Install & requirements

Dragon VE is a native desktop app. Download the installer for your system from the releases page.

Supported systems

System	Version	Download
Windows	Windows 10 (version 1809) or Windows 11, 64-bit	`DragonVE-Setup-<version>.exe`
macOS	macOS 12 Monterey or later, Apple silicon (M1 and newer)	`DragonVE-<version>-macos-arm64.dmg`

Recommended hardware

Graphics: a GPU with DirectX 12 on Windows, or any Apple silicon Mac. Preview, effects and compositing run on the GPU.
Memory: 16 GB is comfortable for 1080p and 4K footage; 8 GB works for lighter projects.
Storage: an SSD with free space for proxies, waveforms and caches beside your media.

Dragon VE reads your machine when it starts and adapts — it chooses the graphics adapter, the hardware video encoders it can use and how many cores to spend on export.

Install

Windows

Run DragonVE-Setup-<version>.exe.
Read and accept the terms, then finish the setup.
Open Dragon VE from the Start menu.

macOS

Open the .dmg and drag Dragon VE into Applications.
Open it from Applications.

Updates

Dragon VE checks for a new version and tells you when one is ready. Nothing is downloaded until you choose to update, and every installer is checked against a signed size and SHA-256 before it runs.

Language

The interface is available in English and Vietnamese. Switch it in Preferences → Language; the change applies immediately.