Download Installer

Before you can get started creating applications with Appcelerator, you must download an install Appcelerator.
To download Appcelerator, go to the Appcelerator Developer Network

Windows Users

For Windows users, there is a visual installer that needs to be run (if it doesn’t load automatically) after you you download it. Simply follow the steps in the installation wizard.

win32 wizard

Mac OSX Users

For Mac OSX users, there is a visual installer that should automatically run after you download it.

Once you download the installer, finder should automatically mount the install DMG file and display the following window:

mac finder

You can double-click icon labeled the Run Installer and simply follow the steps in the installation wizard.

mac wizard

Unix Users

For Unix users, there is a command-line installer. The downloaded file is a self-extracting archive file (commonly referred to as a “shar” file). Once you’ve downloaded the .run file, run it from a command prompt as root (replace the filename below with the name of the file you downloaded).

> sudo sh installer_unix_1.0.run

Verify Installation

Once you have successfully completed the installation, a web browser should be launched with an Appcelerator Welcome page.

Now go to a command prompt and type

> app

You should see the following:

                           Appcelerator RIA Platform                            

  This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type 
  `app help:license`. This is free software, and you are welcome to 
  redistribute it under certain conditions of the GNU GPL version 3 license.

    Usage:

        app -h/--help
        app command [arguments...] [options...]

    Examples:

        app create:project ~/myproject foobar java --verbose
        app install:plugin foo:bar

    For supported commands, use:

        app help:commands

    For command-specific help, use:

        app help [command]

If you do, you’re ready to go! If not, please login to the Appcelerator Developer Network and post a message to the Developer Network group, and we’ll get back to you as soon as possible.