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With ArtCraft Launcher

Section titled “With ArtCraft Launcher”

ArtCraft Launcher manages installation, updates, and launching for the complete Craft App Suite, including AniCraft. It selects the ideal native build for your CPU architecture and notifies you of new releases.

Download it from its latest release and click Install on AniCraft.

Standalone downloads

Section titled “Standalone downloads”

Pre-built binaries are published on the AniCraft releases page. In the file names below, <ver> represents the release version number.

Windows

Section titled “Windows”
Your PC Installer Portable
64-bit Intel / AMD anicraft-<ver>-windows-x64.msi anicraft-<ver>-windows-x64-portable.zip
ARM64 (e.g. Snapdragon) anicraft-<ver>-windows-arm64.msi anicraft-<ver>-windows-arm64-portable.zip

The .msi package installs AniCraft into Program Files and creates Start menu shortcuts. The portable .zip requires no installation: unpack it and run anicraft.exe.

macOS

Section titled “macOS”

Download anicraft-<ver>-macos-universal.dmg, open it, and drag AniCraft into your Applications folder. Universal builds run natively on both Apple silicon and Intel Macs.

Linux

Section titled “Linux”
Package Format Package File Notes
AppImage anicraft-<ver>-linux-x86_64.AppImage Make executable with chmod +x <file> and run
Flatpak anicraft-<ver>-linux-x86_64.flatpak Install with flatpak install --user <file>
Debian / Ubuntu anicraft-<ver>-linux-x86_64.deb Install with sudo apt install ./<file>
Fedora anicraft-<ver>-linux-x86_64.rpm Install with sudo dnf install <file>
openSUSE anicraft-<ver>-linux-x86_64.rpm Install with sudo zypper install ./<file>
Arch Linux anicraft-<ver>-linux-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst Install with sudo pacman -U <file>
Tarball anicraft-<ver>-linux-x86_64.tar.gz Extract and run

ARM64 builds (aarch64) and RISC-V builds (riscv64) are also available for Linux.

FreeBSD

Section titled “FreeBSD”

Download anicraft-<ver>-freebsd-x86_64.tar.gz (or freebsd-aarch64), extract the archive, and run anicraft.

In a browser

Section titled “In a browser”

A web browser (WebAssembly) build of AniCraft is planned on the project roadmap (Milestone 8) and is currently in development. Pre-built web packages will be available once the web build is published.

Update

Section titled “Update”

AniCraft stores your preferences, custom shortcuts, and documents outside the application directory (under your user profile’s standard configuration path), so updating keeps your settings and files intact:

  • ArtCraft Launcher: Notifies you of new versions and updates AniCraft automatically.
  • Windows installer: Run the new .msi installer; it updates the application in place.
  • Windows portable & tarball: Download the new archive and extract the updated files to your existing folder.
  • macOS: Drag the updated AniCraft.app from the new .dmg into your Applications folder and confirm replacing the old version.
  • Linux packages: Install the newer .deb, .rpm, or .pkg.tar.zst package through your package manager.
  • AppImage: Download the latest .AppImage, make it executable (chmod +x), and replace the earlier file.

Build from source

Section titled “Build from source”

To compile AniCraft locally from source, ensure you have Rust 1.85+ installed:

Terminal window
git clone https://github.com/storytold/AniCraft.git
cd AniCraft
cargo run --release