Installation

Download

Grab the latest release for your platform from the GitHub releases page.

Platform	File
macOS (Apple Silicon)	.dmg
macOS (Intel)	.dmg
Windows	.msi
Linux	.AppImage or .deb

Open the installer and follow the prompts. On macOS, drag scryer to your Applications folder.

First launch

When you open scryer for the first time, you’ll see an empty canvas with a command palette. Press Ctrl+K (or Cmd+K on macOS) to open it at any time.

From the command palette you can:

• Create a new model — starts with a blank canvas
• Open an existing model — browse your saved diagrams
• Load a template — start from a pre-built architecture

Models are saved as .scry files in ~/.scryer/ — everything stays local on your machine.

Building from source

If you want to build scryer yourself:

Prerequisites

• Rust (stable)
• Node.js 20+
• pnpm
• System dependencies for Tauri 2

If you use Nix, shell.nix provides everything:

nix-shell

Build & develop

pnpm install          # Install dependencies
pnpm tauri dev        # Run full app (Tauri + Vite on :1420)
pnpm tauri build      # Production build