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Orchid 2.0.0.

Download & install

Requires macOS on Apple Silicon (M1 / M2 / M3 / M4).

1. Download Orchid-2.0.0-arm64.dmg below.

2. Install — open the .dmg, then drag the Orchid icon onto the Applications folder.

3. Open it the first time (one-time, ~15 seconds):

Orchid is free and open-source, and isn't paid-signed by Apple, so macOS double-checks with you on the very first launch. This is normal and safe:

  1. In Applications, double-click Orchid.
  2. A box says "Apple could not verify 'Orchid' is free of malware…" → click Done. (Do not click "Move to Bin".)
  3. Open the Apple menu → System Settings → Privacy & Security.
  4. Scroll to Security — "Orchid was blocked to protect your Mac." → click Open Anyway.
  5. Confirm with Open Anyway (Touch ID / password if asked).

From then on, Orchid opens with a normal double-click. ✨

Rare — if it says "damaged" or won't open, the quarantine flag got stuck. Open Terminal and run:
xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/Orchid.app

What's new in 2.0.0

Orchid grows up: tabs and multiple windows.

Added

  • Tabs. Every open file lives in a tab above the reading pane. Single-clicking in the sidebar browses — files share one reusable preview tab (shown in italics) so skimming a folder never piles up tabs. Double-click a file (or ⌥-click, or right-click → Open in New Tab) to give it a tab that sticks, and a preview tab pins itself the moment you edit — unsaved work always keeps its own tab. Close with ⌘W, the ×, or middle-click; drag tabs to reorder; double-click a preview tab to pin it.
  • Tab keyboard control — ⌃Tab / ⌃⇧Tab cycle tabs (Window menu: Show Next / Previous Tab), ⌘1–⌘8 jump to a tab, ⌘9 jumps to the last one.
  • Multiple windows. File → New Window (⌥⌘N, remappable in Settings) opens an independent window with its own folders, tabs, and file watching — keep two projects side by side. New windows cascade from the current one.
  • No more "discard changes?" interruptions when switching files. Edits now simply stay alive in their background tab; the prompt only appears if you close that tab without saving.
  • Unsaved edits in any tab are guarded on close — closing a window offers to save every dirty tab, not just the visible one.
  • Background tabs stay fresh — a file changed on disk quietly reloads in its background tab (or raises the conflict banner there if it has unsaved edits, shown when you return to it).

Changed

  • ⌘W is now Close Tab (closes the window once no tabs are left).
  • Opening a single file no longer closes your folders — it joins the workspace as its own sidebar entry (and its tab), instead of replacing everything.
  • Rename moved fully to right-click → Rename… — double-clicking a file now opens it in its own tab. (Renaming from the menu is unchanged.)
  • New files created with ⌘N open in their own tab, ready to type.

Under the hood

  • The main process now tracks state per window (workspace, file watcher, unsaved-changes guard, crash auto-reload) — groundwork for anything multi-window that comes next.
  • A freshly loaded window pulls its workspace from the main process, so a crash-recovery reload lands you back where you were.
  • 213 unit tests, still at 100% coverage of the logic layer.

Full history: CHANGELOG.md

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