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Uoink 3.16.3

What's new

This release makes installing Uoink look like installing an official app, on Windows and on the Mac, and fixes the buttons in the Windows installer.

  • The Windows installer's buttons read right again. In recent Windows installers, the Next, Install and Finish buttons showed * instead of their names. They say Next, Install and Finish again.
  • A one-screen Windows install. Setup opens on one screen with the Uoink icon and an Install button, then shows its progress, then "Uoink is installed". To pick the install folder, the desktop shortcut or the PATH option for AI agents, tick Choose the install folder and shortcuts first. Setup follows Windows light and dark mode. Over an existing install, it says Update Uoink.
  • The Mac app has its icon. Finder, the Dock and Launchpad showed the generic app icon for Uoink. They now show the Uoink icon.
  • A real Mac install window. The DMG opens to a window with Uoink on the left, Applications on the right and an arrow between them. Drag Uoink across and you're done. The DMG is also about 222 MB smaller, from tighter compression. The app inside is the same size.
  • One icon everywhere. Setup, the Start menu and desktop shortcuts, the uninstaller, notifications and the dashboard window use the same icon as the uoink.app download page.

The MCP server still exposes 99 tools by default, 36 with UOINK_MCP_TOOLSET=core, 9 with search and 7 with research.

Install or update

Update from 3.15.1 or later. Open Settings, Updates. On Windows press Update now. On a Mac press Download update. Uoink checks the download against the release's SHA256SUMS.txt before it runs or opens it. If you are on an older version, install the usual way below.

Windows 10/11

  1. Download Uoink-Setup-3.16.3.exe and SHA256SUMS.txt, then check the installer's SHA-256.
  2. The Windows installer is unsigned, so SmartScreen may warn. Choose More info -> Run anyway.
  3. Press Install. To choose the folder or shortcuts, tick Choose the install folder and shortcuts first.
  4. New install: on first launch, use the setup splash to open chrome://extensions and copy the extension path. Turn on Developer mode, click Load unpacked and select that folder. Then click Chrome's puzzle-piece Extensions icon and pin Uoink.
  5. Claude Desktop: install uoink-3.16.3.mcpb.
  6. Claude Code: run uoink connect claude-code in a new terminal, then run the command it prints.

Mac (Apple Silicon, macOS 15 or later; preview)

  1. Download Uoink-3.16.3-macos-arm64.dmg and check its SHA-256 against SHA256SUMS.txt.
  2. Open the DMG, drag Uoink onto Applications, eject the disk, then open Uoink from Applications.
  3. In Chrome, open chrome://extensions, turn on Developer mode and click Load unpacked. The dashboard's Get the extension card copies the extension's folder path; in the picker, press ⌘⇧G, paste it and press Return.
  4. Claude Desktop: install uoink-3.16.3-macos.mcpb.

See docs/mac/INSTALL.md for login startup, logs and uninstalling.

Linux (headless)

git clone https://github.com/ryanbiddy/uoink && sh uoink/scripts/linux/install.sh

See docs/linux.md for options, paths, the capture image and agent setup.

Upgrading

  • Your library and captures stay in place. Upgrading from 3.16.2 adds no database migrations.
  • Reload the Uoink extension in chrome://extensions after updating.
  • Claude Desktop: reinstall the 3.16.3 .mcpb and restart Desktop.

Known limits

  • The extension's Watch Later, X bookmarks and Reddit saved collectors have automated tests but have not yet been tried in a real browser. The file imports are the tested path.
  • YouTube often blocks cloud IP addresses. On a Linux server or container, captions can fail, and the local Whisper fallback helps only when the audio download itself works.
  • Research doesn't capture podcast episodes yet: it lists them, then skips them with podcast_capture_later. Podcast transcripts already in your library still count as evidence. Reddit search is not available in research yet.
  • Linux is headless only: no tray, splash or dashboard window (the helper logs the dashboard URL instead). A host install needs ffmpeg and ffprobe on the system; without them media tools answer media_requires_ffmpeg. Podcast transcription on Linux uses CPU faster-whisper without speaker labels unless you install the optional WhisperX requirements.
  • Update now works on Windows and Apple Silicon Macs from an installed build. Linux, source checkouts and isolated test installs link to the release page instead. The Windows installer is unsigned, so the update is checked against the release's published checksums, not a code signature.
  • Make a Short with Zing needs Zing installed. Uoink keeps media for short videos only, so a longer video goes through the Download step.
  • Mac: Apple Silicon only.
  • Chrome (tested). Edge and Brave may work but are not tested.

Checksums

File Size SHA-256
Uoink-Setup-3.16.3.exe 549,031,529 B 9ad7efabbca4d80375fe50e9c9aba04dd686e14c36f04e139b227cb28358d533
uoink-3.16.3.mcpb 119,830 B 6ab1769c192ba48e0c264bdc0764efb246a5c5f78b50df0c6afc8088da48dfa8
Uoink-3.16.3-macos-arm64.dmg 513,312,753 B 338acaece74728f680368a40caa2d12f279066d3dbdcf958e94377bf243ddfe2
uoink-3.16.3-macos.mcpb 116,301 B cbb6cc0d991727e495bbcddc383cdacbb2bb2514c9050ff3e7afc380f5e5c025

The Mac DMG is signed with Developer ID and notarized (mac-qualify run 42759954325).

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