GhostReel v0.13.0

Windows: GhostReel_*-setup.exe · Linux: .AppImage · macOS: .dmg (Apple Silicon / Intel). CLI bundles: available in the build artifacts.

Linux/Windows offer CUDA (NVIDIA driver 570+, CUDA runtime bundled) and Vulkan (AMD, Intel or NVIDIA with a Vulkan 1.2-capable driver). Vulkan downloads have _vulkan in their filenames. Apple Silicon uses MLX for vision/chat and Metal Whisper (macOS 14+); Intel uses llama.cpp/Whisper (macOS 12+). On first start open Models and download the models.

macOS builds use a self-signed certificate. Drag GhostReel to Applications; on first launch approve it in System Settings → Privacy & Security → Open Anyway.

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Added

• Vulkan builds for Windows and Linux alongside CUDA, supporting compatible AMD, Intel
  and NVIDIA GPUs with a Vulkan 1.2-capable driver. Both speech and vision/chat helpers
  use the selected backend; Vulkan installers have _vulkan in their filenames.
• GPU backend selectors on the website's download cards, with direct links and file sizes
  for each available variant. Install and source-build notes describe the Vulkan requirements.

Improved

• CI caches compiled helpers separately by platform/backend and reuses them across release
  version bumps. Keys track helper sources, vendored bindings, transitive locked dependencies,
  toolchains, build settings and SDK versions. Vulkan SDK downloads are also cached, and
  exact helper cache hits skip native compilation and SDK setup.
• Signed updates preserve the installed CUDA or Vulkan backend using separate updater targets.
• Vulkan helper builds use portable CPU fallback settings, and staging removes stale CUDA
  runtimes before packaging a Vulkan build.

Fixed

• Windows release upload failures now trigger the existing retry handling.

Model default

Qwen3.5 9B is now the default for frame descriptions and script chat on all platforms. CI checks both native GGUF/projector and Apple Silicon MLX variants.