Wake 0.3.0 Beta

Wake for Windows and Linux

Wake now runs on Windows and Linux too, with the Mac app's features: the trail, threads and the Deck, Moments, Pop Out, pinned apps, Zen, column mode, developer mode with the DevTools column, History and Searches, import from your old browser, and the welcome tour on its water.

It uses the web engine your system already has, so nothing extra is bundled: WebKitGTK on Linux (the same engine family as on the Mac) and Microsoft Edge WebView2 on Windows, which is Chromium-based.

Downloads (below, under Assets):

• Windows 10 and 11: Wake-0.3.0-windows-x64-setup.exe. It installs for your account without an administrator prompt. The installer isn't code-signed yet, so SmartScreen may stop it: choose More info ▸ Run anyway.
• Debian, Ubuntu, Mint: Wake-0.3.0-linux-x86_64.deb. Install it with sudo apt install ./Wake-0.3.0-linux-x86_64.deb.
• Fedora, openSUSE: Wake-0.3.0-linux-x86_64.rpm. Install it with sudo dnf install ./Wake-0.3.0-linux-x86_64.rpm.
• Any other Linux: Wake-0.3.0-linux-x86_64.AppImage. Make it executable and run it.
• ARM64 Linux: each Linux download also comes as aarch64.

On Windows and Linux, ⌘ shortcuts use Ctrl, and ⌥⌘ ones use Ctrl+Shift. Wake updates itself on both platforms (the .minisig files are the update signatures).

This is the first release for Windows and Linux, so expect rough edges and please report them in Issues.

On the Mac

No new features on the Mac. The JavaScript Wake runs in pages now lives in files shared with the Windows and Linux app, and behaves as before. If a page feature (link handling, Moments, Pop Out, DevTools) acts differently, please report it.

Wake 0.2.3 Beta

Bring your browser along

The welcome tour has a new step that finds the browsers on your Mac (Chrome, Arc, Dia, Brave, Edge, Firefox, Zen, Safari and more) and brings your history, searches, sign-ins and site settings into Wake. Your old browser isn't changed, and you can skip the step and import later from File ▸ Import from Another Browser.

Already using Wake? Settings ▸ General ▸ Welcome tour shows it again.

Full Changelog: v0.2.2...v0.2.3

Wake 0.2.2 Beta

If Wake 0.2.1 wouldn't open ("Wake cannot be opened because of a problem") or quit right after launching, reinstall: brew install --cask amiralibg/wake/wake, or download the DMG below. Earlier builds were signed in a way some Macs refuse to load; this one isn't.

New ways to install

Both open Wake straight away, without the Gatekeeper prompt:

brew install --cask amiralibg/wake/wake

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/amiralibg/wake/main/install.sh | bash

The DMG still works: drag Wake to Applications, then run xattr -cr /Applications/Wake.app once.

Full Changelog: v0.2.1...v0.2.2

Wake 0.2.1 Beta

Full Changelog: v0.2.0...v0.2.1

Wake 0.2.0 Beta

Full Changelog: v0.1.0...v0.2.0

Wake 0.1.0 Beta

The first public beta of Wake, a native macOS browser (SwiftUI, AppKit and WebKit) built around a trail of columns instead of tabs. It's early: expect rough edges, and please open an issue for anything that breaks.

Highlights

• The trail. Every link opens as a column beside the page you came from, so your path stays in view. Resize any column like a window; the trail scrolls.
• Threads and the Deck. Each line of work is a thread. ⌘K opens the Deck: every thread as a card, warm ones on top, untouched ones slowly sinking below the waterline.
• Moments. ⌘D saves the exact spot on a page (scroll and selection). Wake re-checks saved pages in the background and tells you when they change.
• Pop Out. Float any element of a page (a video, a chart, a chat) in its own always-on-top panel.
• History and import. Searchable History and Searches (⌘Y, ⌥⌘Y). Bring history, searches, cookies and site storage over from Chrome, Arc, Dia, Brave, Edge, Firefox, Zen, Safari and more.
• DevTools. Elements, Console, Network (with mocks and replay), Sources, Storage and Performance in a column beside the page, plus responsive device previews and open-in-editor for localhost projects.
• Zen. Hide all chrome; it slides in at the window edges when you need it.
• Light on memory. Closed columns and threads you haven't touched in 10 minutes give their memory back; off-screen columns are throttled.
• Updates. Wake checks once a day and installs updates when you say so.

Install

1. Download Wake-0.1.0.dmg below, open it and drag Wake to Applications.

2. This beta isn't signed with an Apple Developer ID yet, so macOS blocks it ("can't be opened" or "is damaged"). Run this once in Terminal:

   xattr -cr /Applications/Wake.app

   It removes the quarantine flag macOS puts on downloaded files; after that Wake opens normally. (Alternatively: try to open Wake, then choose Open Anyway in System Settings ▸ Privacy & Security.)

Requires macOS 14 or later. Liquid Glass appears on macOS 26.

Known limitations

• WebKit's Web Inspector (⌥⇧⌘I) is reached through a private WebKit API and may change with macOS updates.
• Importing from Safari needs Full Disk Access for Wake (Settings ▸ Privacy explains how).
• IndexedDB, caches and service workers can't be moved between browser engines; sites rebuild them as you use them.
• Updates between ad-hoc signed builds are untested until 0.1.1 ships; macOS may ask whether the new build can use Wake's data.