Sideleaf 0.1.5

Sideleaf 0.1.5 adds an agent-friendly Markdown skill installer and tightens Minimal layout.

What changed

• sideleaf skills install installs the Sideleaf skill in ~/.agents/skills.
• sideleaf skills install --user covers Agents, Claude, Codex, OMP, Hermes, and Pi.
• --target installs for one supported harness. Reinstalling is safe; Sideleaf refuses to overwrite a modified skill unless you pass --force.
• Windows and WSL install into the correct user home. The packaged CLI still needs no separate Bun or Node install.
• Minimal layout now hides the mode and pane bars, uses a compact File menu, and keeps Comments in the title bar.
• Windows uses Ctrl-Alt-M for Minimal layout and Ctrl-Alt-V for Comments, matching the rest of Sideleaf's Windows shortcuts.

Downloads

• macOS: Apple Silicon, macOS 26.6.2 or later. Signed and notarized DMG.
• Windows: Windows 11 x64 with WebView2. Extract the ZIP before running the unsigned installer.

Checksums are in SHA256SUMS.txt.

Sideleaf 0.1.4

Sideleaf 0.1.4 adds a compact layout, complete theme controls, and cleaner menus.

What changed

• Added Minimal layout. It moves document actions, the file name, and Comments into the title bar while keeping Write, Split, and Read close at hand.
• Added a Keyboard shortcuts popup to the Sideleaf menu.
• Added Light, Dark, and System appearance choices in Settings and the footer.
• Updated Sideleaf's custom Mac shortcuts to use Command-Shift. Windows keeps Control-Alt for writing modes and comments.
• Reworked the hamburger menu with Distraction-free mode, setup actions, update checks, Help, and About.
• Fixed Windows title-bar dragging, top-edge resizing, and the dark scrollbar seam.
• Fixed Windows Markdown registration so the system app picker shows Sideleaf by name and opens .md, .markdown, and .mdown files with the installed app.

Downloads

• macOS: Apple Silicon, macOS 26.6.2 or later. The DMG is signed, notarized, and stapled.
• Windows: Windows 11 x64 with WebView2. Extract the ZIP, then run the unsigned setup executable.

Checksums, third-party notices, and matching third-party source bundles are attached. The release source is commit c44a045fd5349d200b158d284eefb476baa8616a.

Sideleaf 0.1.3

Sideleaf 0.1.3 makes Markdown files feel native and adds calmer ways to read and write.

Highlights

• Registers .md, .markdown, and .mdown as editable Markdown documents on macOS and Windows, with reliable shell-open handling for spaced and Unicode paths.
• Adds distraction-free mode with Cmd+Opt+D on macOS or Ctrl+Alt+D on Windows, Esc to leave, and the existing Write, Split, and Read shortcuts inside the focused workspace.
• Adds coordinated editor-and-preview zoom from 70–180%, with keyboard shortcuts and a compact footer control.
• Refines the title bar, Sideleaf and Settings menus, themed About view, responsive toolbar, and centered empty-document illustration.
• Keeps the empty preview responsive without introducing a document scrollbar.

Downloads

• macOS: Apple Silicon, macOS 26.6.2 or later. Download the signed, notarized, and stapled DMG.
• Windows: Windows 11 x64. Download and extract the complete setup ZIP before running Setup. The Windows installer is not yet code-signed, so Windows may show a publisher warning.

Checksums, third-party notices, and corresponding source materials are attached. The release source tag resolves to commit 76cec71368a6b1af6cb4cb45f01f9148edc762b3.

Sideleaf 0.1.2

Sideleaf 0.1.2 makes the editor feel at home on both macOS and Windows.

Highlights

• Custom draggable title bar on both platforms, with a compact hamburger menu, themed About window, Settings popup, and responsive toolbar controls.
• A centered, responsive empty-document preview with a calm botanical illustration that hides gracefully in tight layouts.
• Faster keyboard workflow: Write, Split, Read, comment, Find, close-document, and quit shortcuts now follow native conventions.
• Autosave every 30 seconds for named documents, plus one private recoverable untitled draft that survives restarts when enabled.
• Cleaner document lifecycle prompts for unsaved work and a fresh untitled document after closing the current document.
• Packaged Sideleaf command-line tools for macOS, Windows, and WSL.

