AidaIDE 1.0.0-rc18 — Release Notes

Superseded — 1.0.0-rc19 is the current shipping build.

SupersededSeptember 28, 2026Release candidate Historical notes for this candidate. The build /latest.json serves today is 1.0.0-rc19.

Superseded. /latest.json now serves 1.0.0-rc19 (released 2026-10-01), beta channel. This page records 1.0.0-rc18 (released 2026-09-28). Windows is the primary supported path: a signed installer. macOS and Linux builds are in progress. A Linux experimental source tarball (AidaIDE-1.0.0-rc18-linux.tar.gz, unpack and run ./install.sh) is available to try. It is not a first-class host OS. The Workbench ships in this desktop build. Feature notes from prior release candidates still apply — see 1.0.0-rc17, 1.0.0-rc15, and 1.0.0-rc11. A separate 3D world plugin is coming to Pro and Teams Pro; it is not in this build and is not for sale on that page.

How to get it

Free download requires a free AidaIDE account. After you sign in, the dashboard serves the asset for your system from the same signed manifest. Installed copies update themselves — Help → Check for Updates.

Windows: create a free account, then download the signed installer from the dashboard.
Linux (available to try): the same manifest offers an experimental source tarball, AidaIDE-1.0.0-rc18-linux.tar.gz. Unpack it and run ./install.sh. Windows remains the primary supported path. It is not a signed peer installer and not a first-class host OS.
Already installed: the built-in updater verifies the signed manifest before applying this build.
Already have an account: log in and use Download on the dashboard.
macOS: in progress. There is no macOS asset in this manifest.

Artifact integrity

Windows installer AidaIDE_Setup_1.0.0-rc18.exe, about 141 MB (140,931,169 bytes).

SHA-256 eca4c2723b34c0869ac39133bb61d92c7e48b6f6f74cc13ca054b5307499c840

Linux experimental source tarball AidaIDE-1.0.0-rc18-linux.tar.gz, about 13 MB (12,936,014 bytes).

SHA-256 af33b0336936600fc6b652f90be680372764d926bb1a478a416568cfe612f977

Earlier notes: 1.0.0-rc17 · 1.0.0-rc15 · 1.0.0-rc11 · AidaIDE 1.0 (rc1 / 0.5.78) · v0.5.77 · full changelog.

Workbench

The desktop window in this build is a workbench. View → Workbench → Use the workbench shell is on by default. It is not a Pro feature. The Cloud Portal and the Android app are unchanged. Linux experimental (soft peer).

Every tab is a panel you can split, stack, or tear off into its own window. Named layouts save from the toolbar Workspace list.
Pop a connection's terminal into a panel and take it to another window while it runs.
To use plain tabs, turn off View → Workbench → Use the workbench shell and restart. The old per-tab Grid Layout mode does not come back.

How it works: Workspaces and Layouts.

What's in this build

Feature notes from prior release candidates still apply. rc18 is a historical candidate on the 1.0 line documented in rc17, rc15, and rc11:

Workbench — split, stack, and tear-off panels in the desktop app, on by default.
Hardware Lab — virtual HIL (timeline scenarios, assertions, pass/fail), Run on Device over SSH, Record, Bench (2D A–E), 33-board library. Definition: What is Hardware Lab?. Lab ships with the free IDE; AI Scenario/Fix need Pro AI.
Local and remote LLMs — Ollama on your own hardware, including over SSH.
Rogue Device Hunt — ARP + switch MAC join down to the physical port.
Free-forever core — editor, file browser, terminal, SSH engine, vault, fleet, and OTA. Pro unlocks the AI suite.

The SSH + SFTP workspace is free forever — create a free account to download. No license key. Pro is optional.