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Grit for Mac, Windows and Linux.

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System requirements

Mac
- Mac with Apple Silicon
- macOS 14 Sonoma or later
Windows Test build
- 64-bit Intel or AMD processor
- Windows 10 or 11
- Graphics card with a Vulkan driver
Linux Test build
- 64-bit Intel or AMD processor
- X11 or Wayland desktop
- Graphics card with a Vulkan driver
- A current distribution, such as Ubuntu 24.04 or Debian 12

A display with room for Grit’s window: at least 1120 × 760 points
Disk space for your library. Grit stores each imported track as FLAC together with its separated stems, in ~/Music/Grit on a Mac, %LOCALAPPDATA%\Grit on Windows and ~/.local/share/grit on Linux. Plan space in proportion to the music you prepare.

Analysis and stem separation run on your computer: with Apple’s MLX on Metal on a Mac, and on the graphics card through Vulkan on Windows and Linux. Nothing is uploaded, and preparing or playing your music never needs a connection.

The Windows and Linux versions are earlier test builds than the Mac version. The guides show the Mac’s shortcuts: on Windows and Linux, press Ctrl where they show ⌘. Tell us how the builds run on your machine, in your account or on Discord.

Optional hardware

An audio interface with four outputs, or a second audio device, for headphone cueing. With built-in audio only, Grit still plays and lets you preview while the decks are stopped.
An Akai APC40 MK1 works out of the box. Other MIDI controllers can be mapped with MIDI Learn.

More in audio setup and MIDI controllers.

Installing

Mac

Open the download and move Grit to your Applications folder.
Open Grit from Applications.

Windows

Open the installer you downloaded; if your browser asks, keep it. If Windows says it protected your PC, choose More info, then Run anyway: the test builds aren’t signed yet.
Grit installs for your user account, without administrator rights, and starts from the Start menu.

Linux

Allow the download to run as a program, in its file properties or with chmod +x Grit-*.AppImage.
Start it with a double-click. Grit is this one file; keep it wherever you like.

For a new version on Windows, open the next installer: it updates Grit in place. On Linux, start the next AppImage and delete the old one. Your library stays where it is.

Then import your first tracks. The getting started guide walks you through it.

Your license covers two personal computers, whether Mac, Windows or Linux. There’s no license key to keep: you can move Grit between computers in your account.

Updates

Every Grit 1.x update is included with your license. A future major version may be a paid upgrade; the version you bought stays yours either way.

See what changed in the changelog, or follow it by RSS.

In the meantime

The playground is a simplified browser sketch of the idea with four Creative Commons house tracks: launch sections, switch stems and work the mixer right now.

The blog covers how Grit is built and where it’s going.