Installation

VirtuProbe Studio ships as a self-contained Electron desktop application. No Java, Node.js, or server setup is required — everything is bundled inside the installer.

Download

Download the installer for your platform from dl.virtuprobe.studio.

Platform	File
macOS (Apple Silicon)	virtuprobe-studio-mac-arm64.dmg
macOS (Intel)	virtuprobe-studio-mac-x64.dmg
Windows	virtuprobe-studio-win-x64.exe
Linux (AppImage)	virtuprobe-studio-linux-x86_64.AppImage
Linux (deb)	virtuprobe-studio-linux-amd64.deb

Unsigned builds — macOS and Windows

VirtuProbe Studio v0.0.9 installers for macOS and Windows are not code-signed. Your OS will show a security warning on first launch. The steps below explain how to proceed. Signed installers are coming in v1.0.1.

macOS

1. Open the .dmg and drag VirtuProbe Studio to Applications.
2. Try to launch it — macOS will block it with “cannot be opened because it is from an unidentified developer”.
3. Open System Settings → Privacy & Security. Scroll down to the blocked app notice and click Open Anyway.
4. In the confirmation dialog, click Open (or enter your password if prompted).

Alternatively, right-click (or Control-click) the app in Finder and choose Open from the context menu — this lets you bypass Gatekeeper without going into System Settings.

Note

This prompt appears once per installation. After you approve it, the app launches normally on every subsequent open.

Windows

1. Download and run virtuprobe-studio-win-x64.exe.
2. Windows SmartScreen may show “Windows protected your PC” because the installer is unsigned.
3. Click More info, then click Run anyway.
4. Follow the setup wizard. VirtuProbe Studio is added to the Start menu.

Note

SmartScreen only appears on the first run of an unsigned installer. You will not see it again after installation.

Linux (AppImage)

1. Download the .AppImage file.
2. Make it executable:

   chmod +x virtuprobe-studio-linux-x86_64.AppImage

3. Run it:

   ./virtuprobe-studio-linux-x86_64.AppImage --no-sandbox

Note

The --no-sandbox flag is required on most Linux distributions because the Chromium sandbox requires elevated privileges that are not available by default.

Linux (deb)

sudo dpkg -i virtuprobe-studio-linux-amd64.deb
virtuprobe-studio --no-sandbox

First launch

On first launch, VirtuProbe creates a local database to store your projects and probes. No account or internet connection is required to start using the tool.

Verifying the download

Each installer has a corresponding .sha256 file published alongside it. To verify the integrity of what you downloaded:

macOS / Linux

# Download the sha256 file alongside the installer, then:
sha256sum --check virtuprobe-studio-linux-x86_64.AppImage.sha256
# or on macOS:
shasum -a 256 --check virtuprobe-studio-mac-arm64.dmg.sha256

Windows (PowerShell)

# Compute the hash of the downloaded file:
Get-FileHash virtuprobe-studio-win-x64.exe -Algorithm SHA256

# Compare against the contents of the .sha256 file:
Get-Content virtuprobe-studio-win-x64.exe.sha256

The .sha256 files are available at the same path as the installer, with .sha256 appended — for example:

https://dl.virtuprobe.studio/latest/win/virtuprobe-studio-win-x64.exe.sha256
https://dl.virtuprobe.studio/latest/mac/virtuprobe-studio-mac-arm64.dmg.sha256
https://dl.virtuprobe.studio/latest/linux/virtuprobe-studio-linux-x86_64.AppImage.sha256