diff --git a/selfdrive/ui/SConscript b/selfdrive/ui/SConscript
index 643951fff311cb..78e9967b4e6125 100644
--- a/selfdrive/ui/SConscript
+++ b/selfdrive/ui/SConscript
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import os
 import json
-Import('qt_env', 'arch', 'common', 'messaging', 'visionipc', 'transformations')
+Import('env', 'qt_env', 'arch', 'common', 'messaging', 'visionipc', 'transformations')
 
 base_libs = [common, messaging, visionipc, transformations,
              'm', 'OpenCL', 'ssl', 'crypto', 'pthread'] + qt_env["LIBS"]
@@ -84,8 +84,10 @@ if GetOption('extras') and arch != "Darwin":
   qt_env.Program("qt/setup/updater", ["qt/setup/updater.cc", asset_obj], LIBS=qt_libs)
 
   # build installers
-  senv = qt_env.Clone()
-  senv['LINKFLAGS'].append('-Wl,-strip-debug')
+  raylib_env = env.Clone()
+  raylib_env['LIBPATH'] += [f'#third_party/raylib/{arch}/']
+  raylib_frameworks = ['CoreVideo', 'Cocoa', 'GLUT', 'CoreFoundation', 'OpenGL', 'IOKit'] if arch == 'Darwin' else []
+  raylib_env['LINKFLAGS'].append('-Wl,-strip-debug')
 
   release = "release3"
   installers = [
@@ -95,15 +97,15 @@ if GetOption('extras') and arch != "Darwin":
     ("openpilot_internal", "master"),
   ]
 
-  cont = senv.Command(f"installer/continue_openpilot.o", f"installer/continue_openpilot.sh",
+  cont = raylib_env.Command(f"installer/continue_openpilot.o", f"installer/continue_openpilot.sh",
                       "ld -r -b binary -o $TARGET $SOURCE")
   for name, branch in installers:
     d = {'BRANCH': f"'\"{branch}\"'"}
     if "internal" in name:
       d['INTERNAL'] = "1"
 
-    obj = senv.Object(f"installer/installers/installer_{name}.o", ["installer/installer.cc"], CPPDEFINES=d)
-    f = senv.Program(f"installer/installers/installer_{name}", [obj, cont], LIBS=qt_libs)
+    obj = raylib_env.Object(f"installer/installers/installer_{name}.o", ["installer/installer.cc"], CPPDEFINES=d)
+    f = raylib_env.Program(f"installer/installers/installer_{name}", [obj, cont], LIBS=['raylib', common], FRAMEWORKS=raylib_frameworks)
     # keep installers small
     assert f[0].get_size() < 370*1e3
 
diff --git a/selfdrive/ui/installer/installer.cc b/selfdrive/ui/installer/installer.cc
index 17f6ba19abd08f..f3ee18cdd47d11 100644
--- a/selfdrive/ui/installer/installer.cc
+++ b/selfdrive/ui/installer/installer.cc
@@ -1,34 +1,21 @@
 #include <time.h>
-#include <unistd.h>
 
-#include <cstdlib>
+#include <array>
+#include <cassert>
 #include <fstream>
 #include <map>
-#include <string>
 
-#include <QDebug>
-#include <QDir>
-#include <QTimer>
-#include <QVBoxLayout>
+#include "common/swaglog.h"
+#include "common/util.h"
+#include "third_party/raylib/include/raylib.h"
 
-#include "selfdrive/ui/installer/installer.h"
-#include "selfdrive/ui/qt/util.h"
-#include "selfdrive/ui/qt/qt_window.h"
-
-std::string get_str(std::string const s) {
-  std::string::size_type pos = s.find('?');
-  assert(pos != std::string::npos);
-  return s.substr(0, pos);
-}
-
-// Leave some extra space for the fork installer
-const std::string GIT_URL = get_str("https://github.com/commaai/openpilot.git" "?                                                                ");
-const std::string BRANCH_STR = get_str(BRANCH "?                                                                ");
+const std::string GIT_URL = "https://github.com/commaai/openpilot.git";
+const std::string BRANCH_STR = BRANCH;
 
