* Install and update Craft apps from a local mirror
Add an opt-in developer mode for installing the Craft apps from builds on
this machine instead of GitHub:
- ARTCRAFT_LAUNCHER_DOWNLOAD_BASE (loopback http only) points the launcher
at a local mirror. While set, every check reads the mirror's
release_info.json, trusts download links under the mirror, never treats
entries as stale, and never falls back to GitHub or ArtCraft's API.
- cargo xtask local sync pulls every sibling app checkout (git pull
--ff-only --recurse-submodules), packages each app whose version isn't
mirrored yet with its own packaging script, and files the results under
<mirror>/<app>/<version>/ with SHA256SUMS.txt and notes from git log.
- cargo xtask local serve serves the mirror on 127.0.0.1 (with range
requests, so paused downloads resume) and writes the feed fresh from the
mirror's contents on every request.
- cargo xtask local status compares each checkout with what's mirrored.
* Sync the local mirror on an interval while serving it
cargo xtask local serve --sync-every <30m|1h|1d…> runs the same sync as
cargo xtask local sync on a background thread, one after another, so the
mirror follows origin without a second process. Downloads keep being
served during a build, and a version only joins the feed once its build
is complete. Pulls are --no-stat to keep the server's log readable.
* Build every new commit as a dev version with --every-commit
cargo xtask local sync --every-commit (and serve --sync-every … --every-commit)
builds each new commit rather than only new versions. A commit of a 0.4.0
checkout is packaged as 0.4.1-dev.<commit time> through the app's
<APP>_VERSION override, so it orders after 0.4.0, after earlier commits,
and before the real 0.4.1. The full version lands in the bundle's
<App>Version key, which the launcher reads, so it offers each build as an
update and sees it as current once installed.
* Keep the local mirror out of release builds; parse loopback URLs strictly
ARTCRAFT_LAUNCHER_DOWNLOAD_BASE makes the launcher trust the mirror's own
checksums and skip GitHub, so a shipped launcher must not read it: it now
needs the local-mirror cargo feature (cargo run --features local-mirror),
which release builds never enable. The loopback check parsed the URL by
prefix, so http://127.0.0.1:1@evil.example/ passed; it now requires the host
to be exactly 127.0.0.1, localhost or [::1] with a numeric port. The same
check guards ARTCRAFT_LAUNCHER_FEED_URL.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Co-authored-by: Brandon Thomas <echelon@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
The launcher now looks like the apps page on getartcraft.com: the site's
colour tokens, square corners, 1 px hairlines instead of shadows, app cards
in a shared-hairline grid with numbered tabs and "Photo*Craft*" wordmarks,
mono upper-case labels and buttons, and square badges for status.
Fonts are the site's own, embedded in the binary: Archivo (620, 118 % width)
for headings and app names, Inter for body text and Geist Mono for labels,
all variable fonts from google/fonts (OFL-1.1) set to the site's weights.
The window has a custom title bar on Windows and Linux (drag to move,
double-click to maximize, minimize/maximize/close, resize from the edges)
and a transparent one on macOS with the traffic lights in the header.
The MSI used to flash a progress bar and close. Double-clicked, it now opens
a WixUI wizard (Welcome, Ready, progress, Finish with "Launch ArtCraft
Launcher"), with art drawn by package.ps1 from the ArtCraft mark and the
Craft apps' icons. Self-update still runs it with /passive. CI installs the
WiX UI and Util extensions.
The app icon is now the blue "A" mark, getartcraft.com's favicon.
packaging/icons.sh runs on any OS: `cargo xtask icns` packs the .icns.
Also: two clippy fixes in crates/native that newer clippy rejects, and
refreshed README screenshots.
Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
A native Rust/egui launcher for the 12 Craft Apps (7 classic + 5 new).
- Grid (icon cards) or sortable table view, filters and search
- Status per app: available, installed and up to date, or update
available with version and release date
- Installs where each OS keeps apps, from the official release packages:
/Applications (DMG), Program Files (MSI), deb/rpm via the system
package manager (Flatpak/AppImage fallback), /usr/local on FreeBSD
- Detects apps installed by hand; updates keep the installed format
- Every download verified against its published SHA-256; running apps
are never replaced
- Tray/menu-bar mode, start at login, one notification per new version
- GitHub API with ETag cache, falling back to release pages when
rate-limited; release source is pluggable for a future catalog API
- Web build lists latest releases with per-platform downloads
- Packaging and release workflows for macOS, Windows (x64/x86/arm64),
Linux (x86_64/aarch64), FreeBSD and web
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Kyle Hutchings
BFlat
Brandon Thomas