---
title: "Install Donut Browser · Docs"
description: "Install Donut Browser on macOS, Windows or Linux, accept the Wayfern terms, download the engine and create your first private browser profile in two minutes."
url: "https://donutbrowser.com/docs/install/"
---

# Install Donut Browser and make your first profile

Donut Browser is a desktop app for macOS, Windows and Linux. You do not need an account. Profiles, cookies and history stay on your computer.

## Download

| System | Packages |
| --- | --- |
| macOS | DMG for Apple Silicon, or `brew install --cask donut` |
| Windows | x64 installer, or a portable ZIP |
| Linux | `.deb`, `.rpm` and AppImage for x86_64 and ARM64; Flatpak and Snap for x86_64 |
| Nix | `nix run github:zhom/donutbrowser#release-start` |

Get the files from the [home page](https://donutbrowser.com/#download) or the [GitHub releases](https://github.com/zhom/donutbrowser/releases/latest).

On a 64-bit Linux desktop, this script installs Donut:

```bash
curl -fsSL https://donutbrowser.com/install.sh | sh
```

On Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, RHEL and related systems, it adds the package repository, so APT or DNF installs the updates. On other systems, such as Arch and openSUSE, it installs the AppImage for the current user. To choose the AppImage, run `curl -fsSL https://donutbrowser.com/install.sh | sh -s -- --appimage`. Native packages need glibc 2.34 or later; the AppImage needs glibc 2.35 or later.

If the AppImage stops at start, install `libfuse2`, or run it with `APPIMAGE_EXTRACT_AND_RUN=1`. The Flatpak cannot set the default browser; choose Donut in your system settings instead. The Snap needs `sudo snap connect donutbrowser:audio-record` for the microphone and `sudo snap connect donutbrowser:camera` for the camera.

## First start

1. The **Wayfern Terms and Conditions** dialog opens. Read the terms and click **I Accept**. Wayfern is the Chromium-based engine that runs every profile. Until you accept, the local API answers `403`.
2. The **Welcome to Donut Browser** dialog opens. Click **Next**. On the **Licensing** step, click **I understand**.
3. On macOS, the next step asks for microphone and camera access. Click **Allow access** or **Not now**. Each site still asks you separately.
4. Donut downloads Wayfern. This happens once. Later engine updates download in the background.

The app sends no telemetry, analytics or crash reports.

## Create your first profile

1. Click **Create my first profile** at the end of the welcome steps, or **New** at the top right of the **Profiles** page.
2. Enter a **Profile Name**.
3. Under **Proxy / VPN**, choose a proxy or VPN, or click **Add Proxy**. A profile without one uses your own IP address.
4. Click **Create**. Wayfern makes a new device for the profile: user agent, screen, fonts, WebGL, canvas, audio and the other values sites read.
5. Click the launch button on the profile's row.

![Create New Profile dialog. The name field reads Shop · US-East 04, the operating system picker is set to Windows, the proxy picker to US Residential 01. Toggles for Password Protected and Ephemeral sit next to the proxy picker. A note warns that a fingerprint for a different operating system is less reliable. At the bottom: Advanced options, Cancel, a count stepper set to 1, and Create.](https://donutbrowser.com/img/docs/create-profile.webp "Create a profile: name, fingerprint OS, proxy or VPN, password and ephemeral mode.")

Each profile has its own cookies, history, extensions and fingerprint. Two profiles never share a session. To learn what you can change, read [Profiles and fingerprints](https://donutbrowser.com/docs/profiles).

![Donut Browser main window. A table lists 12 browser profiles with name, status, tags, note, proxy or VPN, extension group and Cookie Bot columns. Group tabs across the top read All 12, Shop 4, Research 3, Social 2, Ads QA 2. Proxy cells show country flags from the last proxy check. The row Shop · US-East 03 is running: its launch button is a red stop button and a live bandwidth graph replaces the proxy name.](https://donutbrowser.com/img/docs/profiles-table.webp "The profile table with groups, statuses, tags, notes and per-profile proxies. One profile is running.")

## Personal and commercial use

The app is free for personal use. Commercial use is free for a 2-week trial; after that it needs a paid plan. All features keep working when the trial ends. **Settings → Commercial License** shows the time left.

## Next steps

- [Import profiles](https://donutbrowser.com/docs/profile-import) from Chrome, Edge, Brave and other Chromium browsers.
- [Add proxies and VPNs](https://donutbrowser.com/docs/proxies), then give each profile its own route.
- [Turn on sync](https://donutbrowser.com/docs/sync) to back up profiles and use them on other computers.