# How to install HiddifyApp
This app is a multi-platform client based on Sing-box that serves as a universal proxy toolchain. This app offers a wide range of capabilities. It also supports a large number of protocols. The app is free to use, ad-free, and open-source. It provides a secure and private tool for getting access to the free internet.
🚀 Supporting a wide range of protocols such as:
**ECH, Sing-box, V2ray, Xray, Vless, Vmess, Trojan, Reality, gRPC, WebSocket, Quic, TUIC, Hysteria, Hysteria2, Shadowtls, SSH, Clash, Clash meta**
🟡 Supporting different subscription links like: **Clash, Sing-box, Shadowsocks**
⭐ **[View more features](https://github.com/hiddify/hiddify-next/blob/main/README.md#-main-features)**
For reading the tutorial follow this article.
## Software installation
Choose one of the following based on your operating system.
Install on Windows (click)
- First download the program from [here](https://app.hiddify.com/win).
- Now run the downloaded file. This Windows security message will appear and you must click `Yes`.
- In Windows 11, a warning may be displayed like this, click on `More info`.
- Then click `Run Anyway` to open the file.
- In the next step, it displays the installation location of the program, which you can change if needed and click `Next`.
- At this stage, it asks you for more settings, such as creating a shortcut on the desktop and enabling Automatically start the app. You can choose the options you want and click `Next`.
- Now just click `Install` to start installing the program.
- In this way, the program starts to install.
- At the end of the installation, the following window will appear, click `Finish`.
- Now the program is running. If it does not run, run its shortcut on the desktop.
- The first time it will ask you for your language and location settings. Click on `Language `to change the language and click on `Region `to change the region and choose the options you want and run the program.
- `Enable Analytics` help us collect data to improve the app
- In the next step, the program will open.
- The next time you run the program, you will always face this page and the previous steps will not be needed.
> Note: As you know, Windows 7 is no longer supported by Microsoft. Therefore, you may encounter problems when installing this program on Windows 7. It is possible that your problem will be solved by installing [this package](https://www.google.com/search?q=%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%84%D9%88%D8%AF+visual+c%2B%2B&sca_esv=570966760&source=hp&ei=IsIeZbLFIsyp5NoPy_2B4As&iflsig=AO6bgOgAAAAAZR7QMkjEd1aXYyjVQxAzwcErW5_B47mY&oq=%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%84%D9%88%D8%AF+visual&gs_lp=Egdnd3Mtd2l6IhPYr9in2YbZhNmI2K8gdmlzdWFsKgIIADIFEAAYgAQyBRAAGIAEMgUQABiABDIFEAAYgAQyBRAAGIAESNY_UP4KWNcycAR4AJABAJgBigOgAZMuqgEEMy0xNrgBA8gBAPgBAagCCsICEBAuGAMYjwEY5QIY6gIYjAPCAhAQABgDGI8BGOUCGOoCGIwDwgILEAAYgAQYsQMYgwHCAgsQLhiABBixAxiDAcICERAuGIAEGLEDGIMBGMcBGNEDwgILEC4YigUYsQMYgwHCAgsQABiKBRixAxiDAcICDhAuGIAEGLEDGMcBGNEDwgIIEAAYgAQYsQPCAgsQLhiDARixAxiABMICERAuGIMBGMcBGLEDGNEDGIAEwgIIEC4YsQMYgATCAgUQLhiABMICBBAAGAM), but if you still could not install the program, we recommend using Windows 10 with 64-bit architecture.
Install on Mac (click)
- First, download the program from [here](https://app.hiddify.com/mac).
- Then find the downloaded file in `Downloads` and open it.
- Now program the file and drop it in `Applications`. With this, the application file will be transferred to the `Applications` section.
- Now the program is permanently copied to the `Applications`. Double click on it to run.
- This message is given the first time you open the app because it was downloaded from a source other than the `App Store`.
- Go to the `Security and Privacy` section and click `Open Anyway` in the `General` tab.
- Now click on `Open`.
- Go to the `Applications` section again and open the program easily.
- The first time it will ask you for your language and location settings. Click on `Language `to change the language and click on `Region `to change the region and choose the options you want and run the program.
- `Enable Analytics` help us collect data to improve the app
- The program opens like this.
- From now on, you can easily run the program in the `Applications` section.
Install on Linux (click)
- First, download the program from here.
- Extract the downloaded file from the compressed mode and then check with the following command that it has access to execute.
Assume that the downloaded file is in Downloads in the Home folder, so run the following command.
```
ls -la ~/Downloads/hiddify-linux-x64.AppImage
```
- If the output was as follows,
`rwxr-xr-x 1 user user 26272960 Sep 30 07:55 ~/Downloads/hiddify-linux-x64.AppImage`
It means that it has x or executable permission and you can run it easily. Otherwise, you can run the following command in the terminal to add executive access.
- Now just run the file.
- The first time it will ask you for your language and location settings. Click on `Language `to change the language and click on `Region `to change the region and choose the options you want and run the program.
- `Enable Analytics` help us collect data to improve the app
## How to use the app
In order to know how to use this app please take a look at this [article](https://github.com/hiddify/hiddify-next/wiki/How-to-use-HiddifyNext-app).