v0.1.0-beta.3

Forel v0.1.0-beta.3

Added

• Dry Run now shows detailed per-file rule previews, including matched
  conditions, planned actions, source/target paths, and statuses such as
  "would run", "would skip", and "blocked by conflict".
• Dry Run now detects destination conflicts for move, copy, rename, trash,
  and delete previews without modifying files.
• Action history now records skipped and failed actions, including the reason
  or error message when available.
• Run Now shows a loading state while it's working and a confirmation
  message with the result once it's done.

Changed

• New installs now start at login by default, and start with watching
  paused until you've set up your folders and rules.
• The old Preview action is now presented as Dry Run in the UI.
• The Dry Run window is larger to make rule details easier to inspect.
• The menu bar panel has more top padding so its header is not cramped under
  the popover arrow.
• The History view now groups activity by batch and file, shows full
  original path -> result path flow, and displays explicit status badges.
• Size conditions now default to MB instead of bytes.
• Crisper, better-sized menu bar icon.

Fixed

• Fixed the "Update available" banner text getting cut off in the menu bar
  panel.
• Dry Run now follows simulated rename paths when evaluating following rules,
  matching the real execution order more closely.
• Condition rows in the rule editor now align consistently to the left.

Two builds available. Download the one that matches your Mac:

• Forel-v0.1.0-beta.3-darwin-arm64.dmg Apple Silicon (M1 / M2 / M3 / M4)
• Forel-v0.1.0-beta.3-darwin-x86_64.dmg for Intel

Requires macOS 14 Sonoma or later.

1. Download the correct .dmg for your Mac.
2. Open it and drag Forel into Applications.
3. First launch: the app is ad-hoc signed (not notarized), so right-click Forel.app -> Open and confirm. (Or run xattr -cr /Applications/Forel.app.)

v0.1.0-beta.2

Forel v0.1.0-beta.2

Fixed

• Fixed rules getting stuck when chained after a rename.
• Fixed the update checker sometimes offering an older alpha release
• Hardened folder-watching against a rare internal timing issue (no
  user-visible change).
• Rules with an invalid regex condition now show an error right in the
  editor and can't be saved, instead of silently never matching any file.
• Fixed the update checker occasionally announcing an update that wasn't
  actually downloadable yet, right after a new version was tagged.

Two builds available. Download the one that matches your Mac:

• Forel-v0.1.0-beta.2-darwin-arm64.dmg Apple Silicon (M1 / M2 / M3 / M4)
• Forel-v0.1.0-beta.2-darwin-x86_64.dmg for Intel

Requires macOS 14 Sonoma or later.

1. Download the correct .dmg for your Mac.
2. Open it and drag Forel into Applications.
3. First launch: the app is ad-hoc signed (not notarized), so right-click Forel.app -> Open and confirm. (Or run xattr -cr /Applications/Forel.app.)

v0.1.0-beta.1

Forel v0.1.0-beta.1

The app has been rewritten from scratch in Swift, replacing the previous
Tauri + React + Rust stack (archived under tauri/). This isn't a port for
its own sake: a native SwiftUI/AppKit app gives Forel direct, low-level
control over the things that matter most for a file-automation tool —
FSEvents watching, the menu bar, window/login-item behavior, native macOS
look and feel — without a JS runtime or webview in the loop. It's a better
foundation for where the project is going: a simple, fast, and efficient
macOS-native experience, aimed at being a credible alternative to Hazel.

Added

• Full native rewrite: SwiftUI/AppKit app shell (ForelApp) over a Swift
  core package (ForelCore) with its own rule engine, SQLite persistence,
  and FSEvents-based folder watcher.
• Menu bar quick panel: watching toggle, per-folder enable switches, and an
  activity summary, without opening the main window.
• Settings: appearance (theme, accent color), start at login, and update
  preferences, backed by the same SQLite app_settings table as the rest
  of the app's state.
• Self-updater: checks GitHub Releases for newer tags (every 12h, plus a
  manual "Check Now"), shows a prominent in-app banner and a menu bar badge
  when an update is available, and installs it in place — no Sparkle
  dependency, no appcast required.
• Action history with undo/redo per entry and per batch.

Changed

• Continues the existing 0.1.0.x line started by the Tauri-era alphas
  below — this beta is the same product, rebuilt on a native stack, not a
  fresh project.

Removed

• The Tauri/React frontend and Rust backend are no longer the active app;
  the source is kept under tauri/ for reference only.
• Sparkle dependency (was already disabled in dev builds; replaced by the
  GitHub Releases-based updater above).

Two builds available. Download the one that matches your Mac:

• Forel-v0.1.0-beta.1-darwin-arm64.dmg Apple Silicon (M1 / M2 / M3 / M4)
• Forel-v0.1.0-beta.1-darwin-x86_64.dmg for Intel

Requires macOS 14 Sonoma or later.

1. Download the correct .dmg for your Mac.
2. Open it and drag Forel into Applications.
3. First launch: the app is ad-hoc signed (not notarized), so right-click Forel.app -> Open and confirm. (Or run xattr -cr /Applications/Forel.app.)

v0.1.0-alpha.8

Forel v0.1.0-alpha.8

Two builds available. Download the one that matches your Mac:

• Forel-v0.1.0-alpha.8-darwin-arm64.dmg -> Apple Silicon (M1 / M2 / M3 / M4)
• Forel-v0.1.0-alpha.8-darwin-x86_64.dmg -> Intel

Requires macOS 14 Sonoma or later.

