Holm v0.1.5

Holm can now update itself, and uninstall itself, from Settings → About.

Download

File	What it is
Holm_0.1.5_x64-setup.exe	Installer, about 2 MB, no administrator rights needed. Installing over an earlier version keeps your settings.
Holm-0.1.5-portable-x64.exe	The app on its own. Put it anywhere and run it.

Coming from 0.1.4 or earlier? Those versions can't update themselves yet, so install this one over them
once: download the setup above and run it. From 0.1.5 on, updates take one click.

Holm runs on Windows 10 (1809 or later) and Windows 11, 64-bit. macOS and Linux versions are in
development (#10, #11).
It isn't code-signed yet, so Windows SmartScreen may say it "protected your PC" when you run the download.
Choose More info → Run anyway.

New

• Updates. Settings → About shows your version and checks for a newer one. Update downloads the new
  installer from this page, runs it with a progress window, and Holm opens again by itself, with your settings
  as they were. Holm also checks once a day and shows a short note on the island when a new version is out;
  click the note to go straight to the Update button. The daily check asks GitHub for the latest release and
  sends nothing about you; turn it off under Check automatically.
• Uninstall. Settings → About → Uninstall Holm… opens Holm's uninstaller (it asks whether to delete
  your settings too). The portable exe explains how to remove it and opens its settings folder.
• The portable exe can't replace itself, so it shows a Download button instead of Update.

What's Changed

• Settings → About: updates and uninstall by @IndraTensei in #25
• v0.1.5: updates and uninstall by @IndraTensei in #26

Full Changelog: v0.1.4...v0.1.5

Holm v0.1.4

Make way now waits until your pointer is right at the island.

Download

File	What it is
Holm_0.1.4_x64-setup.exe	Installer, about 2 MB, no administrator rights needed. Installing over an earlier version keeps your settings.
Holm-0.1.4-portable-x64.exe	The app on its own. Put it anywhere and run it.

Holm runs on Windows 10 (1809 or later) and Windows 11, 64-bit. macOS and Linux versions are in
development (#10, #11).
It isn't code-signed yet, so Windows SmartScreen may say it "protected your PC". Choose More info → Run
anyway.

Changed

• Make way reacts only up close. Over a maximized app, the island used to drop to a thin line as soon as
  the pointer came anywhere within 160 px either side or 120 px below it, so it stepped aside while you were
  working elsewhere near the top of the screen. Now it makes way only when the pointer is within 40 px either
  side or 48 px below it: the tabs and address bar right under it, not the whole area around it.

What's Changed

• Make way: react only up close; v0.1.4 by @IndraTensei in #24

Full Changelog: v0.1.3...v0.1.4

Holm v0.1.3

A fix for Make way, and a quieter repository.

Download

File	What it is
Holm_0.1.3_x64-setup.exe	Installer, about 2 MB, no administrator rights needed. Installing over an earlier version keeps your settings.
Holm-0.1.3-portable-x64.exe	The app on its own. Put it anywhere and run it.

Holm runs on Windows 10 (1809 or later) and Windows 11, 64-bit. macOS and Linux versions are in
development (#10, #11).
It isn't code-signed yet, so Windows SmartScreen may say it "protected your PC". Choose More info → Run
anyway.

Fixed

• Make way no longer flickers. With the pointer resting a little below the island over a maximized app, the
  island could switch between the full island and the thin line over and over. The zone that counts as "near"
  shrank when the island turned into a line, so the pointer was suddenly outside it and the island came back.
  The zone is now measured from the full island, reaches a little further once the pointer is near, and the
  island only comes back after the pointer has been away for a quarter of a second.

Project

• Contributor guide, code of conduct, security policy, changelog, and issue and pull request templates.
• Dependency updates arrive as one combined pull request a quarter.

What's Changed

• Open-source groundwork: contributor docs, templates, platforms, sturdier CI by @IndraTensei in #12
• Bump actions/upload-artifact from 4 to 7 by @dependabot[bot] in #18
• Dependabot: one combined pull request a quarter by @IndraTensei in #21
• Make way: no flicker with the pointer resting below the island; v0.1.3 by @IndraTensei in #23

New Contributors

• @dependabot[bot] made their first contribution in #18

Full Changelog: v0.1.2...v0.1.3

Holm v0.1.2

Holm now makes way over your browser instead of sitting on its tabs.

Download

File	What it is
Holm_0.1.2_x64-setup.exe	Installer, about 2 MB, no administrator rights needed. Installing over an earlier version keeps your settings.
Holm-0.1.2-portable-x64.exe	The app on its own. Put it anywhere and run it.

Holm runs on Windows 10 (1809 or later) and Windows 11, 64-bit. macOS and Linux are planned, not available
yet. It isn't code-signed yet, so Windows SmartScreen may say it "protected your PC". Choose More info → Run
anyway.

