👀 Getting Started#

This section contains installation instructions and guides to get you started.

Installing portable builds (Windows and Linux)#

Installing IOLITE is trivial. Simply download a release from the landing page or, if you have subscribed to IOLITE PRO, from the subscriber area and unzip it. Finally, launch the IOLITE executable. That’s it. 🙂

If you encounter an issue when running IOLITE, please consult the section ⁉️ Frequently asked questions. If you are unable to solve the issue, please follow the steps depicted in I’ve encountered an issue that is not referenced in this FAQ. What should I do?.

Beta releases (PRO only)#

Beta releases are released in between main releases for PRO subscribers. Please consider the following when working with a beta release of IOLITE:

Important

Beta releases are released more frequently and contain the latest features, but they can be a little less stable.

  • Please switch to the develop branch in our public GitHub repository and search for a tag matching the version of IOLITE you are using

  • Please ensure that you are using a matching version of the open-source plugins. Due to potential API changes, there are separate plugin releases available for the beta versions of IOLITE

Telemetry (Usage statistics)#

IOLITE, by default, gathers some elementary anonymous usage statistics to aid the development.

Note

This system will be extended in the future also to report crashes.

The following data is collected for each of the logged events:

UUID

A unique identifier based on a hash of the addresses of all the network adapters installed in your system, e.g., 8A36-E187-2C1F-51FB. This hash can not be reversed to get access to the MAC addresses of your adapters

Platform

Either Windows or Linux

Build

Either Free or Pro

API version

The version of the API, e.g., 0.4.0

Event name

The event’s name, e.g., startup, shutdown, etc.

Event metadata

Currently unused and reserved for future use

You can turn off the telemetry system at any time by adding the following member to your app_metadata.json file:

"disable_telemetry": true