**Note:** Keep in mind that Tachidesk is alpha software and can break rarely and/or with each update, so you may have to delete your data to fix it. See [General troubleshooting](#general-troubleshooting) and [Support and help](#support-and-help) if it happens.
Anyways, for more info checkout [finished milestone #1](https://github.com/AriaMoradi/Tachidesk/issues/2) and [milestone #2](https://github.com/AriaMoradi/Tachidesk/projects/1) to see what's implemented in more detail.
You should have The Java Runtime Environment(JRE) 8 or newer and a modern browser installed. Also an internet connection is required as almost everything this app does is downloading stuff.
Double click on the jar file or run `java -jar Tachidesk-vX.Y.Z-rxxx.jar` from a Terminal/Command Prompt window to run the app which will open a new browser window automatically. Also the System Tray Icon is your friend if you need to open the browser window again or close Tachidesk.
Download the latest win32 release from [the releases section](https://github.com/AriaMoradi/Tachidesk/releases).
The Windows specific build has java bundled inside, so you don't have to install java to use it. Unzip `Tachidesk-vX.Y.Z-rxxx-win32.zip` and run `server.exe`. The rest works like the previous section.
If the app breaks try deleting the directory below and re-running the app (**This will delete all your data!**) and if the problem persists open an issue.
On Mac OS X : `/Users/<Account>/Library/Application Support/Tachidesk`
On Unix/Linux : `/home/<account>/.local/share/Tachidesk`
## Support and help
Join Tachidesk's [discord server](https://discord.gg/wgPyb7hE5d) to hang out with the community and receive support and help.
## How does it work?
This project has two components:
1.**server:** contains the implementation of [tachiyomi's extensions library](https://github.com/tachiyomiorg/extensions-lib) and uses an Android compatibility library to run apk extensions. All this concludes to serving a REST API to `webUI`.
2.**webUI:** A react SPA project that works with the server to do the presentation.
The `AndroidCompat` module was originally developed by [@null-dev](https://github.com/null-dev) for [TachiWeb-Server](https://github.com/Tachiweb/TachiWeb-server) and is licensed under `Apache License Version 2.0`.