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Latest version 0.13.0 · August 12, 2026
Open it in your browser (opens in a new window)
That is the full application, not a preview — and the browser version already has the fonts, art, narration and music, so there is nothing else to download.
What’s new in 0.13.0
This is the release that made the desktop builds worth shipping — and the one that put the app in a browser.
- It runs in a browser now. The app no longer assumes it is running inside Electron, so the whole thing works at /app with nothing installed. Weather Radio, which the upstream host will not serve directly to a browser, routes through this site instead.
- The media library is 74% smaller — 5.2 GB down to 1.3 GB across 13,650 files, transcoded rather than trimmed. Nothing was removed.
- It asks where you are, once. A first-run prompt takes a US ZIP code, speaks the resolved city and state back so a mistyped-but-valid ZIP is caught by ear, and nothing is fetched or announced until you have answered.
- The desktop app can find its own media. In every packaged build before this one, every media file resolved to the wrong place and silently 404’d.
- It no longer dies in silence. A crash now writes a log and raises a notification naming the file. An app you leave running for severe-weather alerts used to simply stop existing — no window, no dialog, no sound.
- The installers have an icon, and the tray icon renders for the first time — it had never worked in any build, because the failure was silent.
Full detail in the changelog (opens in new tab). This is 0.13.0 and not 1.0: the builds are unsigned, there is no auto-updater, and two of the seventeen scenes still have no recorded narrator.
Desktop builds
Version 0.13.0, served from this site. Every file is listed with its SHA-256 in SHA256SUMS.
Windows
| Package | Best for | Size | Download |
|---|---|---|---|
| Installer 64-bit (x64) |
The usual choice. Installs, adds a Start-menu entry, and runs in the tray. | 78.9 MB | Download |
| Portable 64-bit (x64) |
Runs without installing anything — a USB stick, or a machine you cannot install on. | 78.6 MB | Download |
macOS
| Package | Best for | Size | Download |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disk image Apple Silicon (arm64) |
For M1 to M4 Macs. Open it and drag the app to Applications. | 96.5 MB | Download |
| Disk image Intel (x64) |
For Intel Macs. Open it and drag the app to Applications. | 100.9 MB | Download |
| Zip archive Apple Silicon (arm64) |
The same app without the disk image, if you would rather just unzip it. | 92.6 MB | Download |
| Zip archive Intel (x64) |
The same app without the disk image, if you would rather just unzip it. | 97 MB | Download |
Linux
| Package | Best for | Size | Download |
|---|---|---|---|
| AppImage 64-bit (x86_64) |
Works on any distribution. Mark it executable and run it. | 105 MB | Download |
| Debian package 64-bit (amd64) |
For Debian, Ubuntu and derivatives. Installs and updates like any other package. | 72.6 MB | Download |
| Tarball 64-bit (x64) |
Unpack and run it from anywhere. No package manager involved. | 99.1 MB | Download |
The media library
The period fonts, weather icons, background art, narrator clips and music — 1.2 GB in total, and not bundled into the desktop builds. The app runs without it on system fonts with no music, still fully spoken. Browser users need none of this; it is already served from this site.
Unpack every archive you take into the same directory — each expands to
its own folder and together they rebuild the tree. Instructions are in
UNPACK.txt, the machine-readable index is
assets-manifest.json, and from a source checkout
npm run assets:fetch -- --app-data will download, verify and unpack the lot.
| Archive | Contents | Size | Download |
|---|---|---|---|
assets-data.tar.gz |
Station lists and lookup tables | 78 KB | Download |
assets-devices-intellistar1.tar.gz |
IntelliStar 1 — its own fonts, art and layouts | 45.2 MB | Download |
assets-devices-intellistar2.tar.gz |
IntelliStar 2 — the largest single set | 216.7 MB | Download |
assets-devices-weatherscan-local.tar.gz |
Weatherscan Local | 4.3 MB | Download |
assets-devices-weatherscan-v1.tar.gz |
Weatherscan, first revision | 3.8 MB | Download |
assets-devices-weatherscan-v2.tar.gz |
Weatherscan, second revision | 54.7 MB | Download |
assets-devices-weatherstarxl.tar.gz |
WeatherSTAR XL | 257 KB | Download |
assets-shared-backgrounds.tar.gz |
Background art shared across the machines | 5.9 MB | Download |
assets-shared-fonts.tar.gz |
The period typefaces | 16 MB | Download |
assets-shared-icons.tar.gz |
Weather icons | 99 MB | Download |
assets-shared-logos.tar.gz |
Logos and bugs | 159 KB | Download |
assets-shared-music.tar.gz |
The music beds — the largest download here | 480.7 MB | Download |
assets-shared-narration.tar.gz |
The recorded narrator clips | 341.1 MB | Download |
assets-shared-sfx.tar.gz |
Stingers and effects | 4.5 MB | Download |
assets-shared-sounds.tar.gz |
Interface sounds | 532 KB | Download |
Before you run it
The builds are not code-signed. Certificates cost money every year and this is given away for free, so your operating system will warn you about an unknown publisher. That warning is accurate and you should not be in the habit of ignoring it — here is what it looks like and what to do.
- Windows
- SmartScreen says “Windows protected your PC” and names an unknown publisher. Choose More info, then Run anyway.
- macOS
- Gatekeeper refuses an unsigned app. After copying it to Applications, run
xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine "/Applications/Accessible Weather Center.app" - Linux
- The AppImage needs the executable bit —
chmod +x, then run it. The.debinstalls normally.
If you would rather not take that on faith, the build workflow (opens in new tab) is public and produces these binaries from the source in the open, and every file here is checksummed in SHA256SUMS. Or skip all of it and use it in your browser (opens in a new window).