Installation

chipmunk is available as a prebuilt desktop application from the GitHub releases page. Release builds include the built-in updater, so the application can notify you and update itself when a newer version is available. The built-in updater supports both installer-based and portable installations.

You can also install the native application from source with Cargo:

cargo install --path crates/app --locked

If you use just, the same installation is available through the repository recipe:

just install-app

macOS

Download one of the macOS release artifacts:

• .pkg installer, which installs Chipmunk into Applications
• portable .tgz archive containing chipmunk.app

For the portable archive, unpack it and move chipmunk.app to your Applications folder.

Windows

Download one of the Windows release artifacts:

• .msi installer, which installs Chipmunk into Program Files
• portable .tgz archive containing chipmunk.exe

For the portable archive, unpack it to a folder of your choosing and use chipmunk.exe to start Chipmunk.

Requirements:

• Install the latest Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable.

Linux

Download one of the Linux release artifacts:

• .deb package for Debian/Ubuntu-based distributions
• .rpm package for Fedora/RHEL/openSUSE-based distributions
• portable .tgz archive containing the chipmunk executable

For the portable archive, unpack it to a folder of your choosing and use the chipmunk executable to start Chipmunk.