Prerequisites & Tools
Download required runtimes, database tools, and optional components
Database
1
SQL Server 2022 Express
x64
~280 MB
Free database engine for single-branch deployments (up to 10 GB)
Management Tools
1
SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
x64
~640 MB
GUI tool for managing SQL Server databases, running queries, and importing/exporting data
.NET Runtime
3
.NET Framework 4.6.1 Runtime
x86/x64
~60 MB
Required runtime for all POSDesk applications
.NET Framework 4.8 Runtime
x86/x64
~115 MB
Recommended runtime — superset of 4.6.1 with performance improvements
Visual C++ Redistributable 2015-2022
x64
~24 MB
Required C++ runtime libraries for DevExpress and SQLite components
OCR & AI
1
Tesseract OCR Engine
x64
~70 MB
Required for XiPDF Pro OCR features — Arabic and English language support
XiKey Tools
1
XiKey Smart Updater
x64
68.6 MB
Delta updater that downloads only changed files — supports all POSDesk applications