From 4dc79ccc412018a2bce453a29e5d5be4048d9f0c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Brandon Thomas Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2026 09:58:57 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] README Downloads: where to get it first, then builds with Windows before macOS (#279) Also drop "signed installers" from the thin-or-missing list: release installers are signed. Co-authored-by: Brandon Thomas Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 5.5 --- README.md | 19 ++++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 0d35489aa..53be56b2f 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ PdfCraft is young and moving fast. The aim is a workbench where you can view, or - **Good today:** viewing and search; organizing, combining and splitting; most kinds of comment; filling and authoring forms (with sandboxed JavaScript); passwords, redaction and sanitizing; basic digital signatures; printing; the Accessibility Checker; agent control through the CLI and MCP. - **Still borrowed:** pages are drawn by the `hayro` crate while our own renderer is built. -- **Thin or missing:** reliable editing of existing text (especially CJK), OCR beyond Latin script, Office import/export, signature timestamps and long-term validation, PDF/A/X/UA preflight, XFA forms, localization and signed installers. +- **Thin or missing:** reliable editing of existing text (especially CJK), OCR beyond Latin script, Office import/export, signature timestamps and long-term validation, PDF/A/X/UA preflight, XFA forms and localization. - **Hardening:** fuzzing still turns up crashes and hangs on hostile files; each one is fixed with a regression test. Quality has not yet been compared with Acrobat side by side. **Next, in order:** our own renderer, hardening and a fidelity harness against Acrobat, editing existing content, then the Pro workflows (signatures, OCR, Office, preflight, XFA) and 1.0 polish. @@ -404,15 +404,9 @@ The honest assessment by area, what's lacking and where we're going are in **[RO ## Downloads -Every [release](https://github.com/storytold/pdfcraft/releases/latest) ships these builds. `` is the -version number; `SHA256SUMS.txt` lists a checksum for every file. +**New to PdfCraft?** Download it from the [PdfCraft page on getartcraft.com](https://getartcraft.com/apps/pdfcraft). That's the easiest way to install it. -### macOS - -| Build | File | Notes | -|---|---|---| -| App, universal (Apple silicon + Intel) | `pdfcraft--macos-universal.dmg` | Signed and notarized | -| Command-line tool, universal | `pdfcraft-cli--macos-universal.zip` | Signed and notarized | +**Want a specific build or format?** On GitHub, the [latest release](https://github.com/storytold/pdfcraft/releases/latest) has every build listed below, and [all releases](https://github.com/storytold/pdfcraft/releases) has earlier versions and their notes. `` in the file names is the version number, and `SHA256SUMS.txt` lists a checksum for every file. ### Windows @@ -424,6 +418,13 @@ version number; `SHA256SUMS.txt` lists a checksum for every file. Installers and executables are code-signed. +### macOS + +| Build | File | Notes | +|---|---|---| +| App, universal (Apple silicon + Intel) | `pdfcraft--macos-universal.dmg` | Signed and notarized | +| Command-line tool, universal | `pdfcraft-cli--macos-universal.zip` | Signed and notarized | + ### Linux | Format | x86_64 | aarch64 (ARM64) | Notes |