 #define GIT_SSH_URL "git@github.com:commaai/openpilot.git"
 #define CONTINUE_PATH "/data/continue.sh"
 
-const QString CACHE_PATH = "/data/openpilot.cache";
+const std::string CACHE_PATH = "/data/openpilot.cache";
 
 #define INSTALL_PATH "/data/openpilot"
 #define TMP_INSTALL_PATH "/data/tmppilot"
@@ -39,7 +26,6 @@ extern const uint8_t str_continue_end[] asm("_binary_selfdrive_ui_installer_cont
 bool time_valid() {
   time_t rawtime;
   time(&rawtime);
-
   struct tm * sys_time = gmtime(&rawtime);
   return (1900 + sys_time->tm_year) >= 2020;
 }
@@ -49,124 +35,68 @@ void run(const char* cmd) {
   assert(err == 0);
 }
 
-Installer::Installer(QWidget *parent) : QWidget(parent) {
-  QVBoxLayout *layout = new QVBoxLayout(this);
-  layout->setContentsMargins(150, 290, 150, 150);
-  layout->setSpacing(0);
-
-  QLabel *title = new QLabel(tr("Installing..."));
-  title->setStyleSheet("font-size: 90px; font-weight: 600;");
-  layout->addWidget(title, 0, Qt::AlignTop);
-
-  layout->addSpacing(170);
-
-  bar = new QProgressBar();
-  bar->setRange(0, 100);
-  bar->setTextVisible(false);
-  bar->setFixedHeight(72);
-  layout->addWidget(bar, 0, Qt::AlignTop);
-
-  layout->addSpacing(30);
-
-  val = new QLabel("0%");
-  val->setStyleSheet("font-size: 70px; font-weight: 300;");
-  layout->addWidget(val, 0, Qt::AlignTop);
-
-  layout->addStretch();
-
-  QObject::connect(&proc, QOverload<int, QProcess::ExitStatus>::of(&QProcess::finished), this, &Installer::cloneFinished);
-  QObject::connect(&proc, &QProcess::readyReadStandardError, this, &Installer::readProgress);
-
-  QTimer::singleShot(100, this, &Installer::doInstall);
-
-  setStyleSheet(R"(
-    * {
-      font-family: Inter;
-      color: white;
-      background-color: black;
-    }
-    QProgressBar {
-      border: none;
-      background-color: #292929;
-    }
-    QProgressBar::chunk {
-      background-color: #364DEF;
-    }
-  )");
+void renderProgress(int progress) {
+  BeginDrawing();
+    ClearBackground(BLACK);
+    DrawText("Installing...", 150, 290, 90, WHITE);
+    Rectangle bar = {150, 500, (float)GetScreenWidth() - 300, 72};
+    DrawRectangleRounded(bar, 0.5f, 10, GRAY);
+    progress = std::clamp(progress, 0, 100);
+    bar.width *= progress / 100.0f;
+    DrawRectangleRounded(bar, 0.5f, 10, RAYWHITE);
+    DrawText((std::to_string(progress) + "%").c_str(), 150, 600, 70, WHITE);
+  EndDrawing();
 }
 
-void Installer::updateProgress(int percent) {
-  bar->setValue(percent);
-  val->setText(QString("%1%").arg(percent));
-  update();
-}
-
-void Installer::doInstall() {
-  // wait for valid time
-  while (!time_valid()) {
-    usleep(500 * 1000);
-    qDebug() << "Waiting for valid time";
-  }
-
-  // cleanup previous install attempts
-  run("rm -rf " TMP_INSTALL_PATH " " INSTALL_PATH);
+int executeGitCommand(const std::string &cmd) {
+  static const std::array stages = {
+    std::pair{"Receiving objects: ", 91},
+    std::pair{"Resolving deltas: ", 2},
+    std::pair{"Updating files: ", 7},
+  };
 
