opengeos--geolibre/docs/downloads.md

Downloads

GeoLibre desktop installers are published from GitHub Releases.

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Release assets

Release builds are produced for:

• Linux x64: Debian package, RPM package, and AppImage
• Windows x64: unsigned desktop binary
• macOS Apple Silicon: Developer ID signed and notarized DMG and app bundle (v1.4.1+)
• macOS Intel: Developer ID signed and notarized DMG and app bundle (v1.4.1+)

The Windows GitHub Release build is unsigned and may require a platform-specific trust prompt; the Microsoft Store build is signed and auto-updating. Check each release note for the exact assets and platform guidance.

Windows installation

Microsoft Store (recommended)

GeoLibre is available on the Microsoft Store. The Store build is signed and updates automatically, so it installs and launches without a trust prompt:

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winget

The Windows Package Manager distributes GeoLibre as OpenGeos.GeoLibre (the GitHub Release build):

winget install OpenGeos.GeoLibre

Manual installation

Download the Windows installer (.msi or .exe) from the latest release and run it. This build is unsigned, so Windows SmartScreen may warn you; choose More info → Run anyway to proceed.

Portable (no install)

Prefer not to install? Download the *-x64-portable.zip asset from the latest release, unzip it anywhere (including a USB drive), and run geolibre-desktop.exe. No installer, admin rights, or registry changes are involved, and the build does not auto-update, so download a newer zip to upgrade.

The portable build relies on the Microsoft Edge WebView2 Runtime, which is preinstalled on Windows 11 and current Windows 10. If the app does not start, install the Evergreen runtime. The optional Python sidecar tools (Whitebox, raster, conversion) need Python available just as in the installed build; everything else runs without it.

macOS installation

Signing and notarization apply to v1.4.1 and later. For v1.4.0 and earlier (ad-hoc signed), remove the quarantine attribute after installing, repeating it after each upgrade:

xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine "/Applications/GeoLibre Desktop.app"

Homebrew (recommended)

GeoLibre is available as an official Homebrew Cask, so no tap or trust step is needed — just install:

brew install --cask geolibre

The macOS DMGs are signed with an Apple Developer ID certificate and notarized by Apple, so Gatekeeper allows the app to launch normally with no quarantine workaround. Upgrade later with:

brew upgrade --cask geolibre

To remove it:

brew uninstall --cask geolibre

Manual installation

The macOS builds are signed with an Apple Developer ID certificate and notarized by Apple, so Gatekeeper allows them to open without any extra steps:

1. Download the DMG for your Mac (aarch64 for Apple Silicon, x64 for Intel).
2. Open the DMG and drag GeoLibre Desktop into Applications.
3. Launch GeoLibre Desktop from Applications.

Linux installation

GeoLibre offers several Linux install options. The AUR, COPR, and Flatpak packages auto-update (through your system package manager or flatpak update); the direct .deb, .rpm, and AppImage downloads are updated by re-downloading the new release.

Arch Linux / Manjaro (AUR)

GeoLibre is on the AUR as geolibre-bin, a binary package that repackages the official release (no source build needed):

yay -S geolibre-bin      # or: paru -S geolibre-bin

Fedora / RHEL (COPR)

sudo dnf copr enable giswqs/geolibre
sudo dnf install geolibre

On RHEL and derivatives, enable the COPR plugin first with sudo dnf install dnf-plugins-core.

Flatpak (via FlatPark)

Works on any distribution with Flatpak. Add the remote once, then install:

flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flatpark https://dl.flatpark.org/flatpark.flatpakrepo
flatpak install flatpark app.geolibre.GeoLibre

Debian / Ubuntu (.deb)

Download the .deb from the latest release and install it (apt resolves the dependencies):

sudo apt install ./GeoLibre.Desktop_<version>_amd64.deb

Other RPM distributions (.rpm)

sudo dnf install ./GeoLibre.Desktop-<version>-1.x86_64.rpm

Use yum on older RHEL/CentOS, or sudo zypper install --allow-unsigned-rpm ./...rpm on openSUSE.

AppImage (any distribution)

Download it, mark it executable, and run it:

chmod +x GeoLibre.Desktop_<version>_amd64.AppImage
./GeoLibre.Desktop_<version>_amd64.AppImage

AppImages need FUSE. On distros that no longer ship it by default, install libfuse2 (for example sudo apt install libfuse2) or run with --appimage-extract-and-run.

Build from source

git clone https://github.com/opengeos/GeoLibre.git
cd GeoLibre
npm install
npm run tauri:build

The default desktop build keeps the Linux binary small and uses DuckDB-WASM for DuckDB-backed browser features. To build a larger desktop binary with the native duckdb-rs vector loader enabled, run npm run tauri:build:native-duckdb.

Desktop builds require the Rust toolchain and Tauri platform prerequisites.