Alien Forma 0.6.3 — desktop preview

Channel update — 2 November 2026: Alien Forma is available on Microsoft Store for Windows x64, version 0.6.4.0. The portable and CLI assets attached to this release remain 0.6.3-preview.20261101. New preview builds will be published on GitHub first; subsequent Store updates follow Microsoft review and may arrive later. The Store is currently ahead of this GitHub download. Compare versions in the channel guide. No attached binaries were replaced.

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Alien Forma 0.6.3 by CongestedAI. Preview, not a stable release.

Changes

• Compact application wordmark: a smaller Alien line keeps Forma prominent and the brand inside the header across the part, sketch and vector workspaces.
• Windows product icon and executable metadata now identify Alien Forma / CongestedAI. This is not a digital signature.
• Microsoft Store packaging preparation separates writable data from the read-only installation directory. The Store edition is not published or certified yet.
• Eight interface languages and the isolated Portuguese MCP automation profile from 0.6.2 are retained.

This update uses the previous language-preview source plus these focused changes. It does not include ongoing, unvalidated performance work.

Downloads

• Windows x64 portable: Forma-windows-x64-portable.exe. Node.js is not required. Close the application before updating and preserve the adjacent Forma-data folder.
• Command line / MCP: Forma-cli.tgz. Requires Node.js 22.12 or newer. Install the downloaded archive with npm install -g ./Forma-cli.tgz, then run forma.
• Verify files against SHA256SUMS.txt. A short npm-registry package has not been published.

Official website · Installation · MCP

Checks completed

Windows: installed command package, MCP discovery, native SVG extrusion, exact save/reopen, 3MF export, PNG capture, actual final portable executable startup, and compact-header visual inspection. Existing distribution-path tests were extended for Store storage. The package and portable contents were scanned for internal instructions, credential patterns and current-machine identifiers; that scan returned no findings. These are focused checks, not a guarantee against every security issue.

Linux x64, macOS Intel, and macOS Apple Silicon: installation, command shim, server startup, MCP discovery, native SVG extrusion, exact save/reopen, 3MF export, and PNG capture passed using Node.js 22.12.0 and this exact package. Native check results. These checks cover a basic workflow, not every CAD tool or desktop environment.

Preview limitations

The portable executable remains unsigned. SmartScreen can still show an unknown-publisher warning; product metadata does not remove it. Microsoft Store certification and signing remain pending. Complex painted-model history editing remains under investigation. No universal startup time, p99 latency or complete CAD-tool certification is promised. Keep backups of projects before trying previews.

MCP works with compatible clients and is not exclusive to one model. Not every interface tool is exposed through MCP. No cloud account is required inside Alien Forma.

Terms, credits and support

Free for personal, non-commercial use. Contribute US$1 to support Alien Forma. Contributions fund development; commercial-use conditions are in LICENSE.txt. All users receive the same CAD tools. Third-party components retain their licenses and credits, including Electron and Chromium notices in the portable application.

The original application source remains private. GitHub's automatic Source code archives contain only this public repository's documentation and installation checks.