Releases: bitsocialhq/5chan
v0.6.8
This version adds mobile thread footer, reorganized board buttons, favicon swap for SFW/NSFW boards, OpenGraph and security headers, purge confirmation fix, publish-time author fix, popular posts ranking improvements, and several bug fixes.
- Web app: https://5chan.app
- Decentralized web app via IPFS/IPNS gateways (works on any browser): 5chan.eth.limo, 5chan.eth.link, 5chan-eth.ipns.dweb.link
- Decentralized web app via IPFS node you run: https://5chan.eth (works on Brave Browser or use IPFS Companion)
Downloads
macOS
- Apple Silicon (arm64): Download DMG
- Intel (x64): Download DMG
- If macOS shows "5chan.app is damaged and can't be opened. You should move it to the Trash.", run this in Terminal to fix it:
xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine "/Applications/5chan.app"then open the app again.
Windows
- Installer (x64): Download EXE
- If Windows shows "Windows protected your PC" (SmartScreen), click "More info" then "Run anyway". To permanently allow, right-click the .exe → Properties → check "Unblock", or run in PowerShell:
Unblock-File -Path .\path\to\file.exe.
Linux
Android
- APK: Download
Static HTML build
- 5chan-html (zip): Download
Changes
0.6.8 (2026-03-04)
Bug Fixes
- boards-bar: cancel debounced scroll handler on cleanup (ea0789f)
- ci: make portless optional for windows installs (e484f96)
- comment-content: prevent doubled >>postnumber quote when cidToNumber resolves late (1aabe7a)
- edit-menu: remove redundant double confirm for purge (17afdc7)
- markdown: preserve full URL display text for autolinked 5chan links (27b2d6f)
- popular-posts: rank by time-decayed popularity instead of raw reply count (9216791)
- post form: default link label to 'link to file' on /all/ and /subs/ (2bc2827)
- posts: default to hiding user IDs when pseudonymityMode is undefined (822b6c9)
- publish: use active account at publish time instead of baking stale author data at typing time (422eacc)
- react-grab: disable Cmd+C shortcut to avoid copy/paste conflicts (dfa203a)
- replies-preview: stable sort when recency yields identical Infinity values (c9e9506)
- string-utils: guard truncateWithEllipsisInMiddle for small maxLength and slice(-0) (8296d70)
Features
- board-buttons: reorganize button layout on mobile and desktop (3a9b5ab)
- board: add mobile footer with Start a New Thread, Top, Refresh, pagination, Catalog, Load More (1a4e8a6)
- boards-bar: alphabetize mobile board select and show full multiboard titles (efd1526)
- favicon: swap tab favicon for SFW vs NSFW boards (3bd1c0a)
- home: clarify 5chan is serverless app, use current hostname for share links (5fe2024)
- meta: add OpenGraph, JSON-LD, security headers for crawler identity (6bc135a)
- post-desktop: truncate long file links with ellipsis in middle (f2264ba)
- post: add mobile footer to thread view (84e6057)
- release: add yarn release script and v0.6.7 blotter entry (064d341)
Performance Improvements
- media: restrict gif frame extraction to gif media types (7644d59)
- settings: fix navigate-in-setState, memo sections, defer crypto resolution (df1bc20)
Reverts
- Revert "chore(release): v0.6.8" (d8a003e)
v0.6.7
This version adds default board pagination with optional infinite scroll, multi-provider media uploads, a redesigned mod queue, catalog reply-count sorting, performance optimizations, and many bug fixes.
- Web app: https://5chan.app
- Decentralized web app via IPFS/IPNS gateways (works on any browser): 5chan.eth.limo, 5chan.eth.link, dweb.link/ipfs.io
- Decentralized web app via IPFS node you run: https://5chan.eth (works on Brave Browser or use IPFS Companion)
Downloads
macOS
- Apple Silicon (arm64): Download DMG
- Intel (x64): Download DMG
- If macOS shows "5chan.app is damaged and can't be opened. You should move it to the Trash.", run this in Terminal to fix it:
xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine "/Applications/5chan.app"then open the app again.
Windows
- Installer (x64): Download EXE
- If Windows shows "Windows protected your PC" (SmartScreen), click "More info" then "Run anyway". To permanently allow, right-click the .exe → Properties → check "Unblock", or run in PowerShell:
Unblock-File -Path .\path\to\file.exe.
