What's New

• [New] Aether now supports full playtime tracking in Crossover, Epic, GOG, Custom and MAS games when played through Aether. It'll track your every gaming session. (By tracking means only the time you've played. Nothing else LOL if you misunderstand)
• [New] Insights Page ✨: Insights page lets you view, analyze and share how much you spent playing games through Aether
• [New] Aether can now kill any game that's being tracked if you asked.
• [New] In the Settings page, Plugins will be displayed with tags to easily know what they can do.
• [New] Added social links to the about section.

PRs

• Create PR Checks by @NoobNotFound in #13
• Playtime Tracking, Play Count, Last Played, Playtime Analysis, Plugin Tags, New Insights View by @NoobNotFound in #12

Full Changelog: v1.5.6-macos,v1.2.6-backend...v1.6.0-macos,v1.3.0-backend

What's New

• [New] Welcome Screen (Took some design ideas from Mythic because why not lol)
• [New] New App icon
• [New] Added support for Metacritic Score for games.
• [New] Added Reset Everything button in settings
• [New] Added Update Checker status pill.

What's Changed

• [Improvement] The app updater check whether it's in a translocated path first, and warn user.
• [Improvement] Metadata like hero background are now requested in a higher resolution.
• [Improvement] Added play button in the Hero (big) games in the Homepage.
• [Improvement] Crossover will now check for [uesrname]Applications/Crossover/ and it's subfolders
• [Improvement] Removed unused menu items like "help"

PRs (Technical)

• High resolution Metadata, Meta Score, Crossover Subfolder Search, UI Layout Tweak, Better App Icon by @NoobNotFound in #10
• Welcome Screen, Remove unnecessary menu items, Updated App Icon, Update Statusbar, Factory Reset button by @NoobNotFound in #11

Full Changelog: v1.5.1-macos,v1.2.5-backend...v1.5.6-macos,v1.2.6-backend

What's Changed

• [BugFIx] Fixed clicking on games in search results doesn't do anything
• [BugFIx] Fixed IGDB not giving any data. Should fix #5
• [BugFIx] Fixed PluginUIs not initializing correctly
• [BugFIx] Fixed Recently played section to return everything played in last month
• [Improvement] Added open logs button in settings
• [Improvement] [Backend] Improved the logging structure, now plugins will report to different files.
• [BugFIx] [Backend] Fixed PluginManager creating multiple instances of the same plugin causing some plugins not to work

Full Changelog: v1.5.0-macos,v1.2.4-backend...v1.5.1-macos,v1.2.5-backend

What's Changed

• [NEW] Custom Collections Support. Now you can add, delete, hide, edit and change-oder of collections in homepage.

• [NEW] Add your own games to main board.

• [NEW] Search Games. Now easily search your games.

• [NEW] Liquid Glass Game Card Style. Of course, got some inspiration from Mythic.

• [BUGFIX] Now the update dialog will correctly render markdown.
• [BUGFIX] Now you can search for more than one metadata result at a time.

Know Issues

• IGDB is having some problems, it might or might not work. #5

More bugs can be present, but stable enough.

PRs

• Refactor server-driven Widgets by @NoobNotFound in #6
• Metadata Providers rework by @NoobNotFound in #7
• Custom Collections & Search Support + UI Tweak by @NoobNotFound in #8

Full Changelog: v1.4-macos,v1.1-backend...v1.5.0-macos,v1.2.4-backend

What's Changed

• HOTFIX: IGDB. Now it should save use credentials correctly
• Logging support for plugins.

Minor update, you wouldn't notice any difference in looks.

Full Changelog: v1.4.5-macos,v1.2-backend...v1.4.6-macos,v1.2.1-backend

What's Changed

• Refactor server-driven Widgets by @NoobNotFound in #6, Now someone can easily build a simple UI right through the plugins
• Metadata Providers rework by @NoobNotFound in #7 should fix #5

This is mostly a backend/plugin system update, you probably won't notice any change.

Full Changelog: v1.4-macos,v1.1-backend...1.4.5-macos,v1.2-backend

What's Changed

• Fix backend startup issues by in #4 , closes #3
• Some non-noticeable design changes

Full Changelog: v1.3-macos,v1.1-backend...v1.4-macos,v1.1-backend

What's Changed

• [New] Crossover, GOG, Web Importers by @NoobNotFound in #1
• [New] Application Update Support (MacOS) by @NoobNotFound in #2
• Some design updates

GOG import's were not tested, but expected to work. Let me know if something goes wrong by creating an issue.

Full Changelog: v1.1-macos,v1.0-backend...v1.3-macos,v1.1-backend

What Works (MacOS Version 1.1, Backend Version 1.0)

Library Management

• Auto-import from Steam, Epic Games Store, and macOS App Store
• Manual game import with custom metadata
• Game favoriting and removal

Game Launching

• Direct launch support for Steam games (via protocol)
• Direct launch for Epic games (via protocol or executable)
• Native .app bundle launching for App Store/standalone games
• Basic playtime tracking for direct executable launches

Metadata & UI

• Automatic metadata fetching from Steam and IGDB
• Manual metadata editing (covers, descriptions, videos, Steam ID)
• Cross-provider metadata search
• Game detail view with:
  • Parallax hero headers
  • Media gallery (videos and screenshots)
  • Game news integration (Steam news API)
  • Genre/tag display
• Home view with featured carousel and news feed
• Library grid view with filtering

Settings & Plugins

• Plugin management (install/uninstall .dll files)
• Navigation style toggle (sidebar vs top bar)
• Server-driven UI for plugin configuration

Known Issues

macOS Specifics

• If the App ever crashes, the backend will continue to running on the background, so you have to kill "AetherBackend" through Activity Monitor
• Requires Gatekeeper bypass (no Apple Developer notarization). See Docs for more details.

Limitations

• No playtime tracking for protocol-launched games (Epic)
• No achievement tracking yet
• No cloud save integration
• No ROM/emulator support yet
• Windows/Linux frontends not implemented

See Docs for Installation guide.