PICAZHU Windows 0.1.2 Alpha Pre-release

PICAZHU for Windows 0.1.2 alpha release.

Assets:

• Native Windows installer: PICAZHU-Windows-Setup-0.1.2-alpha.exe
• Portable zip: PICAZHU-Windows-portable-0.1.2-alpha.zip
• SHA-256 checksums: SHA256SUMS.txt

Notes:

• Fixed runtime light/dark theme switching consistency.
• Theme-owned brushes, gradients, and shadows now resolve dynamically.
• Added regression tests for theme resource correctness.
• Includes expanded AI provider configuration/status work for LM Studio, Ollama, Ollama Cloud, and OpenAI.
• AI remains optional and off by default.
• Installer is currently unsigned.
• Microsoft Defender scan found no threats in the generated release folder.

PICAZHU Windows 0.1.1 Alpha

PICAZHU for Windows 0.1.1 Alpha

Alpha maintenance release focused on Settings readability and release-pipeline hardening.

What Changed

• Rebuilt the Settings popup into a full-width scrollable settings surface instead of fixed-width cards.
• Improved readability for labels, provider diagnostics, LM Studio model IDs, and AI indexing status.
• Added a clear selected-model summary under the LM Studio model dropdown.
• Added visible settings toggles for AI and subfolder defaults.
• Expanded footer actions so Test Connections and Save Settings do not clip.
• Clarified that Close discards unsaved edits and Save Settings applies immediately.
• Hardened the GitHub staging script so it preserves the existing .git folder when refreshing source.

Downloads

Recommended install:

• PICAZHU-Windows-Setup-0.1.1-alpha.exe

Portable/testing option:

• PICAZHU-Windows-portable-0.1.1-alpha.zip

Verification:

• SHA256SUMS.txt

Security And Trust

The 0.1.1-alpha installer is unsigned. Windows may show an Unknown publisher or SmartScreen warning until PICAZHU is signed with an OV/EV code-signing certificate.

For this release:

• Verify downloads against SHA256SUMS.txt.
• Scan the installer or portable zip with your antivirus before installing if your environment requires it.
• The published installer and portable zip were scanned locally with Microsoft Defender on May 9, 2026, and Defender reported no threats.

Antivirus scans are a useful distribution check, but they are not a substitute for code signing.

Verification Performed

• dotnet build .\Picazhu.sln -c Release -m:1
• dotnet test .\Picazhu.sln -c Release --no-build -m:1
• dotnet publish .\app\Picazhu.App\Picazhu.App.csproj -c Release -r win-x64 --self-contained false -m:1 -o .\publish\Picazhu.App-win-x64 /p:DebugType=None /p:DebugSymbols=false
• Build-WindowsRelease.ps1
• Published executable launched and reported Responding = True.
• Microsoft Defender scan found no threats in the installer or portable zip.

Known Alpha Notes

• Installer is currently unsigned.
• This is still a pre-release for controlled testing.
• Embeddings and hybrid semantic ranking are not complete yet.
• OpenAI/Ollama inference paths are not at feature parity with LM Studio.
• Very large iPhone libraries, locked/untrusted phones, iCloud placeholders, and unplug-during-import scenarios need more real-device QA.

PICAZHU Windows 0.1.0 Alpha

PICAZHU for Windows 0.1.0 Alpha

First Windows alpha release for controlled testing.

PICAZHU is a local-first visual media browser for Windows. It indexes real folders on your PC, generates thumbnails, extracts metadata, supports HEIC fallback decoding, imports original iPhone camera media, and provides optional AI-assisted tagging/search workflows.

Downloads

Recommended install:

• PICAZHU-Windows-Setup-0.1.0-alpha.exe

Portable/testing option:

• PICAZHU-Windows-portable-0.1.0-alpha.zip

Verification:

• SHA256SUMS.txt

Security And Trust

The 0.1.0-alpha installer is unsigned. Windows may show an Unknown publisher or SmartScreen warning until PICAZHU is signed with an OV/EV code-signing certificate.

For this release:

• Verify downloads against SHA256SUMS.txt.
• Scan the installer or portable zip with your antivirus before installing if your environment requires it.
• The published installer and portable zip were scanned locally with Microsoft Defender on May 9, 2026, and Defender reported no threats.

Antivirus scans are a useful distribution check, but they are not a substitute for code signing. A signed installer is still required for a stronger public trust signal.

Requirements

• Windows 10/11 x64.
• .NET 8 Desktop Runtime may be required for this framework-dependent alpha build.
• Optional: LM Studio with a vision-capable model for AI tagging.
• Optional: USB-connected, unlocked, trusted iPhone for iPhone import.

Included In This Alpha

• Premium Windows WPF shell with responsive media-first layout.
• Folder-first browsing with recursive subfolder indexing.
• Virtualized visual media grid for larger libraries.
• Thumbnail generation and thumbnail progress visibility.
• HEIC support using native Windows WIC when healthy, with bundled libheif fallback.
• Image/video preview workflow and metadata/details panel.
• Multi-select original-file export for printing, sharing, or delivery.
• iPhone import through Windows portable-device access with visual tile selection.
• Optional AI runtime gate, off by default for performance.
• LM Studio local vision-model integration, OCR indexing, and selected-media Tags view.
• Release scripts, native installer definition, portable zip, and checksums.

Verification Performed

• Release build succeeded.
• Automated tests passed: 35/35.
• Published executable launched and reported responding.
• Native installer compiled with Inno Setup 6.7.1.
• Portable zip audit found no .pdb debug files.
• Microsoft Defender scan found no threats in the installer or portable zip.
• GitHub source staging audit excluded build output, logs, local databases, screenshots outside docs/, recordings, temp files, and debug symbols.

Known Alpha Notes

• Installer is currently unsigned, so Windows SmartScreen may warn.
• This is a pre-release intended for controlled testing, not broad production rollout.
• Embeddings and hybrid semantic ranking are not complete yet.
• OpenAI/Ollama inference paths are not at feature parity with LM Studio.
• Very large iPhone libraries, locked/untrusted phones, iCloud placeholders, and unplug-during-import scenarios need more real-device QA.
• Broader HEIC corpus validation is still recommended.

Source

The release tag points to the latest alpha source snapshot, including README screenshots and release security notes.