Canonical branding and release-naming reference for Amonite. Branding belongs to Amonite, not to an edition. All editions share it.
Debian is the technical foundation. Amonite is the public-facing identity built on top of it.
Users interact with Amonite: its name, visual identity, release naming, and defaults. Branding must not leak platform implementation details into anything the user is expected to understand as product identity.
Project logo: assets/logo.png
Amonite uses Semantic Versioning (MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH), with pre-release labels where a release needs them. The SemVer number is the authoritative version identifier for packaging, scripting, and comparison.
Forms that may appear include 1.0.0-experimental, 1.0.0-alpha, 1.0.0-alpha.2, 1.0.0-beta, 1.0.0-rc, and 1.0.0. These are illustrations, not a fixed numbering policy and not a required sequence. 1.0.0-alpha.2 does not imply 1.0.0-alpha.3, and the presence of Alpha does not imply Beta, Release Candidate, or Stable.
A maturity label describes the current state of an edition or release. Labels include, but are not limited to, Experimental, Alpha, Beta, Release Candidate, and Stable.
They are observations rather than mandatory milestones, and they do not define a lifecycle every edition must follow. Each edition evolves independently: an edition may remain at one maturity indefinitely, skip labels, or publish an additional numbered pre-release only when the project state justifies it.
Documentation records present maturity. It does not predict future releases.
Nautilus is the codename for the complete Amonite 1.x generation. Every release belonging to the 1.x series belongs to Nautilus, regardless of that release's maturity label.
Nautilus names the generation. Maturity labels name the current state of a given edition or version within that generation. 1.0.0-alpha.2 is one specific version that exists within Nautilus today; Alpha describes where it stands, not a step on a published path.
Editions may differ in experience and current maturity. They do not receive separate branding philosophies, versioning schemes, or release-family names.
Standard, Lite, and Mobile are editions of Amonite under the same identity.
- README.md - Product landing page
- EDITIONS.md - Edition identity and current maturity
- CHANGELOG.md - Version history
- ARCHITECTURE.md - Shared architecture