Download

Patterpad: the editor

Patterpad is the main app: the desktop editor where you write. Download the installer for your platform from the latest release:

macOSSigned installer

WindowsInstaller

LinuxAppImage

Grab the file for your OS from the release list below: the Patterpad installers are listed first in each release.

The CLI

patter validates, compiles, plays, and localises projects from the terminal: handy for CI and automation.

Standalone executable: a single file per platform (macOS, Windows, Linux), with no Node.js required. Download it from the release list.

From npm, if you already have Node:

npm install -g @patterkit/cli
patter validate ./my-project.patter

See the CLI reference for every command.

Patterplay JS: the runtime

Play a compiled .patterc bundle in a web game or app. No npm required:

Release zip: patterplay-js-<version>.zip from the release list - the whole JS runtime as a plain download, symmetric with the engine plugin zips: the drop-in, the module builds, and two bundled demos.
Drop-in only: patterplay.min.js, a single self-contained file for a plain <script> tag (no bundler). Grab it loose from the release list, or load it from a CDN:
```
<script src="https://unpkg.com/@patterkit/runtime/dist/patterplay.min.js"></script>
```
From npm: npm install @patterkit/runtime (plus the optional @patterkit/play-helpers). Same version as the zip.

See The Engine API to get started.

Native runtimes

The same bundle plays natively in your game engine. Pick the runtime for the engine you ship on; they ship as engine plugins (see the Patterplay runtimes page):

JavaScript / TypeScript

Unity (C#)

Unreal (C++)

Godot (GDScript)

All releases

Every download (Patterpad installers, CLI binaries, and the JS drop-in) is read live from GitHub Releases, so this list is always current:

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