Linux downloads page + unified macOS/Linux release (v0.1.15) - #305
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Links to the Linux artifacts (AppImage + .deb) on the GitHub releases page, with install instructions and an explicit 'preview' notice: Linux is not yet covered by auto-update, and the app needs a desktop keyring (GNOME Keyring / KWallet) for its database key. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
The page advertised generic Linux AppImage/.deb downloads, which would send x86_64 visitors to packages that cannot run on their machine. Lead with the architecture in the metadata, the preview notice, and the button subtitle. Also correct the Linux build docs from actually doing the build: xdg-utils is required (AppImage bundling fails without it) and fat LTO can get the linker OOM-killed on a memory-constrained builder. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
The prose said it was required but the command above it didn't install it. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
The page said ARM64-only, which was true when it was written but is now wrong: the x86_64 .deb is published and verified installing on Ubuntu. Lead with Intel/AMD (one amd64 package covers both vendors), keep ARM64 as the secondary option, and note the Ubuntu 22.04+ / Debian 12+ requirement since older releases don't ship libwebkit2gtk-4.1-0. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Users currently have to find two tags per version — v0.1.14 (macOS) and v0.1.14-linux-preview (Linux, a prerelease listed below it). A Linux visitor sees the latest release contain only a .dmg and concludes there is no Linux build. Publish both platforms under one tag instead. - Dockerfile.linux: the Linux build environment, committed so anyone can reproduce it. Tauri CLI is installed globally because the repo is bind-mounted and a local resolve would find the host's macOS binary. - release-local.sh: after the macOS steps, build .deb + AppImage for amd64 and arm64 in Docker and upload them to the same release. The frontend export is reused, so the container only does the Rust half. LTO is disabled there: the fat-LTO link gets OOM-killed in a Docker VM. SKIP_LINUX=1 or LINUX_PLATFORMS narrow the scope; a stopped Docker degrades to a macOS-only release instead of failing. - Stable arch-suffixed copies (MyDevTools-amd64.deb) so website links never need editing, mirroring what MyDevTools.dmg already does. - .gitignore dist-linux/ — 148MB of build output must never be committed. - RELEASING.md: document the unified flow, and correct the claim that releases go to the mydevtools-releases mirror (they've come from this repo since 0.1.13). latest.json still advertises darwin-* only: Linux has no auto-update because only AppImage can self-update, and a second publisher of that manifest would need to merge rather than overwrite. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Makes Linux a first-class platform in releases and on the site, and bumps to 0.1.15.
Why
Today there are two tags per version:
v0.1.14(macOS) andv0.1.14-linux-preview(Linux, a prerelease listed underneath). A Linux visitor opens the latest release, sees only a.dmg, and concludes there's no Linux build.Changes
Release plumbing
Dockerfile.linux— the Linux build environment, committed so it's reproducible. The Tauri CLI is installed globally because the repo is bind-mounted and a local resolve picks up the host's macOS binary.release-local.sh— after the macOS steps, builds.deb+ AppImage for amd64 and arm64 in Docker and uploads them to the same release. Reuses the already-built frontend, so the container only does the Rust half.SKIP_LINUX=1→ macOS-only;LINUX_PLATFORMS="linux/amd64"→ skip the slower ARM build.MyDevTools-amd64.deb) so website links never need editing — same trick asMyDevTools.dmg..gitignore dist-linux/— 148 MB of build output must never be committed.Website
/linux-buildspage with install instructions, covering Intel/AMD and ARM64.Docs
xdg-utils, without which AppImage bundling fails), the build, and the keyring verification step.mydevtools-releasesmirror — they've come from this repo since 0.1.13.Verified
The x86_64
.debproduced by this setup was installed and run on a real Ubuntu machine — app launches and works.Deliberately not included
Linux auto-update. Only AppImage can self-update, and
latest.jsonadvertisesdarwin-*only. Adding alinux-x86_64entry means every publisher of that manifest must merge into it rather than overwrite, or one platform wipes the other's entries. Linux users re-download for now; the page says so.🤖 Generated with Claude Code