Craft Apps Manager 1.0.0

• Add an optional update service that keeps updates working when download names or supported package formats change. Every update is verified before installation.
• Add Linux tar.gz and macOS DMG downloads alongside the existing ZIP packages.
• Support Windows ZIP and MSI; Linux ZIP, tar.gz, DEB, RPM and Arch packages; and macOS ZIP and DMG in the new update service.
• Approve updates that need an intermediate version once, then let the manager finish the remaining steps automatically. Supported installer updates can also reuse one administrator approval.
• Set up macOS build tools without installing 7-Zip. It remains optional for compressed .7z backups.
• Improve the macOS DMG with a clearer drag-to-Applications layout.
• Fix Windows updates with intermediate steps failing when the installation folder contains spaces.
• Prevent manager updates from interrupting builds running in either Manager or Builder.
• Preserve macOS library locations when updating a manager installed in a shared Applications folder.
• Correct revision numbers in Arch Linux installer packages.
• Fix broken help links in portable Linux downloads.
• Reorganize the codebase and separate large test sections to make future fixes and improvements easier to maintain, while preserving existing behavior.

Craft Apps Manager 0.9.0

• Include manager updates in periodic update checks while the manager is open, using the same interval as installed apps. Updates still require your approval.
• Show New badges only during the first 14 days after a Craft app's repository was created, for both fresh manager installs and existing users. Viewing an app clears its badge sooner; app updates do not reset the timer.
• Recognize custom GitHub apps using verified installer, package, and bundle identities, even when their names differ from the repository.
• Remember the selected executable for portable copies and packages with multiple applications. Keep portable choices working after moving their installation folder.
• Target the selected installation when verifying installs and uninstalling, and preserve existing copies when identity cannot be confirmed.
• Reject unsupported download architectures and recognize more Windows installation version formats.
• Let users explicitly identify an existing Windows app when its installer makes no registration change.
• Avoid duplicate application choices for per-user Windows installations.
• Preserve supported Linux desktop launcher arguments and environment settings, and keep the previous app identity when installation fails or is cancelled.
• Fix macOS manager updates failing because another application in the same folder contains symbolic links, while preserving update security checks.
• Show saved macOS update failures once instead of repeating them on every launch, and retain their diagnostic details for troubleshooting.

Craft Apps Manager 0.8.3

• Support platform-specific manager update revisions, with verified downloads and revision details for troubleshooting.
• Keep existing update paths available for older managers. Minor platform fixes can be delivered without updating unaffected platforms.
• Fix a Linux accessibility startup error caused by conflicting credential-store runtime settings.

Craft Apps Manager 0.8.2

• Switch between installations directly from Home. The selected copy stays synchronized with the app page.
• Discover new Craft apps automatically, with descriptions and a New badge. Newly discovered apps stay at the top of available apps, even after you view them.
• Identify portable copies with matching letters in desktop shortcuts and installation selectors. Existing copies keep their letters through updates and moves; new installations reuse the first available letter after removal. Selectors show versions with a v prefix and letters in parentheses.
• Shorten installer shortcut names to the app name and architecture, such as FilmCraft (x64). Shortcut removal preserves user-edited shortcuts.
• Hide the Activity notification badge with a new setting. Unread highlights remain visible inside Activity.
• Improve installation transitions, progress-bar alignment, and light-theme badges. What's New has clearer highlights and a subtle animated underline on its patch-notes link.
• Preserve additional installations more reliably when saving settings, and improve detection of older portable copies.
• Store additional portable library copies directly in numbered app folders. Uninstall removes empty legacy wrapper folders while preserving user-selected parents and folders containing other files. New installs and moves no longer create extra shortcuts in the releases folder.
• Remove empty app download folders after installer cleanup, while preserving retained setup files, recovery packages and other downloads.
• Keep installer destinations separate from portable locations when changing versions or install options. Use architecture-appropriate Program Files defaults on Windows and prevent new installer copies from using manager storage folders.
• Clean temporary files after interrupted builds, even without a completed build. Cleanup is blocked while building and preserves completed builds and source ZIPs.
• Fix PDFCraft source builds using the wrong package name after its upstream rename.
• Restore portable backups to the selected installation with the correct architecture where it can be detected. Support app names containing numbers.
• Report interrupted background checks instead of leaving dialogs loading, and clean up temporary files from failed or cancelled downloads.

