Downloads are on the releases page — beta, so they are marked pre-release. PHP is inside the app; there is nothing else to install.
The app is unsigned, so macOS blocks it on first launch.
unzip adminer-desktop_0.4_macos-arm64.zip
mv "Adminer Desktop.app" /Applications/
xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine "/Applications/Adminer Desktop.app"
open "/Applications/Adminer Desktop.app"Without the terminal: double-click it, let it be blocked, then System Settings → Privacy & Security → Open Anyway. On macOS 15 and newer the old right-click → Open shortcut no longer works for unsigned apps.
Signing it properly needs a paid Apple Developer account.
sudo apt install ./adminer-desktop_0.4_amd64.debapt pulls in GTK and WebKit; the app then appears in the launcher. Upgrading means
downloading the next .deb — there is no repository to subscribe to, and
releases-linux.md says why not.
| macOS, Apple Silicon | works |
| Linux x86_64 | works (.deb, or make tarball) |
| Windows | builds, but CI is red — not usable yet |
Preferences and the key that keeps you logged in sit in the OS's own config directory —
Application Support on macOS, ~/.config on Linux — so they survive an upgrade. Logs are
alongside them (~/Library/Logs/Adminer Desktop/ on macOS), and Open Logs in the menu
opens the folder.
Nothing else is written anywhere: no daemon, no login item, no port left listening once the window is closed.