## Chapter 3. Installing XMLmind XML Editor Web Edition

### Requirements

On the server side (computer running `xxeserver`, the backend of XXEW):

- Multi-core computer having at least 8Gb(1) of RAM. The largest number of processor cores and the largest amount of memory, the best.
- Officially supported only on: Windows 10+ 64-bit, macOS 26.x (Tahoe) and 15.x (Sequoia) Intel® or Apple® Silicon processor and Linux.
- Java™ 11+.
- Ports 18078 and 18079 (secure connection) which are used by default by `xxeserver` to listen to client connections must not be blocked by your firewall.

On the client side (computer running the web browser):

- A very recent version of Google Chrome or any browser using the same Blink browser engine: Edge, Opera, Brave, etc. Firefox works fine too, but without system clipboard integration. (Safari is currently not supported. All mobile web browsers are definitely not supported.)
- Ports 18078 and 18079 (secure connection) which are used by default to connect to `xxeserver` must not be blocked by your anti-virus, firewall, proxy, etc.

### Installing a software distribution

Unpack the XXEW distribution inside any directory you want.

- On Windows, unzip the `xxe-web-*-win.zip` distribution. This distribution contains in `bin/jre64/`, a very recent —generally the most recent— private OpenJDK Java™ runtime. Therefore no need to install Java on the Windows computer running `xxeserver`.
- On the Mac, unpack the `xxe-web-*-mac.tar.gz` distribution. This distribution contains in `bin/jre/` (for Macs having an Intel® processor) and in `bin/jrea/` (for Macs having an Apple® Silicon processor), very recents —generally most recent— private OpenJDK Java™ runtimes. Therefore no need to install Java on the Mac running `xxeserver`.
- On Linux and other Java™ 11+ platforms, unzip the `xxe-web-*.zip` distribution.
  Make sure that you have a Java™ 11+ runtime installed on your machine. To check this, open a terminal and type "`java -version`" followed by `Enter`.

      ~$ java -version
      openjdk version "25.0.2" 2026-01-20
      OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 25.0.2+10-69)
      OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.0.2+10-69, mixed mode)

### Contents of the installation directory

The installation directory contains code and resources which are common to XMLmind XML Editor Desktop Edition (XXE) and XMLmind XML Editor Web Edition (XXEW). The code and resources which are specific to XXEW are found in subdirectory `web/`.

`addon/`
  This `addon/` directory contains a number of add-ons which are bundled with XXE.
`addon/config/`
  Contains configuration files for a number of document types: DocBook, DITA, XHTML, etc.
`bin/`
  Contains XXE code (.jar files).
`legal/`, `legal.txt`
  Contains legal information about third-party components used in XXE.
`web/`
  Code and resources specific to XXEW.
  `bin/`
    Contains `xxeserver.jar`, the code of `xxeserver` and scripts used to start `xxeserver`. Use shell script `xxeserver` on the Mac and on Linux. Use `xxeserver.bat` and `xxeservice.exe` on Windows.
  `doc/`
    Contains XXEW documentation.
  `etc/`
    Empty directory which may be useful when running `xxeserver` (could contain a self-signed certificate, a remote file access JSON specification file, etc).
  `legal/`, `legal.txt`
    Contains legal information about XXEW and about third-party components used in XXEW.
  `lib/`
    All the Java™ class libraries needed to run `xxeserver`.
  `var/`
    Empty directory which may be useful when running `xxeserver` (typically contains logs).
  `webapp/index.html`
    An HTML page containing the sample XML editor web application. This makes the XXEW distributions ready to use out of the box without having to configure or program anything.
  `webapp/xxeclient/`
    The CSS and JavaScript™ code of `<xxe-client>` and `<xxe-app>`.

(1) | By default, `xxeserver` is configured to consume at most 2Gb.