Kroma Ecosystem 2.7.1 — live Store and in-app updates

Kroma Ecosystem 2.7.1 keeps the desktop app's Store always current and lets the app update itself.

What's new

• Live Store: stickers, animations, Lottie files, design elements and Slides templates now load from kromaecosystem.tech, so new items appear in the app as soon as they're published, without a new app version. Offline, the app uses the copy it was installed with.
• In-app updates:
  • Windows and Linux (AppImage, .deb, .rpm): new versions download in the background and install with one click on "Restart to update". Each download is checked against its SHA-512 before it installs.
  • macOS, Snap and Flatpak: the app tells you when a new version is out, and one click downloads it.
• Linux: AppImage, .deb, .rpm, Snap and Flatpak packages, each installed and opened on a clean machine before it's attached here.

Downloads

Platform	File	Size
macOS 12+ (Apple silicon)	Kroma-2.7.1-arm64.dmg	838 MB
Windows 10 / 11 (64-bit)	Kroma-Setup-2.7.1-x64.exe	797 MB
Linux (any distribution)	Kroma-2.7.1-x86_64.AppImage	848 MB
Linux (.deb, .rpm, Snap, Flatpak)	attached by the Linux packages workflow

SHA-256 checksums are shown next to each file below, and on the download page at kromaecosystem.tech.

Install

• Mac: open the DMG and drag Kroma Ecosystem into Applications. It isn't notarized yet: open it once, then click "Open Anyway" in System Settings → Privacy & Security.
• Windows: run the setup. It isn't code-signed yet, so SmartScreen shows "Windows protected your PC": click "More info", then "Run anyway".
• Linux: see the README for the command for each package.

Kroma Ecosystem 2.7.0 for Mac and Windows

Kroma Ecosystem 2.7.0 is the first release for Windows, alongside the Mac app.

Downloads

Platform	File	Size	SHA-256
macOS 12+ (Apple silicon)	Kroma-2.7.0-arm64.dmg	836 MB	4bf2b1d3a7363218b770bdc3bf1ce3959a1e7845a19f2da093aee70499f85e20
Windows 10 / 11 (64-bit)	Kroma-Setup-2.7.0-x64.exe	794 MB	5f0946c87e1255bf8fa63392cdef5137328854c40baed0d55ed2232426cceec5

What's new

• Windows app: per-user installer (no administrator rights needed), desktop and Start menu shortcuts, a clean uninstaller and the native window frame.
• Kroma Lottie: a new Store section of original Lottie animations for apps and sites.
• New Slides templates, stickers, animations and design elements, and the Slides AI improvements from the web app.
• Hardened builds: the app binary can't be run as a plain Node.js runtime, and the packaged app is checked for tampering when it starts.

Install

• Mac: open the DMG and drag Kroma Ecosystem into Applications. The app isn't notarized yet: open it once, then click "Open Anyway" in System Settings → Privacy & Security.
• Windows: run the setup. It isn't code-signed yet, so SmartScreen shows "Windows protected your PC": click "More info", then "Run anyway".

Kroma Ecosystem 2.6.1 for Mac (Apple silicon)

Kroma Ecosystem 2.6.1 for Mac

Download: Kroma-2.6.1-arm64.dmg (335 MB, macOS 12 or later, Apple silicon)
SHA-256: 037226676f7a74d8565b714d6c13256635d60b3f4b9bce79884df7ccd4f76f52

What's new

• Fix: the app now opens in the light theme for everyone who hasn't picked a theme. Builds before 2.6.0 saved "dark" automatically, which kept 2.6.0 dark for people updating.
• A new Slides Studio. A drag-and-drop canvas editor with 370 original templates across pitch decks, reports, lessons, research, events, portfolios and more. The element library covers icons, illustrations, stickers, photos, maps, flags, QR codes, charts, and device and print mockups. PowerPoint export stays editable and embeds the fonts.
• Light theme, now the default. A clean white interface across every studio. Switch to Dark or System from View → Appearance, the account menu or ⌘K.
• New typography and refreshed screens throughout the app.

Installing

1. Open the DMG and drag Kroma Ecosystem into Applications.
2. The app is signed ad-hoc but not notarized by Apple, so the first launch is blocked. Open System Settings → Privacy & Security, scroll down and click Open Anyway.
3. To check the download, run shasum -a 256 Kroma-2.6.1-arm64.dmg in Terminal and compare the result with the SHA-256 above.

Updating from an earlier build keeps your pages and settings.

Kroma Ecosystem 2.6.0 for Mac (Apple silicon)

Kroma Ecosystem 2.6.0 for Mac

Download: Kroma-2.6.0-arm64.dmg (335 MB, macOS 12 or later, Apple silicon)
SHA-256: ae29af4dad0c29fd24a5aea51f97c163e9d49cad41ce96b8c1560ca69acc3b4c

What's new

• A new Slides Studio. A drag-and-drop canvas editor with 370 original templates across pitch decks, reports, lessons, research, events, portfolios and more. The element library covers icons, illustrations, stickers, photos, maps, flags, QR codes, charts, and device and print mockups. PowerPoint export stays editable and embeds the fonts.
• Light theme, now the default. A clean white interface across every studio. Switch to Dark or System from View → Appearance, the account menu or ⌘K.
• New typography and refreshed screens throughout the app.

Installing

1. Open the DMG and drag Kroma Ecosystem into Applications.
2. The app is signed ad-hoc but not notarized by Apple, so the first launch is blocked. Open System Settings → Privacy & Security, scroll down and click Open Anyway.
3. To check the download, run shasum -a 256 Kroma-2.6.0-arm64.dmg in Terminal and compare the result with the SHA-256 above.

Updating from an earlier build keeps your pages and settings.

Kroma Ecosystem 2.5.0 for Mac (Apple silicon)

Kroma Ecosystem 2.5.0 for Mac

Kroma's 21 studios run as a native Mac app. Docs, PDF Studio, OCR, Transcribe, Reader, Recall, Citations, Vault, Slides, Audio Lab and the other studios are included, and most of them work offline.

Download: Kroma-2.5.0-arm64.dmg (255 MB, macOS 12 or later, Apple silicon)
SHA-256: eb822aceefd09e70f6f9d28c92cda07fe50a469ec9328c5568607c638accd1f2

What's new in this build

• Native menus. File → New Page (⌘N) and Search (⌘K). Go → Docs, AI, PDF, OCR, Transcribe, Reader, Recall, Slides and Audio Lab (⌘1–⌘9), All Studios (⇧⌘H), Back and Forward (⌘[ / ⌘]).
• Window size and position are remembered between launches.
• About window shows the version.
• Apple Vision OCR: if it can't read a page, OCR now falls back to the built-in offline engine.
• Security: the app runs sandboxed, with a content security policy and checks on every native call. No telemetry.
• Size: about half the size of the previous build (255 MB, was 533 MB).
• Every studio was rebuilt in this release: a crash-safe 10-hour recorder, FSRS flashcards, PDF viewer and annotations, searchable-PDF OCR, page history in Docs, and more.

Installing

1. Open the DMG and drag Kroma Ecosystem into Applications.
2. The app is signed ad-hoc but not notarized by Apple, so the first launch is blocked. Open System Settings → Privacy & Security, scroll down and click Open Anyway.
3. To check the download, run shasum -a 256 Kroma-2.5.0-arm64.dmg in Terminal and compare the result with the SHA-256 above.

Your data stays where it was: updating from an earlier build keeps your pages and settings.