Linux
Android
- APK: Download
Static HTML build
- 5chan-html (zip): Download
Changes
0.6.7 (2026-03-01)
Bug Fixes
- a11y: add translated aria-label for pagination, aria-label for close button (f9325b9)
- account-data-editor: resolve Ace editor loading failure (e12743f)
- android-build: keep tar@7 and patch Capacitor CLI extractor compatibility (f660d1a)
- android: guard against NPEs in FileUtils and FileUploaderPlugin (bdfee1b)
- android: log reject failures, handle trailing slashes in path, remove unused attr param (3eb97e6)
- android: sanitize filename in FileUtils to prevent path traversal (5f22ff1)
- backlinks: hide backlinks from pending replies without comment number (e241125)
- backlinks: scroll to reply and persist highlight when clicking OP backlink (41f0712)
- blotter: validate message before formatReleaseMessage in release mode (15c2385)
- board-buttons: use postCid for page number in PostPageStats (9c0350c)
- board-buttons: use useComment in PostPageStats so reply count shows on direct thread URLs (ce8159f)
- board-pagination: hide pagelist in multiboards, right-align style selector (15d8103)
- board-replies: include pending and mod-queue account comments in 5-reply preview (9253bad)
- board: add computeItemKey to Virtuoso to prevent media flash on page change (849ff18)
- board: prevent cached Board from stripping accountCommentIndex on /pending/N (79fd6ba)
- boardsbar: show mod in mobile board selector when on /mod/ (f35bb73)
- build: restore Vercel deployment with vite-plugin-pwa 1.2.0 and process.version define (276fca8)
- catalog: align pagination and postsPerPage with board view (1067ff3)
- catalog: cap single-board catalog to maxGuiPages to prevent page 11+ posts (13dba00)
- chain providers, i18n, dedup isWebRuntime, and a11y label (15d6087)
- challenge-utils: use console.log for success instead of console.warn (ab32ad5)
- components: fix colSpan, hook usage, special theme reset, unused imports, CSS color (6c1f535)
- compute click center from full box model quad (023adcc)
- edit-menu: render mod edit modal in FloatingPortal to escape reply card containment (f19ebe5)
- electron: make macOS dev dock icon setup non-fatal (a39fafa)
- error-display: reset showAfterDelay when error clears (f5eba9a)
- feeds: force infinite scroll on multiboards and canonicalize page URLs (71fdbef)
- i18n: use consistent Filipino translation for blotter keys (56cce10)
- media: reserve stable post media space before thumbnails resolve (6ac9ac0)
- open portless URL instead of raw IP when dev server starts (87f6a0b)
- popular-threads: adaptive ranking with grow-only stability (8cef8ce)
- popular-threads: pass linkWidth/linkHeight to CatalogPostMedia for correct aspect ratio (7a516cf)
- post-desktop: hide omitted-replies summary when replies are disabled (00a1164)
- post: add modQueueError, isPublishing, onApprove, onReject to memo comparator (f86906a)
- post: ensure OP user ID tooltip shows at least 1 post in board view (ebb5ae4)
- posts: Board link in multiboard views (/all/, /subs/, /mod/) (f521bdb)
- post: show Pending for user ID when reply pending on pseudonymity boards (21d2146)
- post: use feed cache fallback for instant post content on catalog navigation (609436a)
- quotes: scope post-number lookup by subplebbit, OP quote always navigates to thread (216073a)
- release: harden release workflow installs (ca2e024)
- reply modal: keep textarea empty when opened from Post a Reply footer button (bb02779)
- reply-modal: remove link type previewer that displaces UI (2733ab2)
- reply-quote-preview: add trailing break to mobile quotelinks so each >>N appears on its own line (ec9ee6f)
- reply-quote-preview: only scroll to reply when on thread page (326b403)
- resolve android plugin registration and electron upload runtime detection regressions (afdf129)
- resolve Dependabot alerts for tar and qs ([b5546fa](https://github.com/bitsocialhq/5chan/c...
v0.6.6
This version syncs board directories from GitHub on start and build, adds the macOS app icon, improves reply rendering performance with progressive loading, enforces mod queue role access, adds board address and vote tooltips, and includes several bug fixes.
- Web app: https://5chan.app
- Decentralized web app via IPFS/IPNS gateways (works on any browser): 5chan.eth.limo, 5chan.eth.link, dweb.link/ipfs.io
- Decentralized web app via IPFS node you run: https://5chan.eth (works on Brave Browser or use IPFS Companion)
Downloads
macOS
- Apple Silicon (arm64): Download DMG
- Intel (x64): Download DMG
- If macOS shows "5chan.app is damaged and can't be opened. You should move it to the Trash.", run this in Terminal to fix it:
xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine "/Applications/5chan.app"then open the app again.
