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Launch in browser

The browser build is the same build as everything else. Nothing is held back for the desktop version.

Install with one command

curl -fsSL https://nightcell7.com/install.sh | sh

irm https://nightcell7.com/install.ps1 | iex

Both scripts detect your platform and architecture, verify the download against the release’s published SHA256 checksums, and refuse to install on a mismatch. If you would rather not pipe a script into a shell, read them first — install.sh and install.ps1 are plain text, and you can run them from disk instead.

curl -fsSL https://nightcell7.com/install.sh -o install.sh
less install.sh
sh install.sh

Managing the install

The installer handles its own lifecycle. After installing, the nightcell7 command forwards the same subcommands.

nightcell7 update
# or, without it installed:
curl -fsSL https://nightcell7.com/install.sh | sh -s -- update

nightcell7 login

nightcell7 version

nightcell7 uninstall
# or:
curl -fsSL https://nightcell7.com/install.sh | sh -s -- uninstall

$env:NIGHTCELL7_COMMAND='update';    irm https://nightcell7.com/install.ps1 | iex
$env:NIGHTCELL7_COMMAND='uninstall'; irm https://nightcell7.com/install.ps1 | iex

Uninstalling removes the app, the launcher and the desktop entry. It deliberately leaves your saves and settings alone and tells you where they are, rather than deleting data you did not ask it to touch.

Package managers

Pick your platform’s manager and it handles upgrades for you. Each entry has install, upgrade and uninstall.

brew tap profullstack/tap

brew install --cask nightcell7

brew upgrade --cask nightcell7

brew uninstall --cask nightcell7

scoop bucket add profullstack https://github.com/profullstack/scoop-bucket

scoop install nightcell7

scoop update nightcell7

scoop uninstall nightcell7

winget install Profullstack.Nightcell7

winget upgrade Profullstack.Nightcell7

winget uninstall Profullstack.Nightcell7

yay -S nightcell7-bin

yay -Syu nightcell7-bin

yay -Rns nightcell7-bin

sudo apt install ./NIGHTCELL-7-*.deb

Download the newer .deb and install it the same way

sudo apt remove nightcell7

sudo dnf install ./NIGHTCELL-7-*.rpm

Download the newer .rpm and install it the same way

sudo dnf remove nightcell7

nix-env -iA nixpkgs.nightcell7

nix-env -uA nixpkgs.nightcell7

nix-env -e nightcell7

chmod +x NIGHTCELL-7-*.AppImage && ./NIGHTCELL-7-*.AppImage

Replace the file with a newer one

Delete the file

Direct downloads

• macOS — .dmg (Apple silicon and Intel)
• Windows — installer .exe
• Linux — .AppImage, .deb, .rpm

Verifying a download

Every release publishes SHA256SUMS.txt next to the binaries. The install scripts check it automatically; to check by hand:

curl -fsSLO https://github.com/profullstack/nightcell7/releases/latest/download/SHA256SUMS.txt
shasum -a 256 -c SHA256SUMS.txt --ignore-missing

Install as a web app

Open /playand use your browser’s install action. The installed PWA gets its own window and icon, and runs offline once content is downloaded.

Requirements

See system requirements. Run the in-game benchmark before buying anything — it is the honest answer for your machine.

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