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bherbruck 7a6c884418 Change the app id to io.tangencylabs.solidcraft, with aliases for existing installs (#7681 )

The app id moves from ai.storyteller.solidcraft to io.tangencylabs.solidcraft: macOS bundle id
(the CLI signs as io.tangencylabs.solidcraft.cli), Linux desktop/metainfo/MIME file names, icon
name, Wayland app_id / X11 class, Flatpak, Snap common-id, nfpm/FreeBSD/Nix/AppImage staging,
the web app's icon paths and the docs.

Existing installs keep working: the Flatpak repository marks both old ids
(ai.storyteller.solidcraft and ai.storyteller.solvecraft) end-of-life with a rebase straight to
the new id, re-marking the solvecraft ref that pointed at the 0.8 id; the manifest grants
read-only access to both old ~/.var/app folders and the first launch copies settings and
autosaves from the newest one; AppStream <replaces>/<provides> and X-Flatpak-RenamedFrom list
both; the AppImage removes menu entries it wrote under either old id. The data and settings
folders (solidcraft / SolidCraft) are unchanged. The MSI UpgradeCode and ProgIDs are unchanged.

Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

2026-10-27 17:16:40 -04:00

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SolidCraft is open-source parametric 3D CAD in Rust: sketch, constrain, extrude, and change a parameter to watch the timeline rebuild. Documentation · try it in the browser · contributing · issues. AI agents can model with it over MCP: solidcraft-cli mcp (how).

What's new in SolidCraft {version} is listed below, and the ROADMAP lists the known limitations. Designs from every earlier version open in this one.

New app ID. The app ID is now io.tangencylabs.solidcraft (it was ai.storyteller.solidcraft, and ai.storyteller.solvecraft up to 0.7): flatpak update offers to replace the old app, the .deb, .rpm and AppImage remove the old menu entry, and settings stay. On macOS the bundle ID changed too, so macOS asks once more for the permissions it had granted.

Upgrading from 0.5 or earlier. 0.6 renamed SolveCraft to SolidCraft and made the zip container the default save format. .solvecraft designs, old settings folders and SOLVECRAFT_* variables are still picked up, and solvecraft-cli still forwards to solidcraft-cli. Want plain JSON? Use File ▸ Save As JSON… or --save design.json. On macOS, replace SolveCraft.app with SolidCraft.app. Details: compatibility notes.

Documentation, the browser app and the Flatpak feed use the SolidCraft project Pages URLs.

Which file?

Windows: SolidCraft-{version}-windows-x64.exe runs as is. Or install the .msi, or unzip the -portable.zip (x64, x86 and arm64).
macOS 11+ (Apple silicon and Intel): open the .dmg and drag SolidCraft.app onto Applications. The CLI is in solidcraft-cli-{version}-macos-universal.zip.
Linux (x86_64 and aarch64, glibc 2.35+): the .AppImage (chmod +x, then run it), the .deb or .rpm, the .flatpak (flatpak install --user <file>), the .snap (sudo snap install --dangerous <file>, or sudo snap install solidcraft from the Snap Store), or the .tar.gz.
FreeBSD: tar -xzf solidcraft-{version}-freebsd-x86_64.tar.gz --strip-components 1 -C /usr/local.
Web: solidcraft-web-{version}.zip is a static site to host yourself.
SHA256SUMS.txt: sha256sum -c SHA256SUMS.txt --ignore-missing.
Files without a version in the name (solidcraft-windows-x64.msi, solidcraft-linux-x86_64.AppImage, …) are the same packages under fixed names, for download links that always fetch the latest release.

For Flatpak feed installation and updates, add Flathub for the required runtime before installing SolidCraft; keep both remotes in the same user installation:

flatpak remote-add --user --if-not-exists flathub https://dl.flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo
flatpak remote-add --user --if-not-exists solidcraft https://docs.solidcraft.io/flatpak/solidcraft.flatpakrepo
flatpak install --user solidcraft io.tangencylabs.solidcraft
flatpak run io.tangencylabs.solidcraft

A remote added from the old bherbruck.github.io address no longer finds updates: run flatpak remote-modify --user --url=https://docs.solidcraft.io/flatpak/repo/ solidcraft, then flatpak update --user.

Flatpak installs under an old ID (ai.storyteller.solidcraft, or ai.storyteller.solvecraft from 0.7 or earlier): flatpak update --user offers to replace it with io.tangencylabs.solidcraft, and settings move along.

Single-file .flatpak bundles include the runtime repository address; missing runtimes still need an internet connection. Linux installation details.

The builds aren't signed yet. On macOS, right-click SolidCraft.app in Applications and choose Open the first time (or run xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/SolidCraft.app). On Windows, SmartScreen may say "Windows protected your PC": More info, then Run anyway. Licences are built in (Help ▸ About ▸ Licences, solidcraft-cli licences); the packages also install THIRD-PARTY-LICENSES.txt.

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