Barc v0.0.7

Barc 0.0.7

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

Changes

• Fixed GoDaddy's Microsoft 365 sign-in, which answered "Your browser is a bit unusual..." in Barc. GoDaddy's bot check rejects the values anti-fingerprinting masks, and turning the protection off for the site did nothing: the script carrying each site's settings ran after the page scripts that read it, so anti-fingerprinting and hostile-page blocking stayed on everywhere. The site settings now load first, so per-site and global switches for both take effect on the next page load.
• New floating Anti-Fingerprinting switch in the bottom-right corner of sites known to refuse the protection, starting with sso.godaddy.com. It changes the site's own setting, the same one in Site Settings, and reloads the page. Close it to hide it for that site until Barc quits.

Verification

The full suite ran 2,517 tests in 403 suites. Two saved-login suggestion tests failed under full-suite load; they fail identically on 0.0.6 and pass in isolation. In a WebKit test harness, GoDaddy's sign-in was refused with Barc's page scripts as 0.0.6 loaded them and accepted once anti-fingerprinting was off.

Download and install

• Barc-0.0.7-universal.dmg: open the disk image and drag Barc to Applications.
• Barc-0.0.7-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 Kylmora notices and third-party licenses are included in the app. This is an independent fork, with no affiliation with Kylmora, Arc or The Browser Company.