Install Vfinity
Buy the 2.0 alpha on itch.io, install it on Windows, macOS or Linux, and open it for the first time
Vfinity 2.0 Alpha is sold on itch.io and installs like any desktop app. If you already use Vfinity 1.x, save a backup of your settings before anything else.
Back up before you upgrade
2.0 is an alpha, and it installs over 1.x. Export a backup from 1.x first, so you can get your events, throwing setup and theme back if something goes wrong.
Back up your 1.x settings
Skip this if you have never installed Vfinity.
Open Data Management
In Vfinity 1.x, go to SettingsPreferences & dataData Management.
Export a backup
Click Export backup and save the file somewhere outside the Vfinity folder, such as your Documents folder.
The same button is in the same place in 2.0, so you can restore that file later with Import backup. Profiles and backups explains what a backup holds.
Buy the alpha
Vfinity is at soursama.itch.io/vfinity. The 2.0 alpha is a one-time purchase with a $4 USD minimum, and your purchase helps fund development. Stable 1.6.0 is still a free download on the same page.
After you buy, itch.io lists the alpha downloads with the alpha version in their names. Pick the one for your computer.
_x64-setup.exe.dmg for Apple Silicon (aarch64) or Intel (x64)_amd64.AppImageInstall it
- Open the setup file you downloaded. Windows may ask for permission to make changes.
- Choose a language, then whether to install Vfinity for you alone or for everyone on this PC.
- If Vfinity 1.x is installed, the installer shows Existing Installation Found and offers to update it. Choose Update - remove the previous version first (recommended).
- Open Vfinity from the Start menu or the desktop shortcut.
The first time, Windows SmartScreen may warn you, because the app is not code-signed yet. Click More info, then Run anyway.
- Download the
.dmgfor your Mac:aarch64for Apple Silicon (M1 and later),x64for Intel. - Open the
.dmgand drag Vfinity into your Applications folder. - The first time, right-click Vfinity in Applications and choose Open, so macOS lets an app from outside the App Store start.
- Download the
.AppImage. - Make it executable and run it:
chmod +x vfinity_*.AppImage
./vfinity_*.AppImageUpdating from an earlier alpha works the same way, and your setup stays. Back up first, and refresh your Vfinity sources in OBS once afterwards; Upgrading shows how.
Open it for the first time
On a new install, Vfinity opens the setup wizard. It walks you through VTube Studio, TikTok, then Twitch, Kick or YouTube, the OBS browser source and a test gift, and you can skip any of it.
If you upgraded from 1.x, the wizard doesn't open, because your setup is already there. You can still run it from the Dashboard. The setup wizard shows how.
Nothing else has to be installed first. VTube Studio, OBS and your streaming platforms can be connected whenever you are ready.