-  // do the install
-  if (QDir(CACHE_PATH).exists()) {
-    cachedFetch(CACHE_PATH);
-  } else {
-    freshClone();
+  FILE *pipe = popen(cmd.c_str(), "r");
+  if (!pipe) return -1;
+
+  char buffer[512];
+  while (fgets(buffer, sizeof(buffer), pipe) != nullptr) {
+    std::string line(buffer);
+    int base = 0;
+    for (const auto &[text, weight] : stages) {
+      if (line.find(text) != std::string::npos) {
+        size_t percentPos = line.find('%');
+        if (percentPos != std::string::npos && percentPos >= 3) {
+          int percent = std::stoi(line.substr(percentPos - 3, 3));
+          int progress = base + (percent / 100.0f) * weight;
+          renderProgress(progress);
+        }
+        break;
+      }
+      base += weight;
+    }
   }
+  return pclose(pipe);
 }
 
-void Installer::freshClone() {
-  qDebug() << "Doing fresh clone";
-  proc.start("git", {"clone", "--progress", GIT_URL.c_str(), "-b", BRANCH_STR.c_str(),
-                     "--depth=1", "--recurse-submodules", TMP_INSTALL_PATH});
-}
-
-void Installer::cachedFetch(const QString &cache) {
-  qDebug() << "Fetching with cache: " << cache;
-
-  run(QString("cp -rp %1 %2").arg(cache, TMP_INSTALL_PATH).toStdString().c_str());
-  int err = chdir(TMP_INSTALL_PATH);
-  assert(err == 0);
-  run(("git remote set-branches --add origin " + BRANCH_STR).c_str());
-
-  updateProgress(10);
-
-  proc.setWorkingDirectory(TMP_INSTALL_PATH);
-  proc.start("git", {"fetch", "--progress", "origin", BRANCH_STR.c_str()});
+int freshClone() {
+  LOGD("Doing fresh clone");
+  // Create the git command with redirection of stderr to stdout (2>&1)
+  std::string cmd = util::string_format("git clone --progress %s -b %s --depth=1 --recurse-submodules %s 2>&1",
+                                        GIT_URL.c_str(), BRANCH_STR.c_str(), TMP_INSTALL_PATH);
+  return executeGitCommand(cmd);
 }
 
-void Installer::readProgress() {
-  const QVector<QPair<QString, int>> stages = {
-    // prefix, weight in percentage
-    {"Receiving objects: ", 91},
-    {"Resolving deltas: ", 2},
-    {"Updating files: ", 7},
-  };
-
-  auto line = QString(proc.readAllStandardError());
-
-  int base = 0;
-  for (const QPair kv : stages) {
-    if (line.startsWith(kv.first)) {
-      auto perc = line.split(kv.first)[1].split("%")[0];
-      int p = base + int(perc.toFloat() / 100. * kv.second);
-      updateProgress(p);
-      break;
-    }
-    base += kv.second;
-  }
+int cachedFetch(const std::string &cache) {
+  LOGD("Fetching with cache: %s", cache.c_str());
+  run(util::string_format("cp -rp %s %s", cache.c_str(), TMP_INSTALL_PATH).c_str());
+  run((util::string_format("cd %s && git remote set-branches --add origin %s", TMP_INSTALL_PATH, BRANCH_STR.c_str()).c_str()));
+  return executeGitCommand(util::string_format("cd %s && git fetch --progress origin %s 2>&1", TMP_INSTALL_PATH, BRANCH_STR.c_str()));
 }
 
-void Installer::cloneFinished(int exitCode, QProcess::ExitStatus exitStatus) {
-  qDebug() << "git finished with " << exitCode;
+void cloneFinished(int exitCode) {
+  LOGD("git finished with %d", exitCode);
   assert(exitCode == 0);
 
