Gaia Sky Downloads

(November 29, 2023) Current stable version: 3.5.7-3

System		Package	SHA256
	Linux	DEB package (98 MB) RPM package (98 MB) Linux/Unix installer (51 MB) AppImage (95 MB) AUR stable - gaiasky AUR dev - gaiasky-git Flatpak (via Flathub)	c735fb4e53ddd2ba974793d31a686d3a2f944c4f41a9a852a882e8de28bad457 57e4dc68b7cf0e4789a4f7a4519dbb04582a1326689c9a315022dd9b59d9fd31 0b176295d5e4b6b52483aa2a23a11a6b161256585d8cf355b46618b4c199ab98 bddb8005ad6b6d3b86e7fe5e26b91ee1144cada04d410d3fb757c8cb39c80d7c - - -
	Windows	64-bit installer (97 MB)	73052371622b5ec4b6fff4e6a179dbdcd9dcb2abdf171792c0f8a4aa887a7465
	macOS	DMG package (105 MB)	29774c96858b0743cdfb9103ee9f1bdf6d7acd0d31a3933c05c0797f192e975e
	Archive file	TAR.GZ archive file (48 MB)	5ffc2dfd3660ad77a8d3d10f8836e146cbf08bce4cdbc6612a8ee8870e6186e1
	GIT repository	Source code	-

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Installation instructions

Windows installer

Download the installer and double-click on it. Follow the on-screen instructions. In Windows 8/10 SmartScreen may block the installation. If so, just click on More info and then on Run anyway.

macOS installer

Download and open the DMG file. Drag the Gaia Sky.app application from the mounted drive to your /Applications directory. Our package is not signed, so you may want to have a look at how to open apps from "unidentified developers".

TGZ installation

Uncompress the archive in POSIX systems using:

tar -zxvf gaiasky-[version].tar.gz

DEB package

Run the following in a terminal:

dpkg -i gaiasky-[version].deb

RPM package

Run the following in a terminal:

rpm -ivh --nodigest gaiasky-[version].rpm

AUR package

Use any tool capable of installing packages from AUR. The package name is gaiasky. For example, with yay:

yay -S gaiasky

Flatpak

To install, just do:

flatpak install flathub de.uni_heidelberg.zah.GaiaSky

Run with:

flatpak run de.uni_heidelberg.zah.GaiaSky

AppImage

The AppImage package does not need to be installed. Just download the file, optionally check the digest, give it execution permission, and run it.
Check digest:

sha256 ./GaiaSky_[version].appimage

Give execution permission to your user:

chmod u+x ./GaiaSky_[version].appimage

Run with:

./GaiaSky_[version].appimage

Gaia Sky VR

Gaia Sky supports Virtual Reality via OpenXR on Linux and Windows. Use the CLI argument gaiasky -vr or use the gaiaskyvr.exe executable (on Windows) to run it. You need a VR headset and runtime supporting OpenXR.

Getting the data

The Gaia Sky installation only contains the raw program. If you actually need to run Gaia Sky you will need to download some data (catalogs, 3D models, textures, etc.). To do so, Gaia Sky contains an integrated dataset manager to help you get the datasets you need. In case you need to run Gaia Sky in a machine without an internet connection or have problems with the built-in downloads, we offer direct downloads for all versions of all datasets. As a general rule of thumb, you should always get the most recent version.

• Gaia Sky data repository