Owlet v0.3.0

Owlet v0.3.0

Download Owlet-v0.3.0-windows-x64.zip, extract the entire folder, and run Owlet.exe. No installer or Node.js required. The portable ZIP is the canonical Windows binary; SHA256SUMS.txt verifies the download.

What's new

• Immediate feedback when opening files. Tabs activate and Explorer reveals your selection before a remote transfer completes. A Loading indicator stays visible; failures offer Retry. Finishing a download won't steal focus or reopen a closed tab.
• Static HTML previews. Read HTML with workspace CSS and images locally or over SSH. Source, Preview and Both modes share the command palette, and Both previews unsaved edits.
• Recognizable file types. Distinct Lucide icons separate PDF, Markdown, HTML, LaTeX, bibliography, images, code, configuration and other common formats. Redistribution notices are included.
• LaTeX and bibliography highlighting. TeX-family files, BibTeX/BibLaTeX entries and common bibliography-style tokens now have syntax colors. No language server or TeX compiler required.
• Know which build you're running. File → About Owlet shows version and build identity. Copy version info provides a diagnostic summary; older windows retain their own build information after an update.

Scope

The HTML viewer is static: scripts, external resources/navigation, web fonts and dev servers are not supported. CSS/import and image loads are bounded. PDF limits remain 32 MiB; UTF-8 text 4 MiB and raster images 16 MiB. Direct SSH shells still require explicit restart after a lost connection.

Windows x64 portable binary, unsigned. Signed installers and automatic updates are not included. SSH uses configured OpenSSH authentication and a Linux host with Bash and Python 3; no persistent daemon is installed.

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Owlet v0.2.0

Owlet v0.2.0

Less between you and your work.

Download Owlet-v0.2.0-windows-x64.zip, extract the entire folder, and run Owlet.exe. No installer or Node.js required. The portable ZIP is the canonical Windows binary; SHA256SUMS.txt verifies the download.

What's new

• Start where you left off. A compact welcome page brings Open Folder, Connect Remote, shortcuts, and local/SSH recent workspaces together.
• Stay oriented. Opening or focusing a tab reveals its file in Explorer. Tab overflow stays compact; middle-click closes tabs, and the tab menu adds split and close-saved actions.
• Read more, with less friction. PDFs open locally and over SSH with selectable text, page navigation, and zoom. Unsupported files explain why in a temporary tab.
• Choose your window color precisely. A saturation/brightness square, hue slider, HSB and HEX inputs sit beside the original palette. The window stays undimmed and unblurred during live preview. Save commits; Cancel restores.
• Recover from SSH interruptions. Automatic reconnect shows retry progress and refreshes files after recovery. Dirty buffers remain protected; failed writes are not replayed.
• Better editing and terminals. Stronger Markdown emphasis highlighting, consistent preview zoom shortcuts, mouse-selection fixes, editor/preview clipboard menus, compact terminal chrome, and fixes for terminal layout and agy startup.

New windows cascade instead of covering one another exactly. Remote startup distinguishes a pending connection, SSH failure, and a missing directory. All meaningful actions remain available through the command palette and named command API.

Scope

Windows x64 portable binary, unsigned. Signed installers and automatic updates are not included. SSH uses configured OpenSSH authentication and a Linux host with Bash and Python 3; no persistent remote daemon is installed.

PDFs transfer in full, up to 32 MiB. Password-protected PDFs, forms, annotations, printing and full-document PDF search are not supported yet. Preview find excludes rendered equations and Mermaid. Text and raster-image limits remain 4 MiB and 16 MiB.

Direct shells need an explicit restart after a lost SSH connection. Language servers, debugger, Git UI and an extension marketplace remain out of scope.

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Owlet v0.1.0

Owlet v0.1.0

A quiet workspace for reviewing your coding agents' work, locally or over SSH.

Download and run

Download Owlet-v0.1.0-windows-x64.zip, extract the entire Owlet folder, and run Owlet.exe. No installer or Node.js is required. Choose Open Local Folder or Connect to Remote (SSH).

The ZIP is the canonical Windows binary distribution. GitHub's automatic source archives are for building from source. SHA256SUMS.txt contains the portable ZIP's checksum.

Included

• Rich Markdown with equations, Mermaid, images, preview find, and zoom. Large diagrams open in a full-screen pan/zoom viewer.
• Familiar Explorer, splittable tab groups, Vim editing, multiple terminals, and terminals as editor tabs.
• Quick Open with Ctrl+P and background fuzzy file indexing.
• File menus with Cut/Copy/Paste, create/rename/move/delete, external file drops, and SSH upload/download.
• A searchable Settings tab with UI and JSON modes; project colors make windows easy to recognize.
• A first-class command palette and named commands for agents. Run owlet . in an integrated terminal to open another project window.

Before you start

• Windows x64 only for this binary. It is unsigned; signed installers and automatic updates are not included yet.
• SSH uses your configured OpenSSH client and non-interactive authentication. The remote host needs Linux, Bash, and Python 3; no persistent daemon is installed.
• Preferences are stored in your Windows user profile. When switching from an older or review build using the same profile, save your work and close its windows first.
• Preview find excludes rendered equations and Mermaid. File clipboard is window-local; external drops accept regular files, not folders. File deletion is permanent and asks for confirmation.
• Text files are limited to 4 MiB and raster images to 16 MiB. Language servers, debugger, Git UI, and an extension marketplace are out of scope.

See the usage guide and review notes for details and validation.