Side 1.0.0

Side’s first public macOS release: a Dock-adjacent chat panel for Pi-supported models, provider sign-in, reasoning controls, and local session history.

Install

Download Side-1.0.0-arm64.dmg, open it, and drag Side into Applications. This release supports Apple Silicon Macs (arm64). Accessibility access lets Side position the panel beside your Dock.

Automatic updates

This build checks for newer stable GitHub releases at startup and hourly via Electron’s public update service. Updates download in the background and prompt you to restart. Side-darwin-arm64-1.0.0.zip is the signed application archive used by the macOS updater; the DMG is for initial installation.

Older local builds without the updater need to be replaced with this release once. Future releases must use a higher desktop version, a stable SemVer tag, matching arm64 ZIP, and consistent bundle ID and Developer ID signing.

Distribution status

The app and DMG are Developer ID signed. Apple notarization is not configured for this release, so Gatekeeper may block installation on another Mac. Automatic update installation has not yet been verified between two released versions.