Install¶

Bimble is one program, bimble, with no installer. You can also use it in a browser without installing anything: see In a browser.

Download¶

Get the archive for your system from the latest release:

System	File
macOS, Apple Silicon (M1–M4)	`bimble-*-aarch64-apple-darwin.tar.gz`
macOS, Intel	`bimble-*-x86_64-apple-darwin.tar.gz`
Windows 10/11	`bimble-*-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc.zip`
Linux x86_64	`bimble-*-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz`
Any browser (a static page to host yourself)	`bimble-*-web.zip`

SHA256SUMS lists the checksums of all the files.

Unpack the archive, then run bimble. Without arguments it opens the viewer.

macOSWindowsLinux

The binary isn't signed yet. If macOS refuses to open it, run this once in the unpacked folder:

xattr -d com.apple.quarantine bimble
./bimble

Double-click bimble.exe. SmartScreen may warn about an unknown publisher: choose More info → Run anyway.

tar xzf bimble-*-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz
./bimble-*/bimble

The viewer needs a graphics driver with Vulkan or OpenGL.

bimble --version
bimble demo frame.bimble     # a small concrete frame to try things on
bimble view frame.bimble

You need Rust (stable).

git clone https://github.com/guilbep/bimble
cd bimble
cargo build --release        # the program is target/release/bimble

To build the browser version, see In a browser.