ThinkWatch Lite 2026.10.16

Upgrade notes:

• The bundled core is now 0.70.1, with control-plane protocol 46 as before. A remote server on core 0.70.0 or 0.70.1 keeps working.
• Nothing is cleared; the request history, stored payloads and settings carry over.

Import links:

• An import link now opens the New upstream dialog with its settings filled in, on the connection or account step, instead of a separate confirmation dialog. Every setting can be reviewed and changed before Create.
• A link can set what the dialog sets for every service type: the service, the authentication method, the address, protocol and key, OAuth and AWS access keys, request headers, client identity forwarding, the concurrency limit, the balance source, models added by hand, the enabled models, model specs, the billing mode and prices. A link for a ChatGPT or Z.ai / BigModel account carries no credentials and opens on the sign-in step.
• A link cannot set the outbound proxy, an AWS profile, environment variables, aliases, routes or the default upstream. Authentication headers are refused.
• Every step names the host that will receive requests and the key. Nothing is written and nothing is sent until Next is chosen on the connection step or a sign-in is started.
• A link with a parameter this version does not know shows Cannot import this link, with Check for updates. Links made for earlier versions work as before.
• Plain http:// addresses on a private network, such as a company's ThinkWatch Enterprise gateway, are accepted; the dialog notes that they are not encrypted. ThinkWatch Enterprise 3.6.0 adds Add to ThinkWatch Lite next to a new key.

Upstreams:

• A custom upstream has Balance source under Advanced settings.
• Steps with many settings scroll instead of being squeezed: when editing, Check connection is back in the connection section with its full result; advanced settings, OAuth and AWS fields and the ChatGPT account page are laid out in their natural order again, and the hints under the base URL, headers, session token, access token and outbound connection are back.

Plugins:

• With every plugin disabled, the plugin list again shows each plugin's name, description, permissions and settings after an upgrade, not only its file name.

Downloads

Platform	File
macOS, Apple silicon	ThinkWatch-Lite-2026.10.16-darwin-arm64.dmg
Windows, x64, installer	ThinkWatch-Lite-2026.10.16-windows-x64-setup.exe
Windows, x64, portable	ThinkWatch-Lite-2026.10.16-windows-x64-portable.zip
Windows, ARM64, installer	ThinkWatch-Lite-2026.10.16-windows-arm64-setup.exe
Windows, ARM64, portable	ThinkWatch-Lite-2026.10.16-windows-arm64-portable.zip
Linux, x86_64	ThinkWatch-Lite-2026.10.16-linux-x86_64.AppImage
Linux, aarch64	ThinkWatch-Lite-2026.10.16-linux-aarch64.AppImage

Each file is published with a .sha256 file beside it. latest.json is the manifest for in-app updates, and install.sh is the Linux install script.

On Windows, the portable ZIP runs without installation or administrator rights: extract it to any writable folder and start ThinkWatch Lite.exe. Its settings stay in the data folder beside it, separate from an installed copy, and it updates itself in place.

On macOS, Homebrew installs the same disk image:

brew install --cask thinkwatchproject/tap/thinkwatch-lite

On Linux, the install script downloads the AppImage for the machine's architecture, checks its SHA-256 and installs it as ~/Applications/ThinkWatch-Lite.AppImage:

curl -fsSL https://github.com/ThinkWatchProject/ThinkWatch-Lite/releases/latest/download/install.sh | sh

Both commands install the latest release. First-launch steps for each platform, such as removing the quarantine attribute from a copy downloaded on macOS, are described in the README.

The ThinkWatch Lite page describes each feature, and the documentation covers installing, connecting clients and routing.

Verifying a download

A .sha256 file holds the SHA-256 of the file followed by its name. With both files in the current directory, on macOS:

shasum -a 256 -c ThinkWatch-Lite-2026.10.16-darwin-arm64.dmg.sha256

On Linux:

sha256sum -c ThinkWatch-Lite-2026.10.16-linux-x86_64.AppImage.sha256

On Windows, in PowerShell, the following prints True when the installer matches:

(Get-FileHash .\ThinkWatch-Lite-2026.10.16-windows-x64-setup.exe).Hash -eq (Get-Content .\ThinkWatch-Lite-2026.10.16-windows-x64-setup.exe.sha256).Split()[0]

The Homebrew cask and the Linux install script check the SHA-256 themselves.

What's Changed

• feat(import): import link v2 opens the New upstream dialog by @fylorn in #320
• fix(upstreams): undo layout squeezed only to avoid a scrollbar by @fylorn in #321
• 2026.10.16: release notes and version; pin core v0.70.1 by @fylorn in #322

Full Changelog: v2026.10.15...v2026.10.16