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Installation Guide

DrumBuddy is available for Windows, Linux, and macOS.

Windows

  1. Download the latest DrumBuddy-Setup-x.y.z.exe from Releases
  2. Run the installer and follow the setup wizard.
  3. Launch DrumBuddy from the Start Menu or Desktop shortcut.

Windows SmartScreen may display a warning.
Click More info -> Run anyway to continue.

Linux

DrumBuddy is distributed as an AppImage, which works on most modern Linux distributions.

  1. Download DrumBuddy-linux-x64.AppImage from Releases
  2. Run the application. (if it doesn launch, make it executable using chmod +x)

You can also integrate the AppImage into your desktop environment using your file manager.

macOS

Due to the lack of a paid Apple Developer certificate, DrumBuddy must be manually authorized before first use.

Apple Silicon (M processors)

  1. Download DrumBuddy-osx-arm64.dmg from Releases
  2. Open the disk image and drag DrumBuddy.app into the Applications folder.
  3. Open Terminal and run: bash cd /Applications sudo xattr -cr DrumBuddy.app sudo xattr -rd com.apple.quarantine DrumBuddy.app sudo codesign --force --deep --sign - DrumBuddy.app
  4. Launch DrumBuddy normally.

Intel Macs

  1. Download DrumBuddy-osx-x64.dmg from Releases
  2. Follow the same steps as above.

On first launch, DrumBuddy will request permission to access your Documents folder for exporting and storing user data.