Releases & auto-update

Mastery HQ ships through GitHub Releases on a public distribution repo. The app’s updater checks it for a newer version, verifies the download, and applies the update — you just restart when prompted.

The flow

1. The app periodically checks the releases repo (you can also check manually — see updating Mastery HQ).
2. A newer version downloads in the background.
3. On confirmation, the update installs and the app relaunches.

Good to know

• The distribution repo is public by design: private repos can’t serve anonymous update checks, which is exactly the bug this design fixed. Only installers and release notes live there.
• Versions before v0.1.75 predate the public repo and need a one-time manual install of a newer build — see troubleshooting updates.
• Windows installers ship as MSI and NSIS; the updater picks the right artifact.