What's new
Everything that changed.
Newest first. There are no numbered releases yet, so entries are dated by when they landed.
- WalkieVoice dictation and prompts in a desktop window, backed by a host service. Work in progress.
- Faster text and canvas prototypeA headless host streams drawing meshes that a HolyC rasteriser paints at native density.
- Photo and Vector windowsTwo creative apps from the open-source ArtCraft family, streamed into the desktop as tiles.
- Fonts, version 2A new text engine, six families, a Fonts page in Settings and a native Font Book.
- SheetA spreadsheet window with a formula bar, tabs, sample sheets and CSV save.
- Kamiji UI kit, Components and KamikinA component showcase in every skin and a chat with real animated avatars at 24 frames a second.
- Top bar styleGlass, solid, tinted or transparent; always shown or auto-hide; ink that adapts to the wallpaper.
- Browser, version 1Pages rendered by Chrome on the host and shown through the hub, with fixes to Kamiji and Allow.
- Installer designA .ksapp format with signing, trust states and quarantine, plus a host-side prototype.
- Poster and wallpapersA poster layer, a wallpaper service and a photo fetch tool with credits.
- Calendar, Clock, Weather, MusicFour everyday apps backed by host services.
- Boot splashA ring, a bar and a crossfade from a saved image. The TempleOS terminal never shows.
- Renderer passDragging a large window fell from 72.1 ms to 9.5 ms a frame.
- Native arm64 buildThe whole desktop runs on Apple Silicon through Aiwnios, with no emulator.
- Custom-drawn desktopThe first port of the themes: a menubar, rounded windows and a dock in 16 colours.
From the repository log. For the longer story see History and Versions.
Boot it and look around.
Build the image, run it in QEMU, and the desktop is there in a few seconds.