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Barc 0.0.11

Barc is a personal browser, built for my own taste. My goal is to reduce the browser's footprint while maintaining the original Arc feel.

Changes

  • Upload areas work. Clicking "Choose file", an attach button or a drop zone used to do nothing, because Barc never answered the page's request for a file picker. It now opens the macOS file picker as a sheet on the window. It allows several files or a folder when the site does, and shows only the file types the site accepts, as Safari does. Dragging files onto a page was already handled by WebKit and is unchanged.
  • Page dialogs appear. alert() messages never showed and every confirm() silently answered Cancel, so a site's "Delete this?" or "Discard changes?" quietly did nothing. Alerts, confirmations and prompts now appear as sheets naming the site that asked, or the embedded page's site for a frame. From a page's second dialog you can stop it showing more until it navigates.
  • A page in a background tab still gets the default answer instead of a dialog over another tab.

Verification

The full suite ran 2,550 tests in 407 suites with no failures. The new upload and dialog tests fail on 0.0.10. Two tests added in 0.0.10 had timing windows too tight for full-suite load; they now have more room.

Passkeys remain unavailable in this private build.

Download and install

  • Barc-0.0.11-universal.dmg: open the disk image and drag Barc to Applications.
  • Barc-0.0.11-universal.pkg: a standard installer that places Barc in Applications.
  • SHA256SUMS.txt: SHA-256 checksums for both downloads.

Both installers support Apple Silicon and Intel Macs, with macOS 14 or later. Translation requires macOS 15; extensions require macOS 15.4.

Signing

This release is ad-hoc signed and not notarized by Apple. The installer package is unsigned. macOS may prevent first launch; read Apple's guidance before deciding whether to open it. No security settings are changed by the installer.

Included

  • Arc-style sidebar, address/search launcher, Spaces, Favorites and split views.
  • Arc import for supported tabs, folders, history, bookmarks, passwords and website data. Some sites require signing in again.
  • Separate website identities for personal and work profiles.

Browser profiles, browsing history, saved passwords, cookies and local migration captures are not bundled. Automatic updates are not configured yet; download updates from this release page.

The source is licensed under Apache License 2.0. Original notices and third-party licenses are included in the app. Barc has no affiliation with Arc or The Browser Company.

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