pixcode Files

Full desktop app experience

Previous installers dropped a tray icon and punted the user to their default browser. This release makes Pixcode a real desktop app:

• Native window — the full Pixcode UI renders inside an Electron window (1320×860, resizable). Start menu, taskbar, dock all show the real app instead of pretending you opened Chrome.
• Splash screen on boot — centered P mark with spinner while the local server starts. No more white "Offline — please check your connection" tab.
• Error screen on failure — if the server doesn't come up in 45 s, the window shows the actual error message with Retry and Quit buttons instead of a dead browser page.
• Minimize to tray — closing the window hides it; the server keeps running. Left-click the tray icon to bring it back, right-click for the menu. Toggle off from the tray if you prefer a normal quit-on-close.
• Persistent settings (userData/settings.json):
• Start at Login — ON by default. Tray checkbox to disable.
• Minimize to Tray on Close — ON by default. Toggle in tray.
• Show Notifications — ON by default. Toggle in tray.
• External links open in your real browser — clicking a target="_blank" anywhere in the UI hands it off to Chrome/Firefox/Safari instead of opening a second Electron window.

What's fixed vs. 1.31.3

• The Failed to set up runtime directory. ENOENT… error now surfaces inside the window with a Retry button (plus the root cause is now fixed — ASAR-unpacked pivot lands correctly on every platform).
• The Windows .exe ships the Pixcode P icon on Start menu / taskbar / shell instead of the generic Electron default.

Install

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• Windows — Pixcode-Setup-1.31.4.exe
• macOS — Pixcode-1.31.4-arm64.dmg · Pixcode-1.31.4-x64.dmg
• Linux — Pixcode-1.31.4-x86_64.AppImage · Pixcode-1.31.4-amd64.deb

Or via npm:

:::bash
npm install -g @pixelbyte-software/pixcode@1.31.4
pixcode

Upgrading from 1.31.3

The desktop app self-updates its Pixcode workspace automatically for product releases, but because 1.31.4 changes the Electron shell itself (new window, new tray behaviour), you do need to download this installer once. Future product updates will come through the in-app flow as usual.