Downloads

• macOS: Apple Silicon, macOS 26.6.2 or later. Download the signed and notarized DMG.
• Windows: Windows 11 x64. Download and extract the complete setup ZIP before running Setup. The Windows installer is not yet code-signed, so Windows may show a publisher warning.

Checksums and corresponding third-party source materials are attached. The release source tag resolves to commit 2ee8a862be548112b741e4ccaaef50a275a25e80.

Sideleaf 0.1.1

This patch fixes release checks in the native runtime and corrects the Windows Redo shortcut.

• Update checks now read GitHub’s release metadata successfully. Sideleaf checks quietly at most once a day and shows a dismissible footer link for a newer stable release. Help → Check for Updates checks manually.
• The Windows Edit → Redo menu now shows Ctrl+Y, matching the editor. macOS keeps Cmd+Shift+Z.

If you installed v0.1.0, download this patch manually. Its update check can fail while decoding the release response. There is no automatic installation or forced restart.

Install

Mac: Download Sideleaf-0.1.1-macos-arm64.dmg, open it, and drag Sideleaf to Applications. Requires Apple Silicon and macOS 26.6.2 or later. The app and disk image are signed, notarized, and stapled.

Windows: Download Sideleaf-0.1.1-windows-x64-setup.zip, extract the whole ZIP, and run Sideleaf-Setup.exe. Keep the adjacent .installer folder with Setup. Requires Windows 11 x64 and the installed Microsoft Edge WebView2 Evergreen runtime. This build is unsigned; Windows may show an unknown-publisher or SmartScreen notice.

Early-release limits

One document at a time, with manual saves. There is no crash recovery or automatic update installation. Images are not yet rendered in the preview. Keep backups of important writing.

Source and licenses

Sideleaf is MIT licensed. The attached third-party notices and runtime source archives retain their component licenses and include corresponding sources and rebuild/relink instructions. The runtime dependencies are unchanged from v0.1.0. Normal installation needs only the download for your platform.

SHA256SUMS.txt records checksums for all five installer, source, and notice files.

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Sideleaf 0.1.0

Use v0.1.1 for working update checks and the corrected Windows Redo shortcut. If you installed v0.1.0, download that patch manually.

Sideleaf’s first public release: a small Markdown editor for your words and your files.

• Write, split, and read views, with Markdown kept literal.
• Comments stored beside your document in a .sideleaf.json file.
• Explicit saves, undo/redo, and protection against overwriting outside edits.
• Quiet daily release checks. A dismissible notice appears in the footer when a newer stable release is available. Help → Check for Updates checks manually. Updates open the release page; installation is your choice.

Install

Mac: Download Sideleaf-0.1.0-macos-arm64.dmg, open it, and drag Sideleaf to Applications. Apple Silicon and macOS 26.6.2 or later are required. The app and disk image are signed, notarized, and stapled.

Windows: Download Sideleaf-0.1.0-windows-x64-setup.zip, extract the whole ZIP, and run Sideleaf-Setup.exe. Keep the adjacent .installer folder with Setup. Requires Windows 11 x64 and the installed Microsoft Edge WebView2 Evergreen runtime. This build is unsigned; Windows may show an unknown-publisher or SmartScreen notice.

Early-release limits

On Windows, Redo in the editor uses Ctrl+Y; the native menu currently shows the wrong shortcut.

One document at a time, with manual saves. There is no crash recovery or automatic update installation. Images are not yet rendered in the preview. Keep backups of important writing.

Source and licenses

Sideleaf is MIT licensed. See the repository’s license and bundled third-party notices. Sideleaf-0.1.0-runtime-sources.tar.gz contains runtime sources, build instructions, patches, and license material. Its companion Sideleaf-0.1.0-WebKit-source.tar.gz contains the corresponding WebKit/JavaScriptCore source. These source assets are for rebuilding or modifying the runtime; normal installation needs only the download for your platform.

SHA256SUMS.txt records the checksums of all five attached installer, source, and notice files.

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