Getting started
Getting started
What you need, how to install the unsigned build, and how to start your first project.
In short
This section takes you from nothing to a working project: what your computer needs, how to install the preview build on macOS, Windows or Linux (and open it despite the warning), and what happens on first launch.
- System requirements — what the app needs and what it downloads later.
- Install — the download for your operating system and how to open an unsigned build.
- First launch — what you see, and the one thing to set up (an AI engine) if you want the model-backed features.
- Your first project — start from an idea, a proposal, a dataset or an existing draft.
For technical users
The app ships without Python and without Tectonic; both download on first use, pinned by size and SHA-256 in a manifest. macOS 12+ is required by the pinned Python wheels. Windows and Linux installers exist but have not been launched by the vendor yet — see Platform support.