Release v1.5.0
🚀 DevOps Tools Installer v1.5.0
Welcome to the v1.5.0 release of DevOps Tools Installer!
This release brings modern Fluent 2 animations, powerful developer productivity features, critical uninstaller/download reliability fixes, and expanded stack presets.
✨ What's New & Key Highlights
🎨 Modern UI & Smooth Windows 11 Animations
- Fluid Page Transitions: Gliding entrance navigation transitions between Home, Catalog, Downloads, and Settings.
- Staggered Card Animations: Tool cards and downloads now cascade into view seamlessly with Fluent staggering.
- Elevated Hero Dashboard: Modern acrylic/glassmorphic header with dynamic 3-metric statistics (Available Tools, Categories, Installed Tools).
- Redesigned Downloads Page: Polished cards with tool logos, smooth progress indicators, and animated empty states.
⚡ One-Click User PATH Integration
- Configure
Tools\bininto your UserPATHenvironment variable with a single click in Settings. - Live status indicator badge ("Configured in PATH" / "Not in PATH") with zero admin privileges required.
- Dynamically updates active application process environment.
📂 Custom Download Folder Selector
- Choose any custom drive, SSD, or folder location for tool downloads via native Windows folder picker.
- Persistent configuration across app restarts with 1-click reset to default.
📦 Curated DevOps Stack Presets
- Filter tools instantly in the Catalog via the new Presets dropdown:
- ☸ Kubernetes Stack:
kubectl,helm,k9s,minikube,kind - ☁ Cloud CLIs:
aws-cli,azure-cli,gcloud-cli,doctl - 🏗 Infrastructure as Code (IaC):
terraform,terragrunt,ansible,pulumi,packer - 🛡 Security & Scanning:
trivy,snyk,grype,syft,cosign - ⚡ Essential CLI Utilities:
gh,jq,yq,fzf,ripgrep,bat
- ☸ Kubernetes Stack:
🔍 Deep Tool Details Modal Inspector
- Inspect full tool metadata right from any catalog card: version, license, publisher, official website, direct download URI, silent installer flags, and execution test command.
🛑 Download Cancellation Support
- Active downloads can now be cancelled immediately with graceful HTTP stream termination.
🛡️ Bug Fixes & Reliability Improvements
- Safe Registry Uninstaller: Replaced loose substring matching with strict word-boundary regex (
\b) and vendor alias resolution to prevent unintended uninstalls. Fixed MSI uninstall arguments (/Xinstead of/I). - Download Integrity & 0-Byte Prevention: Validates HTTP Content-Length and ensures downloaded files are non-zero before marking as completed.
- Archive Executable Deployment: Automatically scans extracted
.zipand.tar.gzarchives and copies executables intoTools\bin. - Single-File Packaging Compatibility: Replaced
Assembly.LocationwithAppContext.BaseDirectoryfor single-file self-contained deployment.
📦 Verification & Checksums
| Asset | SHA256 Hash |
|---|---|
DevOpsToolsInstaller_x64.exe |
884beaa5f783e63fca357deec9d09c84e4ffa184ac01dd8922306b92e0c585cd |
DevOpsToolsInstaller_arm64.exe |
d13331471fca39c8f2d145de3d0175380640fd974479aabef8236dfcdeeaf5b8 |
(All asset checksums are also downloadable in SHA256SUMS.txt)
🚀 Quick Start
- Download
DevOpsToolsInstaller_x64.exe(or_arm64.exefor ARM64 devices). - Run the executable — no installation required (portable single-file app).
- Open Settings and click "Add to PATH" to enable command-line access for all portable tools.
Full Changelog: v1.2.0...v1.5.0