Installation

Note

Due to the unique nature of its filesystem and package management, Reskin currently does not support NixOS.

Reskin can be installed in 3 different ways outlined below. Before proceeding, please make sure you have installed all prerequisites.

Pre-built Binary

This is the fastest and easiest way to get started. Simply download the pre-built binary and make it executable.

1. Go to the releases page

2. Download the binary

3. Make the binary executable:

chmod +x reskin

4. Run the binary:

./reskin

Manual Installation

Caution

This installation method is not recommended for beginners and should only be used by advanced users. If you are a beginner, we strongly suggest using a pre-built binary instead.

1. Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/iamnotmega/reskin

2. Change to the cloned repository:

cd reskin/src-tauri

3. Install the Node modules:

npm install

4. Build the frontend:

npm run build

5. Build the binary:

cargo build --release

AUR (Arch User Repository)

Note

Please note that this method of installation only works on Arch Linux or distributions based on it.

Caution

There is a known issue where Reskin installations from the AUR may whitescreen and make the app completely unusable. To fix it, go to the Reskin GitHub repository and download the latest binary available. Then copy it into /usr/bin/ and make sure it’s named reskin. This should fix the problem.

1. If you haven’t already, install an AUR helper like yay:

git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git
cd yay
makepkg -si

2. Install Reskin:

yay -S reskin

For nightly preview builds, use:

yay -S reskin-git