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Convex Desktop

Convex Desktop is a GUI tool for interacting with Convex. Designed for developers and power users, it puts all the capabilities of Convex at your fingertips.

Convex Desktop Screenshot

Installation​

Convex Desktop requires:

  • A recent version of Java (21+, Java 22 recommended)
  • A GUI based operating system (e.g. Windows, Linux or MacOS)
  • A copy of the convex.jar executable jar file

Java is available from multiple providers, we recommend:

Snapshots of the convex.jar file are currently available here: Convex Snapshots

Running Convex Desktop​

If Java is correctly configured, you should be able to run Convex Desktop simply by double-clicking on the convex.jar file which will run Convex Desktop as an executable. On some systems, you may need to grant permissions to run a downloaded executable file.

Alternatively to run Convex Desktop, you can run the following commend from the command prompt, script or GUI shortcut:

java -jar convex.jar desktop