Installation

RED runs on macOS, Linux, and Windows.

Download a release

Prebuilt, signed binaries are on the latest release:

• macOS - download the .dmg (signed & notarized).
• Linux - download the .AppImage, chmod +x it, and run.
• Windows - download the .exe, or the .zip if you prefer to unpack it.

On first launch RED seeds a small, read-only Sample database, so you can explore the schema browser, run queries, and try the result grid straight away - no database setup required.

Build from source

RED is a Rust workspace. With a recent stable toolchain:

git clone https://github.com/vojir-mikulas/red
cd red
cargo run -p red

macOS build requirement

Building on macOS requires a full Xcode installation for Metal shader compilation. If xcode-select points at the Command Line Tools instead, set:

export DEVELOPER_DIR=/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer

See CONTRIBUTING.md in the repository for the full development setup.