Wave Hub 0.2.2

Wave Hub 0.2.2

Wave Hub is free, and always will be: one place to install, update and open the Wave apps
(BigWave Radio, ChipWave Tracker and StreamWave). No account, no ads, no tracking.

What's new

• Links work again. In 0.2.1 and earlier, clicking GitHub, Release notes, Discussions, Buy Me a Coffee or PayPal did nothing, on every computer. Sorry! Wave Hub now opens every link in your default browser itself. If a browser can't be opened, it says so and shows the address so you can copy it.
• Uninstall any app. Each app card's ••• menu now has Uninstall. First it asks "Remove StreamWave? Your settings stay." It won't remove an app while it's open, and it shows its progress and then "Removed". Apps that Wave Hub installed are simply deleted. Apps installed with their own setup, like StreamWave on Windows, are removed quietly with their own uninstaller. Linux packages are removed through your package manager.
• Finds apps you installed yourself. If you installed an app with its own Windows setup, a Linux package, or by dragging it into Applications on a Mac, Wave Hub now shows it as installed. You can open, update or uninstall it from there.
• Repair missing files. If an app's program has gone (for example, Windows Security quarantined it), the card now says Files missing and offers Repair, which downloads the same version again in one click. On Windows it also explains how to check Windows Security > Virus & threat protection > Protection history. The ••• menu also has Reinstall.
• Wave Hub's version is easy to find, near the top of the About page and at the bottom of the window.
• Works with BigWave Radio 0.9.7, which now has Windows builds made with Microsoft's own toolchain.

Which file do I download?

Windows (10 and 11, 64-bit)

• WaveHub-0.2.2-setup-x64.exe: the easy one. Installs Wave Hub just for you (no admin password), with a Start menu shortcut and an uninstaller.
• WaveHub-0.2.2-windows-x64.zip: no install. Unzip it anywhere and double-click WaveHub.exe.

Linux, regular PCs (x86_64)

• WaveHub-0.2.2-linux-x86_64.deb: Ubuntu, Debian, Mint, Pop!_OS.
• WaveHub-0.2.2-linux-x86_64.rpm: Fedora, openSUSE.
• WaveHub-0.2.2-linux-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst: Arch, CachyOS, Manjaro, EndeavourOS (sudo pacman -U …).
• WaveHub-0.2.2-linux-x86_64.AppImage: any Linux. Make it runnable (chmod +x), then run it.
• WaveHub-0.2.2-linux-x86_64.tar.gz: any Linux, no package. Unpack it and run ./install.sh.

Linux, 64-bit ARM (Raspberry Pi 4/5 with a 64-bit OS, ARM laptops)

• The same five files with aarch64 in the name.

macOS (Apple Silicon and Intel)

• WaveHub-0.2.2-macos-universal.dmg: open it and drag Wave Hub into Applications. The first time, right-click Wave Hub and choose Open (it isn't notarised by Apple yet).
• WaveHub-0.2.2-macos-universal.zip: the same app, zipped.

Checking your download: SHA256SUMS.txt lists a checksum for every file.

WaveHub.exe and WaveHub-linux-x86_64 are the bare programs under 0.1.0's names, so older
copies' "Check for updates" links still work. New downloads should use the files above.

Windows may say it "protected your PC" because Wave Hub isn't code-signed yet: choose
More info → Run anyway.

Known limits

• StreamWave on Windows still needs testing on a real PC. StreamWave only comes with an installer, so Wave Hub runs it quietly to install it, and runs StreamWave's own uninstaller to remove it. Neither has been tried on a real Windows PC yet. Under Wine, StreamWave's installer stops because Wine has no WebView2. Removing BigWave Radio that was installed with its setup has been tested under Wine.
• ChipWave Tracker is Windows only for now. On Linux, Wave Hub links to its build-from-source instructions.
• Wave Hub tells you when a newer Wave Hub is out and links to the download; it doesn't replace itself yet.
• Wave Hub isn't code-signed (Windows) or notarised (macOS) yet.

Tried it? Please say how it went in Discussions or open an issue. Thank you!

Thank you, storytold

Wave Hub was inspired by storytold's ArtCraft Launcher and their Craft apps such as PhotoCraft. Their one-click install and update flow showed the way. Wave Hub's code and artwork are its own.

Support

Wave Hub and all the Wave apps are free. If they make your day a little better:
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