Download & verify

Get the current builds straight from the app: the artprog download page detects your operating system, offers all three platforms, and shows the latest version along with checksums. It is the canonical source for the binary — these docs do not carry version numbers or checksum values.

Getting the download

• Open artprog.de/download and download the build for your operating system.
• Downloads are gzip-compressed (.gz) to keep them small and fast — extract the archive to get the executable (see the platform-specific notes under Getting Started). Shipping a .gz rather than a bare .exe also avoids the browser's "this file might be dangerous" download warning.
• Each build is a single, unsigned executable, so your system may warn you the first time you run it — the first-run notes explain what to expect.

Later updates are automatic: artprog upgrade verifies and unpacks them for you.

Verify your download

Optional: confirm the file you downloaded matches the build we published. The published checksum for your platform is shown on the download page (it belongs to that release). Compute your file's hash and compare — they should be identical:

# Linux / macOS
sha256sum <file>

# Windows (PowerShell)
Get-FileHash <file>

This checks the file is not corrupted or incomplete — it is an integrity check, not a guarantee of authenticity.