v0.6.0

Download

Platform	Link	Note
Windows (installer)	vectile-windows-amd64-installer.exe	⚠️ SmartScreen will block it - see First-Run Notes below
Windows (portable)	vectile-windows-amd64-portable.zip	unzip, then run vectile-windows-amd64.exe
Windows (older PCs)	vectile-windows-amd64-legacy-installer.exe	For PCs from before ~2013 only - read the Older PCs note below
Windows (older PCs, portable)	vectile-windows-amd64-legacy.zip	same build, no install step
Linux (AppImage)	vectile-linux-amd64.AppImage	chmod +x, then run
Linux (.deb)	vectile-linux-amd64.deb	sudo apt install ./vectile-linux-amd64.deb
macOS (universal)	vectile-macos-universal.dmg
macOS (universal)	vectile-macos-universal.zip

SHA-256 checksums are in SHA256SUMS.txt attached below.

First-Run Notes

vectile is unsigned, so first launch may warn you - it's safe and open source.

• Windows: SmartScreen -> More info -> Run anyway (or unblock the .exe in Properties).
• macOS: right-click the app -> Open (or xattr -d com.apple.quarantine on the .app).
• Linux: the AppImage needs chmod +x; the .deb pulls GTK4/WebKitGTK 6.0 + libgomp1 automatically.

Older PCs

The normal Windows builds need a CPU with AVX2 (Intel Haswell, 2013+, or AMD Excavator, 2015+).
On anything older use the legacy installer or zip, which run on any 64-bit CPU. They are the
same app, so installing one over the normal build just replaces it; do not install both.

It is slower, and mostly on the quantized models: BGE-M3, BGE Small Q4_K_M and all-MiniLM
Q4_K_M are roughly 17x slower, because they are K-quant models that need AVX2 to be fast.
The recommended BGE Small EN v1.5 Q8_0 is only about half speed, so pick that one in
Settings on an old machine and expect a slow first index.

What's Changed

Commits

• chore: update version to 0.6.0 across all configuration files - @d3uceY
• feat: ship a legacy (SSE2) Windows installer too - @d3uceY
• fix: ship CPU-portable Windows builds and fix the portable download - @d3uceY

Contributors

@d3uceY

Full Changelog: v0.5.0...v0.6.0