Install

1. Download the correct .dmg for your Mac.
2. Open it and drag Forel into Applications.
3. First launch: the app is ad-hoc signed (not notarized), so right-click
   Forel.app -> Open and confirm. (Or run xattr -cr /Applications/Forel.app.)

The .app.tar.gz, .sig, and latest.json files are used by Forel's built-in updater.

What's Changed

• Rebuild tray icon on theme change; add status dot by @lguichard in #7
• Feat - Homebrew pipeline by @lguichard in #9
• Feat - Drag & Drop rules by @lguichard in #8

Full Changelog: v0.1.0-alpha.7...v0.1.0-alpha.8

v0.1.0-alpha.7

Forel v0.1.0-alpha.7

Two builds available. Download the one that matches your Mac:

• Forel-v0.1.0-alpha.7-darwin-arm64.dmg -> Apple Silicon (M1 / M2 / M3 / M4)
• Forel-v0.1.0-alpha.7-darwin-x86_64.dmg -> Intel

Requires macOS 14 Sonoma or later.

Install

1. Download the correct .dmg for your Mac.
2. Open it and drag Forel into Applications.
3. First launch: the app is ad-hoc signed (not notarized), so right-click
   Forel.app -> Open and confirm. (Or run xattr -cr /Applications/Forel.app.)

The .app.tar.gz, .sig, and latest.json files are used by Forel's built-in updater.

What's Changed

• Fix - Bad release ID by @lguichard in #6

Full Changelog: v0.1.0-alpha.6...v0.1.0-alpha.7

v0.1.0-alpha.6

Forel v0.1.0-alpha.6

Two builds available. Download the one that matches your Mac:

• Forel-v0.1.0-alpha.6-darwin-arm64.dmg -> Apple Silicon (M1 / M2 / M3 / M4)
• Forel-v0.1.0-alpha.6-darwin-x86_64.dmg -> Intel

Requires macOS 14 Sonoma or later.

Install

1. Download the correct .dmg for your Mac.
2. Open it and drag Forel into Applications.
3. First launch: the app is ad-hoc signed (not notarized), so right-click
   Forel.app -> Open and confirm. (Or run xattr -cr /Applications/Forel.app.)

The .app.tar.gz, .sig, and latest.json files are used by Forel's built-in updater.

What's Changed

• Feat - Website by @lguichard in #5

Full Changelog: v0.1.0-alpha.5...v0.1.0-alpha.6

v0.1.0-alpha.5

Forel v0.1.0-alpha.5

Two builds available. Download the one that matches your Mac:

• Forel-v0.1.0-alpha.5-darwin-arm64.dmg -> Apple Silicon (M1 / M2 / M3 / M4)
• Forel-v0.1.0-alpha.5-darwin-x86_64.dmg -> Intel

Requires macOS 14 Sonoma or later.

Install

1. Download the correct .dmg for your Mac.
2. Open it and drag Forel into Applications.
3. First launch: the app is ad-hoc signed (not notarized), so right-click
   Forel.app -> Open and confirm. (Or run xattr -cr /Applications/Forel.app.)

The .app.tar.gz, .sig, and latest.json files are used by Forel's built-in updater.

Full Changelog: v0.1.0-alpha.4...v0.1.0-alpha.5

v0.1.0-alpha.4

Forel v0.1.0-alpha.4

Two builds available. Download the one that matches your Mac:

• Forel-v0.1.0-alpha.4-darwin-arm64.dmg -> Apple Silicon (M1 / M2 / M3 / M4)
• Forel-v0.1.0-alpha.4-darwin-x86_64.dmg -> Intel

Requires macOS 14 Sonoma or later.

Install

1. Download the correct .dmg for your Mac.
2. Open it and drag Forel into Applications.
3. First launch: the app is ad-hoc signed (not notarized), so right-click
   Forel.app -> Open and confirm. (Or run xattr -cr /Applications/Forel.app.)

The .app.tar.gz, .sig, and latest.json files are used by Forel's built-in updater.

Full Changelog: v0.1.0-alpha.3...v0.1.0-alpha.4

v0.1.0-alpha.3

Forel v0.1.0-alpha.3

Two builds available. Download the one that matches your Mac:

• Forel-v0.1.0-alpha.3-darwin-arm64.dmg -> Apple Silicon (M1 / M2 / M3 / M4)
• Forel-v0.1.0-alpha.3-darwin-x86_64.dmg -> Intel

Requires macOS 14 Sonoma or later.

Install

1. Download the correct .dmg for your Mac.
2. Open it and drag Forel into Applications.
3. First launch: the app is ad-hoc signed (not notarized), so right-click
   Forel.app -> Open and confirm. (Or run xattr -cr /Applications/Forel.app.)

The .app.tar.gz, .sig, and latest.json files are used by Forel's built-in updater.

Full Changelog: v0.1.0-alpha.2...v0.1.0-alpha.3

v0.1.0-alpha.2

Forel v0.1.0-alpha.2

Two builds available. Download the one that matches your Mac:

• Forel-v0.1.0-alpha.2-darwin-arm64.dmg -> Apple Silicon (M1 / M2 / M3 / M4)
• Forel-v0.1.0-alpha.2-darwin-x86_64.dmg -> Intel

Requires macOS 14 Sonoma or later.

Install

1. Download the correct .dmg for your Mac.
2. Open it and drag Forel into Applications.
3. First launch: the app is ad-hoc signed (not notarized), so right-click
   Forel.app -> Open and confirm. (Or run xattr -cr /Applications/Forel.app.)

The .app.tar.gz, .sig, and latest.json files are used by Forel's built-in updater.

Full Changelog: v0.1.0-alpha.1...v0.1.0-alpha.2