Danila Poyarkov 904f3ca390

fix: use official Homebrew cask installation guidance (#712 )

* fix: use official Homebrew cask installation guidance

* docs: guide localized pages through the old Homebrew tap

The translated getting-started pages documented the official cask but not
the migration from the archived tap, so readers of those pages had no
uninstall step for the old formula.

2026-09-17 13:36:17 +03:00

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Getting Started

Try Online

OpenPencil runs in the browser — no installation required. Open app.openpencil.dev to start designing.

If you want to build on top of it instead of only using the default app, see the Programmable section and the Vue SDK.

Download Desktop App

Pre-built binaries for macOS, Windows, and Linux are available on the releases page.

Platform	Download
macOS (Apple Silicon)	`.dmg` (aarch64)
macOS (Intel)	`.dmg` (x64)
Windows (x64)	`.msi` / `.exe`
Windows (ARM)	`.msi` / `.exe`
Linux (x64)	`.AppImage` / `.deb`

macOS via Homebrew

brew install --cask openpencil

This installs the signed macOS app (Apple Silicon and Intel) from the official Homebrew cask. Homebrew updates are reviewed upstream and may lag behind GitHub releases. For a release not yet available through Homebrew, use the direct download.

The desktop cask does not install the CLI; install it separately with npm install -g @open-pencil/cli.

If you used the archived custom tap, migrate with:

brew uninstall open-pencil/tap/open-pencil
brew install --cask openpencil

Building from Source

Prerequisites

Bun (package manager and runtime)
Rust (for desktop app only)

Installation

git clone https://github.com/open-pencil/open-pencil.git
cd open-pencil
bun install

Development Server

bun run dev

Opens the editor at http://localhost:1420.

Available Scripts

Command	Description
`bun run dev`	Dev server with HMR
`bun run build`	Production build
`bun run check`	Lint (oxlint) + typecheck (tsgo)
`bun run test`	E2E visual regression (Playwright)
`bun run test:update`	Regenerate screenshot baselines
`bun run test:unit`	Unit tests (bun:test)
`bun run docs:dev`	Documentation dev server
`bun run docs:build`	Build documentation locally (fast validation build)
`bun run docs:build:production`	Build deployable documentation, including LLM files

Desktop App (Tauri)

The desktop app requires Rust and platform-specific prerequisites.

macOS

xcode-select --install
cargo install tauri-cli --version "^2"
bun run tauri dev

Windows

Install Rust with stable-msvc toolchain:
```
rustup default stable-msvc
```
Install Visual Studio Build Tools with "Desktop development with C++" workload
WebView2 is pre-installed on Windows 10 (1803+) and Windows 11
Run:
```
bun run tauri dev
```

Linux

Install system dependencies (Debian/Ubuntu):

sudo apt install libwebkit2gtk-4.1-dev build-essential curl wget file \
  libxdo-dev libssl-dev libayatana-appindicator3-dev librsvg2-dev

Then:

bun run tauri dev

Build for Distribution

bun run tauri build                                    # Current platform
bun run tauri build --target universal-apple-darwin    # macOS universal

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