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@d9010 d9010 released this 18 Oct 22:15
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Do not use this version: it quits as soon as it is opened. Download 0.1.1 instead.

D9010 VmApp 0.1.0 for macOS (Apple silicon)

The first public release, for macOS 13 or later on Apple silicon.

Added

  • The launcher: every app's engine runs in its own small virtual machine and its window in a sandbox on your Mac, and you choose which folders and which websites each app may reach.
  • Fourteen sample apps come with the launcher: Load examples installs the ones you pick, and nothing is allowed until you say so.
  • The Inspector shows every message between an app's window and its engine, and every internet connection an app tries, live.
  • The launcher tells you when a newer version is available and can update itself. A card shows what changed and offers Update now, Later or Skip this version; Check for Updates… in the launcher's menu asks at any time, and a switch in Host Capabilities turns the automatic check off. Nothing is downloaded or restarted without your click, and the check sends nothing about you.
  • Browse an app registry, install an app from it, and publish your own app from the launcher.
  • Apps can ask to see your screen, use the mouse and keyboard, run tools you registered, use the microphone, or use your Mac's GPU. Each is off until you allow it, can be stopped at any time with one shortcut, and the experimental GPU path stays off until you turn it on.

Download and install

Needs macOS 13.0 or later on a Mac with Apple silicon.

  1. Download D9010-VmApp-Launcher-0.1.0-mac-arm64.zip (523 MB) from the assets below.
  2. Optional: download SHA256SUMS into the same folder and run shasum -a 256 -c SHA256SUMS. It must say OK.
  3. Unzip it, move D9010VmAppLauncher.app into /Applications and open it. The first time, macOS asks you to confirm that you downloaded it from the internet: choose Open.
  4. Click Load examples, tick the sample apps you want and choose Install selected. Installing allows nothing: each app asks for what it needs the first time you launch it.

Once installed, the launcher tells you when a newer version is available (a card appears with what changed). Nothing is downloaded or restarted without your click, and the check sends nothing about you; you can turn it off in Host Capabilities.

Built from

  • Tag v0.1.0, commit a55eac6
  • SHA-256 of D9010-VmApp-Launcher-0.1.0-mac-arm64.zip: 144e4a47afb9f97e951eb0c91130a6834a75c6277fa34463b62193936f90947e

Full changelog: https://vmapp.dev/docs/changelog. Documentation: https://vmapp.dev/docs/. D9010 VmApp is open source under the MIT licence; report a security problem privately through the repository's Security tab.

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