Arc 0.1.8 — Eclipse

Arc's first public preview: a cinematic home for your local Windows game collection.

What is included

• Rust folder discovery with Windows EXE metadata and helper/installer filtering.
• Portrait covers, heroes and logos with SteamGridDB selection or local artwork import.
• Compact colored ratings: MC 84/7.4 · Steam 87; critics, users and Steam keep their own scales and source links.
• SQLite library and offline artwork/rating cache, favorites, recently played, search, editing and hide/restore.
• Extracted PS4 game discovery with existing shadPS4/compatible Bloodborne BBLauncher setups.
• Filesystem watching, direct process launching and basic session timing.
• Original Eclipse logo and Windows icons; MIT source, contribution guide and Windows CI.

Install

Download Arc_0.1.8_x64-setup.exe, install, then add your game folders in Settings. The installer is about 3.4 MiB and uses system WebView2 with a bootstrapper fallback. A personal SteamGridDB key is optional; ratings require no key or Chrome extension.

This is an early, unsigned Windows x64 preview. Games, ROMs, firmware and shadPS4 are not bundled. Detection is heuristic. Playtime tracks the directly started process; broader store imports, collections and controller navigation are planned.

Assets and verification

• Arc_0.1.8_x64-setup.exe — Windows installer.
• arc-source-v0.1.8.zip — source from this release's Git commit, including MIT license and editable artwork.
• Arc-v0.1.8-SHA256SUMS.txt — SHA-256 checksums for both files.

Checks: 29 frontend tests + 42 Rust tests, SQLite migration verification, strict TypeScript/Vite build, Clippy with warnings denied and optimized NSIS packaging. Startup/RAM benchmarks and long gameplay sessions are not claimed.

Read the README, architecture or contribution guide. Report reproducible problems through the repository's issue templates.