Although the designer is written in JavaFX and should run absolutely no problem on Linux, we don't have a Linux box with a graphical layer available at the moment to build it. We have a few Linux environments but they are all headless.

If there's any demand for this (reply to this thread), I'll build a Linux desktop somewhere and include in subsequent releases.

We now have instruction on how to run the designer on Linux, and these are confirmed to work by several users. Please see the tcMenu repository.

I am very pleased to announce that we have built our first Linux deb package today. It is available for download from our site, see the Linux section of https://www.thecoderscorner.com/products/apps/tcmenu-designer/. This is for tcMenu Designer 2.0 beta1. It is compatible with 1.7 libraries and plugins; which are both current at the moment. It has already gone through significant testing

Not only have we built a Debian Linux image but we've also fixed up quite a few annoyances at the same time, see the release notes page in the above link.

Further, if anyone has experience in getting a package into the Debian repository, it would be great if you could assist me in getting the package properly available in the distribution.

As we announced a few months back, this is part of our new plan, providing the facilities you need to build embedded applications wherever you want to build and run them. This is another small step that will hopefully reduce the hassle for many users.

Another build made yesterday evening.

* Clicking on hyperlinks no longer freezes
* Online documentation link is now presented at the top of the properties editor
* Automatically installs packaged stable plugins on first start up.

Yet another build, this is the big one, it brings the Linux & Win 7/8 designer up to the same functionality as the Win10 and Mac versions.

BETA V3

- Adds some extra support to the code generator ready for the 2.0 plugins.
- Moves the properties for a plugin over the right of the plugins, instead of the old table system.
- Support for proper full copy and paste in the tree along with bulk delete that can be undone.

https://www.thecoderscorner.com/products/apps/tcmenu-designer/