Installation
System requirements
Section titled “System requirements”| Windows | macOS | |
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| OS | Windows 10 or 11, 64-bit (x64) | macOS 13.5 or later |
| Processor | x64 | Apple Silicon (Intel Macs are not supported) |
| Network | Needed to download the browser engine and to activate a license | Same |
Veilus is available for Windows and macOS only.
Download
Section titled “Download”Get the installer from veilus.io/download:
- Windows:
Veilus_<version>_x64-setup.exe - macOS:
Veilus_<version>_aarch64.dmg
All releases are also listed on GitHub.
Install
Section titled “Install”-
Run
Veilus_<version>_x64-setup.exe. -
If Windows SmartScreen shows Windows protected your PC, click More info, then Run anyway.
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Follow the installer, then open Veilus from the Start menu.
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Open the
.dmgand drag Veilus into Applications. -
Open Veilus. The app is not notarized by Apple, so macOS says it cannot verify the developer. Click Done.
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Open System Settings → Privacy & Security, scroll down and click Open Anyway, then confirm Open Anyway.
Later launches open normally.
Download the browser engine
Section titled “Download the browser engine”The installer does not include the browser. Profiles cannot launch until an engine is installed.
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In Veilus, open Settings → Engine & updates.
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Under Chromium Version Manager, the list of available versions loads automatically. If it is empty, click Sync from Cloud.
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Click Download next to the version marked Latest.
The first engine you download becomes active automatically. Engine in use under Updates shows which build profiles will use.
To switch versions later, download another version and click Activate. Cleanup Old deletes downloaded versions that are not active. The Free plan keeps one engine version at a time; paid plans can keep several.
Updating Veilus
Section titled “Updating Veilus”From version 0.2.6, Veilus updates itself. Each time the app starts it checks for a newer version, and when one exists a notice names the new version. Click Update and restart to install it, or Later to keep working. To check by hand, open Settings → Engine & updates: the Updates section shows your App version and a Check for updates button.
Version 0.2.5 and earlier can’t update themselves: download the latest installer from veilus.io/download once and install it over the current version. Your profiles, scripts and settings are kept.
Engine updates are separate: download a newer version in Settings → Engine & updates.
Where Veilus stores data
Section titled “Where Veilus stores data”Profiles, scripts, settings and downloaded engines are stored in a .veilus folder in your home directory:
- Windows:
%USERPROFILE%\.veilus - macOS:
~/.veilus
Uninstalling
Section titled “Uninstalling”- Open Settings → Apps, find Veilus and click Uninstall.
- To also delete profiles and engines, delete
%USERPROFILE%\.veilus.
- Quit Veilus (Quit Veilus in the menu bar icon, or Cmd+Q), then move Veilus from Applications to the Trash.
- To also delete profiles and engines, delete
~/.veilus.