Wave Hub 0.2.8

Wave Hub 0.2.8

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

What's new

• A new look. Wave Hub has been redrawn: hard edges, hairline rules, small-caps labels and
  numbered app cards, in a warm-paper light theme and a printer's-ink dark one. The design is
  modelled on ArtCraft Launcher by
  storytold, with thanks — their one-click install flow showed
  the way too.
• The rename notice is gone. The ChipWave Studio card no longer says "Formerly ChipWave
  Tracker". The rename has been out for a while and the card is clean again.
• The Windows setup now installs for everyone on the PC. It puts Wave Hub in Program Files
  instead of your own user folder, so it asks for an administrator password once. If you had
  0.2.7 or older installed just for you, the new setup removes that copy, so you don't end up
  with two.
• A Flatpak for Linux. WaveHub-0.2.8-linux-x86_64.flatpak is a self-contained bundle you
  can install with flatpak install --user WaveHub-0.2.8-linux-x86_64.flatpak.

Upgrading keeps your installed apps and settings. On Windows, run the new setup over the old
one. On a Mac, replace Wave Hub in Applications with the new one. On Linux, install the new
package the same way as before.

Which file do I download?

Windows (10 and later, 64-bit)

• WaveHub-0.2.8-setup-x64.exe: the easy one. Installs for everyone on the PC (it asks for an
  administrator password), with a Start menu shortcut and an uninstaller.
• WaveHub-0.2.8-windows-x64.zip: no install. Unzip it anywhere and double-click WaveHub.exe.

Linux, regular PCs (x86_64)

• WaveHub-0.2.8-linux-x86_64.flatpak: the self-contained bundle. Install it with
  flatpak install --user WaveHub-0.2.8-linux-x86_64.flatpak.
• WaveHub-0.2.8-linux-x86_64.deb: Ubuntu, Debian, Mint, Pop!_OS.
• WaveHub-0.2.8-linux-x86_64.rpm: Fedora, openSUSE.
• WaveHub-0.2.8-linux-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst: Arch, CachyOS, Manjaro, EndeavourOS
  (sudo pacman -U …).
• WaveHub-0.2.8-linux-x86_64.AppImage: any Linux. Make it runnable (chmod +x), then run it.
• WaveHub-0.2.8-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 deb, rpm, pkg.tar.zst, AppImage and tar.gz with aarch64 in the name. (The Flatpak is
  x86_64 only for now.)

macOS (Apple Silicon and Intel)

• WaveHub-0.2.8-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-0.2.8-macos-universal.zip: the same app, zipped.

Checking your download: SHA256SUMS.txt lists a checksum for every file, including the
copies without a version number.

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

• ChipWave Studio has no Linux download yet. 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.
• The Flatpak runs in a sandbox. Apps that need something the sandbox doesn't have (for
  example AppImages, which need FUSE) may not open from inside it. The other Linux packages
  don't have that limit.

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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