This guide is intended for users of Windows 11/10 and assumes prior experience with the terminal and Git.
Motivation
I had a rocky experience following the INSTALL.md guide to install Aseprite on Windows. At the time of writing, it was updated 8 months ago. I tried contributing an update to help organise it with tables and dropdowns but it was rejected for valid reasons. Not wanting to go through the long process of starting an issue and discussion on their repo, I thought it best to simplify even more and just publish a brief article guide on how to install Aseprite on Windows 11 in 2024 from my own experience.
Hopefully, you find this useful 😁
1. Get the source code
Clone the repository and all its submodules using the following command:
To update an existing clone:
git submodule update –init –recursive
2. Dependencies
To compile Aseprite you will need:
Dependency
Version
Note
CMake
Latest (minimum v3.16)
Make available in PATH
Ninja
Latest
Make available in PATH
aseprite/Skia
Skia-m102
Follow their release notes
Visit the links for more information on how to download pre-built packages or compile them yourself.
You will also need:
Using Visual Studio Installer, install the Desktop development with C++ item with:
Windows 10 SDK (10.0.18362.0)
MSVC v143 – VS 2022 C++ x64/x86 build tools (or later version)
3. Compiling
For some of the commands below, make sure they point to the correct paths as they can be different on your system.
3.1 Create a build folder inside ./aseprite
mkdir build
Remove build folder and start again if you want fresh copy of Aseprite.
3.2 Enter the VS 2022 Dev CMD Env.
3.3 Run cmake inside ./aseprite/build:
No MinGW support. See info within Issue #2449.
3.4 Run ninja in aseprite/build folder
You can find the executable inside ./aseprite/build/bin/aseprite.exe.
Hopefully, this guide helps you install Aseprite locally on your machine.
