🧪 Join the Mindwtr beta channels

[dongdongbh]

Hi everyone,

Mindwtr now has beta channels on every platform, and I'd love to have a few people join.

Betas get new features and bug fixes earlier than the stable release — sometimes by a while. In exchange, you help catch bugs, corner cases, and platform-specific quirks before they reach everyone on stable. For a project maintained by one person, that early feedback is genuinely the difference between a smooth stable release and a rough one.

This is a place you can stay, not a one-time test. Every stable release also goes out to the beta channels, so once you join you never have to switch back or reinstall to stay current — you'll always be at least as up to date as stable, usually a bit ahead. If a beta build gives you trouble, see the leaving instructions for your channel below.

If you use Mindwtr daily and don't mind the occasional rough edge, this is the most helpful place to be. If you'd rather keep things rock-solid, no action needed — stable is still stable.

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How to join

📱 Android — Google Play (open testing)

Join the open testing track, then update through the Play Store as normal:

• Join on Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=tech.dongdongbh.mindwtr
• Join on the web: https://play.google.com/apps/testing/tech.dongdongbh.mindwtr

To leave beta later, return to the same link and tap "Leave the test."

🍎 iOS / iPad MacOS — TestFlight

Install TestFlight from the App Store, then join via this link:

• https://testflight.apple.com/join/7SMJCTSR

To leave, remove the app from TestFlight and reinstall the stable version from the App Store.

🐧 Linux — AUR (Arch & derivatives)

Install the dedicated beta package:

• mindwtr-bin-beta

yay -S mindwtr-beta-bin

To go back to stable, install mindwtr-bin instead.

🐧 Linux — Flathub (beta branch)

Add the Flathub beta remote (separate from the normal flathub remote), then install the beta branch:

# Add the Flathub beta remote (one-time)
flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub-beta https://flathub.org/beta-repo/flathub-beta.flatpakrepo

# Install the beta branch
flatpak install flathub-beta tech.dongdongbh.mindwtr//beta

# Run the beta build explicitly
flatpak run --branch=beta tech.dongdongbh.mindwtr

You can keep stable and beta installed side by side. To point your desktop launcher at the beta build:

flatpak make-current tech.dongdongbh.mindwtr beta

To switch the launcher back to stable later:

flatpak make-current tech.dongdongbh.mindwtr stable

🐧 Linux — APT / RPM beta repos (Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, RHEL, openSUSE)

Debian/Ubuntu — add the beta APT repo (same signing key as stable):

curl -fsSL https://dongdongbh.github.io/Mindwtr/mindwtr.gpg.key | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/mindwtr-archive-keyring.gpg
echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/mindwtr-archive-keyring.gpg] https://dongdongbh.github.io/Mindwtr/deb-beta ./" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mindwtr-beta.list
sudo apt update
sudo apt install mindwtr

Fedora/RHEL/openSUSE — add the beta DNF/YUM repo:

cat <<'EOF' | sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/mindwtr-beta.repo
[mindwtr-beta]
name=Mindwtr Beta Repository
baseurl=https://dongdongbh.github.io/Mindwtr/rpm-beta
enabled=1
gpgcheck=0
EOF

sudo dnf install mindwtr

To leave, remove the beta repo file and reinstall from the stable repo. (One apt quirk: apt sorts -rc.N above the matching stable version, so after a stable release apt keeps the final RC — usually the identical build — until the next version; sudo apt install mindwtr=<version> forces stable sooner.)

🐳 Docker — beta tag

Every release lands on GHCR with its version tag, and the floating beta tag always points at the newest release — RC or stable — so you never switch tags (latest stays on stable):

docker pull ghcr.io/dongdongbh/mindwtr-app:beta
docker pull ghcr.io/dongdongbh/mindwtr-cloud:beta

🪟 Windows — Microsoft Store beta

You can join Mindwtr Beta and receive release candidates through your existing Microsoft Store installation. Microsoft calls this a package flight; you use the regular Store app.

Send the email address of the Microsoft account you use in the Store to support@mindwtr.app, or reply here with it if you are comfortable posting it publicly. I'll add that account to the testing group. Once Microsoft publishes the flight and your membership takes effect (up to 30 minutes), check Microsoft Store → Library for updates.

Keep your existing Store installation so your tasks and attachments stay in place. Stable releases also go to this group. To leave, email support and ask to be removed; the Store won't downgrade a beta, so you'll receive stable when a newer eligible package becomes available.

Store beta instructions

💻 Windows direct downloads, AppImage, FOSS APK & others — GitHub Releases

Pre-release builds are published on the GitHub Releases page, marked as pre-release:

• Mindwtr Releases →

Look for releases tagged as pre-release (e.g. -rc/-beta) for the latest beta builds, or grab the most recent stable release any time.

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Reporting issues

If you hit a bug or something feels off, opening an issue is the single most useful thing you can do as a beta tester:

• 🐛 Report a bug

Please mention your platform and the version you're on (you can find it in Settings → About) so it's easy to trace.

Thanks to everyone willing to run a little closer to the edge — it makes the stable releases better for everyone. 🙏

[sudo-saif]

I'm already doing so, grabbing the latest beta version as soon as it's released and testing it out in Windows Sandbox to safely test it without potentially affecting my data if something goes wrong with the beta version then reporting back any issues I find, hope this helps 😄

[dongdongbh]

Thanks for testing the builds and reporting what you find! 😄

I've added a Microsoft Store beta group, similar to TestFlight, using Microsoft's package flights feature. Testers receive updates through the regular Store app. I've submitted 1.3.0-rc.2 and am waiting for Microsoft to finish certification.

If you'd like to test Store updates, send me the email address of the Microsoft account you use in the Store and I'll add you. You can reply here or email support@mindwtr.app if you prefer to keep it private.

Please keep sending feedback from your Sandbox tests either way. Store beta instructions

[sudo-saif]

Surely will do! I'm currently using the exe version, I hate using the Microsoft Store version of apps.