What's changed

• Make way is the new default for Settings → General → Over a maximized window. Over a maximized app (a
  browser, say), you get the full island, until your pointer comes near it, on its way to a tab or the address
  bar. Then it drops to a thin line so whatever is under it gets the click, and it comes back when the pointer
  moves off. To open it from the line, push the pointer to the very top edge of the screen. Learn, Thin line
  and Full are still there.
• Settings → About has a link to holm.indratensei.me.
• README: which systems Holm runs on, and how the pointer is read: a cheap position check 25 times a
  second (60 near the island), no mouse hook, no memory.

What's Changed

• License under MIT by @IndraTensei in #7
• Link the website, holm.indratensei.me by @IndraTensei in #8
• Make way over maximized apps; supported systems; v0.1.2 by @IndraTensei in #9

Full Changelog: v0.1.1...v0.1.2

Holm v0.1.1

A small update to Holm: lyrics in the resting island read properly and cost less.

Download

File	What it is
Holm_0.1.1_x64-setup.exe	Installer, about 2 MB, no administrator rights needed. Installing over 0.1.0 keeps your settings and your start-with-Windows choice.
Holm-0.1.1-portable-x64.exe	The app on its own. Put it anywhere and run it.

Holm isn't code-signed yet, so Windows SmartScreen may say it "protected your PC". Choose More info → Run
anyway.

What's changed

• The whole lyric line shows. With Settings → Look → Resting island set to Lyrics, the last word of a line
  that fits is no longer faded out. A line too long for the island slides once to its end and stays there, so
  you can read how it finishes before the next line comes.
• Lighter while lyrics play. The resting island moves to the next line with one timer per line instead of
  checking four times a second, and keeps one width for the whole song instead of resizing on every line.
• Explained in Settings → About: the "Microsoft Edge WebView2" processes in Task Manager belong to Holm.
  They sit inside the Holm group on the Processes tab, and quitting Holm closes them.
• README: a new "Using it" section covering hover, the bubble beside the island, the shortcut, the tray menu
  and each Settings page.

Requires Windows 10 1809 or later, or Windows 11, 64-bit, with the WebView2 runtime (built into Windows 11; the
installer fetches it if it's missing).

What's Changed

• Compact lyrics: whole last word, lighter updates; README by @IndraTensei in #6

Full Changelog: v0.1.0...v0.1.1

Holm v0.1.0

The first release of Holm: a Dynamic Island for Windows 10 and 11 that stays small.

Download

File	What it is
Holm_0.1.0_x64-setup.exe	Installer, about 2 MB, no administrator rights needed. You choose the folder, whether Holm starts when you sign in to Windows, and whether to add Start menu and desktop shortcuts.
Holm-0.1.0-portable-x64.exe	The app on its own. Put it anywhere and run it.

Holm isn't code-signed yet, so Windows SmartScreen may say it "protected your PC". Choose More info → Run
anyway. Once it's running, Holm sits in the system tray. Ctrl+Alt+Space opens the island, and right-clicking
the tray icon opens Settings. You can turn Start with Windows on or off later in Settings → General.

If you used the earlier test builds called Tensei Island, quit them first. Holm brings over their settings and
start-with-Windows choice the first time it runs.

What's in it

• Music from Spotify, browsers and any player in the Windows media card: cover, synced lyrics, seek, shuffle
  and repeat, the playing app's own volume, and an accent colour taken from the album art. With Pear Desktop
  you also get likes, dislikes and exact progress.
• Claude Code: live activity for each session, Allow or Deny permission requests from the island, a chime
  when a task finishes, and your 5-hour and weekly limits shown as a ring.
• Harnesses: shows the AI coding agents installed on your PC, which of them are running, and what each used
  today.
• Games: plays an intro when a game starts, stays out of the way while you play, and shows the agent news
  you missed once you're done.
• Shelf, clipboard history, a quick note, a focus timer, weather, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth toggles, and system
  readings.
• Looks: Notch, Pill or Line shapes, 15 themes plus your own, 13 typefaces, and three motion styles.
• Light on your PC: about 0.3% of one core and 116 MB at rest, with nothing moving while the island is
  hidden.

Requires Windows 10 1809 or later, or Windows 11, 64-bit. It also needs the WebView2 runtime, which Windows 11
already includes and the installer fetches if it's missing.

What's Changed

• First Windows run: cut idle CPU, keep usage through 429s, Graphics setting by @IndraTensei in #1
• Game mode: intro, smart hide, summon and hide shortcuts, play time by @IndraTensei in #2
• Promo video and README GIF by @IndraTensei in #3
• Rename to Holm, new logo, sharp 4K promo by @IndraTensei in #4
• Release v0.1.0: installer options page, portable exe in releases by @IndraTensei in #5

New Contributors

• @IndraTensei made their first contribution in #1

Full Changelog: https://github.com/IndraTensei/holm/commits/v0.1.0