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Swell – v0.55.0-alpha

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@ivantacca ivantacca released this 26 Oct 21:00
v0.55.0-alpha
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First public alpha of Swell, a web browser built on the Firefox engine (Gecko, Firefox ESR 153).

Platform support

  • macOS on Apple Silicon (arm64): Swell-0.55.0-arm64.dmg
  • Linux on x86-64: Swell-0.55.0-x86_64.tar.xz. This is a community build and has not been tested by the maintainer yet.

There is no Intel Mac or Windows build yet.

Install on macOS

  1. Download Swell-0.55.0-arm64.dmg and open it.
  2. Drag Swell to Applications.
  3. This build is not signed or notarized, so macOS will refuse to open it the first time. Either:
    • right-click Swell in Applications, choose Open, then confirm, or
    • run xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/Swell.app in Terminal.

Install on Linux

  1. Download and unpack Swell-0.55.0-x86_64.tar.xz:
    tar -xJf Swell-0.55.0-x86_64.tar.xz
  2. Run ./Swell-0.55.0-x86_64/install.sh to add Swell to your application menu, or start it directly with ./Swell-0.55.0-x86_64/swell/swell. Do not move the folder afterwards; run install.sh again if you do. install.sh --uninstall removes the menu entry and leaves your profile untouched.

The Linux build was made by a contributor and includes a few small changes made after this release was tagged (lint-only, no behaviour change).

Verify the downloads (SHA-256)

  • Swell-0.55.0-arm64.dmg: fa591af3e6b0f5c3a50b6a6dc5576daec8d1b7172e6485306d26452b18ce68d5
  • Swell-0.55.0-x86_64.tar.xz: 6340310b001d4c1398538c05ac0f7301ba43eee31f9658c61ed49214b455dd27

Known limitations

This is an early alpha, so expect rough edges.

  • Save Page As (Cmd+S) is not implemented.
  • Printing, dragging links and files, using two Google accounts at once and screen sharing have not been fully hand-tested.
  • The Linux build has not been run by the maintainer.
  • The app icon and the feedback link are still placeholders.
  • Updates are not automatic. Swell checks GitHub releases and tells you when a newer version exists.

Feedback

Please report bugs as GitHub issues. For security problems, use the repository's private vulnerability reporting instead of a public issue.

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