Barc v0.0.12

Barc 0.0.12

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

• Saving images works. Right-click → Download Image (and Download Linked File) did nothing: WebKit started the download and handed it to Barc through a hook Barc never answered, so it was dropped. A site's download button whose link holds the image itself, common for generated images and charts, also did nothing. Both now save to your downloads folder, the button under the site's file name. Download buttons that build the file in the page first already worked and are unchanged.
• New clean-up button at the end of the New Tab row in the sidebar. It archives every tab in the current space that hasn't been on screen for 7 days. Pinned tabs, favourites, tabs set to Keep in Sidebar or Keep Awake, live folders, the tab on screen and any tab still holding a page (an unsent draft, a call) stay, and a split view goes only if every tab in it is old. The tabs go to the space's archive with their history, and the toast offers Undo.

Verification

The full suite ran 2,558 tests in 409 suites with no failures. The new download tests open the real context menu and click real download links, and fail on 0.0.11. A session-save test that sometimes failed under full-suite load now waits for the save instead of a fixed time.

Passkeys remain unavailable in this private build.

Download and install

• Barc-0.0.12-universal.dmg: open the disk image and drag Barc to Applications.
• Barc-0.0.12-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.