# A graphical Julia installer for Windows

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/a-graphical-julia-installer-for-windows/128413
**Category:** General Usage
**Tags:** windows
**Created:** [April 23, 2025, 9:29pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/a-graphical-julia-installer-for-windows/128413 "2025-04-23T21:29:00Z")
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### Author: ![Tamas\_Papp](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/tamas_papp/32/25949_2.png) [@Tamas\_Papp](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Tamas_Papp)
#### Post date: [July 15, 2025, 8:30am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/a-graphical-julia-installer-for-windows/128413/44 "2025-07-15T08:30:44Z")

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> [@lewis](#):
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> Installing from a binary download is easy also. Installing with Juliaup is also easy.

They key reason for `juliaup` is to make _upgrading_ and _parallel installs_ easy.

Outside some very special use cases, it makes sense to keep up with the stable releases or at least the LTS, as each new version brings a lot of benefits and performance improvements (and of course, potential bugs and regressions, but hopefully those are fixed quickly). `juliaup` makes this extremely easy, as you can just have `julia` point to the version you make default — you can change everything with a single control.

Similarly, users may find that they need an earlier version, or if they stick to LTS they want to test the latest release, etc. `juliaup` makes it trivially easy.

Last, but not least: you can also install nightly, beta, rc, and _individual PRs_. Yes, you read that right! You can do `juliaup add prXXX` and it will pull that image if available. This is like magic.

> [@uwestoehr](#):
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> The point is that I prefer to discuss things BEFORE I act. I have no spare time to lose. Creating an installer cost me some time and then a steering committee denies it and I wasted my time.

I am not sure what you mean by “deny” in this context. You can just write and release it. [_That’s how `juliaup` started_.](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-juliaup-preview-julia-version-manager-and-windows-store-installer/61920) You don’t need approval from anyone.

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