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Linux and macOS port of Morse Runner Community Edition — CW contest practice simulator

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MorseRunner — Linux & macOS Port

This is a port of MorseRunner, a CW (Morse code) contest simulator originally written for Windows by Alex Shovkoplyas VE3NEA, and further developed by Mike W7SST (github.com/w7sst/MorseRunner), to macOS (Apple Silicon), Linux x86_64, and Linux ARM64.

The port uses Lazarus/FPC with the LCL widget toolkit. Audio uses CoreAudio on macOS and PulseAudio on Linux.

Platforms

Platform Architecture Audio GUI
macOS 11.0+ Apple Silicon (ARM64) CoreAudio LCL Cocoa
Linux (Ubuntu 22.04+) x86_64 PulseAudio LCL GTK2
Linux (Ubuntu 22.04+) ARM64 (aarch64) PulseAudio LCL GTK2

Installation, Option A — Use the Pre-compiled Binary (no build tools needed)

Download the file for your platform from the Releases page:

File Platform
MorseRunner_macOS_arm64.zip macOS Apple Silicon
MorseRunner-x86_64.AppImage Linux x86_64
MorseRunner-aarch64.AppImage Linux ARM64

macOS ARM64

bash
# Unzip, then double-click MorseRunner.app — or drag it to /Applications first
unzip MorseRunner_macOS_arm64.zip
open MorseRunner.app

If macOS blocks the app ("unidentified developer"), right-click the app → Open.

Linux x86_64 / ARM64

AppImages are self-contained — no installation or sudo required.

bash
# x86_64:
chmod +x MorseRunner-x86_64.AppImage
./MorseRunner-x86_64.AppImage

# ARM64:
chmod +x MorseRunner-aarch64.AppImage
./MorseRunner-aarch64.AppImage

PulseAudio must be running (standard on most desktop Linux distros). If you see a FUSE error on first run, install libfuse2: sudo apt install libfuse2

Installation, Option B — Build from Source

Prerequisites

macOS:

Install Lazarus (which includes FPC), then install Xcode Command Line Tools:

bash
xcode-select --install

Linux:

bash
sudo apt install lazarus fpc libpulse-dev pkg-config gcc \
                 libcanberra-gtk-module libcanberra-gtk0

Build — macOS ARM64

bash
git clone https://github.com/WU6P/MorseRunner-Linux-MacOS.git
cd MorseRunner-Linux-MacOS
./build_mac.sh
open MorseRunner.app

Build — Linux x86_64 or ARM64

bash
git clone https://github.com/WU6P/MorseRunner-Linux-MacOS.git
cd MorseRunner-Linux-MacOS
./build_linux.sh
./MorseRunner

Original Windows / Community Edition

For the full history, roadmap, and community information for the Windows version, see README_original.md.

Credits

Original MorseRunner by Alex Shovkoplyas VE3NEA (dxatlas.com). Windows version further developed by Mike W7SST (github.com/w7sst/MorseRunner). Linux/macOS port by Nian WU6P.