Download Tapscribe

Download for Mac

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Apple silicon (M1 and newer), macOS 12 or newer

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Install

1. Open the downloaded .dmg and drag Tapscribe to Applications.
2. Open Tapscribe. The first time, macOS says it can't check the app, because it isn't notarised by Apple yet: click Done, open System Settings › Privacy & Security, scroll down and click Open Anyway next to Tapscribe, then confirm. You only do this once. (On macOS 14 or earlier: right-click Tapscribe in Applications › Open › Open.)
3. Choose Individual to sign in or create a free account, or Enterprise to connect to your company's Tapscribe Server.
4. Plug in an Android phone with USB debugging on (in the phone's Settings › Developer options). The first time, the app downloads Google's adb tool for you with one click.
5. No phone? Click Download an emulator on the Home screen, choose the device size, Android version, memory and storage, and the app downloads and sets it up from Google, with progress as it goes. No Android Studio needed.

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Windows 10 or 11, 64-bit (Intel or AMD)

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1. Run Tapscribe-Setup. It installs just for you, so it doesn't need an administrator. (Or unzip the portable copy anywhere and open Tapscribe.exe.)
2. The app isn't signed yet, so Windows may say “Windows protected your PC”: click More info, then Run anyway. Your browser may also ask whether to keep the file: choose Keep.
3. Choose Individual to sign in or create a free account, or Enterprise to connect to your company's Tapscribe Server. Tapscribe sits in the notification area (next to the clock) while it takes runs.
4. Plug in an Android phone with USB debugging on. Some phones (for example Samsung) need their maker's USB driver before Windows can talk to them. The first time, the app downloads Google's adb tool with one click.
5. For emulators, click Download an emulator on the Home screen. They need the Windows Hypervisor Platform (Start › “Turn Windows features on or off”); the app tells you if it's off. PCs with ARM processors can use phones, not emulators.

The app's window uses Microsoft Edge WebView2, which Windows 11 and updated Windows 10 already have; the installer tells you if it's missing.

Download the runner

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Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, RHEL and other Linux with systemd; Python 3.10+

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For device labs, CI machines and servers with emulators: the runner takes runs from your Tapscribe Server and plays them on the phones and emulators attached to the machine. It connects out to the server; nothing connects in.

Install

1. In Tapscribe, an admin opens Devices › Add a runner and copies the runner token (it's shown once).
2. On the Linux machine: tar xzf tapscribe-runner-*-linux.tar.gz && cd tapscribe-runner && sudo ./install.sh
3. Enter the server's address and the token (typed hidden). It runs as a service from then on, and starts with the machine.

The full Tapscribe app for Linux desktops is planned. Tell us you need it.