What is ave-releases?

This repository is not a normal software project. It is a frozen legacy update bridge for a macOS app called AVE, an AI video editor made by TinyThings. The README is explicit that new users should not download AVE from here at all, and should instead get the current version from the official AVE website, unless AVE support has specifically pointed someone here to recover an old installation. The reason this repository still exists is narrow and specific. Older installations of AVE, specifically versions 1.0.15 and 1.0.16, used an original update system that cannot jump straight to AVE's current release feed. Those old installations first need a small compatibility bridge, version 1.0.17 build 18, which is hosted here. Installing that bridge sets up a signed updater called Sparkle, which then moves the app onto AVE's active, current release system, so future updates arrive normally after that one step. Because deleting this repository or its 1.0.17 release could strand people still running those old versions, the maintainers are keeping the original URLs and release files in place on purpose, describing the repository itself as frozen and its bridge tag and assets as things that must not be replaced or removed. The repository holds a handful of preserved files: an update metadata file read by pre-bridge installations, the compact bridge package itself, a differential update file used for smaller downloads, and a manual installer disk image kept for recovery. For anyone who is not recovering an old AVE 1.0.15 or 1.0.16 install, the actual current releases live in a separate repository called ave-releases-v2, which the README describes as the only active release repository going forward, containing the full signed and notarized installer, release notes, and the current update feed. The maintainers also point users toward the official download page, the release notes page, and a support email address for anything beyond this narrow recovery case. No license is stated in the README.