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title: "Postman Agent: For Mac, Windows, & Linux"
description: "The Postman agent overcomes the Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) limitations of browsers, and facilitates API request sending from your browser version of Postman."
url: https://www.postman.com/downloads/postman-agent/
---

# Postman Agent: For Mac, Windows, & Linux

> The Postman agent overcomes the Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) limitations of browsers, and facilitates API request sending from your browser version of Postman.

## Postman Agent

The Postman agent overcomes the Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) limitations of browsers, and facilitates API request sending from your browser version of Postman.

[Downloads](/downloads/)

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## Installing the Postman desktop agent

If you are using the Postman for Web, you also need to download the Postman desktop agent, a micro-application that runs locally on your desktop.

To learn more about the desktop agent, read the [Introducing the Postman Agent](https://blog.postman.com/introducing-the-postman-agent-send-api-requests-from-your-browser-without-limits/) blog post.

[Read the Installation Docs](https://learning.postman.com/docs/getting-started/installation-and-updates/#installing-the-postman-desktop-agent/)

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### Postman Agent for Mac

For macOS 10.11 (El Capitan) and later

[Mac Intel Chip](https://dl-agent.pstmn.io/download/latest/osx_64)

### Postman Agent for Mac

For macOS 10.11 (El Capitan) and later

[Mac Apple Chip](https://dl-agent.pstmn.io/download/latest/osx_arm64)

### Postman Agent for Windows

For Windows 7 and later

[Windows 64-bit](https://dl-agent.pstmn.io/download/latest/win64)

### Postman Agent for Linux

For Ubuntu 14.04 and later, Fedora 24, Debian 8 and later

[Linux 64-bit](https://dl-agent.pstmn.io/download/latest/linux)

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## Postman on the web

You can now access Postman through your web browser. Simply create a free Postman account, and you're in.

[Sign Up](https://identity.getpostman.com/signup?continue=https%3A%2F%2Fgo.postman.co%2Fhome)

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