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FAQ

How do I configure Wave to use different AI models/providers?​

Wave supports various AI providers including local LLMs (via Ollama), Azure OpenAI, Anthropic's Claude, and Perplexity. The recommended way to configure these is through AI presets, which let you set up and easily switch between different providers and models.

See our AI Presets documentation for detailed setup instructions for each provider.

How can I see the block numbers?​

The block numbers will appear when you hold down Ctrl-Shift (and disappear once you release the key combo).

How do I make a remote connection?​

There is a button in the header. Click the or and type the [user]@[host] that you wish to connect to.

On Windows, how can I use Git Bash as my default shell?​

In order to make Git Bash your default shell you'll need to set the configuration variable term:localshellpath to the location of the Git Bash "bash.exe" binary. By default it is located at "C:\Program Files\Git\bin\bash.exe". Just remember in JSON, backslashes need to be escaped. So add this to your settings.json file:

"term:localshellpath": "C:\\Program Files\\Git\\bin\\bash.exe"

Can I use WSH outside of Wave?​

wsh is an internal CLI for extending control over Wave to the command line, you can learn more about it here. To prevent misuse by other applications, wsh requires an access token provided by Wave to work and will not function outside of the app.

Why does Wave warn me about ARM64 translation when it launches?​

macOS and Windows both have compatibility layers that allow x64 applications to run on ARM computers. This helps more apps run on these systems while developers work to add native ARM support to their applications. However, it comes with significant performance tradeoffs.

To get the best experience using Wave, it is recommended that you uninstall Wave and reinstall the version that is natively compiled for your computer. You can find the right version by consulting our Installation Instructions.

You can disable this warning by setting app:dismissarchitecturewarning=true in your configurations.

How do I join the beta builds of Wave?​

Wave publishes to two channels, latest and beta. If you've installed the app for macOS, Windows, or Linux via DEB or RPM, you can set the following configurations in your settings.json (see Configuration for more info):

"autoupdate:enabled": true,
"autoupdate:channel": "beta"

If you've installed via Snap, you can use the following command:

sudo snap install waveterm --classic --beta