Polestar Client 0.1.0 (beta)

Polestar Client is a small desktop app that keeps Polestar's addons and the community guides from polestar.guide installed and up to date, so you never unzip a folder into AddOns by hand again. No account, no sign-in, nothing else on your PC touched.

This is the first release: a beta. If something's off, tell us on Discord or GitHub Issues.

Download

Pick the one for your computer from Assets below (not "Source code"):

Your computer	Download
Windows (also Windows on Arm)	Polestar.Client_0.1.0_x64_en-US.msi
Mac (Apple silicon and Intel)	Polestar.Client_0.1.0_universal.dmg
Linux	.AppImage (any distro) or .deb (Debian, Ubuntu, Mint)
Linux on Arm	.AppImage or .deb

First launch:

• Windows may say "Windows protected your PC", because the installer isn't code-signed yet. Click More info, then Run anyway. On Windows on Arm the same installer runs through Windows' built-in x64 support.
• Mac: the app is signed and checked by Apple; open the .dmg, drag Polestar Client into Applications, and open it.
• Linux AppImage: make it executable (right-click > Properties > Allow executing, or chmod +x), then run it.

On first start it finds World of Warcraft: Forever by itself; if it can't, point it at your game folder.

What it does

Polestar's addons, kept up to date

• Installs and updates Polestar, Polestar Recorder and LibForeverData straight from this project's GitHub releases.
• Every download is checked against the checksum published with it before your AddOns folder changes. Your other addons are never touched.
• Checks for updates on its own, or when you click Check for updates. You choose whether updates install automatically.

Community guides in one click

• On any community guide's page on polestar.guide, choose Install with Polestar Client. The app comes forward, shows what will be installed, and one click puts it in.
• The Community Guides page lists what you have: update, remove, or see what's new.
• Optional automatic guide updates, off by default. When on, routine updates install a day after they come out, while the game is closed. If an update has a new publisher, adds or removes folders, or the guide was replaced by a different one, it always asks you first.

Careful with your PC

• The list of community guides is signed by polestar.guide and checked by the app; a copy that was tampered with is refused.
• Only guide files go into AddOns, and only into the guide's own folders. Anything else in a download (other files, links pointing elsewhere) stops the install.
• If polestar.guide pulls a guide (broken, or taken down), the app turns it off or removes it and tells you why. A turned-off guide can be restored when the site allows it again.
• Activity lists every addon change on your PC, newest first.
• The app updates itself, and only accepts updates signed with Polestar's key.

Recording, if you want to help (opt-in)

• Turn on sharing and the app uploads what the Polestar Recorder addon logs while you play: quests, kills, NPC positions, trainers and vendors. It helps us build better routes and fix Forever's quest data.
• Character names are stripped before anything leaves your PC, and chat is never recorded. What we send shows you all of it. Pause or stop any time.
• One switch: turning sharing on in the app also turns the Recorder on in game. /psrec off in game still wins.
• Recording needs the new Recorder, which comes with the next Polestar update; until then the Status page says so.

And the small things

• A small window that lives in your tray when closed, and starts with your computer if you want it to.
• Works with WoW: Forever only.

Good to know

• You don't need Polestar Client to use Polestar. CurseForge and the zips on GitHub keep working exactly as before.
• No account, ever. If you turn recording on, uploads carry a random ID for your install, nothing more.
• Report anything odd, from wording to crashes, on Discord or GitHub Issues. Screenshots help.

latest.json and the .sig files are for the app's built-in updater; you don't need them.

Virus scans

Every download was checked on VirusTotal when it was released:

File	SHA-256	Report
Polestar.Client_0.1.0_x64_en-US.msi	a5d72960b803176db743f0e4f4a7bd93cda1625d837cac2c2ae2508c296838dd	VirusTotal
Polestar.Client_0.1.0_universal.dmg	497ebca30ad23ceca25918697a496a8e57f161b016f4880c9ab4055144cf4a00	VirusTotal
Polestar.Client_0.1.0_aarch64.AppImage	034346d8430f7be52e8ab0791edea110d5bbb1702489bff6ad2f96a134b4f3f3	VirusTotal
Polestar.Client_0.1.0_amd64.AppImage	52f87eff214b1a0162a9679ace83afde7328a65b8c5ec23cd7c71e74c16d8572	VirusTotal
Polestar.Client_0.1.0_amd64.deb	4b3eedb32a870d66b67d355ea91814ec6936a016edec0b5698a41805c2d59907	VirusTotal
Polestar.Client_0.1.0_arm64.deb	72b1b14f96c55dcd027f4a0daff4fe55c56e744968e96a56034c774a27796317	VirusTotal

No engine flagged any of them.