That is correct, the nightly builds are Windows-only.
There are a lot of platform-specific requirements, and we were spreading ourselves too thin trying to develop multiple new features on multiple platforms at once. There have never been many linux users, so it made sense to focus on Windows while we sort out more of the core feature set.
At some point Linux support will be caught back up.
I would like to do a MacOS version (in part because I spend a fair amount of time developing on mac myself). It is unfortunately not a high priority at the moment, so I can’t give any sort of ETA.
The Machinery is unrelated to WhiteBox, other than that we have both presented at the Handmade Seattle conference.
You get access to Linux & Windows WhiteBox executables, plugins for a bunch of editors, and updates up to 1.X.
The license addresses the fact that this is not fully stable software, and that we’re not liable for its use. Commercial use is not restricted, although caution is recommended.
Fair enough if it doesn’t support your primary languages. C/C++ were the initial focus in part because they have the fewest tools for immediate feedback.
We’re currently working towards getting the timeline debugging working with arbitrary executables, so that part will be more widely applicable fairly soon.