-  updateProgress(100);
-
   // ensure correct branch is checked out
   int err = chdir(TMP_INSTALL_PATH);
   assert(err == 0);
@@ -211,13 +141,22 @@ void Installer::cloneFinished(int exitCode, QProcess::ExitStatus exitStatus) {
   run("mv /data/continue.sh.new " CONTINUE_PATH);
 
   // wait for the installed software's UI to take over
-  QTimer::singleShot(60 * 1000, &QCoreApplication::quit);
+  util::sleep_for(60 * 1000);
 }
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
-  initApp(argc, argv);
-  QApplication a(argc, argv);
-  Installer installer;
-  setMainWindow(&installer);
-  return a.exec();
+  InitWindow(0, 0, "Installer");
+
+  renderProgress(0);
+  while (!time_valid()) {
+    util::sleep_for(1000);
+  }
+
+  run("rm -rf " TMP_INSTALL_PATH " " INSTALL_PATH);  // cleanup previous install attempts
+  int result = util::file_exists(CACHE_PATH) ? cachedFetch(CACHE_PATH) : freshClone();
+  cloneFinished(result);
+  renderProgress(100);
+
+  CloseWindow();
+  return 0;
 }
diff --git a/selfdrive/ui/installer/installer.h b/selfdrive/ui/installer/installer.h
deleted file mode 100644
index de3af0ff395021..00000000000000
--- a/selfdrive/ui/installer/installer.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-#pragma once
-
-#include <QLabel>
-#include <QProcess>
-#include <QProgressBar>
-#include <QWidget>
-
-class Installer : public QWidget {
-  Q_OBJECT
-
-public:
-  explicit Installer(QWidget *parent = 0);
-
-private slots:
-  void updateProgress(int percent);
-
-  void readProgress();
-  void cloneFinished(int exitCode, QProcess::ExitStatus exitStatus);
-
-private:
-  QLabel *val;
-  QProgressBar *bar;
-  QProcess proc;
-
-  void doInstall();
-  void freshClone();
-  void cachedFetch(const QString &cache);
-};
diff --git a/selfdrive/ui/translations/main_ar.ts b/selfdrive/ui/translations/main_ar.ts
index 5f254e9cd4ba51..8e9e1380fcd16f 100644
--- a/selfdrive/ui/translations/main_ar.ts
+++ b/selfdrive/ui/translations/main_ar.ts
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@
     <name>Installer</name>
     <message>
         <source>Installing...</source>
-        <translation>جارٍ التثبيت...</translation>
+        <translation type="vanished">جارٍ التثبيت...</translation>
     </message>
 </context>
 <context>
diff --git a/selfdrive/ui/translations/main_de.ts b/selfdrive/ui/translations/main_de.ts
index 4f5997228a7724..c1ffd8fbd7d91e 100644
--- a/selfdrive/ui/translations/main_de.ts
+++ b/selfdrive/ui/translations/main_de.ts
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@
     <name>Installer</name>
     <message>
         <source>Installing...</source>
-        <translation>Installiere...</translation>
+        <translation type="vanished">Installiere...</translation>
     </message>
 </context>
 <context>
diff --git a/selfdrive/ui/translations/main_es.ts b/selfdrive/ui/translations/main_es.ts
index fa50f33f15366a..fdc8b1c98bb992 100644
--- a/selfdrive/ui/translations/main_es.ts
+++ b/selfdrive/ui/translations/main_es.ts
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@
     <name>Installer</name>
     <message>
         <source>Installing...</source>
-        <translation>Instalando...</translation>
+        <translation type="vanished">Instalando...</translation>
     </message>
 </context>
 <context>
diff --git a/selfdrive/ui/translations/main_fr.ts b/selfdrive/ui/translations/main_fr.ts
index 566ed32f114c86..14abf0fb3763e6 100644
--- a/selfdrive/ui/translations/main_fr.ts
+++ b/selfdrive/ui/translations/main_fr.ts
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@
     <name>Installer</name>
     <message>
         <source>Installing...</source>
-        <translation>Installation...</translation>
