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Install Slashbase Desktop IDE

Direct Download​

Follow the steps below to download & start the app:

  1. Download the latest release and extract / open the downloaded file.
  2. Follow the platform specific step below
    • For Windows, double click the Slashbase file to open the app
    • For MacOS, drag the Slashbase file into the Applications folder and start the app from Launchpad.
    • For Linux, run ./Slashbase in the terminal to start the app.
      • Requires GLIBC 2.31 minimum to be installed. Check your system version with ldd --version
      • Requires libwebkit2gtk-4.0 to be installed.
        • On Arch-based distributions, you can install it with pacman -S webkit2gtk

Build from source​

Follow the steps below to build & start the app:

  1. Clone the repository or download the zip.
  2. Make sure Go and Wails is installed. Follow the steps here, if not installed.
  3. Go to the project root directory and copy the file at development.env.sample and paste as development.env in the root directory of the project.
  4. Open the terminal at root directory and run make build.
  5. The app is created in build/bin.
  6. Double click the Slashbase file to open the app on Windows and MacOS. For linux, run ./Slashbase on terminal to start the app.

Using Homebrew on macOS.​

Make sure Homebrew is installed and run the following commands:

brew install slashbaseide/tap/slashbase

Using Scoop on Windows​

Make sure Scoop is installed and run the following commands:

scoop bucket add kulfi-scoop https://github.com/Animesh-Ghosh/kulfi-scoop
scoop install slashbase

Using Arch Linux Repository​

Install from the Arch User Repository:

yay -S slashbase

Troubleshooting

If you face any issues installing or using slashbase, send us a mail at [email protected] or contact support chat on our website slashbase.com.