Download Bible Desktop - Free Bible Study Software

Official Stable Release

The latest official release of Bible Desktop is 1.6. We provide you a choice of a standard installer or running BibleDesktop using WebStart.

The following installers provide you with the installation your are familiar. Click on the logo to download for your operating system.

	Mac OS X Disk Image	Just download, open the Disk Image and drag to the Application folder.
	Windows 95/98/98SE/ME NT/2000/XP/Vista Installer	Just download to your desktop and run the program. If you don't have Java that's ok. Our installer will get it for you. See note below if you are runing Vista.
	Linux, BSD, Unix	Download, uncompress and run BibleDesktop.sh. See below for note on Linux.
	WebStart	See below for note on WebStart

Sword Modules

These downloads do not contain Sword modules (Bibles, Commentaries, Dictionaries, Daily Devotionals, General Books...). When you start BibleDesktop for the first time you will be prompted to download the books you want. If you are using a proxy, please set your proxy settings with "Edit Sites".

Most Sword modules are working with BibleDesktop. So, please report any that fail.

At this time, the Personal Commentary does not work.

Nightly Build

Every night we automatically create a new nightly release which may have all sorts of strange bugs that could wipe out civilization as we know it. You'll need an installation of Java as for the stable release of Bible Desktop.

	Mac OS X Application (zipped)	Just download and unzip, moving the application to the location of your choice.
	Windows 95/98/98SE/ME NT/2000/XP/Vista Installer	Just download to your desktop and run the program. If you don't have Java that's ok. Our installer will get it for you. See note below if you are runing Vista.
	Linux, BSD, Unix	Download, uncompress and run BibleDesktop.sh. See below for note on Linux.
	WebStart	See below for note on WebStart

Note on Windows Vista

We are trying to fix the Vista problem of it repeatedly asking you permission to run BibleDesktop.

Note on WebStart

WebStart works on all platforms and does not require an active connection to the internet after the program is run for the first time. To use WebStart you will need to have Java on your computer. You can get Java from www.java.com. Once Java is installed, you can run BibleDesktop by clicking on the WebStart button. The first time you run, you will be asked if you trust our application. We have signed it as a "Thawte Freemail Member". When you are offered a choice to create desktop shortcuts do so. It will make running BibleDesktop so much easier. You won't need to come back to this page.

Note on Linux

Most distributions of Linux pose a challenge to running Java programs: Most do not come with a version of Java that can run BibleDesktop. You will need to obtain and install Java before trying to run BibleDesktop.