Portside 0.3.0

What's new

• Portside updates itself: from this version on, Portside checks for a new version when
  it starts and every few hours, and offers to update and restart (Settings → Updates).
  Coming from 0.2.0 or older? Download this version by hand once.
• Play time on every device: with cloud saves on, play time adds up across your
  computers, and the Library sorts by recently played.
• A much bigger catalog: Portside now reads the catalog from its new home, with hundreds
  more ports.

Portside is in alpha: expect rough edges and please report bugs as issues.

Downloads

System	File
macOS (Apple Silicon and Intel)	Portside_<version>_universal.dmg
Windows	Portside_<version>_x64-setup.exe (or the .msi)
Linux / Steam Deck	Portside_<version>_amd64.AppImage, .deb or .rpm

These builds are not signed yet

• macOS: open the app once, close the warning, then go to System Settings → Privacy &
  Security and click Open Anyway. If macOS says the app "is damaged", run
  xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/Portside.app in Terminal.
• Windows: SmartScreen may warn about an unknown publisher; click More info → Run anyway.
• Linux: make the AppImage executable (chmod +x) and run it.

Portside never downloads or shares game files: bring your own.

Portside 0.2.0

What's new

Steam Deck and controller support, on every system:

• Controllers: move around the whole app with a gamepad (or the arrow keys).
• Add to Steam: put an installed game in Steam's library, with artwork, so you can start
  it from Game Mode or Big Picture.
• Couch mode: a bigger, full-screen layout with an on-screen keyboard, on by itself in
  Steam's Game Mode and Big Picture (Settings → Couch mode).
• Steam Deck: install games to the SD card, and text fields open Steam's own keyboard.
• Proton: on Linux and the Steam Deck, ports that only have a Windows build install and
  run through Proton, if Steam has it installed.

Also new: installed games in the sidebar, ports downloaded from their own site, and 7z
archives. Portside is in alpha: expect rough edges and please report bugs as issues.

Downloads

System	File
macOS (Apple Silicon and Intel)	Portside_<version>_universal.dmg
Windows	Portside_<version>_x64-setup.exe (or the .msi)
Linux / Steam Deck	Portside_<version>_amd64.AppImage, .deb or .rpm

These builds are not signed yet

• macOS: open the app once, close the warning, then go to System Settings → Privacy &
  Security and click Open Anyway. If macOS says the app "is damaged", run
  xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/Portside.app in Terminal.
• Windows: SmartScreen may warn about an unknown publisher; click More info → Run anyway.
• Linux: make the AppImage executable (chmod +x) and run it.

Portside never downloads or shares game files: bring your own.

Portside 0.1.2

What's new

More games install on every system: Portside can now install ports whose download holds
another archive (the Mac builds of Ship of Harkinian, 2 Ship 2 Harkinian, Zelda64Recomp and
Space Cadet Pinball, and Zelda64Recomp on Linux) and Linux AppImages whose file name changes
with each release. Portside is in alpha: browse the catalog of community game ports, install
and update ports that have an install manifest, launch them, and sign in with Bluesky for
friends, chat and discussion boards. Expect rough edges; please report bugs as issues.

Downloads

System	File
macOS (Apple Silicon and Intel)	Portside_<version>_universal.dmg
Windows	Portside_<version>_x64-setup.exe (or the .msi)
Linux / Steam Deck	Portside_<version>_amd64.AppImage, .deb or .rpm

These builds are not signed yet

• macOS: open the app once, close the warning, then go to System Settings → Privacy &
  Security and click Open Anyway. If macOS says the app "is damaged", run
  xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/Portside.app in Terminal.
• Windows: SmartScreen may warn about an unknown publisher; click More info → Run anyway.
• Linux: make the AppImage executable (chmod +x) and run it.

Portside never downloads or shares game files: bring your own.

Portside 0.1.1

What's new

Fixes the Mac app not starting on Apple Silicon Macs ("Portside cannot be opened because of
a problem"): 0.1.0 depended on a library that only exists on Macs with Homebrew. Portside is
in alpha: browse the catalog of community game ports, install and update ports that have an
install manifest, launch them, and sign in with Bluesky for friends, chat and discussion
boards. Expect rough edges; please report bugs as issues.

Downloads

System	File
macOS (Apple Silicon and Intel)	Portside_<version>_universal.dmg
Windows	Portside_<version>_x64-setup.exe (or the .msi)
Linux / Steam Deck	Portside_<version>_amd64.AppImage, .deb or .rpm

These builds are not signed yet

• macOS: open the app once, close the warning, then go to System Settings → Privacy &
  Security and click Open Anyway. If macOS says the app "is damaged", run
  xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/Portside.app in Terminal.
• Windows: SmartScreen may warn about an unknown publisher; click More info → Run anyway.
• Linux: make the AppImage executable (chmod +x) and run it.

Portside never downloads or shares game files: bring your own.

Portside 0.1.0

What's new

The first public alpha of Portside: browse the catalog of community game ports, install and
update ports that have an install manifest, launch them, and sign in with Bluesky for
friends, chat and discussion boards. Expect rough edges; please report bugs as issues.

Downloads

System	File
macOS (Apple Silicon and Intel)	Portside_<version>_universal.dmg
Windows	Portside_<version>_x64-setup.exe (or the .msi)
Linux / Steam Deck	Portside_<version>_amd64.AppImage, .deb or .rpm

These builds are not signed yet

• macOS: open the app once, close the warning, then go to System Settings → Privacy &
  Security and click Open Anyway. If macOS says the app "is damaged", run
  xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/Portside.app in Terminal.
• Windows: SmartScreen may warn about an unknown publisher; click More info → Run anyway.
• Linux: make the AppImage executable (chmod +x) and run it.

Portside never downloads or shares game files: bring your own.