Saavi v0.3.3
- Header polish: the top-left mark is now the Saavi key tile (the launcher
icon, inlined SVG) instead of the Tamil "சா" letters, and the tagline
reads "Friendly desktop OpenPGP" — here and everywhere else it appeared
(README, package metadata, the installer's short description).
Install
These builds are GPG-signed (see below) but not yet code-signed with
Apple or Microsoft certificates, so each OS will warn on first launch.
- macOS (
.dmg, universal): drag Saavi to Applications. The build is
not yet notarized, so on first open macOS says it "could not verify that
Saavi is free of malware" and offers only Done / Move to Bin. Click
Done, then System Settings → Privacy & Security, scroll to "Saavi was
blocked", click Open Anyway. Or, in Terminal:
xattr -d com.apple.quarantine /Applications/Saavi.app. Either way,
verify the.sigfirst — that is the check this dialog stands in for. - Windows (
.msior-setup.exe): SmartScreen will show "Windows
protected your PC" — click More info → Run anyway. The installer
fetches Microsoft's WebView2 runtime if it is missing (Windows 10/11 ship it). - Linux:
sudo apt install ./saavi_*_amd64.deb, or
chmod +x saavi_*.AppImage && ./saavi_*.AppImage.
Your keys live in the app's own store (passphrase-locked) — nothing is
uploaded anywhere. Backups are plain text files you save yourself.
Verify this release
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA512
Verifying Saavi v0.3.3
1. Download the asset you want, its detached signature (.sig), and
saavi_pubkey.gpg from this release.
2. Import the key:
gpg --import saavi_pubkey.gpg
3. Check the fingerprint:
gpg --fingerprint "Saavi release signing"
It must read, exactly:
DCF5 773B 84E9 AABA 785F D5A8 4D2A ECE6 8A95 3F46
Compare it against https://kaditham.ie/saavi/ — published outside
GitHub, so a compromised repository cannot swap the key and the
binaries together. If it differs, stop and write to
security@kaditham.me (see SECURITY.md in the repository).
4. Verify the asset:
gpg --verify <asset>.sig <asset>
Expect: Good signature from "Saavi release signing
<webmaster@kaditham.me>". A "key is not certified" warning is
normal here; step 3 is what establishes the trust.
This message is clearsigned by the same release key: save it to a
file and run gpg --verify on it to check it has not been altered.
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
iHUEARYKAB0WIQTc9Xc7hOmqunhf1ahNKuzmipU/RgUCao7YDgAKCRBNKuzmipU/
RqABAQDghseZ11zphaR1HxZHuhnZzHIDOenXXEk7A5Ar4L9sYQD+OT9FBIBDXQp3
NEV2pOYlRGFWyxWUaYwOg0oVvjzDhQc=
=nAWL
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----