Kirje v0.4.21 macOS Preview

Kirje v0.4.21 macOS Preview

This is a deliberately limited GitHub prerelease for macOS on Apple Silicon (arm64). It is suitable for opt-in preview use, not stable distribution or automatic updates.

Kirje began as a fork of the open-source Velo codebase and retains its Apache-2.0 attribution. This preview is built from Kirje's independently maintained product and release branch.

Install

1. Download Kirje_0.4.21_aarch64.dmg and drag Kirje to Applications.
2. In Finder, Control-click Kirje and choose Open.
3. If macOS still blocks it, run xattr -cr /Applications/Kirje.app, then open it again.

The app has an ad-hoc local signature, not an Apple Developer ID signature, and is not notarized.

Release Boundary

• macOS Apple Silicon only; no universal, Windows, or Linux installer is included.
• No latest.json, automatic updater, or Homebrew publication is enabled.
• Mail is stored in a local SQLite database; Kirje does not operate a cloud mailbox copy.
• Optional AI requests go directly to the provider configured by the user.
• No real mailbox credentials or message content were used in release automation or packaged as evidence.

Verification

• npm audit: 0 vulnerabilities at the moderate threshold.
• TypeScript type-check and production frontend build passed.
• 228 test files and 2,492 frontend tests passed.
• Locked Rust tests and release build passed.
• The DMG checksum and disk image integrity passed verification.
• The app bundle reports app.kirje.desktop, version 0.4.21, and a native arm64 executable.
• Deep code-signature integrity passed; Gatekeeper rejection is expected because there is no Developer ID signature or notarization.
• The packaged Tauri desktop app launched with a clean local home and no mailbox account.

Source: 9c5d604

Stable release automation remains frozen behind its signing, notarization, updater-key, and distribution-channel readiness gates.