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# Using TurtleStitch Without an Internet Connection
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TurtleStitch is a web application hosted at
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[https://www.turtlestitch.org/](https://www.turtlestitch.org/ "TurtleStitch.org").
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If you would like to use TurtleStitch without being connected to the internet, e.g. in a remote area
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or in a school with limited or unreliable online service you can easily set up TurtleStitch locally on
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your computer, by following these
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## Simple Steps:
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1. Download the latest TurtleStitch Release from
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[https://github.com/backface/turtlestitch/releases/latest](https://github.com/backface/turtlestitch/releases/latest "TurtleStitch Source Code"), and unpack the contents of the archive to your local disk.
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2. Open the file `index.html` in your browser.
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3. There is no step 3.
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TurtleStitch is just a web page, you can open it locally in your browser, no need to install anything
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on your computer. You can use whichever operating system you like, you don't even need
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admin rights. You can also use a memory stick to distribute the directory with source files
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among the participants of a workshop or the students of your class, even if some of them
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are using MacOS and others run MS Windows or Linux.
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## Remember to Unpack
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Windows users, this is for you.
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Once you've downloaded the source code, please remember to actually unpack the archive
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to your computer. If you downloaded the zip file please actually unzip it, before you open
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`index.html`. If you use a Mac simple double-clicking the zip file unpacks it. But if you're
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on Windows double clicking the zip fie will *not* unzip it but instead show you the contents of
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the archive.
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## Which Web Browser?
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It's best to open TurtleStitch in Chrome or Firefox.
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TurtleStitch is using web standards and runs in any modern web browser. Some browsers are faster
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than others, which makes using TurtleStitch more fun. For the best user experience we recommend
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Chrome or Firefox. IE does not comply with modern web standards and will not work. Edge
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will work, but some operations will be so slow it takes the fun out of programming and playing.
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## What about Tablets?
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We don't recommend it.
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TurtleStitch sorta runs on tablets, but the UI isn't optimized for mobile use. Also, many mobile
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web browsers enforce some restrictions that are not web-standards compliant, e.g. they
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will not support the soft keyboard or intentionally slow down certain operations to discourage
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using web apps in favor of proprietary "native" apps.
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## Restrictions of the Offline Version
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You can't access the cloud, duh. Everything else just works.
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Aside from accessing the cloud using TurtleStitch offline in the browser by opening the `index.html`
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file locally there aren't any restrictions. You can use all the blocks, import pictures, sounds,
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libraries, take snapshots with the webcom, record sounds with the microphone, draw your
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own costumes etc.
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## Saving and Loading
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When you use TurtleStitch locally you will not be able to save projects to the cloud, nor can you
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access projects saved in the cloud. Instead projects will be exported as xml-files to your
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computer, from where they can also be opened again.
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There are two ways to load projects and assets from your computer when you use TurtleStitch
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without an internet connection:
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1. Using the options in TurtleStitch's file menu opens an OS-native file dialog that lets you select
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which file to import or load.
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2. Alternatively you can drag projects and assets (extension libraries, pictures, sounds etc.)
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from your computer directly into TurtleStitch and drop it. If you import sounds or images you can
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also drag and drop several files all at once.
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Easy, isn't it?
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## Keeping TurtleStitch up-to-date
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From time to time it's wise to check whether a new version of TurtleStitch is available. You can
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find out the lastest release using the link above, and compare that to the offline sources on
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your computer. If there is a newer version, simply replace the source files with the newer ones.
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Enjoy!
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-Jens
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