Flowtive Releases

Welcome to the Flowtive release repository. This repository hosts official, signed installation packages and release assets for the Flowtive desktop application, and is used as the hosting location for download links and Microsoft Store package submissions.

⚠️ No application source code lives here. This repository is for public distributable binaries, release notes, and privacy documentation. The application source is maintained privately.

Public distribution

• VS Code Marketplace
• Open VSX Registry
• Chrome Web Store
• Desktop releases
• Linux AppImage (x64) - Flowtive 1.5.0

It also hosts the public privacy policy used for Chrome Web Store submissions:

• Use this URL in Chrome Web Store: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/programmerlapar/flowtive-releases/main/PRIVACY_POLICY.md
• If GitHub Pages is enabled later, privacy-policy.html can be served as a dedicated webpage

What belongs here

• Signed release installers only — no nightly or debug builds
• Release notes for each published version
• Checksums (optional but recommended) for download integrity verification

Latest release

See the Releases page for the current desktop installer and full release notes.

Download tracking

GitHub tracks cumulative downloads for every release asset. Query the Linux AppImage count with the GitHub CLI:

gh api repos/programmerlapar/flowtive-releases/releases/tags/v1.5.0 \
  --jq '.assets[] | select(.name == "Flowtive-1.5.0.AppImage") | .download_count'

This count measures asset downloads, not unique users. Keep using the versioned release asset URL above so downloads remain attributed to the GitHub release asset.

Release conventions

• Repository visibility: Public (required so Microsoft can fetch installers)
• Tag format: vX.Y.Z
• Release title: Flowtive X.Y.Z
• Asset name: Flowtive-X.Y.Z-x64.exe
• Optional checksum: Flowtive-X.Y.Z-x64.exe.sha256.txt

Microsoft Store package URL

Use the versioned release asset URL (not releases/latest) when submitting to Partner Center:

https://github.com/<owner>/flowtive-releases/releases/download/vX.Y.Z/Flowtive-X.Y.Z-x64.exe

Always target a specific version so Store submissions stay reproducible.

Publishing a release

1. Build and code-sign the Windows installer.
2. Copy the installer path.
3. Run one of the following commands.

macOS / Linux / Git Bash:

./scripts/publish-release.sh \
  --version 1.4.2 \
  --asset /absolute/path/to/Flowtive-1.4.2-x64.exe

Windows PowerShell:

.\scripts\publish-release.ps1 `
  -Version 1.4.2 `
  -Asset "C:\absolute\path\to\Flowtive-1.4.2-x64.exe" `
  -Repo "programmerlapar/flowtive-releases"

4. Copy the resulting asset URL into Partner Center.

Notes

• Never replace an existing asset for a published version.
• Create a new tag and release for each release.
• Keep the repository public so Microsoft can fetch the installer and users can download updates.

Related resources

• Changelog — release history