Windows

Only Windows 10 and 11, and only 64 bit installations are supported.

There are 2 ways to install BrickStore:

  1. Via the Microsoft Store: just search for BrickStore and click install. This installation will then be updated automatically by Windows.

  2. Via the Installer you download yourself: choose the one simply named Windows regardless of your current platform (the x64 or ARM64 ones are legacy).

Start the installer, then when Windows tells you that it "protected your PC", click More info to reveal the Run anyway button. Click that button and from there on out, it's a standard installation process.

If there is no Run anyway button available, then your Windows installation is configured to not allow unsigned installations to run. Your only option is then to install from the Microsoft Store.

If you get an error message saying Error 5: Access is denied, then please start the installer as Administrator (in Explorer, right-click the file and select Run as administrator). This shouldn't happen, but then again we are talking about Windows...

macOS

Open the DMG image, drag the BrickStore icon to the Applications folder and eject the BrickStore image again, as you would on any other software installation. Then start BrickStore from your computer's Applications folder.

Please note: the standard version will only install on macOS 13 or newer. 10.14, 10.15, 11 and 12 are still supported by the legacy build though, but this might have problems with some web cams not working correctly.

Linux

Please note that the Debian Backend package is a command-line only utility and its only purpose is to generate BrickStore's database. It is not usable for anything else.

Flatpak

Flatpaks for both Intel and ARM machines are available for download. Getting BrickStore registered on https://flathub.org/ is planned for a future release. The downloaded file should be installable straight from your file manager, or on the commandline via flatpak install ~/Downloads/BrickStore-<VERSION>-x86_64.flatpak

Ubuntu Snap

BrickStore for Ubuntu is primarily distributed as a Snap via Ubuntu's Snapcraft store: https://snapcraft.io/brickstore for both Intel and ARM processors. You should be able to install and update it straight from the Ubuntu Software Center.

AppImage

An AppImage installation is provided for Intel processors, that is completely distribution independent. You can read more about AppImages here: https://appimage.org/

Ubuntu 24.04 and 26.04

Traditional DEB packages for Ubuntu 24.04 and 26.04 (and their derivatives) are also available. You can eihter install these using your distro's graphical package managager or via the command line: sudo apt install ./Downloads/Ubuntu-24.04-brickstore_<VERSION>_amd64.deb

Arch

Arch has a well maintained package, available directly via AUR: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/brickstore

Compile from sources

If you cannot use one of the pre-compiled packages, you can however easily build the software yourself using the classic Unix command: ./configure && cmake --build .. For more information about this, see the corresponding Wiki page.

Android

Can be installed directly from the Gogle Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.brickforge.brickstore

ARMv7 and ARM64 packages are also available for side-loading on GitHub.

iOS

BrickStore is now available directly via Apple's App Store: https://apps.apple.com/de/app/brickstore/id1626933201

Test builds between releases are available via Apple's Testflight program: https://testflight.apple.com/join/qIu2smfl