GroIMP is a java-based application that supports Windows, Mac and Linux, installation files can be found here.

Before installing GroIMP please make sure that you have Java 21 or higher installed on your computer. If not you can find the oracle version here. It is possible to have several java version on your device, please make shure that GroIMP uses the right one.

Additional information can be found in the user guide: Installing GroIMP After installing GroIMP using a installer, a desktop short cut is provided that start the GUI, for more information and trouble shoots see Running GroIMP

On the first window even so it is empty we can already find some important parts of the software. Especially for finding help and getting started.

1. New creates a new GroIMP project from one of the templates, we are going to use this in the next step
2. Open allows you to open GroIMP projects, they are stored either as gsz or gs file.
3. Example projects provides you with a collection of embedded example projects that try to highlight the most important features of the software. Even more examples can be found online in our gallery.
4. The RGG Tutorial is an embedded tutorial that gives an interactive introduction to the XL/RGG syntax
5. Help opens the embedded documentation, of all the installed plugins.
6. Under Preferences most GroIMP features can be customized, from rendering, over the number of buttons on a toolbar, to the ports of the embedded servers. This is documented here.
7. This part of the menu points to several helpful webpages that provide different information:
   1. The API Documentation provides the javadoc of GroIMP, this seems very confusing on the first look but if you get deeper into modelling with GroIMP it can be very helpful to know what each class can do and how they are related to each other
   2. Grogra.de is the main page of our project
   3. GroIMP wiki The GroIMP wiki (you are on it right now) is a collection of tutorials and descriptions of the different parts of the software.
   4. The GroIMP youtube channel can give you some inspiration of what to do with GroIMP
8. With the Plugin Manager it is possible to install remove and update plugins (parts of the software) This is documented here

- The Function Browser shows the basic RGG functions, that can be used in a project. This will be helpful later if you want to understand code or look for a specific function.