diff --git a/scripts/dev/download_libs.sh b/scripts/dev/download_libs.sh
index 72ad5563469..1858a5675f1 100755
--- a/scripts/dev/download_libs.sh
+++ b/scripts/dev/download_libs.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 set -e
-VER=master
+VERSION=""
+BRANCH=master
 PLATFORM=""
 ARCH=""
 OVERWRITE=1
@@ -12,7 +13,10 @@ cat << EOF
 
     Options:
 
-    -v, --version VERSION       OF version to download the libraries for. Defaults to master
+    -t, --tag VERSION           OF version (semver tag) to download the libraries for. Defaults to nightly dev
+                                        Examples: "0.10.0", "0.10.0RC4", "0.11.0"
+                                        See all options at: http://ci.openframeworks.cc/libs/
+    -v, --version BRANCH        OF branch to download the libraries for. Defaults to master
     -p, --platform PLATFORM     Platorm among: android, emscritpen, ios, linux, linux64, linuxarmv6l, linuxarmv7l, msys2, osx, tvos, vs2015, vs2017
                                 If not specified tries to autodetect the platform.
     -a, --arch ARCH             Architecture:
@@ -29,8 +33,14 @@ EOF
 }
 
 download(){
-    echo "Downloading $1"
-    wget ci.openframeworks.cc/libs/$1 $SILENT_ARGS
+    if [-z "$VERSION"]
+    then
+        echo "Downloading latest $1"
+        wget ci.openframeworks.cc/libs/$1 $SILENT_ARGS
+    else
+        echo "Downloading $VERSION $1"
+        wget ci.openframeworks.cc/libs/$VERSION/$1 $SILENT_ARGS
+    fi
 }
 
 # trap any script errors and exit
@@ -60,7 +70,11 @@ while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
     key="$1"
     case $key in
         -v|--version)
-        VER="$2"
+        BRANCH="$2"
+        shift # past argument
+        ;;
+        -t|--tag)
+        VERSION="$2"
         shift # past argument
         ;;
         -p|--platform)
@@ -153,41 +167,41 @@ SCRIPT_DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
 cd "$SCRIPT_DIR"
 
