Downloads of Zerene Stacker are a 30-day free trial for new users, and the initial download or free update for licensed users.
There is really only one version of the software. With no license key installed, it runs in time-limited trial mode. Installing a license key unlocks features for unlimited use.
Note: Due to its relatively small distribution, Zerene Stacker is sometimes identified by malware protection software as “untrusted”. We have also seen a few false-positive indications where a Zerene Stacker installer was erroneously identified as containing some sort of malware. If you have any difficulties with installation, or any security concerns about the installers, please see How To Validate A Download and/or contact support@zerenesystems.com for help.
The current production version of Zerene Stacker is T2024-11-18-1210 (November 18, 2024), as follows:
macOS (Intel cpu): ZS-MacOSX-SA-T2024-11-18-1210.zip, downloads as a .zip file that automatically expands into an application bundle named ZereneStacker (.app).
This is the recommended bundle for modern Intel Macs running macOS 10.14 or above. It is self-contained and includes its own Java 17 runtime environment.
Length 49,000,414 bytes
MD5 checksum 2a15572e658e81007494de81e67ef78c
SHA-1 checksum 1746276e041277df3f824f4d6923152e969745fd
macOS (M-series ARM cpu): ZS-MacOSX-ARM-SA-T2024-11-18-1210.zip, downloads as a .zip file that automatically expands into an application bundle named ZereneStacker (.app).
This is the recommended bundle for modern Macs with an “Apple silicon” M-series cpu (ARM architecture). It is self-contained and includes its own ARM-native Java 17 runtime environment. Rosetta is required for the launch program and a few helper programs – so macOS will report the package as “Intel” – but all the heavy computation runs ARM-native.
Length 47,802,569 bytes
MD5 checksum 505686fc27a1aed61b85ba64bac690b8
SHA-1 checksum 2bb0d9da389b519242009e8d3d0d69ce50fae4a7
macOS (interim): ZS-MacOSXinterim-SA-T2024-11-18-1210.zip, downloads as a .zip file that automatically expands into an application bundle named ZereneStacker (.app).
This bundle is suitable for Macs running macOS 10.9 through 10.14. It is self-contained and includes its own Java runtime environment.
Length 53,141,970 bytes
MD5 checksum d3dcdc60ebddf3ea98d9d4022a4baafd
SHA-1 checksum 1b0a4464c2444c1331bb3495cc2e6b8308bfebf5
Mac OS X (old): ZS-MacOSXold-SA-T2024-11-18-1210.zip, downloads as an application bundle named ZereneStacker (.app).
This bundle is not self-contained. It requires a Java runtime environment installed by Apple, and will prompt for installation of Java if one is not already installed. It runs as 64-bit where the processor and operating system support it, and as 32-bit otherwise.
Length 9,263,577 bytes
MD5 checksum af37a58e28eadaec283d40df38b86293
SHA-1 checksum db443efbae0164d1762772a5748af3602727c1e8
See the modification history for description of changes.
The most current beta testing version can be downloaded HERE.
Previous production versions are still available in the downloads archive.