Photon 0.4.8

Ryan welcome window, compact footer, and Settings click focus.

Changed

• The first-run welcome is a normal window: the Photon icon, the product name, and the launcher shortcut that is actually configured. Grant Access asks for Accessibility and then Input Monitoring, one system dialog at a time.

Fixed

• The launcher footer stays a single compact bar directly under the result rows while a search is in flight and after results arrive. A shorter list no longer leaves the panel at the expanded height.
• Clicking a Settings sidebar row moves the blue focus ring onto that row.

Signing

This build is signed with a Developer ID certificate, notarized by Apple, and stapled. It opens without Gatekeeper warnings.

Install

brew tap ryan-stoffel/taps
brew trust ryan-stoffel/taps          # Homebrew 7+
brew install --cask ryan-stoffel/taps/photon

If Homebrew still references the retired singular tap, repair the existing installation with:

brew untap ryanstoffel/homebrew-tap   # only if that stale tap is present
brew tap ryan-stoffel/taps
brew trust ryan-stoffel/taps          # Homebrew 7+
brew update
brew upgrade --cask ryan-stoffel/taps/photon

Ryan's GitHub account was renamed from RyanStoffel to ryan-stoffel. GitHub redirects old repository links, but Homebrew records tap trust by name, so use ryan-stoffel/taps.

Or download Photon-0.4.8.zip (or the .dmg) below and move Photon.app to /Applications. Verify a download with shasum -a 256 -c SHA256SUMS after placing the file next to it.

Photon needs macOS 14 or later. It asks for Accessibility access on first launch for paste-back, the Hyper key, and window management; everything else works without it.