v0.6.3
Download OpenHCS
Both are direct graphical installers. They create an isolated Python
environment, install the OpenHCS GUI with Napari, Fiji/Bio-Formats, and MCP
support, create the desktop launcher, and connect OpenHCS to Codex and detected
supported local agent clients by default. GPU dependencies remain optional.
Highlights
- One-click local MCP registration for Codex and detected supported clients.
- Real package-install output inside the Windows setup wizard.
- A themed startup window showing the real OpenHCS stdout/stderr stream until
the desktop and UI bridge are ready. - Help → Check for Updates with safe handoff to official native installers.
- File → Load / Save workspace code-document actions; Save includes every
existing orchestrator. - Transactional reinstall/update behavior with robust launcher publication,
registration reporting, and superseded-environment cleanup.
After installation, restart Codex or another registered local client, then ask
it to use OpenHCS.
Terminal users can install the same release with:
pip install "openhcs[gui,mcp,viz,bioformats,cellprofiler-compat]==0.6.3"See PR #77 for the detailed
architecture and verification record.