Make yourself at home

Your next step.
Install Vega.

A desktop home for Nostr, on your own computer. Choose your operating system and we’ll walk you through it.

v0.16.4Free & open sourceRelease notes ↗

Windows macOS Ubuntu / Debian Fedora openSUSE Arch Linux

Vega for Windows

Windows · x64

Download the installer, then open it to begin.

Vega_0.16.4_x64-setup.exe7.0 MB

Open the downloaded .exe file.
Follow the installer’s steps.
Launch Vega from the Start menu.

About the Windows security warning

The installer is not yet code-signed. Windows SmartScreen may display an “Unknown publisher” warning. Check that the file came from the official Vega release, and only continue if you trust the source. If you’re unsure, cancel the installation.

Need an MSI? Vega_0.16.4_x64_en-US.msi9.3 MB

Or use Winget

The version offered by Winget may differ from the download above.

winget install Hoornet.Vega

Vega for macOS

Apple Silicon · arm64

Download the disk image for your Apple Silicon Mac.

Vega_0.16.4_aarch64.dmg9.5 MB

Open the downloaded .dmg file.
Drag Vega into your Applications folder.
Open Vega from Applications or Spotlight.

This download is for Apple Silicon Macs, not Intel Macs.

Ubuntu, Debian & Linux Mint

Linux · amd64 · .deb

Download the Debian package and install it with apt, which can also resolve its dependencies.

Vega_0.16.4_amd64.deb11.6 MB

wget https://github.com/hoornet/vega/releases/download/v0.16.4/Vega_0.16.4_amd64.deb
sudo apt install ./Vega_0.16.4_amd64.deb

Video and audio playback

Install these GStreamer plugins if you need media playback support.

sudo apt install gstreamer1.0-plugins-base gstreamer1.0-plugins-good gstreamer1.0-libav

Vega for Fedora

Linux · x86_64 · .rpm

Download the RPM package and install it with dnf.

Vega-0.16.4-1.x86_64.rpm11.6 MB

wget https://github.com/hoornet/vega/releases/download/v0.16.4/Vega-0.16.4-1.x86_64.rpm
sudo dnf install ./Vega-0.16.4-1.x86_64.rpm

Video and audio playback

Media plugin availability depends on your enabled repositories.

sudo dnf install gstreamer1-plugins-base gstreamer1-plugins-good gstreamer1-libav

Vega for openSUSE

Linux · x86_64 · .rpm

Download the RPM package and install it with zypper.

Vega-0.16.4-1.x86_64.rpm11.6 MB

wget https://github.com/hoornet/vega/releases/download/v0.16.4/Vega-0.16.4-1.x86_64.rpm
sudo zypper install ./Vega-0.16.4-1.x86_64.rpm

Video and audio playback

Media plugin availability depends on your enabled repositories.

sudo zypper install gstreamer-plugins-base gstreamer-plugins-good gstreamer-plugins-libav

Arch Linux & Manjaro

AUR · stable or development

Choose the stable vega-nostr AUR package for numbered releases. Review the package’s build files before using an AUR helper.

# With yay
yay -S vega-nostr

# Or with paru
paru -S vega-nostr

Development builds are a separate package

vega-nostr-git builds the main branch, not a numbered release. Install it only if you want development code.

Video and audio playback

sudo pacman -S gst-plugins-base gst-plugins-good gst-libav

Updating a Linux package

Package-managed Vega cannot update itself. Use the same package source you installed from.

Stable AUR: run yay -S vega-nostr. If an older Vega banner suggests vega-nostr-git, keep the stable command instead.
Development AUR: run yay -S vega-nostr-git.
Downloaded .deb or .rpm: the update banner opens the release. Download the new package and install it with apt, dnf or zypper, as above.
Other packages: follow your package manager’s update instructions.

Flatpak and Omarchy’s own Vega package repository are not published as of v0.16.4.

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