Installing Gimel Studio

Warning

This documentation mainly talks about version v0.5.3 as new documentation needs to be written for the upcoming 0.6.x series. (If you would like to help in the documentation effort, please let us know).

System Requirements

Gimel Studio is available for download on Windows and Linux operating systems. Gimel Studio does not have any known (major) system requirements if building from source.

The official distributed binary packages require:

  • Windows 7, 8, 10+ or Linux Mint 20/Ubuntu 20+ (other systems not yet tested)

  • 64-bit system

Minimum

  • 1GB RAM

Download Gimel Studio

Latest Release

This is a binary distribution of the latest version of Gimel Studio.

Note

The source code is available for free to either reference or to build from source. While normal users are not expected to build Gimel Studio from source, it does have some advantages:

  • It is always up to date.

  • It allows access to any version or branch where a feature is being developed.

  • It can be freely customized.

Follow the steps to install a binary on your platform below.

Note

Gimel Studio doesn’t currently have a built-in updating system. This means you will need to update it yourself by following the upgrade steps described in the sections below.