v0.0.4-alpha

Main App Changes

• Enhanced Checking for Updates functionality
  • Reduced response delay when checking for updates
• Fixed and improved Existing Project Error prompts
• Improved New Compliance Project setup prompts
• Enhanced Info Sheet view prompts and messaging
• Manually updated compliance rules to reflect recent mSCP project changes
  • Ensures rule content and metadata stay aligned with upstream framework updates
• Fixed an issue where the app window could open at an incorrect size or position (Thanks @mani2care)
  • Occurred in rare cases when restoring previous window state
  • Window size is now set before creation instead of relying on saved state
• Set Recent Projects on the main menu as permanent now

Audit Builder Hub Changes

• Corrected $ODV support during audits
• Rebuilt PDF export system
  • Migrated from createPDF to PDFKit + CGContext
  • Automatically supports proper page breaks
  • Removes previous output limitations
  • Provides significantly more customization for future export features
• Fixed Light Mode visual issues
• Fixed ProgressView rendering errors
• Added Ability to hide MACE Branding
• Added support for footer
• Added support for paginate

Compliance Builder Hub Changes

• Fixed an issue with STIG and CIS sorting in the picker
• Enhanced search to include STIG IDs, CIS IDs, and rule IDs
• Fixed yaml error on references

Documentation Builder Hub Changes

• Added M.A.C.E. Documentation Engine
• Implemented documentation output using PDFKit + CGContext
  • Replaced createPDF export approach due to formatting and feature limitations
• Added documentation output formats:
  • HTML – Web-based documentation with dark mode support
  • PDF – Native PDFKit-generated document with clickable links

Documentation Content Options

• Rule discussions and rationale
• Check commands (verification)
• Fix / remediation commands
• Mobileconfig (MDM configuration profile details)
• Declarative Device Management (DDM) information
• Compliance references (NIST, CIS, DISA, Apple, etc.)

Document Sections

• Table of Contents
  • Basic or detailed (numbered with rules)
• Foreword (mSCP project introduction)
• Scope (document scope and statistics)
• Authors (original mSCP authors)
• Acronyms and definitions
• Additional documents with clickable reference links
• Section summaries (rule counts by category)
• Quick reference table (clickable list of all rules)

Branding & Metadata

• Custom or default logo (via MACE Branding)
• Custom author name and organization
• Benchmark name (title and subtitle)
• Version number and release date
• Optional CIS Benchmark IDs
• Optional DISA STIG IDs
• Toggleable “Generated by M.A.C.E.” branding
• Customizable theme color

PDF-Specific Options

• Page headers and footers (enabled by default)
• Page numbering (Page X of Y)
• One-rule-per-page layout option

Interactive PDF Features

• Clickable Table of Contents
• Clickable Quick Reference table
• Clickable external reference links