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Barn 1.1.0 (2026-11-09) is the current stable release. Earlier 0.x builds were GitHub pre-releases. See Install Barn for installation commands and asset verification.

This archive covers every release and validation milestone from the initial 2026-08-24 development snapshot through v1.1.0.

Barn 1.2.0: resources, root growth, and host names LinuxmacOSCLI
Barn 1.1.0: image selection and live progress LinuxmacOSCLIImages
Barn 1.0.0: the first stable release LinuxmacOSCLIImages
Barn 0.9.3: safer resizing, selected nodes, and recovery LinuxmacOSCLIImages
Barn 0.9.2: signed Barn.app and explicit SSH/exec arguments macOSHomebrewCLI
Barn 0.9.1: Go 1.27.3 toolchain and Barn.app rename GomacOSToolchain
Barn 0.9.0: native macOS guests and smoother Linux recovery macOSLinuxRecovery
Barn 0.8.0: clearer recovery and refreshed images QEMURecoveryImages
Barn 0.7.0: simpler test labs and automatic recovery QEMURecoveryStorage
Barn 0.6.0: Ubuntu 24.04 and smoother local labs QEMUUbuntuLifecycle
Barn 0.5.0: explicit disposal, explicit repositories, reproducible images QEMUImagesSupply Chain
Barn 0.4.0: one command, working data disks, one voice QEMUStorageCLI
Barn 0.3.0: explicit catalogs and actionable readiness QEMUCatalogReadiness
Barn 0.2.0: selected convergence and release integrity QEMUNetworkingSupply Chain
RC6 development candidate: owner-scoped Tier-1 delivery RC6QEMUNetworking
Development snapshot: the Go 1.27 product surface PrototypeQEMUPigsty

  • Barn 1.2.0: resources, root growth, and host names

    In Releases 583 words 3 min

    ReleaseLinuxmacOSCLI

    Barn 1.2.0 was released on 2026-11-12 from commit 90f6158. It adds resource overrides, recoverable root-disk growth, configurable lifecycle concurrency, and inventory-based host names. The bilingual command reference covers all 57 operation commands …

    Barn 1.2.0 was released on 2026-11-12 from commit 90f6158. It adds resource overrides, recoverable root-disk growth, configurable lifecycle concurrency, and inventory-based host names. The bilingual command reference covers all 57 operation commands …

  • Barn 1.1.0: image selection and live progress

    In Releases 511 words 3 min

    ReleaseLinuxmacOSCLIImages

    Released on 2026-11-09. Barn 1.1.0 adds image and guest-architecture overrides, live progress tables, and more reliable CPU/memory resizing. It embeds signed image catalog revision 2026110502, with 9 distribution releases and 17 architecture-specific …

    Released on 2026-11-09. Barn 1.1.0 adds image and guest-architecture overrides, live progress tables, and more reliable CPU/memory resizing. It embeds signed image catalog revision 2026110502, with 9 distribution releases and 17 architecture-specific …

  • Barn 1.0.0: the first stable release

    In Releases 711 words 4 min

    ReleaseLinuxmacOSCLIImages

    Released on 2026-11-05. Barn 1.0.0 is the first stable release. For the latest stable release, see Barn 1.1.0. Barn 1.0.0 completes a pre-release audit of destructive operations, data-disk recovery, catalog integrity, and process cancellation. It …

    Released on 2026-11-05. Barn 1.0.0 is the first stable release. For the latest stable release, see Barn 1.1.0. Barn 1.0.0 completes a pre-release audit of destructive operations, data-disk recovery, catalog integrity, and process cancellation. It …

  • Barn 0.9.3: safer resizing, selected nodes, and recovery

    In Releases 404 words 2 min

    ReleaseLinuxmacOSCLIImages

    Released on 2026-10-31. Barn 0.x releases use GitHub’s pre-release channel. For the latest release, see Barn 1.1.0. Barn 0.9.3 focuses on safer changes to local labs. It adds resource-only VM resize, lets selected nodes converge independently, …

    Released on 2026-10-31. Barn 0.x releases use GitHub’s pre-release channel. For the latest release, see Barn 1.1.0. Barn 0.9.3 focuses on safer changes to local labs. It adds resource-only VM resize, lets selected nodes converge independently, …

  • Barn 0.9.2: signed Barn.app and explicit SSH/exec arguments

    In Releases 377 words 2 min

    ReleasemacOSHomebrewCLI

    Released on 2026-10-30. Barn 0.x releases use GitHub’s pre-release channel. Barn 0.9.2 includes the complete native macOS guest runtime in the Apple Silicon download and Homebrew installation. You can create Linux and macOS VMs after installing a …

    Released on 2026-10-30. Barn 0.x releases use GitHub’s pre-release channel. Barn 0.9.2 includes the complete native macOS guest runtime in the Apple Silicon download and Homebrew installation. You can create Linux and macOS VMs after installing a …

  • Barn 0.9.1: Go 1.27.3 toolchain and Barn.app rename

    In Releases 400 words 2 min

    ReleaseGomacOSToolchain

    Released on 2026-10-22. Barn 0.x releases are published via GitHub’s pre-release channel. For the latest release with a signed and notarized Barn.app in the Apple Silicon archive and Homebrew formula, see Barn 1.1.0. Barn 0.9.1 updates the Go …

    Released on 2026-10-22. Barn 0.x releases are published via GitHub’s pre-release channel. For the latest release with a signed and notarized Barn.app in the Apple Silicon archive and Homebrew formula, see Barn 1.1.0. Barn 0.9.1 updates the Go …

