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

• AppImage (arm64): Download
• AppImage (x64): Download

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)