Download RenoForge 1.3.4 for Windows and Linux

Installing on Windows

1. Unblock the archive

   Windows marks files downloaded from the internet, and the unpacked program may not work properly. Right-click the archive → «Properties» → at the bottom of the «General» tab tick «Unblock» → «OK». Unpack it after that.

2. Unpack the archive

   No administrator rights are needed if you can write to the folder, for example %LOCALAPPDATA%\Programs\RenoForge. The program does not touch the registry and keeps all its files in its own folder.

3. Install the .NET Runtime — for the «Without .NET» build

   The base .NET Runtime 10 (Microsoft.NETCore.App) is required; the ASP.NET Core Runtime and the .NET Desktop Runtime are not needed for this program. To list installed runtimes: dotnet --list-runtimes.

   winget install Microsoft.DotNet.Runtime.10

   Or use the «.NET Runtime 10.0.x, Windows x64» installer from dotnet.microsoft.com . Installing the runtime needs administrator rights and is done once.

4. Run RenoForge.exe

   On the first run Windows may show a blue «Windows protected your PC» window. SmartScreen shows this warning for programs that are not signed with a publisher certificate and have not yet built up download statistics; it does not mean the program contains malicious code. Click «More info» → «Run anyway».

   To check that the file is genuine, compare its checksum with the one published above:

   certutil -hashfile renoforge-1.3.4-win-x64-standalone.zip SHA256

Installing on Linux

1. Check the system libraries

   Most distributions already have them. The DejaVu or Liberation fonts are needed for PDF export: without them the export fails with a message saying so.

   sudo apt install libicu74 libx11-6 libice6 libsm6 libfontconfig1 fonts-dejavu-core

   For Fedora, RED OS and RHEL:

   sudo dnf install libicu libX11 libICE libSM fontconfig dejavu-sans-fonts

2. Install the .NET Runtime — for the «Without .NET» build

   The base .NET Runtime 10 is required; to check: dotnet --list-runtimes.

   sudo apt install dotnet-runtime-10.0

   If your distribution has no such package — including Astra Linux, RED OS and ALT:

   curl -sSL https://dot.net/v1/dotnet-install.sh -o dotnet-install.sh
   sh dotnet-install.sh --channel 10.0 --runtime dotnet
   export PATH="$HOME/.dotnet:$PATH"

3. Unpack the archive

   tar -xzf renoforge-1.3.4-linux-x64-standalone.tar.gz
   cd renoforge-1.3.4

   To verify the checksum: sha256sum renoforge-1.3.4-linux-x64-standalone.tar.gz

4. Run without installing

   ./RenoForge

   Nothing in the system is changed; this is fine for a first look.

5. Install for everyday use

   The script installs the program into your home folder, no administrator rights needed:

   sh ./install.sh

   It creates an icon, an application menu entry and a launch command:

   renoforge

   If the shell answers command not found, ~/.local/bin is not in your PATH: add export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH" to ~/.profile and log in again. To install for all users: sudo PREFIX=/usr/local sh ./install.sh.

If it does not start

«To run this application, you must install .NET»

The runtime is not installed or has the wrong bitness — or take the build with bundled .NET.

Windows: the program misbehaves right after unpacking

Most likely the archive was not unblocked. Delete the folder, unblock the archive and unpack it again.

Linux: «Permission denied»

chmod +x ./RenoForge

Linux: «error while loading shared libraries»

A library from the first step is missing; its name is in the message itself.

Linux: «Couldn't find a valid ICU package»

libicu is not installed.

Linux: the window does not appear in a Wayland session

GDK_BACKEND=x11 ./RenoForge

The log always helps: %APPDATA%\RenoForge\logs on Windows, ~/.config/RenoForge/logs on Linux. Contact support and attach it to your request.