SiteLens Desktop · 0.2.1 · macOS

See it. Record it. Edit it. Run it. Understand what failed.

SiteLens Desktop turns local automation into something humans can actually discover, understand, author, run, and debug visually — while the underlying .sitelens files stay portable for CLI and agents. Capture Runs, Browser Intelligence panels, and shareable evidence packages ship with the bundled SiteLens Runtime.

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Automation Record Flow Install guide

Release details

macOS release
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Platform
macOS arm64 (Apple Silicon)
Minimum macOS
macOS 11.0+
Distribution
Signed with Developer ID · Notarized · Stapled for Gatekeeper
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Automation workspace — flows, scenarios, and profiles
Record Flow — Playwright Codegen → SiteLens flows
Run & inspect — overlays + Browser Intelligence evidence

Automation workspace

New in 0.2.0

Your browser automation shouldn’t be mystery JSON. Desktop discovers local flows, scenarios, and auth profiles and presents them as a searchable, human-readable catalog — grounded in the real files under .sitelens/.

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Visual execution chains show step order for flows and how scenarios chain those flows — not a generic drag-and-drop designer.

Discover & understand

  • Searchable automation catalog
  • Linear flow and scenario chains
  • Scenario → flow relationships
  • Profiles and parameters in context
  • Source paths back to the project

Edit & validate

  • Property editing with validation
  • Save back to canonical JSON
  • View JSON / open source escape hatch
  • Files remain agent-readable

Run

Run a flow or an entire scenario from Desktop. After execution, passed / failed / warning overlays show where the chain succeeded or broke.

Inspect failures

Don’t just know that the flow failed. Open Browser Intelligence evidence for the run — console, network, screenshots, and related execution results — so you can understand what happened in the browser.

Canonical storage stays project-local: .sitelens/flows/*.json and .sitelens/scenarios/*.json. Desktop is the visual surface; the files remain the source of truth.

Record Flow

Playwright Codegen

Turn browser interactions into reusable SiteLens automation. Playwright Codegen is the authoring input — SiteLens converts the recording into a native flow you can review, edit, run, and reuse from Desktop, CLI, and agents.

1
Start Record Flow

From the Automation workspace in Desktop.

2
SiteLens launches Playwright Codegen

A headed browser session opens through the bundled runtime.

3
Interact normally

Click, fill, and navigate as a user would. You perform the interaction; Codegen records it.

4
Finish & convert

SiteLens converts generated Playwright behavior into a SiteLens-native flow.

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Review, save, edit, run

Inspect the conversion, save under .sitelens/flows, then edit and run like any other flow.

Conversion safety

SiteLens does not silently discard browser behavior it cannot represent. A conversion is identified as complete or partial, and unsupported constructs are shown for review. Partial saves require an explicit opt-in.

Same artifact everywhere

After conversion, a recorded flow is a normal SiteLens flow — not a second-class format. Record in Desktop, edit visually, run from CLI (sitelens flow codegen), hand off to agents via MCP.

Local-first by design

No cloud account

SiteLens Desktop keeps QA on your Mac. Run history, artifacts, and exports stay under Application Support until you choose to share them. Cloud sync and hosted runs are planned — use SiteLens QA and the dashboard when you need SiteLens Cloud/API today.

Bundled SiteLens Runtime

Playwright and Chromium management run locally — Desktop connects and orchestrates runs.

Capture Runs

Run multi-step capture packs and export combined evidence ZIPs for release proof.

Install on macOS

Apple Silicon
1
Download the DMG

Use the button above when the macOS installer is available. Requires macOS 11+ on Apple Silicon (M1 or later). Intel Mac and Windows builds are planned.

2
Install from the disk image

Open the DMG, then drag SiteLens Desktop.app into the Applications shortcut shown in the window.

3
First launch — install Chromium

The first-run wizard starts SiteLens Runtime automatically and prompts you to Install Chromium once. Local QA needs Chromium before your first test.

4
Open Automation

Explore local flows and scenarios, or start Record Flow to author from a real browser session.

Gatekeeper & verification

Signed & notarized

Release builds are signed with a Developer ID certificate, notarized by Apple, and stapled so macOS Gatekeeper accepts the app without extra steps. If macOS still quarantines the download, remove the quarantine attribute once: 

xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine "/Applications/SiteLens Desktop.app"

Verify the download checksum (compare to SHA-256 in the release details above): 

shasum -a 256 SiteLens-Desktop-0.2.1-macOS-arm64.dmg

Compare the output to the SHA-256 on this page. A matching checksum confirms the file was not altered in transit.

Platform scope

Local-first production-ready
  • macOS Apple Silicon — this 0.2.1 release; Intel Mac support is planned
  • Windows Desktop and in-app auto-update — on the roadmap
  • SiteLens Cloud — hosted runs, sync, and team workflows are evolving; use the dashboard and API when you need cloud today
  • Local Desktop — Automation authoring, Record Flow, templates, Capture Runs, evidence exports, and bundled Runtime are production-ready on your Mac

Same automation artifacts across Desktop, CLI, and MCP — Desktop complements SiteLens MCP, Cloud/API, and QA Studio.

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