Install

The phone app runs on Android and iPhone, the desk app on Linux, Windows and macOS. Every channel below carries the same release; pick the one you already use. Nothing to sign up for, nothing to pay.

Android#

Google Play
Install from the Play listing. Play updates the app on its own.
F-Droid
Add the repository https://paxel.github.io/fdroid/repo to the F-Droid app, then install cat(a)log from it. F-Droid updates it with the rest of your apps.
The repository is called "paxel's apps"; F-Droid shows its fingerprint when you add it and remembers it.
The APK
Download the file ending in arm64-v8a.apk from the releases, open it and allow the installation when the phone asks. An APK does not update itself: come back for the next release, or add the F-Droid repository instead.

Android: the shared folder needs a folder the phone can write, a cloud client's folder or a USB stick; the app asks for it once.

iPhone and iPad#

App Store
Install from the App Store listing. The App Store updates the app on its own.
TestFlight
The beta of the next release runs through Apple's TestFlight. Ask for an invitation.

Linux#

Homebrew
```
brew install paxel/tap/catlog
```
The app lands in the application menu right after the install. brew upgrade updates it.
deb
Download the .deb for your machine (x86_64 or arm64) from the releases and install it with your package tool. It does not update itself.
AppImage
Download the .AppImage, make it executable, run it. It registers its own menu entry and icon. It does not update itself.
tar.gz
Download the tar.gz, unpack it anywhere, run catlog. For a machine without a package manager.

Windows#

Scoop

scoop bucket add paxel https://github.com/paxel/scoop-bucket
scoop install catlog

scoop update catlog updates it.

zip
Download the file ending in windows-x86_64.zip, unpack it anywhere, double-click catlog.exe. It does not update itself.

macOS#

Homebrew
```
brew install --cask paxel/tap/catlog
```
brew upgrade updates it.
dmg
Download the .dmg for your Mac (arm64 for Apple silicon, x86_64 for Intel), drag the app into Applications. The first time, right-click the app and choose "Open": it is not signed with Apple, so the Mac asks once.

After the install#

The app opens with a short tour and asks for your name, the author every change is recorded under. Then the first catalog is yours: the first ten minutes.