No installers are published yet, for any platform. There is nothing to download today and no waitlist to join — mane.dev is where the release will be announced.
Everything below is read from the build configuration in the 8code source, not from a release that exists.
What each platform’s build contains
| Platform | What is built, and how |
|---|---|
| macOS | A disk image (.dmg) and a .zip, filed under Developer Tools. The app is code-signed, sent through Apple notarisation and stapled before the disk image is made, so it opens without a Gatekeeper warning. The build scripts include a universal variant covering Intel and Apple silicon in one bundle. |
| Windows | An NSIS installer that asks where to install rather than deciding for you (8code-Setup-<version>.exe), plus a portable .exe that runs without installing. |
| Linux | An .AppImage and a .deb, categorised as a development tool, with the desktop entry named to match the app’s own window identity so your taskbar groups the window and shows its icon instead of a generic one. |
What you’ll need when it lands
Node 18 or newer — the system one
The app carries its own Electron runtime, but the agent CLIs it drives are launched with your system Node, which is why the version on your machine matters.
At least one agent CLI you are already signed into
claude,codex, or any of the eleven it drives. 8code runs the binary you already have, on the OAuth session it already holds — it never re-authenticates it and never asks you for that provider’s password.A free 8code sign-in — not optional
A device-flow sign-in against
auth.mane.dev. It is free and it is not a provider account, but the app stays locked until you complete it. Saying so here is more useful than letting you find out after the download.No API key, and no configuration
There is nothing to paste in to get started. Models run on the logins your CLIs already hold; any direct provider key you choose to add later stays on your machine.
How the release will reach you
- As GitHub releases. Builds are published to the project’s own releases repository, which is also where the app reads release metadata from.
- Without downloading itself. The app does not auto-download or auto-install from that feed. It can tell you a version exists; fetching it stays your decision.
- With its licence attached. 8code has been proprietary software since v0.8.2, and every build ships its licence and a generated third-party notices file listing every open-source component it bundles.
Source: electron-builder.yml and package.json in the 8code repository (wowftw/mane-coding-app), read for this page. Targets, artefact names, the notarisation step and the Node requirement are the build configuration’s own. There is no link on this page to a build, because no build is published.