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Packit Print Agent

A small background service that lets Packit print thermal labels straight from your browser. Without it, recording still works — the labels just won't auto-print.

macOS — recommended

One-time install. Includes everything needed; no other dependencies. Works on Apple Silicon and Intel Macs.

Download Packit-PrintAgent-v0.3.0.pkg(34 MB)macOS 12+ • Universal

First-time open: macOS will warn you

The installer isn't yet signed with an Apple Developer certificate, so macOS will say it "cannot be opened." To open it:

  1. Right-click (or Control-click) the downloaded .pkg
  2. Choose Open from the menu
  3. In the dialog that appears, click Open again
  4. Enter your Mac password when prompted to install

We're finalizing Apple Developer signing — this warning will go away in a future release.

macOS — alternate (Terminal)

For developers, or if the .pkg doesn't work for you. Requires Node.js 20+ on your machine.

curl -fsSL https://www.packit.live/install-mac | bash

Don't have Node? nodejs.org or brew install node.

Windows

Coming soon. For now, packers on Windows can still record video — they'll need to print labels manually from the dashboard.

What this installs

  • A small HTTP service that listens on 127.0.0.1:8765 — accessible only from your Mac. No inbound ports are opened.
  • A macOS LaunchAgent so the service starts automatically when you log in.
  • What it does not do: no telemetry, no outbound connections except to download labels from packit.live, never runs as root.

Verifying it's running

The "Agent online" pill on the packer screen should turn green and the printer dropdown should populate. From Terminal:

curl http://127.0.0.1:8765/status

Uninstall

If you installed via the .pkg, run from Terminal:

sudo launchctl bootout system/com.packit.printagent 2>/dev/null; sudo rm -rf /Library/LaunchAgents/com.packit.printagent.plist "/Library/Application Support/Packit"

If you installed via the Terminal one-liner:

launchctl unload ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.packit.printagent.plist 2>/dev/null; rm -rf ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.packit.printagent.plist ~/Library/Application\ Support/Packit

Trouble?

Check the log at /Library/Application Support/Packit/print-agent/agent.log (.pkg install) or ~/Library/Application Support/Packit/print-agent/agent.log (Terminal install). Or reach out to support.