01 / DESKTOP

Billable for desktop

A native window on your Billable account, plus a menu-bar timer you can start and stop without switching apps. Cmd+Shift+B starts and stops it from anywhere.

These are alpha builds. They point at the alpha environment and install alongside the real app rather than over it. Below is each platform.

  • macOS

    Apple silicon (M1 and later)Alpha

    Unsigned and un-notarized, so macOS will refuse it on the first try: open it, get "Billable Alpha cannot be opened", then System Settings → Privacy & Security → Open Anyway. That is Gatekeeper doing its job on a build with no certificate, not a broken download.

  • macOS

    IntelAlpha

    Same build for Intel Macs, and the same Gatekeeper detour. If you are not sure which Mac you have, check → About This Mac: an Apple M-series chip wants the card above.

  • Windows

    10 and 11, x64 and ARMAlpha

    Unsigned, so SmartScreen will say "Windows protected your PC" — More info, then Run anyway. It installs for the current user only, which keeps it from asking for an administrator whose prompt would read "Publisher: Unknown". Signing needs a certificate on a hardware token, which is a purchase rather than a build change.

  • Windows

    portable — no installerAlpha

    The same app as a zip. Extract it anywhere and run "Billable Alpha.exe" — there is no installer, which matters because an unsigned installer is the fragile part: antivirus and SmartScreen remove the setup file mid-run, and NSIS unpacks from that file as it goes, so the install stops partway and leaves a shortcut pointing at nothing. Nothing to uninstall either; delete the folder. Take the ARM build if this is a Surface Pro X or a Snapdragon machine, otherwise x64.

A browser cannot tell an Apple silicon Mac from an Intel one, so the guess above is only a guess. Apple menu, then About This Mac: a line labeled Chip means Apple silicon, and one labeled Processor means Intel.

02 / MEANWHILE

What works today

Billable in the browser

The whole product runs in a browser on macOS, Windows and Linux. The desktop app adds a window and a timer; it does not add features you cannot reach here.

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Send a note saying which platform you want and you will get a message when there is something signed to install.

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iOS and Android are further out than this.

iOS & Android