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CoreStarter

Run your own Core node with one click. If you want, CoreStarter also mines XCB on your computer.

Not signed yet: Windows and macOS warn before the first start. How to get past the warning, and when it does not work, is under Install.

Download for WindowsEXE · v1.0.0 · 32.6 MB · 1 Nov 2026→Other systems and all files

A TMMAC project. Not an official app of Core or CoDeTech.

All versions on GitHub (opens in a new tab)

Platforms

  • Windows64-bit PCv1.0.0
  • Linux64-bit (x86_64), .deb, .rpm and .tar.gzv1.0.0
  • macOSApple silicon, macOS 15 or newerv1.0.0

Needs about 15 GB of free disk space (growing over time) and 2–3 GB of memory.

What it does

How CoreStarter works.

  • The official node, unchanged

    CoreStarter installs the node from Core's own release, byte for byte, and keeps it running in the background. An icon in the taskbar or menu bar shows where it stands.

  • Mining only if you want

    Off by default. Switched on, your PC computes for the pool Catch That Rabbit, which pays XCB to your Core address; 0.42 % of the computing time supports TMMAC.

  • No telemetry

    CoreStarter itself opens no connection: no update check, no tracking. The node talks to the Core network, the miner only to the pool, and only while it runs.

No promised earnings: what mining brings depends on your device, the network and the pool.

Install

Unsigned, so your system warns.

CoreStarter is not signed with a certificate from Microsoft or Apple yet. That is why Windows and macOS show a warning the first time. Check the download first (SHA-256 below), then:

  • Windows. Start CoreStarter.exe. If SmartScreen shows “Windows protected your PC”, click “More info”, then “Run anyway”. If Smart App Control is switched on (Windows 11), it blocks unsigned programs completely, with no way past it: on such a PC CoreStarter does not run as long as it is unsigned.
  • Linux. Ubuntu from 22.04, Mint from 21, Debian from 12: the .deb, by double-click or with “sudo apt install ./” and the file name. Fedora and openSUSE: the .rpm. Arch and others: the .tar.gz holds the same files, for example for an AUR package. Fedora and openSUSE block incoming node connections by default; the node still syncs.
  • macOS. Needs a Mac with Apple silicon and macOS 15 or newer. Open the DMG and drag CoreStarter into Applications. On the first open macOS says it could not verify the app: click “Done”, not “Move to Trash”. Then open System Settings → Privacy & Security, scroll down to CoreStarter, click “Open Anyway” and confirm with your password. Every new version asks for this once more.

VirusTotal: 2 of 71 virus scanners flag CoreStarter.exe 1.0.0 (Bkav Pro, Trapmine). Both judge by heuristics and machine learning, which often hits unsigned programs with a built-in miner. Microsoft Defender, Kaspersky, ESET, Bitdefender and the other large vendors report nothing. View the report (opens in a new tab)

All files

Download and checksum.

v1.0.0 · 1 Nov 2026

Windows · EXE · v1.0.0 · 32.6 MB
CoreStarter.exe
SHA-256 b0083055343381866de1aadf4006907ffc232a4c76c6b60d54bc9d10085d4200
Linux · DEB · v1.0.0 · 31.6 MB
core-starter_1.0.0_amd64.deb
SHA-256 9a801b452499cf34d66a317410eadad10279938db39521c775db8d2d187b9a08
Linux · RPM · v1.0.0 · 31.6 MB
core-starter-1.0.0-1.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256 1abd354146a7325440d6711b08c62ca3e7522652871637a112ac7dfbe1c585bb
Linux · TAR.GZ · v1.0.0 · 31.2 MB
core-starter_1.0.0_linux_amd64.tar.gz
SHA-256 7cddb1c1238a88464445c87cdfc06632ab528916684bb7cbd2d2ade544b07bb2
macOS · DMG · v1.0.0 · 20.6 MB
CoreStarter-1.0.0-mac-arm64.dmg
SHA-256 22d6a3998c388d623ce5c2316dc75d864b4a9da0a10cfd001fdc3e2fc4a537d5
SHA256SUMS of this release

The unchanged source of all bundled third-party parts is in third-party-sources-1.0.0.tar in the release. Release page on GitHub (opens in a new tab)

Check the download

Is the file really ours?

Compare the SHA-256 of the file you downloaded with the one listed next to it. Windows (in PowerShell), macOS and Linux (in Terminal):

certutil -hashfile CoreStarter.exe SHA256
shasum -a 256 CoreStarter-1.0.0-mac-arm64.dmg
sha256sum core-starter_1.0.0_amd64.deb

Open source. CoreStarter is free software under the GPL-3.0 with additional terms (attribution, own name for forks). The Core node it starts stays Core's own program under its own licence. Source code on GitHub (opens in a new tab)