Install the desktop app

Requires Windows 10 or 11.

Installer (x64)

winget (x64)

powershell

winget install StirlingTools.StirlingPDF

Scoop (x64)

powershell

scoop bucket add stirling-pdf https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/homebrew-stirling-pdf
scoop install stirling-pdf/stirling-pdf

Update with scoop update stirling-pdf.

Windows on ARM

Download Stirling-PDF-windows-arm64-setup.exe and run it. The ARM build isn't on winget.

If the app runs but no window appears, install the Microsoft Edge WebView2 Runtime and start it again.

Requires macOS 10.15 or later, on Apple silicon or Intel.

DMG

If macOS blocks the app, open System Settings → Privacy & Security, select Open Anyway next to the Stirling PDF message, then open it again.

Homebrew

bash

brew tap stirling-tools/stirling-pdf
brew install --cask stirling-pdf

Requires a 64-bit x86 (x86_64) system.

Debian and Ubuntu (.deb)

bash

wget https://files.stirlingpdf.com/linux-installer.deb
sudo apt install ./linux-installer.deb

Fedora and RHEL (.rpm)

bash

wget https://files.stirlingpdf.com/linux-installer.rpm
sudo dnf install ./linux-installer.rpm

AppImage (no install needed)

bash

wget https://files.stirlingpdf.com/linux-installer.AppImage
chmod +x linux-installer.AppImage
./linux-installer.AppImage

Arch Linux (AUR)

bash

paru -S stirling-pdf-desktop

First launch#

On first launch, Sign in to Stirling gives three choices:

Sign in to use Stirling Cloud.
Select or connect to a self-hosted account to use your organisation's server.
Select Continue without signing in to work in Local Only mode.

You can change this later in Settings → Connection Mode. If a tool says Backend starting up..., wait a few seconds.

To install silently or pre-configure many machines, see Managed deployment.