Getting Started

Primarily for security reasons, the MultiBitShell code is not included in the regular MultiBit installers. To get started using it, do the following:

1) Download the code.

There is a separate executable jar file that you need to download. It is called multibit-shell-exe.jar.

As MultiBitShell is still a work in progress it is only available form the continuous integration build machine here:

Latest MultiBit build artifacts

2) Copy code to your MultiBit installation

Copy the multibit-shell-exe.jar to the directory where you have MultiBit installed. (You might want to set up a dedicated install of MultiBit specifically for experimenting with the shell). This has to be the same directory where multibit.exe or multibit.jar is stored. Note on a Mac it is INSIDE the MultiBit-x.app package. Right click on the package and do 'Show package contents' to navigate inside.

3) Copy in a start up file

To make it more convenient to start up there is a bat and sh file to start it up available at:

Start up batch files

Copy the appropriate file for your operating system to the same directory as multibit-shell-exe.jar

4) Run the MultiBitShell

You will have to make the bat/sh file executable with chmod +x or the windows equivalent.

Run the start up script. MultiBitShell then starts up. It loads up the multibit.properties (in the same manner as the MultiBit UI) and loads up all the wallets, starts synchronizing etc. You can type ahead but it gets a bit confusing. I find it easiest to wait until the "MB>" prompt appears. To see the help file, type "help".