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PubCraft 1.0.0-alpha.1

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PubCraft is an early, free and open-source tool for writing and publishing books from portable Markdown projects. This first public alpha invites writers and contributors to try the workflow and report problems.

Apple Silicon Macs may require Rosetta. The macOS app and Windows installer are not signed/notarized; your operating system may show a security warning. Download only from this GitHub release and review the checksums.

What to try

  • Create or open a Markdown book project and edit chapters in the local GUI.
  • Import a supported Vellum project and check the resulting chapter order, images, metadata, and formatting.
  • Export an EPUB and a print-layout PDF, then inspect both with your intended distributor's previewer.
  • Tell us which operating system you used, what you expected, and what happened. See Contributing.

Important alpha notes

  • Keep your original manuscript and a separate backup; work on a copy when evaluating the app.
  • Vellum import is a conversion, not a perfect reproduction of every layout feature.
  • PDF generation depends on the available renderer. An export completing successfully does not certify KDP, IngramSpark, or other print-service compliance.
  • Windows x64 packages are included, but this release was assembled from macOS/Linux tooling and was not runtime-tested on a native Windows host during packaging. Please report installation/startup results.
  • Native Apple Silicon and Linux ARM packages are not included in this release.

Validation performed for this release

  • make check (CLI and Go tests with the race detector): passed.
  • Full browser regression suite, including real PDF rendering through the dedicated test adapter: passed on this build.
  • Portable macOS/Linux/Windows archive contents and binary freshness: checked with tests/check_packages.py.
  • macOS DMG checksum verified; Linux CLI smoke test and AppImage extraction smoke test passed.
  • Windows installer was generated and identified as an NSIS x64 installer; native Windows execution was not available in the packaging environment.

Report issues with a minimal synthetic project. Do not attach unpublished writing, private manuscripts, or copyrighted covers.

Italiano

PubCraft è uno strumento gratuito e open source in fase iniziale per scrivere e pubblicare libri usando progetti Markdown portabili. Questa prima alfa pubblica invita autori e collaboratori a provare il flusso e segnalare problemi.

Note importanti

  • Conserva il manoscritto originale e un backup separato; per provare l'app usa una copia.
  • L'importazione Vellum converte i contenuti, ma non riproduce necessariamente ogni dettaglio di impaginazione.
  • La generazione PDF dipende dal renderer disponibile. Un'esportazione completata non certifica la conformità a KDP, IngramSpark o altri servizi.
  • Sono inclusi i pacchetti Windows x64, ma durante la preparazione non è stato possibile provarli su un host Windows nativo. Sono gradite segnalazioni su installazione e avvio.
  • Non sono inclusi pacchetti nativi Apple Silicon o Linux ARM.

Segnala i problemi con un progetto sintetico e privo di dati personali. Non allegare testi inediti, manoscritti privati o copertine protette da copyright.

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