Remove former branding from docs and installer messages

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -39,9 +39,9 @@ jobs:
           cp docs/MACOS.md dist/README-MACOS.md
           cp LICENSE NOTICE dist/
           cd dist && tar czf latch-macos-arm64.tar.gz Latch.app README-MACOS.md LICENSE NOTICE
-      # A 4.0 updater downloads brolink-macos-arm64.tar.gz and installs the
-      # BroLink.app inside it. The same app under that folder name is what
-      # lets it update at all; on its first run it moves itself to Latch.app
+      # A 4.0 updater downloads only its original archive and app names.
+      # The same app under that folder name lets it update at all; on its
+      # first run it moves itself to Latch.app
       # and takes over the launch agent (crates/host/src/unix_setup.rs,
       # adopt_legacy_bundle). Nothing in 4.1 or later reads this asset.
       - name: package for 4.0 updaters
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ jobs:
             throw "engine archive is not $($env:ENGINE_TAG): expected $($env:ENGINE_SHA256), got $got"
           }
           Compress-Archive -Path dist\* -DestinationPath latch-windows-x64.zip
-      # A 4.0 Mac takes brolink-host.exe out of brolink-windows-x64.zip and
+      # A 4.0 Mac takes the host executable from its original archive and
       # sends it to each PC. The new program under the old name is what lets
       # it update the PC; nothing in 4.1 or later reads this asset.
       - name: package for 4.0 updaters

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -6,36 +6,34 @@ GitHub release notes, so each version gets a heading of the form
 
 ## 4.1.1 (2026-10-02)
 
-- Setting up a Windows PC that an earlier version had set up (when the
-  app was called BroLink) now registers the `LatchStream` service. Setup
+- Setting up a Windows PC that a version before 4.1.0 had set up now
+  registers the `LatchStream` service. Setup
   moved the engine's folder and removed the old service, but treated the
   running engine as needing nothing more, so the new service was never
   registered and the engine ran only once someone had signed in.
 
 ## 4.1.0 (2026-10-02)
 
-- **BroLink is now Latch, by Bardbro.** The app, the repository
+- **Introducing Latch, by Bardbro.** The app, the repository
   (`github.com/MrBeldum/latch`), the release files (`latch-macos-arm64.tar.gz`,
   `latch-windows-x64.zip`), the executables (`Latch.app`, `latch-host.exe`),
   the services and login items, the environment variables (`LATCH_*`) and
   bardbro.com all carry the new name, with a new logo: a square with a
   corner cut away, and a blue square in the cut. Bardbro is the
   project behind it, for cloud gaming.
-- An installed BroLink updates itself to Latch. Settings, the pairing
-  identity, paired devices and the streaming engine carry over. On a Mac
-  the app moves from `BroLink.app` to `Latch.app` the first time it runs
-  and its login item with it; on Linux `latch.service` replaces
-  `brolink.service`; on Windows the host keeps working in place, and
-  `install-host.ps1` followed by **Set up as administrator** moves it to
-  `%LOCALAPPDATA%\Latch`, the `LatchStream` service and the new firewall
-  rule names. Machines on either name still find each other, and a 4.1 Mac
-  can still update a 4.0 PC. The release also carries
-  `brolink-macos-arm64.tar.gz` and `brolink-windows-x64.zip`, which are the
-  same builds under the old file names, because a 4.0 updater looks for
-  nothing else. Everything that still says BroLink is in
+- Older installs update to Latch. Settings, the pairing identity, paired
+  devices and the streaming engine carry over. On a Mac the app moves to
+  `Latch.app` the first time it runs and its login item with it; on Linux
+  `latch.service` replaces the old service; on Windows the host keeps
+  working in place, and `install-host.ps1` followed by **Set up as
+  administrator** moves it to `%LOCALAPPDATA%\Latch`, the `LatchStream`
+  service and the new firewall rule names. Updated and older machines
+  still find each other, and a 4.1 Mac can still update a 4.0 PC. Releases
+  also include compatibility downloads under the filenames required by
+  4.0 updaters. Runtime compatibility identifiers are documented in
   `crates/core/src/legacy.rs` and `crates/host/src/legacy.rs`.
-- `LATCH_DATA_DIR` and `LATCH_GITHUB_TOKEN` replace the `BROLINK_` names,
-  which still work. The Docker node and relay read `LATCH_*`.
+- `LATCH_DATA_DIR` and `LATCH_GITHUB_TOKEN` replace the old environment
+  variable names, which still work. The Docker node and relay read `LATCH_*`.
 - The About page names Bardbro and links to bardbro.com. The accent
   colour for focus and progress is the logo's blue, where it was violet.
 - The window is redesigned around one design system, in the product

README.md

@@ -107,24 +107,23 @@ relay, as this project's own VPS does: [deploy/native/README.md](deploy/native/R
 The packet relay (when two NATs cannot punch through) is a separate kit:
 [deploy/relay/RELAY.md](deploy/relay/RELAY.md).
 
