Darkwatch v0.5.1

Darkwatch v0.5.1

Distribution release — the code is v0.5.0; this ships Darkwatch through more channels.

• PyPI: pip install darkwatch (or uv tool install darkwatch). Published via trusted
  publishing.
• Docker: ghcr.io/daemon-vi/darkwatch — the CLI with Tor inside, for running scans anywhere.
• Website: https://rithikkrishnat.me/darkwatch/ — install one-liners, the sources, and the
  safety posture, deployed from site/ to GitHub Pages.

No functional changes to the scanner, dashboard, or VS Code extension since v0.5.0.

Darkwatch v0.5.0

Darkwatch 0.5.0 makes Darkwatch installable in one line and fixes the VS Code extension's missing UI and dead commands.

Install

Windows (PowerShell, no admin rights):

irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Daemon-VI/darkwatch/main/install.ps1 | iex

macOS / Linux: curl -LsSf https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Daemon-VI/darkwatch/main/install.sh | sh

The installer sets up uv if needed, installs Darkwatch, asks who to watch, and installs the VS Code extension. Run it again to upgrade; your data is kept.

Fixed

• Darkwatch could not be installed from the repository. The Telegram channel list (src/darkwatch/data/) was excluded by a .gitignore rule meant for the runtime data/ folder, so the build failed with Forced include not found: src\darkwatch\data, and every VS Code command failed with it. The list is back (899 public channels, rebuilt from deepdarkCTI by scripts/build_telegram_channels.py), and the ignore rules are anchored to the repository root.
• VS Code extension 0.2.0: the view now always shows the next step (install, set up, fix the watchlist, run the first scan) instead of an empty panel; commands run from the Command Palette ask which finding instead of doing nothing; the CLI is found even when VS Code started before PATH changed; scans run without a shell and refresh the view when they end; and it works with no folder open.

New

• darkwatch setup: create ~/Darkwatch (or DARKWATCH_HOME) with a watchlist for who you protect, interactively or with --name/--email/--domain/--username/--phone --no-prompt. Every command then finds it from any folder.
• darkwatch doctor [--json]: checks the watchlist, the findings database and Tor, and says what to fix.
• Tor is also found in a Tor Browser install and in ~/Darkwatch/tools/tor-*.
• Extension commands: Install the CLI, Set Up, Open Watchlist, Open Latest Report, Check Tor, Check the Install, Show Log.

Assets

• darkwatch-0.5.0-py3-none-any.whl: uv tool install <its URL>
• darkwatch-0.2.0.vsix: code --install-extension darkwatch-0.2.0.vsix (also on the Marketplace and Open VSX as daemon-vi.darkwatch)
• install.ps1, install.sh: the installers