AROAC 0.4.5 — Linux x86-64 and macOS ARM64

AROAC 0.4.5 — Linux x86-64, Windows x64 and macOS ARM64 desktop release

• Fix the 0.4.4 regression where temporary pinned locations had colored detail-card headers but their map/globe markers had zero width. Pinned markers now remain visible and match the card colors. Clicking the configured home location in the left panel also focuses it and shows its home marker.
• Show the original repeater-directory frequency with grouped digits and explicit Hz, followed by a readable scaled value (for example, 445,950,000 Hz (445.95 MHz)). Other repeater details remain unchanged.
• Move the RepeaterBook data-feed caveat from a standalone paragraph into a hover/focus tooltip on the “Cross-check details on RepeaterBook ↗” link. RepeaterBook is still not an active AROAC data feed; the link only opens its public site.
• When selecting a map repeater, automatically open the left Range tab alongside its right-hand details and enabled Estimated range control.

The executable remains an all-in-one, local-first desktop application with its own SQLite data and application logic; it requires no separately installed server, remote account or server-address configuration. Online map/data providers may still receive requests. Optional encrypted device relay remains an unaudited preview. Existing application-data identifiers and protocols remain unchanged to preserve accounts and integrations.

Download and verify

Download from GitHub Releases · v0.4.5:

• AROAC-0.4.5.AppImage — standalone Linux x86-64 desktop application; mark executable. Use APPIMAGE_EXTRACT_AND_RUN=1 when FUSE is unavailable.
• aroac-0.4.5.tar.gz — Linux x86-64 archive; does not self-update.
• AROAC-0.4.5-SHA256SUMS.txt — place beside both downloads and run sha256sum -c AROAC-0.4.5-SHA256SUMS.txt.
• latest-linux.yml — AppImage update metadata with SHA-512 integrity.

On macOS Apple Silicon, download AROAC-0.4.5-arm64.dmg or AROAC-0.4.5-arm64-mac.zip, plus AROAC-0.4.5-macOS-arm64-SHA256SUMS.txt. Run shasum -a 256 -c AROAC-0.4.5-macOS-arm64-SHA256SUMS.txt alongside all four files (DMG, ZIP and their .blockmap files), or verify only the downloaded package's checksum entry. latest-mac.yml contains updater metadata, but a live macOS update was not tested.

For Windows x64, download AROAC-Setup-0.4.5.exe. Its .blockmap, latest.yml update metadata and AROAC-0.4.5-Windows-SHA256SUMS.txt are also attached. Verify the downloaded files against the SHA-256 manifest. The installer is unsigned.

Binaries exceed GitHub's Git-file size limit and are attached to this release, not committed as Git blobs. The checksum manifests are committed in releases/. Checksums verify download integrity, not independent publisher identity; these packages are unsigned.

Tested platforms and limits

Built with Electron/Node on Linux x86-64. All 73 Node and 19 browser tests passed. The packaged AppImage passed standalone local-first desktop, repeater/map-interaction, map-selection (on retry after one transient map-click timing failure), account/profile/device and guidance/tutorial smoke tests. The tar.gz was packaged but not separately launched. A live in-place upgrade from a previously published version was not exercised.

The macOS ARM64 DMG and ZIP were built with Electron/Node on macOS ARM64. On macOS, 69 Node tests passed and 4 Linux-only tests were skipped. The packaged application passed standalone local-first desktop, guidance/tutorial, account/profile/device, map interactions and map-selection smoke tests. ZIP/DMG integrity and local SHA-256 checks passed. The release-ten smoke test still fails on the known macOS /private/var versus /var temporary-path comparison. Neither installer UI nor a live in-place update was exercised. The macOS application is not Developer ID signed or notarized, so Gatekeeper may block it. Windows x64 NSIS packaging was built with Electron/Node on Windows. 69 Node tests passed and four Linux-only tests were skipped. The packaged executable passed standalone desktop, guidance/tutorial, account/profile/device/PDF, repeater/map-interaction, map-selection and update/source/license smoke tests. SHA-256 checks passed for the installer, blockmap and update metadata. Windows ACLs, the installer wizard and a live automatic upgrade were not tested. The installer is unsigned.

iOS requires macOS/Xcode for compilation and signing; its local database implementation remains incomplete. Android development remains blocked pending a genuinely JDK-free local engine/UI and physical-device testing. The rejected legacy Capacitor scaffold is not a release. Android 16/API 36 is the minimum product target, not verified compatibility. No Java, JDK or .NET tooling was used.