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Desktop app

Midi Stroke runs as a native app on macOS, Windows and Linux, built with Tauri. This is the way to run it: MIDI is handled by the operating system itself, so no browser support question arises, hot-plugging a controller works, and the trainer runs offline.

Install

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Every release ships a signed macOS universal dmg, a Windows installer, a Debian package and an AppImage — all attached to the GitHub releases (the latest release is always the one to grab). What each version ships is recorded in the changelog.

macOS — Homebrew

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One universal build for Apple Silicon and Intel, signed and notarized:

Terminal window
brew install --cask vibetuned/tap/midi-stroke

Updates arrive with brew upgrade. (You can also download the .dmg directly from the GitHub releases.)

Windows — winget

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Terminal window
winget install Vibetuned.MidiStroke

Or download the *-setup.exe installer from the GitHub releases — it bootstraps the WebView2 runtime automatically if it’s missing.

Debian / Ubuntu — apt

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The site hosts a signed apt repository:

Terminal window
sudo curl -fsSL https://ms.vibetuned.com/apt/midi-stroke.asc -o /etc/apt/keyrings/midi-stroke.asc
echo "deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/midi-stroke.asc] https://ms.vibetuned.com/apt stable main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/midi-stroke.list
sudo apt update && sudo apt install midi-stroke

Other Linux

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Grab the .AppImage from the GitHub releases, make it executable and run it.

What the native app gives you

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  • MIDI is native — the shell connects every MIDI input port directly (CoreMIDI on macOS, WinMM on Windows, ALSA on Linux) and streams notes, velocity and breath control to the trainer. No Web MIDI needed, no permission prompt, and no Safari or Firefox dead end.
  • Everything else is identical: same scores, same modes, same imports (ZIP collections work and persist), same stats. Note that stats and imported collections are stored per app — the desktop app and your browser each have their own.
  • Lesson videos need network (they stream from YouTube), and the piano sound samples download on first use.

Building from source

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Terminal window
npm install
npm run tauri dev            # dev shell with hot reload
npx tauri build --bundles app,dmg   # release build (macOS example)

Requires the Rust toolchain. Releases are built automatically by CI when a version tag is pushed.