Release v2.0.0
🚀 DevOps Tools Installer v2.0.0
Welcome to the v2.0.0 milestone release of DevOps Tools Installer!
This major 2.0 release brings enterprise-grade security with native Authenticode digital signature verification, deep CLI health checks and installed version probing, one-click shell autocompletion snippet generator, rich multi-version catalog management with previous release downloads, dynamic WrapPanel layouts, official vector branding across 45+ DevOps tools, desktop shortcut integration, and an all-new About page.
✨ Major Features & What's New
⏪ Tool Catalog Version Management & Previous Releases
- Multi-Version Selector: Select and install specific previous versions of major DevOps tools (e.g., Terraform, Kubectl, Helm, OpenTofu, Ansible) directly from tool cards.
- Dynamic Artifact URL Resolution: Automatically retargets download endpoints and asset filenames when selecting alternative versions.
- Latest Version Display: All 47 cataloged tools now display verified latest versions alongside installation statuses.
🛡️ Authenticode Digital Signature Verification
- Win32 WinVerifyTrust Integration: Automatically inspects downloaded
.exeand.msivendor installers for valid cryptographic signatures prior to execution. - Tampering & Malware Protection: Validates certificate chains against Windows Trusted Root Certification Authorities to ensure vendor authenticity.
- Publisher Verification: Extracts and logs publisher certificate subjects for full security audit transparency.
🩺 CLI Health Checks & Installed Version Probing (--version)
- Real-Time Version Probing: Directly executes installed tool binaries (
--version/-v/version) to determine the exact runtime version active on your machine. - Latency & Status Metrics: Measures CLI process execution response times in milliseconds, reporting immediate Healthy, Degraded, or Missing statuses.
- Batch Verification: Run comprehensive health checks across all installed DevOps tools to confirm PATH readiness and functionality.
⚡ Shell Completion Snippet Generator
- PowerShell & Bash Autocompletions: Generates ready-to-use completion snippets for major CLIs (
kubectl,helm,gh,docker,terraform,podman, etc.). - One-Click PowerShell
$PROFILEInsertion: Automatically appends completion initialization commands to your PowerShell profile without manual editing.
🎨 Modern Windows 11 Fluent UI, Responsive WrapPanel & Branding
- Dynamic WrapPanel Control: Replaces rigid grid structures with a smooth, responsive wrapping layout that automatically adapts to any window size or monitor resolution.
- Vector SVG & Brand Logos: Integrated 45+ crisp official vendor logos for tools like AWS CLI, Azure CLI, Google Cloud SDK, Terraform, ArgoCD, Prometheus, Grafana, and more.
- Application Icon & Shortcuts: Windows taskbar and title bar branding with one-click Desktop and Start Menu shortcut creation in Settings.
⭐ Favorites & Real-Time Activity Logging
- Tool Favoriting: Pin preferred or frequently installed tools to quickly filter your essential stack.
- Activity Feed: Real-time logging of downloads, installations, cancellations, path modifications, and health inspections with exportable audit logs.
ℹ️ All-New About & Architecture View
- Detailed system architecture insights (WinUI 3, Windows App SDK 1.6, .NET 8 runtime).
- Direct links to GitHub repository, documentation, bug tracker, and maintainer profile.
🛡️ Improvements & Bug Fixes
- Uninstaller Safety: Word-boundary regex matching prevents accidental uninstalls of similarly named software; corrected MSI uninstallation command arguments (
/X). - Download Integrity: Enforces Content-Length validation and guarantees non-zero byte payloads before marking downloads complete.
- Archive Extraction: Automated scanning and extraction of
.zipand.tar.gzbinaries directly intoTools\bin. - Single-File Deployment: Hardened path resolution using
AppContext.BaseDirectoryfor zero-dependency single-file portable builds.
📦 Verification & Checksums
| Asset | SHA256 Hash |
|---|---|
DevOpsToolsInstaller_x64.exe |
d4a8d85ef026686de7ae80e6f0c96ae80a44901901b17e121fa9acc8a0631929 |
DevOpsToolsInstaller_arm64.exe |
fb6e188bd1cceb45606d3d8270623ed10af5d8b0c2415fea02647b9c92b97d0b |
(All asset checksums are also downloadable in SHA256SUMS.txt)
🚀 Quick Start
- Download
DevOpsToolsInstaller_x64.exe(or_arm64.exefor ARM64 devices). - Run the executable — completely portable with no pre-installation required.
- In Settings, click "Add to PATH" to enable command-line access for all portable tools.
Full Changelog: v1.5.0...v2.0.0