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macOS releases

Current stable version

Download DOSBox Staging 0.82.0 Universal Binary (dmg)
sha256: ff77f0647d2431f010c6d9dcc29bcf3ab1177cb40fef1009d9bafd1475180b5b

DOSBos Staging requires macOS 10.15 (Catalina) or later, and supports both Intel and Apple silicon Macs.

Check out the 0.82.0 release notes to learn about the changes and improvements introduced by this release.

If you’re new to DOSBox Staging, we highly recommend following the Getting started guide.

Hardware requirements

The latest release is compatible with macOS 10.15 (Catalina) or newer and supports both 64-bit Intel and Apple silicon Macs.

Homebrew

The Homebrew package is compatible with macOS 10.14 (Mojave) or newer. Learn how to set up Homebrew here.

brew update
brew install dosbox-staging

MacPorts

The MacPorts package should build on systems as old as macOS 10.6 (Snow Leopard, circa 2009) or newer. Learn how to set up MacPorts here.

sudo port selfupdate
sudo port install dosbox-staging

If you’re running an OS not longer maintained by Apple, then support is on a best-effort basis (as the team runs supported configurations and may not be able to reproduce some issues).

Development snapshot builds

You can always see what’s cooking on the main branch! 😎 🍺

These snapshot builds might be slow or unstable as they are designed with developers and testers in mind.

Apple Gatekeeper

For releases before 0.81.0 and the development snapshot builds, you’ll need to do the following when launching DOSBox Staging for the first time.

You’ll need to repeat these steps after upgrading to a more recent development build.

macOS Sequoia 15

  • Open the DOSBox Staging app, then click Done in the appearing dialog.
  • Follow these instructions to allow launching DOSBox Staging in the Privacy & Security tab in System Settings.

macOS Sonoma 14 or earlier

  • Ctrl click (or right-click) on the DOSBox Staging app, then click Open.
  • Click OK to close the appearing dialog.
  • Open the app a second time—now Gatekeeper will show an Open button. Press this to launch DOSBox Staging.

Gatekeeper window

Apple’s Gatekeeper feature only permits the running of notarized software, one aspect of which involves developers making yearly payments to Apple.

As DOSBox Staging is a volunteer effort, we were not in a position to make such payments prior to version 0.81.0, and therefore asked users to bypass Apple’s Gatekeeper manually.

Read the first section of this Apple Support article for further info.

Older releases

Building from source

Of course, you can always build DOSBox Staging straight from the source.

Send us patches if you improve something! 😄