Installing & launching Studio
Get TestRelic Studio installed on Windows, Linux, or macOS, keep it in lockstep with the CLI, and the full testrelic studio command reference.
Studio ships from the same release as the CLI and stays in lockstep with it — you never run a separate updater.
Getting it
- Windows and Linux (x86_64) —
testrelic studioinstalls it automatically the first time, and auto-upgrades an already-installed copy in place whenever it falls behind your CLI version. No separate download. - macOS — grab the signed installer from testrelic.ai; the automatic path isn't available on macOS yet.
$ testrelic studio
Studio isn't installed yet — fetching the latest build…
Downloading testrelic-studio-windows-x86_64… 100%
Installing…
✓ Studio installed — launching for ~/shop-e2e
macOS: the automatic path isn't available yet — grab the signed installer from testrelic.ai instead.
Environment variables
| Variable | Meaning |
|---|---|
TESTRELIC_STUDIO_NO_INSTALL | Set to 1 to disable the automatic install/upgrade. |
TESTRELIC_DL_BASE | Override the download host (mirrors, air-gapped installs) — same knob the CLI installer uses. |
Command reference
testrelic studio [--path <repo>] [--stop]--path— the repo folder to open (default: the current directory).--stop— stops a running background Studio server (Windows only, currently). To close the desktop app itself, just close its window.
Or from the CLI's interactive UI:
❯ /studio$ testrelic studio
→ opens the current directory (~/shop-e2e) in Studio
$ testrelic studio --path ../other-repo
→ opens ../other-repo instead of the current directory
$ testrelic studio --stop
→ stops the running background Studio server (Windows only, currently) — to close the desktop app itself, just close its window
— or from the CLI's interactive UI —
❯ /studio
→ same launch, without leaving the interactive session
Next steps
TestRelic Studio
The native desktop GUI companion to the CLI — the same Ask AI agent and local test data, in a graphical workspace instead of a terminal.
Live Browser
Studio launches its own Chromium and screencasts it live — the agent's Playwright MCP drives that exact browser, so you watch every click and navigation happen in real time.