Download Hew

v1.4.0

The desktop app is the full Hew experience: native file dialogs, .hew file associations, and automatic updates. It's free, open source, and available for every major platform. Grab the build for your system below.

macOS

Your system

macOS 13 or later — one universal app for Apple Silicon and Intel

Download for macOS.dmg · universal

Signed with an Apple Developer ID and notarized.

Windows

Your system

Windows 10 or later

Download for Windowsinstaller · x64

Installer (.exe): x64 ARM64

The installer isn't code-signed yet, so SmartScreen may warn on first run — choose “More info”, then “Run anyway”. Signing is planned as the project grows.

Linux

Your system

Needs WebKitGTK 4.1 — stock on Ubuntu 22.04+, Fedora 36+, and most current distros

Download AppImageAppImage · x64

AppImage: x64 ARM64
Debian / Ubuntu (.deb): x64 ARM64
Fedora / openSUSE (.rpm): x64 ARM64

Mark the AppImage executable (chmod +x) before first run, or install the .deb/.rpm.

Arch, Gentoo, and Flatpak packages

Desktop builds keep themselves current: the macOS app, Windows install, and Linux AppImage check for new releases and update in place. (.deb and .rpm installs pick up new versions from this page.)

No install needed

Hew in your browser

Want to try Hew before installing anything — or you're away from your own machine? The web app runs the same Rust kernel, has the same tools, and reads and writes the same .hew files, entirely in your browser.

Open the web app

More ways to get Hew

Arch, Gentoo, and Flatpak packages — native, auto-updated packages for those distros and package managers.
Homebrew — brew install --cask hew3d/tap/hew on macOS, which also puts hew-cli on your PATH.
Self-host the web app — a tarball of the static web build; unzip it behind any file server.
Build from source — Hew is open source (AGPL-3.0 with a plugin exception); the README covers setup.
All releases — release notes and every download, on GitHub.