Observed arrival · 2026-09-06
Nightship, the build launcher for teams
Nightship distributes in-development desktop builds from CI to testers and other team members, then provides a launcher for running them.
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Nightship inserts a channel-and-launcher layer between a CI pipeline and the machines used by a desktop-software team. Its documented workflow uses commands such as “push” and “promote,” with channels pointing to immutable builds that can be rolled back. The page gives a concrete example involving 1,283 files and a build identifier, and describes side-by-side installs for channels such as nightly, QA, RC, and last-known-good. Windows access is presented; a macOS client is described as planned.
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