Development builds

Warning

These are unstable development snapshots intended for testing and showcasing new features; if you want to download a stable build, head on to the Linux, Windows, or macOS download pages.

Build artifacts are hosted on GitHub; you need to be logged in to download them.

Download link	Build version	Date

¹ Windows MSYS2 builds include 64-bit ZIP and Installer with both 64-bit MSYS2 (default) and 64-bit MSVC (optional).

² Windows MSVC builds include 32-bit ZIP and 64-bit ZIP.

Installation notes

Testing new features might require a manual reset of the configuration file. DOSBox Staging builds use a configuration file named dosbox-staging.conf located in:

Linux	~/.config/dosbox/
Windows	C:\Users\USERNAME>\AppData\Local\DOSBox\
macOS	~/Library/Preferences/DOSBox/

Linux

The tarball contains a dynamically-linked x86_64 build; you’ll need additional dependencies installed via your package manager.

Fedora

sudo dnf install SDL2 SDL2_image SDL2_net opusfile

Debian, Ubuntu

sudo apt install libsdl2-2.0-0 libsdl2-image-2.0-0 libsdl2-net-2.0-0 libopusfile0

Arch, Manjaro

sudo pacman -S sdl2 sdl2_image sdl2_net opusfile

Windows

Windows executables in snapshot packages are not signed, therefore Windows 10 might prevent the program from starting.

See this guide to learn how to deal with this.

macOS

macOS app bundles are not notarized; Apple Gatekeeper will try to prevent the program from running.

See this guide to learn how to deal with this.