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App Mechanic v0.6.3 — Direct Store Links & Site Migration
App Mechanic v0.6.3
• ⚡ Streamlined In-App Pro Purchase Flow: Pointed the in-app "Purchase a Pro License →" link directly to the checkout store at https://store.liederdigital.com/l/appmechanic for immediate, frictionless key purchase.
• 🌐 Standardized Store & Marketing URLs: Unified all Gumroad product links across the app, README, documentation, and website to store.liederdigital.com/l/appmechanic, and marketing site links to https://appmechanic.dev.
• 📦 Legacy Site Redirect: Reduced the app repository's docs/ folder to a lightweight zero-asset redirect forwarding to https://appmechanic.dev.
• 🔒 Code-Signed & Apple Notarized: Built with universal binary support, signed with Developer ID (Lieder Digital, LLC), and stapled with official Apple notarization ticket.
App Mechanic v0.6.2 — False Alarm Flagging & 1-Click Mismatch Reporter
App Mechanic v0.6.2
- 🚩 False Alarm Button & Status Badge: Distinct from
🚫 Ignore(which skips a single version), clicking🚩 False Alarmmarks an app or CLI tool in~/Library/Application Support/AppMechanic/false_alarms.json, gives it a dedicated🚩 False Alarmbadge and filter tab, and keeps it counted as healthy even if upstream catalogs bump versions again. - 📣 1-Click Inaccuracy Reporter Modal: Pre-fills the exact app, installed version, reported latest version, catalog source, install method, and macOS version so users can report catalog mismatches via GitHub Issue or Email in one click.
- Includes v0.6.1 AI CLI Updater Fixes: Synchronous
MUSE_SYNC_UPDATE=1 muse --version,codex update, andbasecamp upgrade. - Officially code-signed with Developer ID (
Lieder Digital, LLC) and Apple Notarized.
App Mechanic v0.6.1 — Refined AI CLI Updater Commands
App Mechanic v0.6.1
- Meta Muse (
muse): UsesMUSE_SYNC_UPDATE=1 muse --versionso 1-click Terminal updates run synchronously in the foreground and exit cleanly instead of opening the interactive TUI. - OpenAI Codex (
codex): Updated 1-click CLI updater command fromcodex --upgradetocodex update. - Basecamp CLI (
basecamp): Updated 1-click CLI updater command to use Basecamp's built-inbasecamp upgradeself-updater. - Officially code-signed with Developer ID (
Lieder Digital, LLC) and Apple Notarized.
v0.6.0 — Pro AI & Vibe-Coding CLI Scanner
What's New in v0.6.0
- 🤖 Pro-Exclusive AI & Vibe-Coding CLI Scanner: Automatically detects and checks live versions across 25+ AI coding agents and developer CLI tools, including Claude Code, Grok Build / CLI, Meta Muse, Mistral Vibe, OpenAI Codex, Google Gemini CLI, Moonshot Kimi Code, Herdr, Hermes Agent, OpenClaw, Sourcegraph Amp, OpenCode, Alibaba Qwen Code, Cline, Kilo Code, Pi Agent, GitHub Copilot CLI, Aider, Letta, OpenHands, Block Goose, Mercury CLI, Basecamp CLI, and Antigravity.
- 🐍 Python
uv tool& Expanded NPM Global Support (Pro): Scans tools installed viauv tool listagainst PyPI and inspects global NPM installations across both Homebrew and~/.local/bin. - ⬆️ 1-Click Native CLI Terminal Upgrades (Pro): Dispatches each AI agent's native upgrade command (
claude update,grok update,herdr update,hermes update,openclaw-safe-update,uv tool upgrade, etc.) directly to macOS Terminal. - 🌐 Official Website & Live Interactive Demo: Launched https://appmechanic.dev.
- 🔒 Signed & Notarized: Code-signed by Lieder Digital, LLC and Notarized by Apple.
App Mechanic v0.5.5
Fixes & Improvements
- Fixed app launching for apps with nested helper bundles (such as Wispr Flow) by launching explicit
/Applications/<App>.appbundle paths. - Updated Mac App Store apps so clicking Launch opens the app directly when up to date, and only opens the Mac App Store when an update is pending.
- Ignored placeholder Mac App Store ID
0(e.g. TestFlight apps) and hidden dot-prefixed bundles in/Applications.
v0.5.4
Fix macOS Finder 'not open anymore' error when launching the app. Swap webbrowser module to use native macOS open command to fix AppleEvent permission errors.
v0.5.3 - Fixing version issue
Full Changelog: v0.5.1...v0.5.3
v0.5.1 - Gumroad Migration
- Swapped licensing backend from Lemon Squeezy to Gumroad
v0.5.0 - Pro Licensing and Freemium Model
- Implemented Lemon Squeezy software licensing backend
- App is now a free scanner with a 3-scan limit
- 'Unlock Pro' modal for users to enter license keys
- Locked API endpoints for one-click launching and ignoring apps
v0.4.0
Added Ignored Apps tracking, improved UI and tooltip behaviors, and fixed various layout issues.