-## Coming from BroLink
+## Upgrading from versions before 4.1.0
 
-Latch was called BroLink until 4.1.0. An installed BroLink updates itself
-to Latch and keeps its settings, its pairing and its streaming engine, and
-every machine that updates can still talk to one that has not yet.
+An older install updates to Latch and keeps its settings, pairing and
+streaming engine. Updated machines can still talk to ones that have not
+yet updated.
 
-- **Mac:** the app moves from `BroLink.app` to `Latch.app` the first time
-  it runs, and its login item with it.
+- **Mac:** the app moves to `Latch.app` the first time it runs, and its
+  login item moves with it.
 - **Windows:** the host updates in place and keeps working. To move it to
-  the new folder and names (`%LOCALAPPDATA%\Latch`, `latch-host.exe`, the
-  `LatchStream` service), run `install-host.ps1` from the new zip, then
-  **Set up as administrator** once on the **Sharing** tab.
-- **Linux:** the first start registers `latch.service` and retires
-  `brolink.service`. The files in `deploy/native/` have new names; see
-  [deploy/native/README.md](deploy/native/README.md).
-
-The environment variables beginning `BROLINK_` are now `LATCH_`; for
-`LATCH_DATA_DIR` and `LATCH_GITHUB_TOKEN` the old names still work.
+  `%LOCALAPPDATA%\Latch`, `latch-host.exe` and the `LatchStream` service,
+  run `install-host.ps1` from the new zip, then **Set up as administrator**
+  once on the **Sharing** tab.
+- **Linux:** the first start registers `latch.service` and retires the old
+  service. For a native desktop, see [deploy/native/README.md](deploy/native/README.md).
+
+Use `LATCH_DATA_DIR` and `LATCH_GITHUB_TOKEN` for environment overrides.
+The equivalent names from versions before 4.1.0 still work.
 
 ## Updates
 

crates/core/src/legacy.rs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-//! What Latch answered to before 4.1.0, when it was called BroLink.
+//! Compatibility identifiers used by versions before 4.1.0.
 //!
 //! Installed copies, other machines on the tailnet and old settings
 //! folders keep the old names for a while after an upgrade, so the code
@@ -28,8 +28,7 @@ pub fn is_own_streamer_kind(kind: &str) -> bool {
 }
 
 /// A setting from the environment under its current name, else under the
-/// old one: `LATCH_DATA_DIR`, then `BROLINK_DATA_DIR`. Unset and empty are
-/// the same.
+/// old one from before 4.1.0. Unset and empty are the same.
 pub fn env(name: &str) -> Option<OsString> {
     let current = std::env::var_os(name).filter(|v| !v.is_empty());
     current.or_else(|| {

crates/host/src/legacy.rs

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-//! What this host registered with the operating system before 4.1.0, when
-//! Latch was called BroLink, and how an upgraded copy retires it.
+//! What this host registered with the operating system before 4.1.0,
+//! and how an upgraded copy retires it.
 //!
 //! An upgrade by the updater swaps the program and nothing else, so the
 //! launch agent, the user unit, the Windows service, the scheduled task,

crates/host/src/unix_setup.rs

@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@ const OLD_LOGIN_FILE: &str = "brolink-web.json";
 const LOGIN_FILE: &str = "latch-web.json";
 
 /// An install that an older version set up has two things in the engine's
-/// `sunshine.conf` that name it: the path of the engine login file, which is
-/// called `brolink-web.json` and sits wherever setup put it, and any path
+/// `sunshine.conf` that name it: the engine login file under its old
+/// filename wherever setup put it, and any path
 /// under the old data folder, which this copy has moved. Point both at what
 /// is there now, and rename the login file, so the engine finds the login
 /// it was set up with. Nothing happens on an install that was never moved.
@@ -494,7 +494,7 @@ fn retire_legacy_launch_agent() {
     }
 }
 
-/// A copy running from the app folder 4.0 and older used, `BroLink.app`,
+/// A copy running from the app folder 4.0 and older used
 /// moves into `Latch.app` beside it and carries on from there. The release
 /// publishes the new app under the old name as well, because a 4.0 updater
 /// installs only a folder of that name, and the first run lands here.

deploy/native/README.md

@@ -45,19 +45,17 @@ in the `input` group: Sunshine must use its XTest fallback for this Xvfb session
 Granting `/dev/uinput` access makes input go to kernel devices that Xvfb does not
 consume, resulting in visible video but no functioning mouse or keyboard.
 
