// May 2026

What's new.

Latest builds of etch/it (the writer) and fetch>it (the reader). Cut 19 May 2026.

Mac · signed Windows Linux Android · signed iOS · TestFlight beta Browser extension

Click autonomi:// links from any web page.

The new fetch>it browser extension turns ordinary links on ordinary web pages into doorways to the Autonomi network. Visit a page, click an autonomi:// link, fetch>it opens on your computer and shows you what's there.

It also adds right-click → "Open in fetch>it" on any 64-character address you've highlighted, and an address-bar shortcut: type fetchit, hit space, paste the address.

What you need: fetch>it desktop installed (the extension opens it), the extension itself in your browser, and a working internet connection. That's it — no account, no sign-in, nothing else.

Download for Chrome / Edge / Brave / Arc Download for Firefox Try it on the city →

Install in 30 seconds — same steps for any Chromium browser:

Unzip the file you just downloaded.
Open the extensions page for your browser:
- chrome://extensions — Chrome & Arc
- edge://extensions — Edge
- brave://extensions — Brave
- opera://extensions — Opera / Vivaldi
- about:debugging#/runtime/this-firefox — Firefox
Turn on Developer mode (top-right toggle on Chromium browsers; Firefox doesn't need it).
Click Load unpacked — Firefox: Load Temporary Add-on… instead — and pick the unzipped folder (Firefox: pick the manifest.json inside it).

Store listings (one-click install, auto-updates) coming next. These zips work in every Chromium browser plus Firefox today.

Get it

etch/it for Mac .dmg · drag to Applications etch/it for Windows .msi installer etch/it for Linux .deb / .AppImage etch/it for Android .apk · signed fetch>it for Mac .dmg · drag to Applications fetch>it for Windows .msi · .exe installer fetch>it for Linux .deb · .rpm fetch>it for Android .apk · signed fetch>it for iOS Free public beta · install via TestFlight ↗

What changed

Click autonomi:// links from any web page. The new browser extension turns the address into a clickable doorway in Chrome / Firefox / Edge / Brave / Arc. See the box above.
One QR, every app. Same look, same buttons, same scan — desktop or phone. Add your own title before you share.
Save the QR. One tap saves a tidy little card with the wordmark and the address. Drop it in a chat or hang it on a wall.
Snap and etch. Take a screenshot on your computer and etch/it offers to put it on Autonomi — one click, no fuss.
Blog from your phone. Write a post in etch/it on Android and publish straight to the network.
Mac & Windows. Real installers, no terminal needed.
Mac signed & notarized. Double-click the .dmg, drag to Applications, double-click — no Gatekeeper warning, no right-click dance.
fetch>it is on iOS. A free public beta, open to anyone — install it through Apple's TestFlight: testflight.apple.com/join/rmXaw727.
Twelve places to visit. The demo city grew — books, images, music, video, games, a calculator, and four community-built pages.
Friendlier errors. If your wallet stalls or a page won't load, you get a sentence in English instead of [object Object].

Try this first

Install fetch>it desktop + the browser extension (links above). Open etchit.io/city. Click any of the entries — each one's an autonomi:// link. fetch>it pops open and shows you what's at that address. No web server is hosting that page. Sit with that for a second.
Or just scan the QR on the home page with your phone camera — same city, same content, opens in fetch>it on mobile.
Wander every spoke: a book in library, image plates in gallery, a piano track in album, a clip in cinema, the handler tour in lab, a quick arcade in game, the project explainer in brief.
Visit community and play through all four: battleships, hi/lo, saloon showdown, and the brand-new compound calculator.
Etch something of your own. Open etch/it, paste in some text or drop in a photo, hit publish. You get an address. Send it anywhere — the recipient clicks the link (with the extension) or scans the QR and sees the same bytes.
Open the same address on a second device. Same content, every time. That's the whole idea: the address is the thing.

Heads up

Apps cost real money to publish — every etch pays a tiny fee on the Autonomi network to store your bytes forever. Reading is free.

Once it's etched, it's etched. Nothing can be taken back from the network. Only publish what you're prepared to leave there.