FrankenCodeBrowser 0.1.0 — Developer Preview

FrankenCodeBrowser 0.1.0 is an Apple Silicon macOS developer preview of the native Metal source atlas. Open a local repository, zoom through its directory and file layout, select readable source, and search without losing the map.

Install: Download FrankenCodeBrowser-macos-arm64.dmg, open it, and drag FrankenCodeBrowser.app onto the Applications alias. It requires macOS 14 or newer. The app inside the DMG is signed with Jeffrey Emanuel's Developer ID and notarized by Apple; the DMG is notarized and stapled. Correction (September 24, 2026): these notes originally said the DMG itself was Developer ID-signed. It is not: the disk image carries no code signature, so codesign -dv on the .dmg reports "not signed at all" and spctl -a -t install rejects it, while the notarization ticket and the app's signature and Gatekeeper assessment are valid. See #1. If macOS refuses to open the image or app, right-click the app and choose Open, or, after verifying the checksum, run xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine ~/Applications/FrankenCodeBrowser.app (or /Applications/..., wherever you installed it). FrankenCodeBrowser-macos-arm64.dmg.sha256 contains the release checksum.

The repository also provides scripts/install.sh for a checksum- and Gatekeeper-verified install to ~/Applications; the README has the one-line command. The installer preserves an existing app unless --force is given, in which case it retains a dated backup.

This is a developer preview. Continuous zoom and very large repositories still need performance and scale work; the native app retains fixed discovery, source and tile caps. A quarantined clean-machine installation matrix and Mac App Store distribution are not yet qualified.

The app payload was built from source commit 4286f92; the v0.1.0 tag also includes a follow-up installer-only display fix. No application source changed between them.