-## Upgrading from BroLink (before 4.1.0)
+## Upgrading from versions before 4.1.0
 
-Latch was called BroLink until 4.1.0, and a node that was set up then has
-`brolink*.service` units, `/usr/local/bin/brolink-host`, a `brolink.Xauthority`
-cookie and `~/.local/share/brolink`. `migrate-from-brolink.sh` in this
-directory swaps the units, the cookie name and the wait script for the new
-ones and starts Latch; `latch-host` moves the data folder and the engine's
-login file itself the first time it runs, keeping the pairing and the
-Tailscale identity.
+Nodes set up before 4.1.0 use earlier names for their services, host binary,
+display cookie and data folder. `migrate-legacy.sh` in this directory swaps
+the units, cookie name and wait script for the current ones and starts
+Latch. On its first run, `latch-host` moves the data folder and the engine's
+login file, keeping the pairing and Tailscale identity.
 
 ```sh
 sudo install -m 0755 latch-host /usr/local/bin/latch-host
-bash migrate-from-brolink.sh
+bash migrate-legacy.sh
 ```
 
 ## Migration and recovery

deploy/native/migrate-from-brolink.sh → deploy/native/migrate-legacy.sh

@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
-# Move a native Linux node from the names Latch had before 4.1.0 (when it was
-# called BroLink) to the new ones. Run it as the user that owns the desktop,
+# Move a native Linux node from the names used before 4.1.0 to the current
+# ones. Run it as the user that owns the desktop,
 # from this directory, after putting the new latch-host at /usr/local/bin:
 #
 #   sudo install -m 0755 latch-host /usr/local/bin/latch-host
-#   bash migrate-from-brolink.sh
+#   bash migrate-legacy.sh
 #
 # It stops the old stack, swaps the user units, the display cookie name and
 # the wait script, and starts the new one. The data folder (settings,
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ systemctl --user enable --now latch.service
 for _ in $(seq 1 30); do
 	if status="$(curl -fsS --max-time 2 http://127.0.0.1:47850/v1/status 2>/dev/null)"; then
 		echo "$status" | python3 -c 'import json,sys; s=json.load(sys.stdin); print("app=%s version=%s name=%s streamer=%s running=%s" % (s["app"], s["version"], s["name"], s["streamer"]["kind"], s["streamer"]["running"]))'
-		echo "done. The old binary /usr/local/bin/brolink-host can be removed once this looks right."
+		echo "done. The previous host binary can be removed once this looks right."
 		exit 0
 	fi
 	sleep 2

scripts/install-host.ps1

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ if (-not $Exe -or -not (Test-Path $Exe)) {
 }
 
 $DestDir = Join-Path $env:LOCALAPPDATA "Latch"
-# Where versions before 4.1 installed (they were called BroLink). Their
+# Where versions before 4.1 installed. Their
 # settings, pairing identity and engine archive come across, and the folder
 # goes once this one is in place.
 $OldDir = Join-Path $env:LOCALAPPDATA "BroLink"
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ if ((Test-Path $OldDir) -and -not (Test-Path (Join-Path $DestDir "host.toml")))
     New-Item -ItemType Directory -Force -Path $DestDir | Out-Null
     Get-ChildItem -LiteralPath $OldDir -Force | Where-Object { $_.Name -notmatch '\.exe(\.old|\.new)?$' } |
         ForEach-Object { Copy-Item -LiteralPath $_.FullName -Destination $DestDir -Recurse -Force }
-    Write-Host "Settings carried over from $OldDir"
+    Write-Host "Settings carried over from the previous install."
 }
 New-Item -ItemType Directory -Force -Path $DestDir | Out-Null
 Copy-Item $Exe $DestExe -Force
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ New-ItemProperty -Path $Run -Name "LatchHost" -Value "`"$DestExe`" --background"
 
 if (Test-Path $OldDir) {
     Remove-Item -LiteralPath $OldDir -Recurse -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
-    if (Test-Path $OldDir) { Write-Host "Could not remove $OldDir completely; it is safe to delete." }
+    if (Test-Path $OldDir) { Write-Host "Could not remove the previous install folder completely; it is safe to delete." }
 }
 
 Write-Host "Shortcut: Desktop\Latch Host.lnk"

scripts/install-macos-release.sh

@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ if [[ -d "$DEST" ]]; then
 else
   mv "$STAGE" "$DEST"
 fi
-# An install from before 4.1 (the app was called BroLink): stop its
+# An install from before 4.1: stop its
 # background job, drop its login item and remove its app, so only Latch is
 # left. The new app registers its own login item when it first runs.
 OLD_AGENT="gui/$(id -u)/dev.brolink.node"

scripts/install-macos.sh

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ LSREGISTER="/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Frameworks/LaunchS
 "$LSREGISTER" -u "$APP" 2>/dev/null || true
 "$LSREGISTER" -f /Applications/Latch.app 2>/dev/null || true
 rm -rf "$APP"
-# An install from before 4.1 (the app was called BroLink): stop its
+# An install from before 4.1: stop its
 # background job, drop its login item and remove its app, so only Latch is
 # left. The new app registers its own login item when it first runs.
 OLD_AGENT="gui/$(id -u)/dev.brolink.node"