Install RigPlane Pro.

Before you download

Platform availability moves with each beta cut. The tiles at the top of the downloads page show exactly which platforms the latest release covers. Each installer there has its SHA-256 checksum next to it.

Each release's notes list its known limitations — read the newest ones before you install.

Install steps

1. Download the build for your platform from the downloads page. If a tile shows “Coming soon”, that OS is not in the latest release; the collapsed “Earlier versions” list below the tiles shows what earlier releases covered.
2. Verify the SHA-256 hash with the shield button next to the file. Compare the published hash to the file you downloaded — any mismatch means do not run the binary. The dialog shows the checksum command and links the raw .sha256 file for cross-checking.
3. Install the app from the file you downloaded. Upgrading from an earlier beta? Install the new build over the existing version — saved radios and passwords are kept (see the beta.2 announcement).
4. Sign in on first run. The app asks you to sign in or join the open beta. Use the same RigPlane account email in the app and on the open beta signup so beta access, support, and future purchases stay connected.
5. Add your radio with Add radio: pick the model, enter the connection details, and Pro asks for anything missing (such as a radio password) before starting the radio service. Switch radios or edit details later with Switch Radio → Edit.

If Pro shows that it is connected but the radio does not respond, check the saved model and connection settings, including the selected port — a wrong port or model can still produce a connected state without a working radio.

Requirements and known limitations

These are the points that matter most before installing RigPlane Pro. The current build is the one at the top of the downloads page; its release notes there have the full, up-to-date list of known limitations and supersede this summary.

• macOS: Apple Silicon (M-series) only, macOS 26 or later.
• Windows: x64 and ARM64. The RigPlane virtual audio cable is installed, repaired, and removed from inside Pro and requires Windows 11 version 22H2 or later. Windows SmartScreen may show a low-reputation warning while the signing certificate builds reputation.
• Linux: Flatpak for AMD64 and ARM64; needs PipeWire or PulseAudio.
• Yaesu FTX-1: sending free text CW from the app is not supported yet; CW from the radio's own keyer works.
• Transmit audio: at key-down, audio already handed to the output device or sound server is not recalled; only queued and in-flight audio is discarded.
• Remote access: needs the computers to reach each other over a home network or a VPN such as Tailscale; it does not work across the open internet by itself.

RigPlane Pro and RigPlane Core

RigPlane Pro is the packaged desktop app you install and operate. RigPlane Core is the open-source engine beneath it: an MIT-licensed Python library and browser-based Web UI, published on PyPI as the rigplane package and installed with pip — there you manage Python, audio routing, and config files yourself.

Core documentation — installation, quickstart, and per-radio setup — lives on rigplane.dev. With RigPlane Pro you install the app, not a Python environment.

Stuck on a step? Email [email protected].

Icom and Yaesu are trademarks of their respective owners and are referenced here only to describe compatibility.
Last reviewed 2026-10-26.