Brand refresh: carrier pigeon across all app + web surfaces#320
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Replaces the previous abstract purple/blue connection-node icon with a new carrier-pigeon silhouette — a small bird in mid-flight carrying a rolled paper scroll — which maps naturally to what ModelRelay actually does (relay messages across distributed hosts) and feels more memorable than another generic blue dev-tool mark. Updates: - New assets/logo.png for the README header (centered, Kiln-style) - README restructured with a centered logo + title + tagline + badges block - Desktop app icons (icon.png, icon.ico, icon.icns, 32x32, 128x128, 128x128@2x) regenerated with a rounded-square cream background and the pigeon silhouette - Cloud landing OG card (1200x630, modelrelay-cloud/assets/og-image.png) rebuilt with matching brand language and correct typography/tagline - extras/social-preview.png regenerated to match OG card Cloud web favicons (/favicon.ico, /favicon-32.png, /apple-touch-icon.png, /icon-512.png) are served via include_bytes! from the desktop icons dir, so updating those icons also refreshes every favicon surface on modelrelay.io automatically — no template or route changes needed. The four cloud brand-asset tests (favicon_returns_success, apple_touch_icon_returns_png, og_image_returns_png, landing_page_includes_og_image_meta) all pass with the new assets. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Version bump on modelrelay-desktop from 0.1.2 to 0.1.3 so that a fresh `desktop-v0.1.3` tag can ship the new carrier-pigeon icon set that landed in #320. Tauri reads icons at build time, so installed apps won't see the new brand until the next release cuts. No code changes — only version strings in: - crates/modelrelay-desktop/Cargo.toml - crates/modelrelay-desktop/tauri.conf.json - Cargo.lock (cargo update -p modelrelay-desktop) - CHANGELOG.md (Desktop 0.1.3 entry) Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Version bump on modelrelay-desktop from 0.1.2 to 0.1.3 so that a fresh `desktop-v0.1.3` tag can ship the new carrier-pigeon icon set that landed in #320. Tauri reads icons at build time, so installed apps won't see the new brand until the next release cuts. No code changes — only version strings in: - crates/modelrelay-desktop/Cargo.toml - crates/modelrelay-desktop/tauri.conf.json - Cargo.lock (cargo update -p modelrelay-desktop) - CHANGELOG.md (Desktop 0.1.3 entry) Co-authored-by: Cloud Eric <clouderic@eflorenzano.com> Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Summary
Replaces the placeholder abstract purple/blue connection-node icon with a new carrier pigeon brand mark — a small bird in mid-flight carrying a rolled paper scroll. The pigeon maps directly to what ModelRelay does (relay messages across distributed hosts) and gives the product a memorable, warm identity versus another anonymous dev-tool blue square.
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assets/logo.pngfor the README — transparent-backed silhouette for clean rendering on GitHubicon.png(1024×1024),icon.ico(multi-size Windows: 16/32/48/64/128/256),icon.icns(Apple multi-res)32x32.png,128x128.png,128x128@2x.pngcrates/modelrelay-cloud/assets/og-image.png, 1200×630) rebuilt with matching brand language, correct "ModelRelay" wordmark, and product taglineextras/social-preview.pngrefreshed to matchNo template or route code changes required
Cloud web favicons (
/favicon.ico,/favicon-32.png,/apple-touch-icon.png,/icon-512.png) are served viainclude_bytes!from the desktop icons dir (crates/modelrelay-cloud/src/routes/mod.rslines 142–146). Updating the desktop icons automatically refreshes every favicon surface on modelrelay.io.Test plan
cargo test -p modelrelay-cloud --test http_routes -- favicon apple_touch og_image— all 4 brand-asset tests pass (favicon_returns_success,apple_touch_icon_returns_png,og_image_returns_png,landing_page_includes_og_image_meta)cargo check --workspace --all-targets --exclude modelrelay-desktop— clean (desktop crate excluded because it requires glib system libs not available in sandbox; icon files are valid PNG/ICO/ICNS that Tauri consumes at build time)00 00 01 00(6 sub-images), matches thehttp_routes.rsbyte signature checkhttps://modelrelay.iofavicons + OG preview once deployedicon.png/ico/icnsfromcrates/modelrelay-desktop/icons/at build time)🤖 Generated with Claude Code