Velork Alpha 0.1.0
This is our first alpha. Thanks for being early.
Velork is an editor where you can design and write code in the same place. No handoff doc, no export folder, no "design said one thing and the repo says another." We're still figuring a lot out, and your feedback will directly shape what we build next.
What's in this build
Design canvas and code side by side
You get Pages, a Layer tree, and Canvas mode inside the app. Sketch or adjust a layout, then jump into the repo and implement without switching tools.
Velork Chat
Chat lives in the editor with Plan, Debug, and Develop modes, plus Velork Mode and a model picker in the input. It can see your open files, terminal output, images, diagrams, and tool results, so you're not pasting context in by hand.
Paste from Figma
Copy a frame in Figma and paste it into Velork. That’s it. No plugin, no PNG export.
Inline diffs
When the AI suggests code changes, you review them as inline diffs before anything lands in your files.
Familiar editor underneath
Under the hood this is VS Code: extensions, keybindings, terminal, git, the works. We added the design and AI pieces on top.
Updates
If you're signed in with alpha access, the desktop app checks api.velork.com for new alpha builds.
Heads up: this is alpha software
Things work, but not everything works well yet. Please assume rough edges.
You might hit:
- Crashes or freezes, especially on big repos or long chat sessions
- Slow indexing the first time you open a large project
- UI that still feels unfinished in places
- No Linux build yet
- Auto-update not wired up for every installer variant
If something goes wrong, tell us your OS, which build you installed, and what you were doing. Email support@velork.com or reply on your invite thread.
Downloads
- macOS: Apple Silicon and Intel (Universal build when we publish it)
- Windows: x64 and ARM64, System and User installers
- Linux: not in this release
macOS install help
Alpha Mac builds are not Apple-notarized yet. If macOS says Velork Alpha is "damaged" or won't open, the app is usually fine. Gatekeeper is just being strict.
- Double-click the .zip file to unzip it. You should see Velork Alpha.app (not Velork.app).
- Drag Velork Alpha.app into your Applications folder before running any Terminal commands.
- First launch: open Applications, right-click Velork Alpha, choose Open, then click Open again.
- Still blocked? Open Terminal and run:
xattr -cr "/Applications/Velork Alpha.app"
If you get "No such file", the app is still in Downloads. Either move it to Applications first, or run:
xattr -cr ~/Downloads/Velork Alpha.app
(Adjust the path if your browser saved the zip somewhere else.)
We will ship signed/notarized builds later. For now this is expected on alpha.
What we're focused on next
Linux builds, a cleaner universal Mac package, faster design-to-code flow, and making chat and canvas feel solid on real projects.
May 2026. The Velork team.