Windows has a packaged installer. The web app needs nothing installed at all. On every platform the command line tool is one clone and the same five lines, because it is plain Node.js with no third party runtime dependencies, and that is the path every capture on this site was taken from.
From source
availableThe command line tool, on any platform, and the path every capture on this site was taken from. Clone the repository, build the workspace, and the tool is ready.
git clone https://github.com/lucaswebsystems/openlimiter
cd openlimiter
pnpm install
pnpm build
pnpm openlimiter demo
Node 24 or newer and pnpm 9.15.0, which the repository pins.
Windows
availableThe desktop application is packaged for Windows as an installer and attached to the release on GitHub. The command line tool builds from the same clone as everywhere else, and all one hundred tests run on Windows in continuous integration on every commit.
git clone https://github.com/lucaswebsystems/openlimiter
cd openlimiter
pnpm install
pnpm build
pnpm openlimiter demo
Node 24 or newer and pnpm 9.15.0, which the repository pins. PowerShell or any terminal you like.
macOS
availableSame clone, same build, for the command line tool. Apple silicon and Intel both run it, because it is plain Node.js with no third party runtime dependencies. There is no packaged desktop build for macOS yet.
git clone https://github.com/lucaswebsystems/openlimiter
cd openlimiter
pnpm install
pnpm build
pnpm openlimiter demo
Node 24 or newer and pnpm 9.15.0, which the repository pins.
Linux
availableSame clone, same build, for the command line tool, tested on Linux alongside Windows on every push. There is no packaged desktop build for Linux yet.
git clone https://github.com/lucaswebsystems/openlimiter
cd openlimiter
pnpm install
pnpm build
pnpm openlimiter demo
Node 24 or newer and pnpm 9.15.0, which the repository pins.
Web app
availableNothing to install. The web app runs the same engine as the command line tool inside the browser tab, on a document you paste or drop, and it installs to a phone or desktop home screen and keeps working offline. Nothing is uploaded and there is no account.