Hydraulic Conveyor makes distributing desktop and CLI apps as easy as shipping a web app.
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22 Feb 2023
Come say hello in our new Discord chatroom! We'll be there during daytime hours CET if you want to ask questions, make suggestions or bounce ideas around.
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Mar 24
We've released Conveyor 22, with bug fixes especially relevant to projects that want to launch a Windows ARM version, and to JVM projects that want to let users configure the JVM itself.
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2 Dec 2025
Conveyor 21 is out with improvements to the Windows installer, Sparkle 2.8, and improvements to Java support. Upgrade whenever you're ready! :)
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19 Sep 2025
Conveyor 20 is out! This release adds a new aggressive-if-possible update mode, which lets users stay on old releses if their OS is too old for new app versions. It also improves the diagnostics experience for users with a corrupted Windows install, and has other bugfixes.
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29 Jul 2025
Conveyor 19 is now out! New support for Azure Trusted Signing (a cheaper code signing certificate authority from Microsoft), a cleaner macOS update UX and improvements to compatibility with multiple Debian distributions at once. Upgrade today! :)
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1 May 2025
Conveyor 18 is out! This is mostly a maintenance release, but brings with it a few minor new features and some important bug fixes. Also, prettier output when the terminal is non-interactive.
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18 Feb 2025
We've released Conveyor 17, which fixes bugs, polishes usability and improves compatibility! It's a recommended upgrade for everyone, especially if you're shipping Electron to Linux.
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18 Feb 2025
Unfortunately, @ubuntu shipped a security change in 24 that crashes every Electron app in the world on startup. Conveyor 17 works around it by installing an AppArmor profile for your app.
On the bright side, C17 also optimizes Electron downloads sizes further, on every platform!
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9 Dec 2024
Conveyor 16 is out! This is mostly bug fixes but has a few small new features too, in particular, support for creating GitHub releases as drafts. And thanks to Bonny Rivers for her contribution of TypeScript types for the Electron control API!
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19 Oct 2024
We've done a new release of the Conveyor Gradle plugin, version 1.12, which fixes compatibility with Gradle 8.10. The new Gradle unfortunately did break backwards compatibility without documenting this in the release notes, but it was not a hard fix.
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24 Sep 2024
Conveyor 15.1 is out! There are the usual compatibility improvements, but mostly this release focuses on cost optimization when using CA-specific cloud signing solutions that charge per signature.
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6 Aug 2024
Conveyor 15 is out! This feature release adds the long awaited control API, which lets your app check for and trigger updates. The API is easy to use from Electron, JVM and native apps, and the apps scaffolded by "conveyor generate" now show how to use it
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11 Jun 2024
Conveyor 14.3 is a new maintenance release. We keep polishing based on your feedback - like always, this release has a bunch of usability improvements as well as bug fixes.
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14 May 2024
Conveyor's May update is here (14.2) and it's a maintenance release with a variety of bug fixes and improvements, but no new features. These changes were nearly all driven by user feedback, so upgrade and enjoy!
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15 Apr 2024
Conveyor 14.1 is out. This is a bugfix release. If you use URL handlers and support Linux it's worth an upgrade, otherwise if things re working well for you on 14.0 you can skip this one.
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23 Mar 2024
Conveyor 14 also makes it easier for JVM users to customize the certificate root store. With this feature you don't need to use ordinary CA certificates for your backends at all, and can instead self issue.
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23 Mar 2024
Conveyor 14 is out, and with it some valuable features for users in large enterprises. You can now integrate with in-house signing services, making it easy to comply with internal audit and security policies.
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31 Jan 2024
Upgrade today and benefit from improved robustness and compatibility. Also remember to update your compatibility level to benefit from newer features, which sometimes won't be turned on unless you explicitly opt-in.
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31 Jan 2024
Conveyor 13.1 is out with bug fixes and performance improvements. We're down to real edge cases now: "app.exe" files that are actually batch scripts? Check. Entry points that aren't Mac binaries? Check. Spurious internal server errors from Apple? Check!
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28 Jan 2024
If you're shipping a JVM app, ProGuard can be a great way to not only reduce your download size but also speed up your app. Mike Dawson gives the numbers for the JVM app he's shipping with Conveyor:
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19 Dec 2023
The December release of Conveyor is out! This is a relatively simple release: it makes code signing (again!), adds support for Google Cloud and Azure HSMs, lets you upload to alternative S3 providers and fixes some bugs. Enjoy!
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