TasteCode for Linux — preview

Linux preview for x86_64 desktops. Ready to install and try; final release acceptance is still in progress.

Install on Ubuntu, Debian, or Pop!_OS

1. Download the DEB.
2. Open a terminal in the download folder and run:

sudo apt install --reinstall ./TasteCode-0.1.1-linux-amd64.deb

3. Open TasteCode from your application menu and follow setup.

Close any running TasteCode instance before installing. Reinstallation replaces an older package with the same version number. No GitHub account, source checkout, or Node.js installation is needed to download and install TasteCode. Setup helps you connect a coding provider.

Portable AppImage

Download the AppImage, then run these commands in its download folder:

chmod +x TasteCode-0.1.1-linux-x86_64.AppImage
./TasteCode-0.1.1-linux-x86_64.AppImage

On Ubuntu, use the DEB if the AppImage cannot start because of user-namespace restrictions.

Feedback

Report a Linux issue or test result. Include your distribution, desktop environment, which installer you used, and what happened.

Build verification and release status

These installers contain commit e9ac0a03ae031a4a2b14a54208c15cf0918f7eb0 from PR #1287. The embedded app version is 0.1.1; these are newer candidate bytes than the original v0.1.1 Linux assets. The release tag points to the actual packaged source.

Local lint, typecheck, tests and build passed: 3,592 tests passed and 4 were skipped. Clean-clone package checks, Ubuntu container installation, a 613-second COSMIC Wayland idle/resume check, and an AppImage FUSE launch passed. Physical acceptance, real provider persistence/tasks, update-in-place and the remaining desktop matrix are pending. This preview does not establish production readiness.

Download SHA256SUMS-linux-x64.txt alongside an installer to verify it:

sha256sum --check --ignore-missing SHA256SUMS-linux-x64.txt

linux-release-evidence.json records payload provenance and artifact digests. latest-linux.yml is packaging evidence. This preview has a non-version tag and is not selected by the current app updater; install it using the links above. Existing stable release assets remain unchanged.

TasteCode 0.1.1

Fixes

• Codex setup now uses the official standalone installer, so a fresh computer does not need npm first.
• Repeated failed Design Agent repairs now stop at the correction limit instead of launching unlimited retries.
• Fixed a local disconnection caused by live updates arriving while a large chat history was loading.

Update

Existing Beta 7 and Beta 9 installations can update through Settings > About > Check for updates. After the download finishes, choose Restart to update. Beta 9 also shows the sidebar update control once an update is ready. Older versions that missed the Beta 7 updater bridge need the installer below.

Downloads

• Windows x64 installer. This build is unsigned, so Windows may show an unknown-publisher warning.
• macOS Apple Silicon installer, signed and notarized.

Verification

Both installers were built from d2b3754cdb72090db3a80868f617d2e48dc8effc. Installed Beta 9 upgrades preserved chats and settings on Windows and macOS. Windows verification and macOS verification.

SHA-256:

2fb21221b779562b20eb6aecce064d260b0644e4776931285c344ce59cea7fa0  TasteCode-0.1.1-win-x64.exe
440c18c2ca2143ac4a6746a3757f3f784ab5256db620ff16996b42eb47678231  TasteCode-0.1.1-mac-arm64.dmg

TasteCode 0.1.0-beta.9

TasteCode Beta 9 improves chat preferences, provider startup and desktop updates.

Download Windows x64 · Download macOS Apple Silicon

Changes

• See update progress beside your sidebar profile and restart to install directly from the ready button.
• Preserve each chat's composer settings when switching chats, and keep internal approval-review sessions out of the chat list.
• Recover bounded Codex initialization timeouts and handle Claude accounts with missing optional metadata.
• Keep queued Side-chat replies on the correct channel.
• Improve fresh-profile startup and isolate background provider checks from the launch directory on macOS.
• Fix embedded-browser navigation handling and add bounded local text diagnostics.

Updating

Beta 7 users can use the existing in-app updater once this release is published. The new sidebar update button appears after upgrading to Beta 9. Users on Beta 6 or earlier should first update to Beta 7 or download the new installer manually.

Windows is unsigned as approved for this beta, so Windows may show an unknown-publisher or SmartScreen prompt. The macOS app and DMG are Developer ID signed, notarized and stapled.

Source: b65a844f7ed6e1d6816d482a48508076fd7383fa.

SHA-256

• Windows EXE: b522617b6b5ef8e50968bc03b608dc74b6d198bf1df439cd68131c9eb89afd9e
• macOS DMG: 7fd3ea84839dfc2b6a9b2d8349d53cab71f5c38133b5ff5cc0e13da92d27fcc9

TasteCode 0.1.0-beta.7

TasteCode is still in early beta. Expect bugs and rough edges. Please report issues you find.

Download macOS Apple Silicon · Download Windows x64

This release improves model defaults, fixes new Claude sessions and resumed Codex chats, and lets Design use HTML files with large embedded images.

The new updater checks the newest published release in this repository. This beta 7 release keeps the Windows and Mac compatibility files so users on beta 6 can update in the app. Keep beta 7 installed before moving to the two-file release format in beta 8.

Windows beta 7 is now available from the same source commit. The release owner approved an unsigned Windows build; Windows may show an unknown-publisher or SmartScreen warning.

Source: 82f714614bfa9454a9c8ee9bc681d15712a3df89.

Mac verification: Developer ID signed, Apple notarized, tickets stapled, and Gatekeeper accepted. The final DMG passed packaged native-library checks and three clean launches. Compatibility ZIP and generated update metadata are included for beta 6.

Public update check passed: a signed beta 6 installation downloaded beta 7, installed through the native updater on quit, and reopened with its test chat and setting intact. The new beta 7 updater also read this live release. The test used isolated data and a controlled relaunch; signed fixtures separately verified automatic relaunch.

Windows verification: lint, type checking, the full test suite, build, license checks, packaged resources and native PTY/keyring checks passed. All five remote asset hashes match, and an anonymous public installer download passed SHA-256 verification. Both the legacy beta 6 update provider and the new beta 7 provider discover this release. A Windows beta 7 clean installation and an installed beta 6-to-7 upgrade have not yet been verified; the running developer installation was left untouched.

TasteCode 0.1.0-beta.6 — macOS and Windows

TasteCode is still in early beta. Expect bugs, rough edges, and changes as we keep working on it. Please report any issues you find.

Download Windows

Download macOS