Download & Installation

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You are viewing the MAA GUI download and installation guide. If you need the maa-cli download and installation instructions, see maa-cli's Installation and Build. The Android variant (MAA Android) is currently in open testing — see MAA-Meow for details.

Downloading MAA

MAA offers multiple download channels, including the official website, package managers, and group file shares. Choose the method that fits your environment.

official website

The website usually selects the correct architecture automatically; for most readers this will be Windows x64. macOS users should choose the macOS universal build.

Mirror酱

Confirm your system architecture and download the matching package. Mirror酱 does not provide a macOS universal build — macOS users should select the package matching their chip architecture (arm/x86).

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Mirror酱 is a third‑party, paid download acceleration service and is not operated by the MAA project. Its operating costs are covered by subscriptions and a portion of revenue is shared with project contributors. Consider subscribing to CDK for faster downloads and to support the project.

Install via Windows package manager (Winget)

Tips

This method applies only to Windows users.

Run the following command in a terminal:

winget install --id MaaAssistantArknights.MaaAssistantArknights --exact --source winget

--source winget restricts the search to the winget source. This keeps the installation from aborting with error 0x8a15005e when certificate validation for the Microsoft Store (msstore) source fails, which can happen behind some proxies or game accelerators.

When installed this way the default install path is C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WinGet\Packages.

Download from the official QQ group files

1. Join the MAA official QQ group
2. Download the latest MAA package from the group's shared files.

GitHub Releases

Make sure to choose the package that matches your system architecture. For most Windows users download MAA-<version>-win-x64.zip. For macOS users choose MAA-<version>-macos-universal.dmg.

Linux and other operating systems

MAA GUI is currently not supported on Linux or other operating systems. You can use maa-cli to access MAA functionality on those systems — see the maa-cli Installation and Build document for details.

Installing MAA

Windows

After downloading you will have a .zip file. Extract it fully with your archive tool to obtain a folder containing all MAA files.

Warning

1. Do not extract MAA to locations that require UAC elevation such as C:\ or C:\Program Files\.
2. MAA includes a bundled .NET runtime (self-contained deployment), but it still requires the Visual C++ Redistributable x64 (VCRedist x64). After extraction, run DependencySetup_依赖库安装.bat in the MAA directory as administrator to install the required dependencies. After installation completes, run MAA.exe.

For more information see the top of the FAQ.

Double-click MAA.exe to start MAA.

Tips

If you installed via Winget you can start MAA by running maa from the command line without extracting the archive or installing runtimes manually. If maa-cli is on your PATH you may need extra steps to disambiguate the two.

macOS

Open the downloaded .dmg and drag MAA.app to /Applications to complete installation.

Next steps

After installation, return to the New User Guide to continue setup, or visit Introduction to learn about MAA's features. If you encounter problems during installation, check the FAQ for troubleshooting tips.

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