Windows
- Installer (x64): Download EXE
- If Windows shows "Windows protected your PC" (SmartScreen), click "More info" then "Run anyway". To permanently allow, right-click the .exe → Properties → check "Unblock", or run in PowerShell:
Unblock-File -Path .\path\to\file.exe.
Linux
Android
- APK: Download
Static HTML build
- 5chan-html (zip): Download
Changes
0.6.6 (2026-02-16)
Bug Fixes
- challenge-utils: format challenge errors with board identifier (bb4be3f)
- electron: add macOS app icon via icon.icns (6befc6b)
- home: derive board link state from directory availability (e47727c)
- modqueue: enforce role-gated access with not-allowed view (9c558d2)
- popular-posts: base quota on loaded boards instead of total directories (2f563b4)
- post-status: base pending and failed labels on cid and state (98f7a52)
- post: refresh author ID tooltip count when replies change (44847b7)
- replies: make thread replies update instantly for pending and confirmed states (14c6bf8)
- replies: prevent inline quote links from forcing line breaks (378242c)
- topbar: sync subscription visibility with account subscriptions (61eb1e8)
Features
- board-header: add hover tooltip for address subtitle (901f40f)
- build: sync vendored directories from GitHub on start and build (8645f73)
- directories: add schema adapters and preserve v2 metadata (ec62023)
- post-page: enable Update button to refresh replies, add Auto alert translation (ad41a78)
Performance Improvements
v0.6.5
This version adds backlinks for quoted posts, improves reply functionality with proper quote references, and includes several bug fixes.
- Web app: https://5chan.app
- Decentralized web app via IPFS/IPNS gateways (works on any browser): 5chan.eth.limo, 5chan.eth.link, dweb.link/ipfs.io
- Decentralized web app via IPFS node you run: https://5chan.eth (works on Brave Browser or use IPFS Companion)
Downloads
macOS
- Apple Silicon (arm64): Download DMG
- Intel (x64): Download DMG
- If macOS shows "5chan.app is damaged and can't be opened. You should move it to the Trash.", run this in Terminal to fix it:
xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine "/Applications/5chan.app"then open the app again.
Windows
- Installer (x64): Download EXE
- If Windows shows "Windows protected your PC" (SmartScreen), click "More info" then "Run anyway". To permanently allow, right-click the .exe → Properties → check "Unblock", or run in PowerShell:
Unblock-File -Path .\path\to\file.exe.
Linux
Android
- APK: Download
Static HTML build
- 5chan-html (zip): Download
Changes
0.6.5 (2026-02-11)
Bug Fixes
- deps: resolve dependabot alert (50f373e)
- post: render OP backlinks from replies quoting OP (d862550)
- post: show OP backlinks in board feed cards (2537561)
- reply modal: make parent reply quote editable (af259ad)
- reply: replies should always target the OP, not other replies (6c4c12c)
- scroll OP quote to thread card on same-route click (716c782)
Features
- populate quotedCids when publishing replies with quote references (9f14a63)
v0.6.4
This version adds multiple-replying support, 4chan-like user anonymity with or without user IDs depending on the board, and several bug fixes.
- Web app: https://5chan.app
- Decentralized web app via IPFS/IPNS gateways (works on any browser): 5chan.eth.limo, 5chan.eth.link, dweb.link/ipfs.io
- Decentralized web app via IPFS node you run: https://5chan.eth (works on Brave Browser or use IPFS Companion)
Downloads
macOS
- Apple Silicon (arm64): Download DMG
- Intel (x64): Download DMG
- If macOS shows "5chan.app is damaged and can't be opened. You should move it to the Trash.", run this in Terminal to fix it:
xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine "/Applications/5chan.app"then open the app again.
Windows
- Installer (x64): Download EXE
- If Windows shows "Windows protected your PC" (SmartScreen), click "More info" then "Run anyway". To permanently allow, right-click the .exe → Properties → check "Unblock", or run in PowerShell:
Unblock-File -Path .\path\to\file.exe.
