Kivana

Kivana is a lightweight personal finance desktop app for macOS and Windows.

• Track bills, income, accounts, transactions, goals, and debts
• Import bank CSV files into your transaction ledger
• Local-first: your data stays on your device
• In-app updates: the app can download and install new versions

Download

Download the latest installer from the Releases page:

• https://github.com/Litas-dev/Kivana/releases/latest

Assets you typically want:

• macOS: *.dmg
• Windows: *.msi

Updates

Kivana checks for updates using the Tauri updater.

• In the app, open Settings → Updates → Check for updates
• If a newer version exists, you’ll see an Update available message and can click Download & install

Behind the scenes, the app reads this update index:

• https://github.com/Litas-dev/Kivana/releases/latest/download/latest.json

Source code

This repository is only for hosting release artifacts used by the updater.

Source code lives here:

• https://github.com/Litas-dev/Mac

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For maintainers (how releases are structured)

What gets uploaded per version

Create a GitHub Release (example tag: v0.1.3) and upload:

macOS

• Kivana_0.1.3_aarch64.dmg (installer)
• Kivana.app.tar.gz (updater bundle)
• Kivana.app.tar.gz.sig (signature for updater bundle)

Windows (x64)

• Kivana_0.1.3_x64_en-US.msi (installer)
• *.msi.sig (signature for the MSI)

Updater index

• latest.json

latest.json format (Tauri updater)

latest.json must include a signed URL + signature for each platform you want to update.

Example:

{
  "version": "0.1.3",
  "pub_date": "2026-04-07T00:00:00Z",
  "notes": "",
  "platforms": {
    "darwin-aarch64": { "url": "...", "signature": "..." },
    "windows-x86_64": { "url": "...", "signature": "..." }
  }
}