  • Barn 0.9.0: native macOS guests and smoother Linux recovery

    In Releases 566 words 3 min

    ReleasemacOSLinuxRecovery

    Released on 2026-09-30. Barn 0.9.0 manages both Linux labs and native macOS machines from a single CLI, while improving diagnostics and recovery after interrupted operations. For the latest release, see Barn 1.1.0. Install Barn · Download 0.9.0 …

    Released on 2026-09-30. Barn 0.9.0 manages both Linux labs and native macOS machines from a single CLI, while improving diagnostics and recovery after interrupted operations. For the latest release, see Barn 1.1.0. Install Barn · Download 0.9.0 …

  • Barn 0.8.0: clearer recovery and refreshed images

    In Releases 776 words 4 min

    ReleaseQEMURecoveryImages

    Note Historical release record (0.8.0). Old release downloads are retired; use the installation guide for the current release. Barn 0.8.0 cuts down on manual cleanup after interrupted host setup or partial VM starts, and refreshes the Debian and …

    Note Historical release record (0.8.0). Old release downloads are retired; use the installation guide for the current release. Barn 0.8.0 cuts down on manual cleanup after interrupted host setup or partial VM starts, and refreshes the Debian and …

  • Barn 0.7.0: simpler test labs and automatic recovery

    In Releases 521 words 3 min

    ReleaseQEMURecoveryStorage

    Note Historical release record (0.7.0). Old release downloads are retired; use the installation guide for the current release. Barn 0.7.0 streamlines first-run startup and recovery for local test labs: re-running barn up finishes interrupted work, …

    Note Historical release record (0.7.0). Old release downloads are retired; use the installation guide for the current release. Barn 0.7.0 streamlines first-run startup and recovery for local test labs: re-running barn up finishes interrupted work, …

  • Barn 0.6.0: Ubuntu 24.04 and smoother local labs

    In Releases 515 words 3 min

    ReleaseQEMUUbuntuLifecycle

    Note Historical release record (0.6.0). Old release downloads are retired; use the installation guide for the current release. Barn 0.6.0 makes Ubuntu 24.04 the default guest image and improves planning, startup, scale-out, and node recreation for …

    Note Historical release record (0.6.0). Old release downloads are retired; use the installation guide for the current release. Barn 0.6.0 makes Ubuntu 24.04 the default guest image and improves planning, startup, scale-out, and node recreation for …

  • Barn 0.5.0: explicit disposal, explicit repositories, reproducible images

    In Releases 511 words 3 min

    ReleaseQEMUImagesSupply Chain

    Note Historical release record (0.5.0). Official mirror failover was later added in 0.7.0, and the rm alias was removed in 0.9.0. Old release downloads are retired; see the CLI reference and installation guide for current usage. Barn 0.5.0 adds an …

    Note Historical release record (0.5.0). Official mirror failover was later added in 0.7.0, and the rm alias was removed in 0.9.0. Old release downloads are retired; see the CLI reference and installation guide for current usage. Barn 0.5.0 adds an …

  • Barn 0.4.0: one command, working data disks, one voice

    In Releases 451 words 3 min

    ReleaseQEMUStorageCLI

    Note Historical release record (0.4.0). Old release downloads are retired; use the installation guide for the current release. Barn 0.4.0 turns the first run into a single command, makes default data disks work out of the box on Debian and Ubuntu …

    Note Historical release record (0.4.0). Old release downloads are retired; use the installation guide for the current release. Barn 0.4.0 turns the first run into a single command, makes default data disks work out of the box on Debian and Ubuntu …

  • Barn 0.3.0: explicit catalogs and actionable readiness

    In Releases 310 words 2 min

    ReleaseQEMUCatalogReadiness

    Note Historical release record (0.3.0). Old release downloads are retired; use the installation guide for the current release. Barn 0.3.0 replaces implicit catalog refreshes with explicit update commands, reports guest bootstrap failures per node, …

    Note Historical release record (0.3.0). Old release downloads are retired; use the installation guide for the current release. Barn 0.3.0 replaces implicit catalog refreshes with explicit update commands, reports guest bootstrap failures per node, …

  • Barn 0.2.0: selected convergence and release integrity

    In Releases 351 words 2 min

    ReleaseQEMUNetworkingSupply Chain

    Note Historical release record (0.2.0). Old release downloads are retired; use the installation guide for the current release. Barn 0.2.0 keeps the Pigsty inventory and on-disk deployment format introduced in 0.1.0 while fixing VPN route preflight …

    Note Historical release record (0.2.0). Old release downloads are retired; use the installation guide for the current release. Barn 0.2.0 keeps the Pigsty inventory and on-disk deployment format introduced in 0.1.0 while fixing VPN route preflight …

  • RC6 development candidate: owner-scoped Tier-1 delivery

    In Releases 584 words 3 min

    DevelopmentRC6QEMUNetworking

    Note Pre-Barn historical archive (Piglet 1.0.0-rc.6, 2026-08-25). This candidate was a local verification milestone and was never published as a GitHub Release or package repository; the SHA-256 digests below record the retained local build …

    Note Pre-Barn historical archive (Piglet 1.0.0-rc.6, 2026-08-25). This candidate was a local verification milestone and was never published as a GitHub Release or package repository; the SHA-256 digests below record the retained local build …

  • Development snapshot: the Go 1.27 product surface

    In Releases 626 words 3 min

    DevelopmentPrototypeQEMUPigsty

    Note Pre-Barn historical archive (Piglet, 2026-08-24). At this snapshot there was no public release tag, signed production artifact, or package repository, and all embedded image records were marked testing. For current Barn behavior and support …

    Note Pre-Barn historical archive (Piglet, 2026-08-24). At this snapshot there was no public release tag, signed production artifact, or package repository, and all embedded image records were marked testing. For current Barn behavior and support …

Last modified 2026-11-12