 if [ "$ARCH" == "" ] && [ "$PLATFORM" == "vs2015" ]; then
-    PKGS="openFrameworksLibs_${VER}_${PLATFORM}_32_1.zip \
-          openFrameworksLibs_${VER}_${PLATFORM}_32_2.zip \
-          openFrameworksLibs_${VER}_${PLATFORM}_32_3.zip \
-          openFrameworksLibs_${VER}_${PLATFORM}_32_4.zip \
-          openFrameworksLibs_${VER}_${PLATFORM}_64_1.zip \
-          openFrameworksLibs_${VER}_${PLATFORM}_64_2.zip \
-          openFrameworksLibs_${VER}_${PLATFORM}_64_3.zip \
-          openFrameworksLibs_${VER}_${PLATFORM}_64_4.zip"
+    PKGS="openFrameworksLibs_${BRANCH}_${PLATFORM}_32_1.zip \
+          openFrameworksLibs_${BRANCH}_${PLATFORM}_32_2.zip \
+          openFrameworksLibs_${BRANCH}_${PLATFORM}_32_3.zip \
+          openFrameworksLibs_${BRANCH}_${PLATFORM}_32_4.zip \
+          openFrameworksLibs_${BRANCH}_${PLATFORM}_64_1.zip \
+          openFrameworksLibs_${BRANCH}_${PLATFORM}_64_2.zip \
+          openFrameworksLibs_${BRANCH}_${PLATFORM}_64_3.zip \
+          openFrameworksLibs_${BRANCH}_${PLATFORM}_64_4.zip"
 elif [ "$ARCH" == "" ] && [ "$PLATFORM" == "vs2017" ]; then
-    PKGS="openFrameworksLibs_${VER}_${PLATFORM}_32_1.zip \
-          openFrameworksLibs_${VER}_${PLATFORM}_32_2.zip \
-          openFrameworksLibs_${VER}_${PLATFORM}_32_3.zip \
-          openFrameworksLibs_${VER}_${PLATFORM}_32_4.zip \
-          openFrameworksLibs_${VER}_${PLATFORM}_64_1.zip \
-          openFrameworksLibs_${VER}_${PLATFORM}_64_2.zip \
-          openFrameworksLibs_${VER}_${PLATFORM}_64_3.zip \
-          openFrameworksLibs_${VER}_${PLATFORM}_64_4.zip"
+    PKGS="openFrameworksLibs_${BRANCH}_${PLATFORM}_32_1.zip \
+          openFrameworksLibs_${BRANCH}_${PLATFORM}_32_2.zip \
+          openFrameworksLibs_${BRANCH}_${PLATFORM}_32_3.zip \
+          openFrameworksLibs_${BRANCH}_${PLATFORM}_32_4.zip \
+          openFrameworksLibs_${BRANCH}_${PLATFORM}_64_1.zip \
+          openFrameworksLibs_${BRANCH}_${PLATFORM}_64_2.zip \
+          openFrameworksLibs_${BRANCH}_${PLATFORM}_64_3.zip \
+          openFrameworksLibs_${BRANCH}_${PLATFORM}_64_4.zip"
 elif [ "$PLATFORM" == "msys2" ]; then
-    PKGS="openFrameworksLibs_${VER}_${PLATFORM}_mingw${ARCH}.zip"
+    PKGS="openFrameworksLibs_${BRANCH}_${PLATFORM}_mingw${ARCH}.zip"
 elif [ "$PLATFORM" == "vs2015" ] || [ "$PLATFORM" == "vs2017" ]; then
-    PKGS="openFrameworksLibs_${VER}_${PLATFORM}_${ARCH}_1.zip \
-          openFrameworksLibs_${VER}_${PLATFORM}_${ARCH}_2.zip \
-          openFrameworksLibs_${VER}_${PLATFORM}_${ARCH}_3.zip \
-          openFrameworksLibs_${VER}_${PLATFORM}_${ARCH}_4.zip"
+    PKGS="openFrameworksLibs_${BRANCH}_${PLATFORM}_${ARCH}_1.zip \
+          openFrameworksLibs_${BRANCH}_${PLATFORM}_${ARCH}_2.zip \
+          openFrameworksLibs_${BRANCH}_${PLATFORM}_${ARCH}_3.zip \
+          openFrameworksLibs_${BRANCH}_${PLATFORM}_${ARCH}_4.zip"
 elif [ "$ARCH" == "" ] && [[ "$PLATFORM" == "osx" || "$PLATFORM" == "ios" || "$PLATFORM" == "tvos" ]]; then
-    PKGS="openFrameworksLibs_${VER}_${PLATFORM}1.tar.bz2 \
-          openFrameworksLibs_${VER}_${PLATFORM}2.tar.bz2 \
-          openFrameworksLibs_${VER}_${PLATFORM}3.tar.bz2 \
-          openFrameworksLibs_${VER}_${PLATFORM}4.tar.bz2"
+    PKGS="openFrameworksLibs_${BRANCH}_${PLATFORM}1.tar.bz2 \
+          openFrameworksLibs_${BRANCH}_${PLATFORM}2.tar.bz2 \
+          openFrameworksLibs_${BRANCH}_${PLATFORM}3.tar.bz2 \
+          openFrameworksLibs_${BRANCH}_${PLATFORM}4.tar.bz2"
 elif [ "$ARCH" == "" ] && [ "$PLATFORM" == "android" ]; then
-    PKGS="openFrameworksLibs_${VER}_${PLATFORM}armv7.tar.bz2 \
-          openFrameworksLibs_${VER}_${PLATFORM}arm64.tar.bz2 \
-          openFrameworksLibs_${VER}_${PLATFORM}x86.tar.bz2"
+    PKGS="openFrameworksLibs_${BRANCH}_${PLATFORM}armv7.tar.bz2 \
+          openFrameworksLibs_${BRANCH}_${PLATFORM}arm64.tar.bz2 \
+          openFrameworksLibs_${BRANCH}_${PLATFORM}x86.tar.bz2"
 else # Linux
-    PKGS="openFrameworksLibs_${VER}_${PLATFORM}${ARCH}.tar.bz2"
+    PKGS="openFrameworksLibs_${BRANCH}_${PLATFORM}${ARCH}.tar.bz2"
 fi
 
 for PKG in $PKGS; do
diff --git a/scripts/vs/download_libs.ps1 b/scripts/vs/download_libs.ps1
index 50fa34fb369..0ec04fbe2aa 100644
--- a/scripts/vs/download_libs.ps1
+++ b/scripts/vs/download_libs.ps1
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
 # Which will load the visual studio 2015 libraries
 param(
     [String]$ver="master",
-    [String]$platform="vs2017"
+    [String]$platform="vs2017",
+    [String]$tag=""
     )
 $currentPath = $pwd
 $scriptPath = split-path -parent $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Definition
@@ -14,6 +15,10 @@ $libsDir = $scriptPath + "\..\..\libs"
 function DownloadPackage{
     $pkg = $args[0]
     $url = "http://ci.openframeworks.cc/libs/$pkg"
+    if(-Not [string]::IsNullOrEmpty($tag)) {
+      $url = "http://ci.openframeworks.cc/libs/$tag/$pkg"
+    }
+
     If(Test-Path "$pkg") {
         echo "Deleting old package"
         Remove-Item $pkg