Install Tokenize on your computer

Download the Tokenize desktop app for Mac or Windows and sign in so your AI usage shows up in the dashboard.

The Tokenize desktop app runs in the background on your computer. It reads the local session logs that Claude Code, Claude desktop (Cowork), Codex, and Cursor already write, and sends usage to your Tokenize workspace. It also adds your organization's skills, connectors, and settings to those tools.

Who can do this: Members and Admins. If your IT team is rolling Tokenize out to every laptop, they may install it for you. See Deploy with MDM.

Download the installer

  1. In the dashboard, go to Settings → Downloads.
  2. Click Download for Mac or Download for Windows. The page shows your platform first. To get the other one, open Download for Mac instead or Download for Windows instead.
  3. Run the installer.
    • Mac: open the .pkg and follow the prompts. It installs Tokenize.app in Applications.
    • Windows: run the .msi. It installs to C:\Program Files\PalindromeLabs\ (PalindromeLabs is Tokenize's former name). Windows lists it as "Transcript Shipper" in installed apps.

You can also download the latest installer directly from https://app.tokenizehq.com/download/shipper. It picks the right file for your computer.

Sign in

After installing, connect the app to your account. Run the command as yourself, in a normal window.

Mac: open Terminal and run:

transcript-shipper login

Windows: open PowerShell and run:

& "$env:ProgramFiles\PalindromeLabs\transcript-shipper.exe" login

Then:

  1. The command shows what it is about to do and asks "Open Tokenize in your browser and enroll this device? [y/N]". Type y and press Return.
  2. Your browser opens to sign in to Tokenize. If it doesn't, copy the URL printed in the terminal into your browser.
  3. Sign in with your work account. When the page says "Device enrolled. You can close this tab and return to your terminal.", you're done.
  4. The terminal prints "Enrolled device key … for org …" and the path of the file it wrote.

You have 5 minutes to finish signing in before the command gives up.

What happens next

  • The app sends your first upload right away, then keeps sending new activity every few minutes. Sessions still in progress show up shortly after they finish.
  • The first run also sends your existing history from these tools.
  • It sets up Claude Code and Codex to send their own usage data to Tokenize, and keeps your organization's skills, MCP servers, and settings in sync.
  • It updates itself automatically.

The device appears under Settings → My devices. See Manage your devices.

To learn what is collected and how prompt text is handled, see What data Tokenize collects.

Check that it's working

Run transcript-shipper status on Mac, or & "$env:ProgramFiles\PalindromeLabs\transcript-shipper.exe" status on Windows. An enrolled device shows your OrgId and a shortened APIKey. "(none)" means the device isn't signed in yet.

If your data doesn't show up, see Troubleshoot the desktop app.