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How to update Kerlig on your Mac

Kerlig's developer publishes each version on their own page at kerlig.com. Below is how to run that update yourself, then what Floodtide does about it, alongside every other app on the Mac.

Update Kerlig by hand

  1. Download the current build from kerlig.com. Kerlig's developer publishes each release at kerlig.com, with the download itself served from assets.kerlig.com. Get the Mac build from there.
  2. Replace the old copy. Quit Kerlig, open the download and put the new Kerlig in Applications in place of the old one: a disk image is dragged across, an installer package runs its own steps. Your settings and documents live outside the app and are kept.

That is one app. The same walk, through a different menu or page each time, is what every other app on the Mac asks of you, which is where Floodtide comes in.

What Floodtide does about Kerlig

Floodtide's own signed catalog lists where Kerlig's developer publishes each release, and Floodtide reads that source directly to learn which version is current. When yours is behind, the row appears under Updates with the version that is out, next to every other app on the Mac that is behind.

The developer publishes the version but no download Floodtide can check, so Floodtide does not install this one itself. The update comes from Kerlig's own updater, or from the developer's site, and Floodtide is what tells you the day it is due.

What Floodtide knows about Kerlig

Floodtide reads
the developer's own page at kerlig.com
Developer
kerlig.com
Bundle ID
com.electron.kerlig
Downloads come from
assets.kerlig.com
Installed by Floodtide
No. Floodtide shows the new version the day it is out; installing it is your call, from the developer.

Read from the source on 18 October 2026. The app reads it live.

Questions about Kerlig

Does Floodtide update Kerlig?

Floodtide tells you when Kerlig has an update. Kerlig is in Floodtide's signed catalog, which reads the version its developer publishes, so a new release appears in your update list with no configuration. The developer publishes no download Floodtide can check, so the update itself comes from Kerlig's own updater or the developer's site.

How does Floodtide install a new version of Kerlig?

It does not install this one itself. It shows you the new version as soon as Kerlig's developer publishes it, and you update from Kerlig's own updater or the developer's site.