Install Eliot

To use Eliot, you need both the software and a dictionary. Follow the installation instructions for your operating system, then choose a dictionary for the language you want to play in.

1. Install Eliot

Choose your platform for installation instructions, or build Eliot from source.

• Windows — Eliot 2.1, ZIP archive to extract.
• Debian/Ubuntu — Ubuntu PPA and .deb packages.
• Mac OS X — Eliot 2.1, DMG disk image.
• Other operating systems — build Eliot from source.
• Source code — Eliot 2.2 release archive and development version.

Release notes on GitHub

2. Choose a dictionary

Choose and download a dictionary for your playing language. The Dictionaries page also explains how to build a dictionary from your own word list.

Dictionary languages are independent of the website language and Eliot's interface language.