Installation

Installing Cuebot

Also on the Cuebot Docs site.

Cuebot is one download. You do not need to install anything else first.

Go to the releases page and open the newest release. While Cuebot is in testing, releases are marked Pre-release. Under Assets, pick the file for your computer:

Your computer	File to download
Windows 10 or 11	Cuebot-win-x64.zip
Linux (most people)	Cuebot-x86_64.AppImage
Linux, with Flatpak	Cuebot-x86_64.flatpak
Linux, ARM computer or if you prefer a plain folder	Cuebot-<version>-linux-arm64.tar.gz or ...-linux-x64.tar.gz

Mac: There is no Cuebot for Macs yet. Cuebot runs on Windows and Linux. See What's experimental.

Windows

1. Download Cuebot-win-x64.zip.
2. Right-click the zip and choose Extract All. Put it in a folder you will keep, like Documents\Cuebot. Do not start Cuebot from inside the zip.
3. Open the folder and double-click Cuebot.exe.

"Windows protected your PC": Windows may show this blue box the first few times, because Cuebot is new and Windows does not know it yet. Click More info, then Run anyway.

Linux

AppImage

1. Download Cuebot-x86_64.AppImage.

2. Make it runnable. In most file managers: right-click it, open Properties and tick the box that allows running it as a program (the wording depends on your desktop). Or type this in a terminal:

   chmod +x Cuebot-x86_64.AppImage
   ./Cuebot-x86_64.AppImage

3. If you want Cuebot in your app menu, use a tool such as Gear Lever or AppImageLauncher.

Flatpak

Download Cuebot-x86_64.flatpak and open it with your software centre, or type flatpak install --user Cuebot-x86_64.flatpak in a terminal.

Tarball (a plain folder)

tar -xzf Cuebot-<version>-linux-x64.tar.gz
./Cuebot-<version>-linux-x64/Cuebot

Arch Linux

The AUR packages cuebot and cuebot-bin come with the first full (non-test) release.

Linux has a few extras, like sound players and the Stream Deck. See the Linux page.

Updating

1. Close Cuebot.
2. Download the new version.
3. Unzip it over the old folder, or into a new folder.

Your actions and settings are not in the program folder, so nothing is lost. They live in your data folder.

Being told about new versions

In the left rail click Settings, then the Support page, then the Updates tab. Tick "Check for updates when Cuebot starts (at most once a day)". Set Channel to Prerelease to also hear about test versions. While Cuebot is in testing, every release is a test version, so pick Prerelease for now.

Next: your first five minutes.