Download Lazy as for Mac, Windows and Linux

Lazy as for Mac

macOS 14 Sonoma or later
Apple Silicon and Intel Macs
Menu-bar app

Download LazyAs.zip

Lazy as for Windows

Windows 10 or 11, 64-bit
No admin rights needed
Tray app

Download LazyAs-Setup.exe

Lazy as for Linux

Ubuntu 22.04 or newer, 64-bit
X11 desktop
Tray app

Download for Linux

Free during early access. No account, no email, no "quick survey". Having an AI write your prompts is optional and runs on the plan you already have: ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or GitHub Copilot, free plans included. See Choose your AI.

01Install on Mac

Unzip it
Double-click LazyAs.zip in your Downloads folder (Safari may have already done it for you). You get Lazy as.app.
Drag it into Applications
Drag Lazy as.app into your Applications folder. Not the Desktop, not Downloads. macOS remembers permissions for the exact copy you run, so one home keeps things tidy.
Open it, and watch macOS clutch its pearls
This early build isn't notarized by Apple yet, so the first open shows "Apple could not verify 'Lazy as' is free of malware…". Click Done. Nothing is broken, macOS just hasn't been formally introduced.
Click Open Anyway
Open System Settings › Privacy & Security, scroll down to the Security section and click Open Anyway next to the line about Lazy as. Confirm with your password or Touch ID, then click Open once more.
Look up
A sleepy pointer appears in your menu bar. That's the whole app. Click it to start a session, or press ⌃Z. Opening Lazy as again from Applications or Spotlight brings up Settings, and ⌘, does too.

On an older macOS? On macOS 14 you can also right-click (or Control-click) Lazy as.app in Applications, choose Open, then Open again in the dialog. Newer macOS versions removed that shortcut, so use Open Anyway there.

02Mac permissions

Settings › Setup shows a little checklist. Click Allow… on each one. One time, promise.

Permission	Why	Notes
Microphone	To hear your complaints.	Audio is never saved to disk.
Speech Recognition	To turn them into text.	Apple's speech service by default, like Dictation. Pick Private in Settings to keep it on your Mac.
Screen Recording	For the screenshots.	macOS needs a relaunch after you allow it. Click Relaunch Lazy as.
Automation (per browser)	To read the page address.	macOS asks once, the first time you review in each browser.

macOS keeps asking for Screen Recording even though Lazy as is switched on? Classic. In Settings › Setup click Fix next to Screen Recording, turn Lazy as on again, then click Relaunch. Full details in Troubleshooting.

Updated and macOS asks to let Lazy as use its saved key? That's the Keychain guarding your API key or Claude token. Click Always Allow.

Reviewing videos? Wear headphones. Lazy as listens through your microphone. On speakers it also hears the video and dutifully transcribes the narrator as your opinion.

03Can't find the icon?

On MacBooks with a notch, a crowded menu bar can hide icons behind the camera. Lazy as is running, it's just being lazy where you can't see it.

Hold ⌘ and drag menu bar icons to rearrange them, or drag some you never use out of the bar to make room.
Quit a few menu bar apps you forgot you had.
You don't actually need the icon: ⌃Z works anyway, and opening Lazy as from Spotlight shows Settings.

04Install on Windows

Run the installer
Open LazyAs-Setup.exe. It installs just for you, so no admin password. Tick Start Lazy as when I sign in if you want it waiting every morning, like a loyal and slightly sleepy dog.
Get past SmartScreen
This early build isn't code-signed yet, so Windows says "Windows protected your PC". Click More info, then Run anyway. If your browser asks whether to keep the file, choose Keep.
Find the tray icon
The sleepy pointer lives in the system tray, bottom right. If it's hiding behind the ^ arrow, drag it onto the taskbar. Press Ctrl+Alt+Z to start a session.
Let it hear you
Nothing transcribed? Open Windows Settings › Privacy & security › Microphone and switch on Let desktop apps access your microphone.
One download for speech
Your first session downloads the speech model once: about 150 MB for English, about 480 MB for other languages. After that, speech is turned into text right on your PC, even offline.

Shortcut	What it does
`Ctrl`+`Alt`+`Z`	Start or stop a session
`Ctrl`+`Alt`+`S`	Snip: drag over the exact area, then talk
`Ctrl`+`Alt`+`P`	Make the last session a prompt
`Ctrl`+`Alt`+`X`	Next note (while recording)
`Ctrl`+`Alt`+`G`	General comment, no screenshot (while recording)
`Ctrl`+`Alt`+`L`	Switch language (while recording)

Plain Ctrl+Z and Ctrl+X are undo and cut on Windows, so Lazy as adds Alt. Change any of them in Settings.

05Install on Linux

Unpack it
Extract the download into your home folder:
Terminal
```
tar -xf ~/Downloads/LazyAs-Linux-x64.tar.xz -C ~
```
Add three small helpers
For the microphone, the app window on X11, and the name of the window you review. On Ubuntu, Debian or Mint:
Terminal
```
sudo apt install libportaudio2 libxcb-cursor0 xdotool
```
On Fedora: sudo dnf install portaudio xcb-util-cursor xdotool.
Use an X11 session
Wayland doesn't let apps take screenshots of other windows or listen for global shortcuts. On Ubuntu, click your name on the login screen, then the gear button, and pick Ubuntu on Xorg.
Start it
Run ~/LazyAs/LazyAs. The icon appears in the top bar (on Fedora's GNOME, add the AppIndicator extension first). Press Ctrl+Alt+Z to start a session. Shortcuts are the same as on Windows. To start it with your desktop, add ~/LazyAs/LazyAs to Startup Applications.

Like on Windows, the first session downloads the speech model once, then speech stays on your computer.

06Update or remove

Mac

Update: quit Lazy as from its menu, download the new LazyAs.zip, and replace the app in Applications. Your settings and sessions stay put. If macOS gets confused about Screen Recording afterwards, use the Fix button (see Troubleshooting).

Remove: quit it, drag Lazy as.app to the Trash, and if you want a clean slate delete ~/Documents/LazyAs and run:

Terminal

defaults delete com.lazyas.app

Windows

Update: run the new LazyAs-Setup.exe over the old one. If Lazy as is running, Setup offers to close it first. Settings and sessions stay.

Remove: Windows Settings › Apps › Installed apps › Lazy as › Uninstall. For a clean slate, also delete Documents\LazyAs (your sessions) and %LOCALAPPDATA%\LazyAs (settings and the speech model).

Linux

Update: quit Lazy as from its tray menu and unpack the new download over ~/LazyAs. Remove: delete ~/LazyAs, and for a clean slate ~/Documents/LazyAs, ~/.config/LazyAs and ~/.local/share/LazyAs.

Next up: your first session, or choose your AI.