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VCSIDE 0.1.0, published on 2026-11-09. What is new.
macOS
For Apple silicon and Intel, macOS 11 or later. The disk image has VCSIDE.app: drag it to Applications. The zip has the same app.
Download .dmg 5.8 MB.zip 5.4 MB
SHA-256
VCSIDE-0.1.0-macos.dmg: 4fe44c4261cad9a027b6dd7b985272ce062a897501ac7179d2757507442197e9
VCSIDE-0.1.0-macos.zip: 8fc3aa61a075a66bb4f00acd94128f28de22c8d54da8df94272c76c0a015c5ec
Windows
Windows 10 or 11, 64-bit; Windows 11 on Arm runs it too. The installer needs no administrator rights and adds a Start menu shortcut and an uninstaller. The zip has vcside.exe and its data folder, to run from anywhere.
Download installer 3.4 MB.zip 4.4 MB
SHA-256
vcside-0.1.0-windows-x86_64-setup.exe: a4a83649db5370125df950643367bff30425bed3440eca3c0accff1b35cc8386
vcside-0.1.0-windows-x86_64.zip: 3c702addc80ee454cfa27dce38e1bd479a814b93ce3bf179839c0ad73a6e9581
Linux
vcside and its data folder, for x86-64 or arm64 (Raspberry Pi 4 and 5 with a 64-bit system), glibc 2.41 or later (Debian 13, Ubuntu 25.04, Fedora 42).
Download x86-64 3.5 MBarm64 3.3 MB
SHA-256
vcside-0.1.0-linux-x86_64.tar.gz: d9ba42b09cedfefe223df94b10b53d304c6c2224753793e8d7a305a8e48cd473
vcside-0.1.0-linux-arm64.tar.gz: 5938bae6f81fc802d340eae4ef532b8c44785703316960ffd59108ff1735c6c8
Not signed yet The first time, macOS says it cannot check the developer: open System Settings → Privacy & Security and choose Open Anyway. Windows SmartScreen may stop it too: More info → Run anyway.
All the files and their checksums are on the release page.
It needs OpenGL 2.1 or later. Nothing else of its own.
Tools to install
VCSIDE works with these tools and finds them when they are installed. You only need the ones for the kind of project you make, and VCSIDE tells you which one is missing, with its download page.
| Tool | For | Tested with |
|---|---|---|
| DASM | assembly | 2.20.14.1 |
| batari Basic and wasmtime | batari Basic | 1.9 (WebAssembly build) |
| Arm GNU toolchain and GNU Make | C for ELF cartridges | |
| Stella | running and debugging | 7.0 |
| Gopher2600 | running and debugging | 0.56.1; ELF needs a recent build |
Source code
VCSIDE is free software, and its source code is on GitHub: C++17 with Dear ImGui and SDL3, built with CMake. The README says how to build it on each system, and the releases page keeps every version with its checksums.
Found a bug or missing something? Tell us in the issues, with your system, VCSIDE's version (in About) and, if you can, a small project that shows it.
Licences
- Program and icon: GPL-3.0-or-later.
- Knowledge base: CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Project templates and examples: CC0, so your games are yours to license as you like.
- The libraries built in keep their own licences, listed in the About window. External tools are not bundled.