Shellbell 0.16.1

Shellbell 0.16.1 includes the Apple silicon Mac app (build 59), the macOS CLI package, Linux ARM64 and x64 archives, and the shared CLI installer.

Improved

• Scrolling back through Chat is much faster. Each page of earlier messages took up to nine seconds to find on the computer, because Shellbell checked which agent owns the pane before every small read of the conversation. It now checks once per page, before the page is sent, so a page takes about half a second. The check still runs on every page, so a different conversation's messages can never reach your phone.

Install or update

curl -fsSL https://shellbell.dev/install.sh | sh

Managed CLI installs: shellbell update. npm installs: npm install -g shellbell@latest. Mac app: Settings → Check for Updates, then Install and Restart.

Qualification and compatibility

The Mac DMG passed Developer ID signing, Apple notarization, stapling and bundle-integrity checks. The CLI package passed an isolated install smoke test. The Linux archives passed installation, a real WebRTC connection, repeat, checksum-failure, synthetic-upgrade and removal checks in Ubuntu 22.04 and 24.04 containers on ARM64 and x64 (emulated). Physical Intel Macs and Windows hosts are not included.

Works with relay 0.4.1 and the current phone apps; no phone update is needed. No re-pairing is required.

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