux unsigned.

Run the AppImage from its download directory:

chmod +x clout-browser-0.0.52-x86_64.AppImage
./clout-browser-0.0.52-x86_64.AppImage

Or install the Debian package:

sudo apt install ./clout-browser-0.0.52-amd64.deb

Use a graphical session for the desktop. On a server without one, start with the cloutctl installation and Linux display setup.

Prepare one desktop profile

  1. Use Sign in with your browser; finish the portal tab while Clout stays open.
  2. Follow First-time setup, or press Create from Profiles.
  3. Set the proxy, press Check proxy, and review the generated identity.
  4. Save one profile and press Start. Let its required engine download finish.
  5. Close the browser when finished and let any account upload settle.

Ctrl+Enter starts selected profiles; Ctrl+Shift+Enter stops them. Ctrl+, opens Settings.

Prepare one server profile

Install the CLI bundle with Node 24 or later. Join the account with an owner-generated device token through stdin, then use:

cloutctl auth status
cloutctl system doctor
cloutctl kernel status --for-fleet
cloutctl kernel install --for-fleet
cloutctl profile list --json
cloutctl run launch --id "$PROFILE_ID"
cloutctl run stop --id "$PROFILE_ID"

Set PROFILE_ID to an ID returned by the list. Use the shared service for the common launch queue and sync loop. A fingerprint pin with no published package for this machine cannot be fixed by repeatedly downloading another major.