get the desktop app.

three ways to use makemode

Same make loop, three places to run it. Pick the one that fits how you work — you can always switch later.

alpha access — install from the terminal

The fastest install on macOS and Linux is one line in Terminal. It fetches the app from EU servers and installs it without the first-launch questions below.

macOS (Apple Silicon & Intel) and Debian/Ubuntu Linux. On Windows, use the installer below. Prefer to read it first? view the script.

download the desktop app

We spotted your system and put the right file on the button above. It's the whole app — the European coding engine is bundled inside, so there's nothing else to install.

The first time you open it, you sign in with your MakeMode account in your browser. Your credit works the same as in the web app.

opening it the first time

The first time you open MakeMode, your computer checks where it came from. On a Mac that is one click. On Windows there is one extra step, because the Windows installer doesn't carry Microsoft's ID yet. (The terminal install above skips this on Mac and Linux.)

on a Mac

1. Open the downloaded file and drag MakeMode into your Applications folder.
2. Double-click it. Your Mac says MakeMode was downloaded from the internet and asks whether to open it. Click Open. From then on it opens like any other app.

on Windows

1. Run the installer you downloaded.
2. If a blue "Windows protected your PC" screen appears, click More info, then Run anyway. That's the whole step.

on Linux

1. Install it with one line in a terminal. This installs the file you downloaded and asks for your password because installing software needs admin rights:
   sudo apt install ./MakeMode_0.1.5_amd64.deb

Rather not see the Windows warning? The web app runs the same tool in your browser with nothing to install. A coming Windows update removes the warning.