Installation and Updates

Installation and Updates

Requirements

• Windows 11 is the supported target. Snipdeck runs on Windows 10 (version 1809 / build 17763 or later), but the Mica backdrop only renders on Windows 11 — on Windows 10 the window falls back to a solid colour.
• Microsoft Edge WebView2 Runtime. Snipdeck's live terminal (see Running Commands) is rendered inside WebView2. The runtime ships with Windows 11 and current Windows 10, so it's almost always already present. If the terminal panel is ever blank, install the Evergreen WebView2 Runtime.
• No administrator rights are required, and nothing is installed from the Microsoft Store.

Install

1. Go to the Releases page.
2. Download Snipdeck-stable-Setup.exe from the latest release.
3. Run it. Snipdeck is an unpackaged app (no MSIX, no Store) and installs per-user.

A portable build (Snipdeck-stable-Portable.zip) is also published on each release if you prefer to run it without an installer.

Updates

Snipdeck updates itself with Velopack:

• Open Settings → About → Updates and choose Check for updates. Snipdeck checks the GitHub releases feed.
• If a newer build is available, an Apply & restart button appears. Click it to download the update and relaunch.
• Snipdeck takes a backup of your store immediately before applying an update (see Data Storage and Backups).

Where Snipdeck keeps your data

Your CLIs, Snips and run history live in your user profile, separate from the program files, so updates never touch them. See Data Storage and Backups for exact locations and how to change them.

Uninstall

Uninstall from Settings → Apps in Windows like any other per-user app. Your data folder under %LOCALAPPDATA%\Snipdeck is left in place; delete it manually if you want to remove everything (back it up first if in doubt).