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@Thuong180702 Thuong180702 released this 08 Aug 05:29
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🚀 notihub v1.0.1

Release Title: v1.0.1 - Update Notifications

🌟 Highlights

  • 🔔 Update Notifications: notihub now checks GitHub Releases in the background (on launch, then every 6 hours) and shows an amber dot on the Settings icon plus a banner in Settings when a newer version is out — with a one-click link to the release page.

🛠️ Detailed Changelog

🔔 Update check

  • Background check against api.github.com/repos/Thuong180702/notihub/releases/latest, compared against the running build's version (app.getVersion()).
  • Amber status dot on the tab-strip Settings button (reusing the same dot language as the per-service connection status added in v1.0.0), plus a persistent "notihub vX.X.X — up to date" line and manual "Check for Updates" button in Settings → Startup.
  • When a newer version is found: a dedicated banner at the top of Settings with a "View Release" button that opens the GitHub release page in the default browser.
  • This is a notify-only check — no download, no install. See below for why.

⚠️ Why not auto-install

Investigated wiring up full auto-download-and-install (Squirrel.Mac via Electron's native autoUpdater) before shipping this release. Built two ad-hoc-signed test builds and ran a real update cycle end-to-end against a local feed server to verify feasibility rather than guess:

ERROR: Code signature at URL .../update.zip did not pass validation:
code failed to satisfy specified code requirement(s)

Squirrel.Mac requires the downloaded update to satisfy the same code-signing requirement as the running app. Ad-hoc signing (no paid Apple Developer ID) produces a different signature identity on every build, so Squirrel.Mac correctly refuses to install it — this isn't a bug to fix in notihub's code, it's a hard requirement that needs a real Developer ID certificate + notarization first. Auto-install stays out of scope until that's in place; the notify-only check in this release is the safe, working alternative.

📦 Download Assets & Checksums

Asset File Format SHA-256 Checksum
notihub-v1.0.1-mac.dmg Native macOS DMG Installer 703cf64dff8e93bdeabfeb5fa8c1c1714df51bc519ce60f68e85ce30d0fcd816
notihub-v1.0.1-mac.zip Portable Zip Archive 405e7a831b8f563fbd0f1721e9b4fcbfc796b31c0b67e80f2e39bb315762e543

📥 Installation Options

Method 1: Homebrew (Recommended)

brew install --cask https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Thuong180702/notihub/main/Casks/notihub.rb

Method 2: DMG Installer

  1. Download notihub-v1.0.1-mac.dmg below.
  2. Double click to open the DMG, then drag notihub.app into Applications.

Method 3: Direct Zip Download

  1. Download notihub-v1.0.1-mac.zip.
  2. Unzip and move notihub.app into /Applications.

Method 4: Terminal / Curl

curl -LO https://github.com/Thuong180702/notihub/releases/download/v1.0.1/notihub-v1.0.1-mac.dmg
open notihub-v1.0.1-mac.dmg

⚠️ Gatekeeper Notice

notihub is signed ad-hoc, not notarized by Apple. macOS will refuse to open it with "notihub is damaged and can't be opened" on first launch — this isn't corruption, it's Gatekeeper rejecting an unnotarized app. Clear the quarantine flag once:

xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/notihub.app
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