Download Eise.app for Mac, Windows and Linux
Free planetary image stacker
Below you can find native desktop builds of Eise.app for macOS (Apple Silicon and Intel), Windows 10+, and Linux. The features are the same as the website, but having a local build comes with some advantages, like offline usage and no throttling when the app is running in the background.
Choose your platform
Version 2026.09.26 · Release notesmacOS
Apple Silicon (M1+). On an Intel Mac, take the Intel build.
Eise is not signed yet, so macOS blocks the first launch. Open it, click Done, then go to System Settings → Privacy & Security and click Open Anyway.
Windows
Windows 10+. Or the ARM64 build for Snapdragon / Surface Pro X.
Click "More info" → "Run anyway" if SmartScreen appears.
Linux
For Debian / Ubuntu on x64. On ARM64 download the ARM64 .deb. On other distros use the tarball, x64 or ARM64.
The tarball extracts an executable into a folder.
If you are happy with Eise, please consider donating. It is free and open source, and your support keeps it going. I'm also considering requiring a paid license for the offline builds, but I'd first like to know your opinion on that :-).
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Desktop app vs. web version
All algorithms and stack results are the same between web and desktop, there are however some convenient differences.
| Desktop app | Web (eise.app) | |
|---|---|---|
| Runs while minimized | Full speed | Throttled when the Eise tab is in the background |
| Works offline | Fully offline after install | Needs a connection to load the app |
| Updates | Checks in the background, applies on next launch | Latest version on every page load |
| WebGPU | Always available | Depends on the browser and its configuration |
| Stacking speed | Same. Both use WebGPU when available, so the compute is identical. | |
| Privacy | Same. All processing happens on your machine, no frames leave the device in either version. | |
| Install size | ~200 MB (bundled Chromium runtime) | Nothing to install |