Getting started
Installation
Install through Package Manager or the transactional traditional bootstrap without forcing optional integrations.
Unity Package Manager
Install com.kiwistudios.assetswap version 26.8.5 and its pinned compatible com.kiwistudios.releasecore 0.2.0-preview.1 dependency. Keep both package directories unmodified so package provenance and updates remain verifiable.
Open the product from Tools > Kiwi Studios > Asset Swap.
Traditional .unitypackage
Import the complete Asset Swap .unitypackage. Its temporary shared bootstrap verifies the bundle, manifest, exact file inventories, package identities, dependency pin, and SHA-256 values before mutation. It transactionally installs Asset Swap under Packages, installs or upgrades older compatible Core, preserves an exact or newer compatible verified Core, asks Package Manager to resolve, verifies the registered assemblies and installed inventories, and removes Assets/KiwiStudios/ReleaseInstaller after success.
An incompatible Core blocks before mutation. A modified or corrupt Core also blocks; use Tools > Kiwi Studios > Repair Core and Retry Product Installation only after reviewing and backing up those changes. If package resolution or post-reload verification fails, the bootstrap restores the previous embedded package directories and verifies a compensating Package Manager resolve. Interrupted work is recovered from its durable transaction journal on the next load.
Source control
Commit the installed package source when using an embedded installation. Do not commit Library/KiwiStudios/AssetSwap; it contains machine-local previews, evidence exports, and rollback data.
Asset Swap never installs optional packages automatically. Addressables, Timeline, and Localization capabilities report Unavailable when their packages are absent.
Still stuck?
Bring the plan and receipt with you.
Include the Asset Swap version, Unity version, operating system, plan, preview or receipt, relevant logs, and the smallest reproducible project state.