Kiln 0.2.0

Kiln now tells you when a new version is out.

New

• Update check. When its window opens, Kiln asks GitHub whether a newer release is available. If there is one, it offers to open the download page, to skip that version, or to ask again later. It is one request to api.github.com carrying only Kiln's version (GitHub sees your IP address, as with any web request), and Kiln never updates itself. To turn the check off, set the environment variable KILN_NO_UPDATE_CHECK=1.

Earlier versions do not have the check, so this update is the one you install by hand: from here on, Kiln lets you know.

Downloads

System	File
Windows 10 (1903) or newer, 64-bit	Kiln-0.2.0-x64-setup.exe (installer) or Kiln-0.2.0-x64.zip (portable)
macOS 14.4 or newer, Apple silicon	Kiln-0.2.0-arm64.dmg
Arch Linux, CachyOS	kiln-0.2.0-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst
Debian 13, Ubuntu 26.04	kiln_0.2.0_amd64.deb
Fedora 44	kiln-0.2.0-1.x86_64.rpm

Kiln is not code-signed yet:

• Windows: SmartScreen warns before the first start. Choose "More info", then "Run anyway".
• macOS: macOS refuses the first start. Open System Settings > Privacy & Security and choose "Open Anyway" for Kiln.

SHA256SUMS lists the checksum of every file. Installation steps for each system are in the README.

Kiln is early software. It erases whole drives, so check the drive name before you write.

Source code

Kiln is free software under the GNU GPL v3 or later. Besides the source of this release, the release carries the unmodified source archives of the GPL and LGPL components built into Kiln: libcdio, wimlib, hivex, GNU libiconv and Ventoy.