Craft Apps Manager 0.8.1

• Portable ZIP builds automatically use portable storage. Settings → Folders shows a read-only Portable storage description. Managed paths follow the folder when it moves, and metadata migration is backed up. Installer and system-package storage stays unchanged.
• Preserve existing library and tools locations when updating older portable copies, including updates launched by old helpers. Windows elevated batches decode portable settings without running migration as administrator.
• Clean up downloaded setup files as the final installation stage after verification. Preserve packages needed for repair, uninstallation or recovery, and retain files when installation fails or is cancelled.
• Synchronize builder progress, cancellation, logs, activity notifications and theme between manager and builder windows.
• Select a completed build for launching in Build Options, with individual build shortcuts and safe shortcut cleanup.
• Show GitHub token status as a compact icon and colored indicator, with details on hover.

Craft Apps Manager 0.8.0

• Add Multiple installations: select an existing installer or portable copy, target actions at that copy, and add portable copies in separate folders using the existing install dialog.

• Choose a release version in the install dialog for first installs and additional copies; versions selected from the app page are preselected.

• Preserve alternate installation records during uninstall and rediscover older portable copies in the library when migrating existing installations.

• Show What's New highlights on first launch and after a manager version change, with expandable release notes and an info icon beside the version to reopen the dialog.

• Run supported Windows MSI downgrades under one batch administrator approval, with verified recovery packages and individual uninstall, install and recovery activity steps.

• Keep version changes locked to the verified installed format and architecture; preparing a version preview no longer creates installation activity.

• Improve reused-job cancellation, preserve build results during tool setup, retain bounded Unicode activity records and avoid pruning unconfirmed workers.

• Avoid a redundant installation scan when opening apps and preserve sidebar search focus as the clear button appears.

• Add subtle button press feedback, smoother installation details, one-way progress animation, softer light-theme disabled controls and muted sidebar scrollbars in both themes.

• Configure release format and architecture independently for built-in and custom apps, using the selected release’s compatible assets.

• Preserve installed package facts separately from preferences; updates and bulk checks respect each installed app’s format and architecture.

• Expand custom GitHub download matching, add setup review and an ambiguous-download chooser, and improve native installer detection and uninstall support.

• Add centralized operation records, lifecycle validation, cooperative cancellation, parent/child batch results and cross-process builder synchronization.

• Add a compact Activity panel with progress, expandable results, unread notifications, outside-click dismissal and matching light/dark detail surfaces.

• Approve administrator access once for eligible multi-installer batches on Windows and Linux; keep portable execution unelevated and preserve verification boundaries.

• Refresh update availability after a downgrade, using cached release metadata first and retaining results across restarts.

• Preserve existing installations, settings migration, shortcut repairs, build workflows and existing recovery behavior.

Craft Apps Manager 0.7.0

• Redesign Home with installed and discoverable app tiles, independent drag ordering, update indicators and a clearer Update All review.
• Add a version picker for published releases, including explicit downgrade confirmation and installer downgrade recovery.
• Update only installed apps in Update All and automatically include newly installed apps in its selection.
• Add optional close-to-tray behavior with Open, Check for updates and Exit actions; show the tray icon only while the manager is hidden.
• Hide apps from the sidebar and Home through a right-click menu and restore them in Settings → Apps → App visibility → Choose….
• Redesign install and uninstall dialogs with app icons, folder previews, folder opening, download sizes and verification stages.
• Support custom Windows MSI destinations where the installer provides a supported directory property, and manager-created desktop shortcuts.
• Add installation relocation for portable apps and supported Windows MSI apps, with running-app checks, verified transfers and recovery copies.
• Improve Windows installer cancellation, installation detection and restoration into protected folders.
• Redesign build confirmation with source and build locations, source download status, folder browsing and matching progress feedback.
• Add per-app source removal, compiled build deletion and build cache deletion controls.
• Clarify startup, periodic and background update checks; allow a 10–60 minute interval while the manager is open.
• Use the system theme on first launch, refine dark checkbox styling and enlarge the default manager window.
• Default app and source backups to off while preserving existing saved preferences.
• Fix version-preview completion indicators, long path display and duplicate folder tooltips.

