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Getting Started

The latest PicoTurtle version is 0.2.0-alpha.7. For more details about the changes in the latest release see - Release Notes

Download and Install

Windows

The windows installation is a straightforward process using a graphical installer. You can download it here PicoTurtle Win/64-bit

Once the program is installed - the program named PicoTurtle is available in the start menu.

Mac

TBD

Linux

TBD

Launch

On launching PicoTurtle application you will see a window similar to the one below. It will have a menubar, toolbar, editor area, a canvas, a lua console, and a status bar.

You can decide to dive-in right away if you're familiar with interfaces like this. However if you would like walkthrough of the interface see the PicoTurtle User Guide.

For details about the turtle drawing commands see the PicoTurtle API.

Screenshot on Win11/64-bit