Aegnux

A convenient way to install Adobe After Effects on Linux using Wine. Heavily inspired by AeNux by cutefish.

⚠️ SOFTWARE IS NOT IN THE RELEASE STATE

If you're interested in the project's roadmap, check out ROADMAP.md.

Download Flatpak package if you want to install it on any distro.

License disclaimer

This project is licensed under GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE V3.

This project is intended for educational and experimental use only. Please respect software licensing agreements and use responsibly. The primary objective is to explore Linux compatibility for creative applications. After Effects is a commercial software developed by Adobe.

Known downsides

Limited hardware acceleration - NVIDIA GPUs only
UI Rendering - Occasional flickering with certain plugins (e.g., Flow)
Memory Management - Potential crashes under heavy RAM usage (need to tweak your system config)

How to install natively

Native installation: the only tested environment is Arch Linux on KDE Plasma Wayland.

Install dependencies

sudo pacman -Syu pyside6 python-requests unzip libarchive curl tar # Arch Linux

It's available in the AUR now

yay -S aegnux
# ...or
paru -S aegnux

Clone the repository

https://github.com/relativemodder/aegnux
cd aegnux

Download binaries for workarounds to work

./prepare.sh

Run

./run.sh

We need help!

You're welcome to contribute to this project. You can improve translations, AMD GPU support, overall stability, etc.

Contribution rules

NO proprietary blobs in the code, we're trying to get rid of those, reference them externally and explain what do they do
Don't do massive commits
Your code should follow the style of our project
DON'T SEND AI-GENERATED SLOP, please, for the love of god
Try to follow the ROADMAP.md

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