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qrate v0.2.0-alpha.2

A follow-up alpha, mostly under the hood: Windows installers that work without admin rights, and a
way to actually know when a new version ships.

What is new

Windows installers

  • The installer no longer requires admin rights — it asks up front whether to install for just your
    account or every account on the machine, and only asks for elevation when that's actually needed.
  • A new MSI installer for institutions: installs per-machine, upgrades in place across versions, and
    works with Group Policy Software Installation, SCCM, and Intune, including a silent
    msiexec /quiet push.
  • The app no longer opens a console window behind itself when launched.

Update checking

  • qrate checks GitHub for a newer release on startup and shows a dismissible notice in the status
    bar when one exists, linking straight to the right installer for your platform.
  • Help > "Version X.Y.Z" opens a small About window with the installed version and an on-demand
    check for anyone who wants to look without waiting for the next launch.

Fixes

  • Every window qrate opens now shows its own name in the OS taskbar and title bar — previously only
    the main project window did; Settings, About, the project launcher, and the New Project wizard all
    showed up blank.

Downloads

  • Windows: *-setup.exe (installer, asks for per-user or all-users) or
    *-x86_64.zip (portable). Deploying to managed machines? See Enterprise below.
  • macOS: *-universal.dmg (Intel + Apple Silicon)
  • Linux: *-x86_64-linux.tar.gz (Wayland + X11; needs a Vulkan driver)

Verify your download against SHA256SUMS.txt.

Enterprise (Windows)

*-x86_64.msi installs per-machine and is built for Group Policy Software
Installation, SCCM, and Intune — or a plain silent push:

msiexec /i qrate-0.2.0-alpha.2-x86_64.msi /quiet /norestart

Upgrades in place on top of any earlier MSI install; downgrading is blocked.

File previews

PDF previews work out of the box everywhere — PDFium ships in every download.

Video previews and JPEG 2000/AVIF/HEIC need ffmpeg. It is bundled on Windows;
on macOS and Linux install it and qrate will find it on your PATH:

brew install ffmpeg          # macOS
sudo apt install ffmpeg      # Debian/Ubuntu

Without it those files fall back to a file-type icon; nothing else is affected.

Note

These builds are unsigned.

  • Windows: SmartScreen may warn "unknown publisher" — click More info → Run anyway.
  • macOS: right-click the app → Open the first time, or run
    xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine "/Applications/qrate.app".
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