Installing Nitrocid KS on Windows is pretty easy, but we recommend installing the simulator using the Chocolatey package manager.
Before performing the installation, your Windows system must meet the following requirements:
KS v0.1.0 or later
To run Nitrocid KS in the absolute minimum requirements, your computer needs to have the following installed:
However, we recommend that your computer have the below software installed to get the best out of the kernel:
KS v0.0.24.0 or lower
We support installing KS 0.0.24.0 or lower until August 2, 2027.
To run Nitrocid KS in the absolute minimum requirements, your computer needs to have the following installed:
However, we recommend that your computer have the below software installed to get the best out of the kernel:
Installation
There are several ways to install Nitrocid KS on Windows systems. We recommend installing KS using the Chocolatey package manager for simplicity.
Method 1: Chocolatey
This step-by-step guide shows you how to install Nitrocid KS using the package manager, Chocolatey, assuming that you already have it on your system.
Ensure that Chocolatey is installed to your system PATH
Open your favorite terminal emulator, like ConEmu, and execute the following command: choco install ks
Start Nitrocid KS using ks
Method 2: Manual unpack
If you like to manually unpack the Nitrocid KS packages, follow these steps:
Ensure that you have all the required software installed
Download the latest release RAR file from this page. Files that end with the -dotnet prefix means that it's for .NET 6.0.
Unpack the RAR archive to any folder of your choice
Open your favorite terminal emulator, like ConEmu, and change the working directory to a folder containing the Nitrocid KS executable
Execute ks or Nitrocid.exe to start the kernel
Bleeding-edge
Bleeding-edge builds usually come from building the development branch of the kernel, and they usually contain bugs and other untested features.
If you're a tester to such software, please follow the steps on your Windows machine. Please be sure that you're signed in to your GitHub account.
Select the most recent build
Scroll down to Artifacts and click on the ks-build button to download the ZIP file
Extract the file. Be sure that you have the latest version of 7-Zip or your favorite archive manager installed
Open your favorite terminal emulator, like ConEmu, and change the working directory to a folder containing the Nitrocid KS executable
Execute ks or Nitrocid.exe to start the kernel
