Roflow

Installation

This guide walks you through getting Roflow running: installing the desktop app, installing Roblox Studio, and setting up the Roflow Studio Bridge so Roflow can work inside Studio.

Before you begin

You'll need three things. This page covers all of them.

  • The Roflow desktop app — downloaded from roflow.co/downloads.
  • Roblox Studio — the free official Roblox editor, where your game lives, runs, and gets published. Roflow works alongside Studio rather than replacing it.
  • A Roblox account — you sign in to Roflow with your Roblox account (it's free to try, no credit card needed). You'll do this on your first launch, not during install.

Supported platforms

Roflow currently ships two builds:

PlatformRequirementInstaller
macOSmacOS 11 (Big Sur) or later, Apple Silicon (M1 or newer).dmg
WindowsWindows 10 or 11, 64-bit.exe

Step 1: Download Roflow

  1. Go to roflow.co/downloads.
  2. The page detects your operating system and offers a one-click Download button for the matching build. You can also pick your platform manually from the list.
  3. Click Download and save the installer. The page shows the current version, the file size, and a SHA-256 checksum pulled from the live release, so you can confirm the file matches what was published.

The free tier is included with the download, and no credit card is required.

Step 2: Install the Roflow app

Only ever install Roflow from the official roflow.co/downloads page.

macOS

  1. Open the downloaded .dmg file.
  2. Drag Roflow into your Applications folder.
  3. Open Roflow from Applications (or Launchpad).

Windows

  1. Run the downloaded .exe installer.
  2. Follow the installer prompts.
  3. Launch Roflow from the Start menu.

Step 3: Install Roblox Studio

Roflow drives Roblox Studio for you, so Studio needs to be installed on the same computer.

  1. If you don't already have it, download and install Roblox Studio from the official Roblox site: create.roblox.com.
  2. Sign in to Studio with your Roblox account.
  3. Open Studio at least once to confirm it launches.

If you already build in Studio, you're set — Roflow uses your existing install.

Step 4: Set up the Roflow Studio Bridge

The Roflow Studio Bridge is a small companion plugin that lives inside Roblox Studio. It's the connection between Roflow and your open Studio session: once it's active, Roflow can sync its changes into your place, run playtests, and read what happens while the game runs.

You don't download the Bridge separately — Roflow sets it up for you as part of getting started, so all you have to do is turn it on inside Studio.

  1. Restart Roblox Studio. After Roflow adds (or updates) the plugin, fully close and reopen Studio so it loads the Bridge.
  2. Open the Plugins tab in Studio and select Roflow Studio Bridge. A small Roflow Studio Bridge panel opens showing the connection status.
  3. Leave the Bridge panel active while you work with Roflow.

Roflow's first-run setup wizard walks you through activating the Bridge, turning on the Studio security setting it needs, and confirming the connection — so you don't have to configure any of this by hand. For a deeper look at what the Bridge does and how to read its connection states, see Studio Bridge.

Next steps

You're installed and ready. Continue to First Launch to sign in with Roblox, finish the setup wizard, connect Studio, and build your first game.

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