This is the github repository for all the DeepSkyStacker source code.
DeepSkyStacker is a freeware created in 2006 by Luc Coiffier
It was open sourced in 2018 and is maintained by a small and dedicated team:
David C. Partidge, Tony Cook, Mat Draper, Simon C. Smith, Vitali Pelenjow,
Michal Schulz, Martin Toeltsch
The code is open source under the terms of the BSD 3-Clause License (see LICENSE).
Copyright (c) 2006-2019, LucCoiffier Copyright (c) 2018-2022, David C. Partridge, Tony Cook, Mat Draper, Simon C. Smith, Vitali Pelenjow, Michal Schulz, Martin Toeltsch
You will need to install Visual Studio 2019 (16.11.18), Qt 6.4.0 and Qt VS Tools 2.9.1 (rev 6) for VS2019. You can also use VS2022 and Qt VS Tools 2.9.1 (rev 6) for VS2022.
Please do not accept VS2022's offer to upgrade the build environment the first time you open the DeepSkyStacker.VS2019.sln file
You will also need to install Boost 1.80.0. Once you have done that, you need to create an environment variable called Boost_1_80_0 with the location of the Boost installation directory e.g.: C:\Boost_1_80_0
You will need to use Extensions/Qt VS Tools/Qt Versions to set up a named Qt Installation:
Called 6.4.0_msvc2019_64 pointing to the msvc2019_64 sub-directory of your Qt install
for example C:\Qt\6.4.0\msvc2019_64
You will also need to install Visual Leak Detector, which the project will expect to find at C:\Program Files (x86)\Visual Leak Detector. In the Visual Leak Detector installation wizard, be sure to check "Add VLD directory to your environmental path".