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The ArchOverflow app

Every tool in one window on your computer, working offline.

The ArchOverflow app puts every tool in one window of its own, with its own icon on your taskbar or dock. Moving from one tool to another stays inside that window.

It's the same tools as the website, kept up to date: each time the app opens with a connection, it loads the newest version.

Get it #

  1. Open any tool in Edge or Chrome.
  2. Open the Tools menu and click Download the ArchOverflow app.
  3. On the page that opens, click Install on the card at the top, then confirm in the browser.

The app lives at app.archoverflow.com, and that address is only for the installed app: opened in a normal browser tab, it takes you to the same page on the website. Every tool keeps its own address on the website, so bookmarks and links keep working.

Working offline #

Once you've opened a tool in the app with a connection, it opens without one too. Your work on this computer opens, and edits you make offline save to your project when you're back online.

Some things need a connection: signing in, saving to a project, share links, and map or climate data. The app says so when you're offline.

Your license #

While you're signed in, the app keeps a small signed license on your computer and renews it each day you're online. Offline, it keeps the tools working for up to 30 days. After that the tools open your work read-only until you connect once. Your work always opens, prints and exports.

  • Share links and calendar feeds keep their usual addresses, because they're meant for other people.
  • The library and these docs open in your browser.
  • Work saved only on this computer (not in a project) stays with the address you made it at. To use it in the app, save it to a project first, or export it and open the file in the app.
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