X-Plane 12 Installer

Coalition of Freeware Developers project installer application for X-Plane 12.

This installer helps you install and manage addons for X-Plane 12, including aircraft, scenery, and other modifications.

Features

• Automatic X-Plane Detection: Automatically detects X-Plane 12 installations, including Steam versions
• Steam Integration: Uses the steam-locate package to find Steam installations across all library folders
• Addon Management: Install and manage various X-Plane 12 addons
• Multiple Installation Types: Supports aircraft, scenery, plugins, and other addon types
• Background Updates: Automatic checking for addon updates

How to contribute

The installer is built as an Electron Application for Windows using TypeScript, React, and WebPack.

Requirements

Please make sure you have:

• git
• NodeJS 20

Getting Started

First fork the Installer repository project and install the required dependencies

npm install

or

npm i

Then run the development server using

npm run dev

On First Launch

On first launch, the installer will automatically attempt to detect your X-Plane 12 installation:

1. Steam Detection: Searches all Steam library folders for X-Plane 12
2. Standard Detection: Checks common installation paths
3. Manual Selection: Prompts for manual path selection if automatic detection fails

For more details on the Steam detection feature, see Steam Detection Documentation.

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