+        <translation type="vanished">Installation...</translation>
     </message>
 </context>
 <context>
diff --git a/selfdrive/ui/translations/main_ja.ts b/selfdrive/ui/translations/main_ja.ts
index 90c8aba00bfbf2..2c9c08c7a21042 100644
--- a/selfdrive/ui/translations/main_ja.ts
+++ b/selfdrive/ui/translations/main_ja.ts
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@
     <name>Installer</name>
     <message>
         <source>Installing...</source>
-        <translation>インストールしています...</translation>
+        <translation type="vanished">インストールしています...</translation>
     </message>
 </context>
 <context>
diff --git a/selfdrive/ui/translations/main_ko.ts b/selfdrive/ui/translations/main_ko.ts
index 6d01b1289f65a3..52bf7b27690aa6 100644
--- a/selfdrive/ui/translations/main_ko.ts
+++ b/selfdrive/ui/translations/main_ko.ts
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@
     <name>Installer</name>
     <message>
         <source>Installing...</source>
-        <translation>설치 중...</translation>
+        <translation type="vanished">설치 중...</translation>
     </message>
 </context>
 <context>
diff --git a/selfdrive/ui/translations/main_pt-BR.ts b/selfdrive/ui/translations/main_pt-BR.ts
index ba50e971418168..ee0cd807b0e24c 100644
--- a/selfdrive/ui/translations/main_pt-BR.ts
+++ b/selfdrive/ui/translations/main_pt-BR.ts
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@
     <name>Installer</name>
     <message>
         <source>Installing...</source>
-        <translation>Instalando...</translation>
+        <translation type="vanished">Instalando...</translation>
     </message>
 </context>
 <context>
diff --git a/selfdrive/ui/translations/main_th.ts b/selfdrive/ui/translations/main_th.ts
index 6d89c049b18a84..0be4d61c2be1fd 100644
--- a/selfdrive/ui/translations/main_th.ts
+++ b/selfdrive/ui/translations/main_th.ts
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@
     <name>Installer</name>
     <message>
         <source>Installing...</source>
-        <translation>กำลังติดตั้ง...</translation>
+        <translation type="vanished">กำลังติดตั้ง...</translation>
     </message>
 </context>
 <context>
diff --git a/selfdrive/ui/translations/main_tr.ts b/selfdrive/ui/translations/main_tr.ts
index 663ad8c2813645..010cef56d4553a 100644
--- a/selfdrive/ui/translations/main_tr.ts
+++ b/selfdrive/ui/translations/main_tr.ts
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@
     <name>Installer</name>
     <message>
         <source>Installing...</source>
-        <translation>Yükleniyor...</translation>
+        <translation type="vanished">Yükleniyor...</translation>
     </message>
 </context>
 <context>
diff --git a/selfdrive/ui/translations/main_zh-CHS.ts b/selfdrive/ui/translations/main_zh-CHS.ts
index 494b1bc170f4c6..8d4dbbb8ca21e3 100644
--- a/selfdrive/ui/translations/main_zh-CHS.ts
+++ b/selfdrive/ui/translations/main_zh-CHS.ts
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@
     <name>Installer</name>
     <message>
         <source>Installing...</source>
-        <translation>正在安装……</translation>
+        <translation type="vanished">正在安装……</translation>
     </message>
 </context>
 <context>
diff --git a/selfdrive/ui/translations/main_zh-CHT.ts b/selfdrive/ui/translations/main_zh-CHT.ts
index 7ce6ac6d208606..afa4e8ef51c567 100644
--- a/selfdrive/ui/translations/main_zh-CHT.ts
+++ b/selfdrive/ui/translations/main_zh-CHT.ts
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@
     <name>Installer</name>
     <message>
         <source>Installing...</source>
-        <translation>安裝中…</translation>
+        <translation type="vanished">安裝中…</translation>
     </message>
 </context>
 <context>