Install

1Download the build for your system

Every version is on the Releases page. The site picks the right file for your computer; the table below names each one.

2macOS

1. Open the .dmg and drag Design Editor to Applications.
2. The build is not code-signed yet, so Gatekeeper stops the first launch. Right-click the app and choose Open, or clear the quarantine flag:

xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine "/Applications/Design Editor.app"

3Windows

1. Run the -win-setup.exe installer.
2. If SmartScreen warns about an unknown publisher, choose More info, then Run anyway.

4Linux

The archive holds a single design-editor binary. Unpack it into a folder you can write to so the in-app update can replace it in place.

tar xzf design-editor-linux-x86_64.tar.gz -C ~/.local/bin

5Put the de command on your path

The de command line tool ships with the app. On macOS it lives inside the bundle; link it once:

sudo ln -sf "/Applications/Design Editor.app/Contents/MacOS/de" /usr/local/bin/de

On Windows the installer puts de.exe next to design-editor.exe under C:\Program Files\Design Editor but does not add it to PATH. The Releases page also has standalone CLI archives for every system.

6Updates

The app checks GitHub for a new version when it starts and offers it in Settings, System. Updating downloads the build, checks it against SHA256SUMS.txt and relaunches. You can also choose Help, Check for Updates, or turn automatic checks off in the same settings tab.

7Check the download

Each release ships a SHA256SUMS.txt. Compare it with the hash of your file:

shasum -a 256 <file>

Get-FileHash <file>

8Build from source

The editor is written in Rust and pins its toolchain, so a plain Cargo build is enough:

git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/kemalcalak/design-editor
cd design-editor
cargo build --release -p de-host-desktop -p de-cli