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Install the desktop app

CloudScope desktop is distributed from GitHub Releases. Download the ZIP for your operating system and follow the steps below.

Try CloudScope first

You can use the web application without installing anything.

Use official releases when you need stable, repeatable analysis results. Released desktop builds, matching source code, and checksum files are archived on the Releases page so you can return to the same version later.

Download and run

CloudScope for Windows is distributed as a standalone application in a ZIP archive.

Download

  1. Open CloudScope Releases.
  2. Download the latest CloudScope-vX.Y.Z-windows-x64.zip.
  3. Optionally verify the download using the accompanying CloudScope-vX.Y.Z-windows-x64.zip.sha256 file (see Verify your download).

Unblock the ZIP

Unblock before extracting

Windows marks files downloaded from the Internet with a security zone flag. If you skip this step, CloudScope may fail to start after extraction (see Troubleshooting below).

  1. Right-click the ZIP file.
  2. Select Properties.
  3. If an Unblock checkbox is present, enable it.
  4. Click Apply, then OK.

Alternatively, use PowerShell:

Unblock-File "$env:USERPROFILE\Downloads\CloudScope-vX.Y.Z-windows-x64.zip"

Extract

  1. Right-click the ZIP file.
  2. Select Extract All…
  3. Wait for extraction to complete.

Do not run CloudScope directly from inside the ZIP archive.

Run

Open the extracted folder and double-click CloudScope.exe:

CloudScope/
└── CloudScope.exe

If Windows SmartScreen appears, select More info, then Run anyway.

Only do this if you downloaded CloudScope from the official GitHub Releases page.

Troubleshooting

CloudScope does not start

If CloudScope reports a Python.Runtime.dll or pythonnet error when starting:

  1. Delete the extracted CloudScope folder.
  2. Unblock the original ZIP file.
  3. Extract the ZIP again.
  4. Launch CloudScope.exe.

This error is commonly caused by Windows marking downloaded ZIP files as originating from the Internet.

Validated on

Windows 11 Home, Version 21H2, OS Build 22000.2538, 64-bit.

CloudScope for macOS is a signed, notarized .app bundle for Apple Silicon (arm64) Macs.

Intel Macs and universal builds are not supported.

Download

  1. Open CloudScope Releases.
  2. Download the latest CloudScope-vX.Y.Z-macos.zip.
  3. Optionally verify the download using the accompanying CloudScope-vX.Y.Z-macos.zip.sha256 file (see Verify your download).

Install and run

  1. Double-click the ZIP file to extract CloudScope.app.
  2. Drag CloudScope.app to Applications (recommended).
  3. Open CloudScope from Applications.

No Unblock step or SmartScreen workaround is required. The application is code signed and notarized by Apple.

Validated on

macOS Tahoe 26.2, Apple Silicon.

Verify your download (optional)

Each desktop ZIP on the Releases page has a matching .sha256 checksum file. Download both files, then compare the hash of the ZIP to the contents of the checksum file.

Get-FileHash "CloudScope-vX.Y.Z-windows-x64.zip" -Algorithm SHA256

The hash should match the first field in CloudScope-vX.Y.Z-windows-x64.zip.sha256.

shasum -a 256 CloudScope-vX.Y.Z-macos.zip

The hash should match the first field in CloudScope-vX.Y.Z-macos.zip.sha256.

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