# Is Tiled safe to download?

**URL:** <https://discourse.mapeditor.org/t/is-tiled-safe-to-download/4390>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Created:** [March 12, 2020, 1:02am UTC](https://discourse.mapeditor.org/t/is-tiled-safe-to-download/4390 "2020-03-12T01:02:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![SaulVanilluxe](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.mapeditor.org/saulvanilluxe/32/2668_2.png) [@SaulVanilluxe](https://discourse.mapeditor.org/u/SaulVanilluxe)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2020, 1:02am UTC](https://discourse.mapeditor.org/t/is-tiled-safe-to-download/4390/1 "2020-03-12T01:02:46Z")

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Hello, I am new to Tiled. I want to download the app for my Game Design class but my Windows Defender said it might be a potential risk to run it.

Is Tiled safe to download it and install it?

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**Author:** ![eishiya](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.mapeditor.org/eishiya/32/2534_2.png) [@eishiya](https://discourse.mapeditor.org/u/eishiya)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2020, 3:28am UTC](https://discourse.mapeditor.org/t/is-tiled-safe-to-download/4390/2 "2020-03-12T03:28:37Z")

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As long as you’re downloading it from the official source (i.e. [https://thorbjorn.itch.io/tiled](https://thorbjorn.itch.io/tiled)), yes, it is safe. Do not download it from anywhere else.

Windows might complain because of the way the code is signed, but the code is not malicious.

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**Author:** ![bjorn](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.mapeditor.org/bjorn/32/1599_2.png) [@bjorn](https://discourse.mapeditor.org/u/bjorn)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2020, 8:25am UTC](https://discourse.mapeditor.org/t/is-tiled-safe-to-download/4390/3 "2020-03-12T08:25:53Z")

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Just curious, but did you download the latest release or a development snapshot?

The release builds are signed (by [SignPath](https://about.signpath.io/?)) since Tiled 1.3.2, which I hoped would calm down Windows Defender. But it may still warn for each new release until it would be recognized as safe.