Install Kiro Crew on Windows

Part 1 of Kiro Crew on Windows. Kiro Crew is a local agent Gateway + dashboard. It talks to the LLM through Kiro CLI (ACP). This is not the Kiro IDE.

Next: connect the dashboard from your phone with Tailscale (Part 2 of this series).

1. Overview

Install KiroCrew-Setup.exe (Gateway bundled; no Python needed).
First launch: install Kiro CLI, then kiro-cli login (Builder ID in this guide).
State: %USERPROFILE%\.kiro\crew\ (survives uninstall).

2. Prerequisites

Windows 10/11 x64
Browser for Kiro sign-in
Network (installer + ~610 MB embedding model on first start)

3. Download

Direct stable installer (~260 MB, always latest):

https://download.crew.kiro.dev/desktop/stable/latest/KiroCrew-Setup.exe

Prefer the browser (Save link / open the URL)—usually faster than PowerShell.

CLI: use Windows curl.exe, not Invoke-WebRequest (IWR is slow on large files):

curl.exe -L "https://download.crew.kiro.dev/desktop/stable/latest/KiroCrew-Setup.exe" -o "$env:USERPROFILE\Downloads\KiroCrew-Setup.exe"
Start-Process "$env:USERPROFILE\Downloads\KiroCrew-Setup.exe"

4. Install

Run KiroCrew-Setup.exe.
SmartScreen: More info → Run anyway only for this official signed build.
Welcome → Next.

Choose Only for me (default, no UAC) or Anyone who uses this computer → Install.

Wait for install to finish.

Leave Run KiroCrew checked → Finish.

Uninstall: Settings → Apps → Kiro Crew. Does not delete %USERPROFILE%\.kiro\crew.

5. First launch

App starts the Gateway, then opens setup.

Leave Crew open. Install Kiro CLI in PowerShell. Source of the one-liner: kiro.dev/cli (Crew’s Open Kiro CLI setup only opens that page).

irm 'https://cli.kiro.dev/install.ps1' | iex

Crew shows Sign in to Kiro (CLI Complete). This guide uses Builder ID:

kiro-cli login

Back in Crew → Check again. Continue past Privacy, then Tell Kiro about you → Continue.

Dashboard opens (app UI or http://localhost:5476).

6. Summary: Copy-Paste

curl.exe -L "https://download.crew.kiro.dev/desktop/stable/latest/KiroCrew-Setup.exe" -o "$env:USERPROFILE\Downloads\KiroCrew-Setup.exe"
Start-Process "$env:USERPROFILE\Downloads\KiroCrew-Setup.exe"

1. Setup → Only for me → Finish → Launch
1. irm 'https://cli.kiro.dev/install.ps1' | iex
1. kiro-cli login
1. Check again → Privacy → Tell Kiro about you → Continue
1. Chat (app or http://localhost:5476)

7. Troubleshooting

Issue	Fix
SmartScreen	Official CDN link above; Run anyway only for that signed build
CLI missing / no `acp`	Re-run `irm 'https://cli.kiro.dev/install.ps1' \
Sign-in stuck	{% raw %}`kiro-cli login` in a new PowerShell window, then Check again
Uninstall left data	Expected—delete `%USERPROFILE%\.kiro\crew` manually