Linux
Android
- APK: Download
Static HTML build
- 5chan-html (zip): Download
Changes
0.6.4 (2026-02-10)
Bug Fixes
- components: remove redundant instant scroll from quote links (1bd1d34)
- include manual post-number quotes in reply backlinks (702816f)
- post: improve user ID display with domain detection and length limits (9d17213)
- post: prevent quote hover highlight on op cards (b8546a8)
- release: remove duplicate architecture suffixes from artifact names (b30eb15)
- release: restore 5chan html zip artifact in tag releases (cdd6be9)
- reply modal: restore multiline quote insertion (db70a91)
- shorten rendered user ID display from 12 to 8 characters (24d329a)
- show OP badge for number-based quote links (223ec4c)
- update subscriptions subtitle to present tense (8636005)
Features
- add copy user ID menu item and rename copy link to copy direct link (4a96f88)
- post: add backlinks for quotedCids (c7c8c46)
- posts: support pseudonymityMode per-reply hiding (c1b0d13)
- release: extract one-liner release description (3be7839)
- render >>{number} as interactive quote links with hover preview (c4b6c77)
- reply-modal: insert quoted post numbers at textarea caret (8a192b4)
v0.6.3
This version rebrands the app to 5chan, introducing a set of new features and several performance improvements.
- Web app: https://5chan.app
- Decentralized web app via IPFS/IPNS gateways (works on any browser): 5chan.eth.limo, 5chan.eth.link, dweb.link/ipfs.io
- Decentralized web app via IPFS node you run: https://5chan.eth (works on Brave Browser or use IPFS Companion)
Downloads
macOS
- Apple Silicon (arm64): Download DMG
- Intel (x64): Download DMG
- If macOS shows "5chan.app is damaged and can't be opened. You should move it to the Trash.", run this in Terminal to fix it:
xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine "/Applications/5chan.app"then open the app again.
Windows
- Installer (x64): Download EXE
- If Windows shows "Windows protected your PC" (SmartScreen), click "More info" then "Run anyway". To permanently allow, right-click the .exe → Properties → check "Unblock", or run in PowerShell:
Unblock-File -Path .\path\to\file.exe.
Linux
Android
- APK: Download
Changes
0.6.3 (2026-01-30)
Bug Fixes
- electron-forge: add app icon configuration for all platforms (a2d0869)
- electron: fix production build crashes (388a120)
- find-forge-executable: make appName preference effective (16012b4)
- forge.config.js: remove malformed iconUrl from Squirrel config (c4e2f75)
- package.json: remove unneeded var (0c6e03d)
- release: resolve build failures for v0.6.3 (01bda3b)
- resolve PR 877 issues - route params, artifact paths, and build configs (50ee10c)
v0.6.2
This version rebrands the app to 5chan, introducing a set of new features and several performance improvements.
- Web app: https://5chan.app
- Decentralized web app: https://5chan.eth (only works on Brave Browser or via IPFS Companion)
Downloads
- Android app: Download APK
- Linux app: Download AppImage
- macOS app: Download DMG
- Windows app: Download EXE
0.6.2 (2026-01-26)
Bug Fixes
- ci: use setup-python action for macos release build (3335f6f)
- post: include pending replies in useReplies calls (2887347)
Features
- mod-queue: improve compact view and add pending approval features (fa4ec6d)
v0.6.1
This version rebrands the app to 5chan, introducing a set of new features and several performance improvements.
- Web app: https://5chan.app
- Decentralized web app: https://5chan.eth (only works on Brave Browser or via IPFS Companion)
Downloads
- Android app: Download APK
- Linux app: Download AppImage
- macOS app: Download DMG
- Windows app: Download EXE
0.6.1 (2026-01-25)
Bug Fixes
- android: release build fails due to tar v7 incompatibility with Capacitor CLI (eda8b5e)
- ci: update macos runner image (5f85a0a)
- HTML zip archive is empty in releases (2f0fae8)
- mod-queue: improve alert threshold input validation and add i18n for view selector (d866372)
Features
- mod-queue: add view mode selection and integrate with post components (14e8c92)
v0.6.0
This version rebrands the app to 5chan, introducing a set of new features and several performance improvements.
- Web app: https://5chan.app
- Decentralized web app: https://5chan.eth (only works on Brave Browser or via IPFS Companion)
Downloads
- Android app: Download APK
- Linux app: Download AppImage
- macOS app: Download DMG
- Windows app: Download EXE
v0.5.3
This version fixes a bug that prevented publishing.
- Web app: https://plebchan.app
- Decentralized web app: https://plebchan.eth (only works on Brave Browser or via IPFS Companion)
Downloads
- Android app: Download APK
- Linux app: Download AppImage
- macOS app: Download DMG
- Windows app: Download EXE