Sparkle (software)
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 Sparkle's Test App showing a software update window | |
| Original author(s) | Andy Matuschak |
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| Developer(s) | Sparkle Project (2014–present) |
| Initial release | January 9, 2006 |
| Stable release | 2.6.0
/ March 15, 2024 |
| Repository | |
| Written in | Objective-C, Swift |
| Operating system | macOS |
| Type | Software update |
| License | MIT License |
| Website | sparkle-project |
Sparkle is an open-source software framework for macOS designed to simplify updating software for the end user of a program. Sparkle's primary means of distributing updates is through "appcasting," a term coined for the practice of using an RSS enclosure to distribute updates and release notes.
History
[edit]Sparkle 0.1 (beta) was released in January 2006 by Andy Matuschak to provide apps "instant self-update" functionality, which very few applications had at the time.[1]
In August 2009, Sparkle added support for delta updates for installing smaller and faster incremental updates. This was first used to update WebKit's nightly builds.[2]
In 2016, Radek discovered a man-in-the-middle attack vulnerability in applications that use Sparkle to receive updates through an unencrypted channel.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Scott Granneman (2010). Mac OS X Snow Leopard for Power Users. Apress. pp. 9–10. ISBN 9781430230311.
- ^ Brett Terpstra (13 January 2009). "WebKit adds some Sparkle". Engadget. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
- ^ Dan Goodin (2 September 2016). ""Huge" number of Mac apps vulnerable to hijacking, and a fix is elusive". Ars Technica. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
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