Craft Apps Manager 0.6.0

App discovery and ArtCraft support contributed by carpaaaaa.

• Read the app list from the Storytold repositories on GitHub, so Craft apps published after this version appear without a manager update. A built-in list is used offline.
• Offer new apps without changing bulk update selections by default. Automatic inclusion is opt-in.
• Add Settings → App list → Refresh to look for new apps at any time.
• Add Choose… to the Update all review so the app selection can be changed before running operations.
• Support ArtCraft: Windows installers and macOS disk images named ArtCraft_<version>_…, release tags such as artcraft-v0.41.0 and its ai.artcraft.app bundle identifier.
• Accept a release whose files switched to a single new name and remember that name, so renamed apps keep installing and updating.
• Download icons for apps without a bundled one, with a neutral tile when a repository has none.
• Accept an optional GITHUB_TOKEN (or CRAFT_GITHUB_TOKEN) to raise GitHub's API limit.
• Add --list-apps, --install-app, --uninstall-app and --release-format for scripts and end-to-end checks.
• Add optional startup and hourly app-list checks with a shared six-hour cache.
• Include Linux x64/x86 ZIP, DEB and RPM packages and experimental Arch x64 packaging in release automation.
• Match ArtCraft Linux assets to the selected architecture and system package format.
• Keep Windows MSI upgrade file identities stable across build folders and verify that upgrading preserves both Start menu shortcuts and the installed program.

Craft Apps Manager 0.5.1

• Add light and dark themes with Adobe Spectrum neutral grays, a slim sun/moon toggle and smooth transitions.
• Add an About section with version details and project/contributor links.
• Add Launch beneath Rebuild, with a blue pulsing outline when a local build is ready.
• Add Build options with saved launch arguments, folder/log shortcuts and confirmed local build deletion.
• Add experimental Arch Linux support for native package operations, build tools and manager updates.
• Include font license notices in Linux portable downloads.

Downloads cover Windows x64/x86, Linux x64/x86 and experimental universal macOS. The Arch x86_64 package is experimental; native installation and upgrades still need testing on Arch. Use AppImage for Craft apps that do not provide native Arch packages.

Settings, installed apps, sources and local builds are retained when updating the manager.
Linux binaries were built on Ubuntu 26.04 and require glibc 2.43 or newer. Older distributions are not supported by these downloads.

Craft Apps Manager 0.5.0

• Redesign the manager window: an app list with search and Installed / Not installed groups, an Overview page for Update all and Update all sources, and a page for each app with its description, actions, details and tools.
• Build from source, download an app's source, edit launch options and manage backups from the app page; the separate builder window remains for any source, including ArtCraft X.
• Show available manager updates as a button in the top bar.
• Combine manager and builder settings in one scrolling Settings window with a section list.
• Restyle every dialog and use IBM Plex Sans and Plex Mono on all platforms.
• Keep the app list current while a build runs, label backup restores and deletions correctly, and explain why disabled buttons are unavailable.
• Add native DEB/RPM manager upgrades with administrator approval, installed-version verification, and preserved settings and library data.

Thanks to @seltzdesign for the redesign.

Windows: x64/x86 MSI installers and portable ZIPs. Linux: x64/x86 DEB, RPM and portable ZIPs (glibc 2.43 required; Ubuntu 26.04 / Fedora 44 or newer). macOS: experimental universal ZIP for Intel and Apple silicon, not notarized.