Updates and releases
Cone ships as GitHub releases and updates itself. At launch it checks the latest release and compares versions.
- Minor and patch releases download in the background. Install by clicking Restart to Update, or let it install when you quit.
- Major releases show the release notes and ask before downloading.
Update state lives in Settings under Updates, where you can also check manually.
Channels
Section titled “Channels”Stable builds are the default and what the updater tracks. Experimental builds are published as GitHub prereleases, show their channel in the sidebar, and update to the next stable release rather than to other experimental builds. Development runs from source show a DEV badge and never self-update.
Versioning
Section titled “Versioning”The app version comes from the VERSION file in the repository and is baked into each bundle at build time. Release automation runs the tests, builds the bundle, and publishes the GitHub release in one step, so a tagged version and its downloadable asset always match.