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Bug Fixes

• wix: drop unusable Windows build launch condition (c7bcf3d)

Build System

• tools: harden appdata bullet generation (e6a3eb7)

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Features

• ui: add page zoom controls (15265db)
• ui: add option to hide tab close button (a313fc2)
• move window state to a separate file (9d2ec8f)
• ui: add Sidebar toggle to View menu (7e4598d)
• app: add redesigned application icon (f27a052)
• core,ui: enable fuzzy search by default (d19cac9)
• ui: use Tabler icons across the app (cb9ffb1)
• ui: disable zoom buttons at min/max limits (cdbf315)
• ui: move Docset Library to File menu (f851a63)
• ui: add docset list empty states (fe7c4f2)
• ui: improve tab bar sizing and styling (2fed482)
• ui: add F6 focus cycling shortcut (dfa2739)
• ui: add Go menu and Duplicate Tab action (56ab1fb)
• ui: refresh built-in welcome and error pages (c05701a)
• docsets: support compressed tarix docsets (f21bffc)
• browser: add Tabler icons to context menu (62ea725)
• core: add --port command-line option (eaa3bd8)
• registry,ui: show download size in tooltips (61b9bf9)
• browser: redesign new-tab and not-found (076b2b6)
• ui: add default zoom level setting (6260df0)

Bug Fixes

• browser: skip DPI zoom on Qt 6 (eb66b0d)
• ui: validate XCB grab/ungrab on X11 (60aab8e)
• ui: revert QxtGlobalShortcutPrivate member access (f371411)
• browser: preserve custom CSS bytes verbatim (4364f37)
• ui: avoid duplicate docset downloads (db10653)
• registry: list symbols on empty query (8bd1e6a)
• ui: handle xcb_key_symbols_alloc failure (69472c3)
• ui: only open tab on left double click (4c63940)
• registry: guard addDocset against duplicates (ede292b)
• registry: bind SQL data parameters (2358d5e)
• util: use sqlite3_close_v2 in Database (a00e523)
• registry: move query in SearchQuery ctor (07b87d9)
• core,ui: unbundle style apply from save() (05c28e8)
• registry: drop raw Docset* from SearchResult (8fa7541)
• registry: qualify SearchResult in moc signal (0805218)
• registry: avoid detach on QJsonArray loops (63e7e09)
• browser,ui: avoid detach on temporaries (1284568)
• registry,ui: collapse QString::arg() chains (8c1c66b)
• tools: make clazy ignore src/contrib (c679c8a)
• ui: forward early returns to base filter (9ac7e4c)
• ui: guard null opt.widget in delegate (b69b2bd)
• registry: validate removeRows arguments (d94da7c)
• ui: omit window title separator when empty (b0317b8)
• ui: null-check tabAt() before dereferencing (6ec00f5)
• app: attach console before parsing args (2688129)
• util: propagate plist XML parse errors (1c0b13e)
• ui: drop ellipses from non-input menus (f03c9df)
• ui: stabilize new tab title and icon (f7d732e)
• core: reset singleton pointer in destructor (137fd52)
• core: guard setColorScheme behind Qt 6.8 (e9fa27a)
• ui: reapply web dark mode on scheme change (c4492a3)
• harden docset download and extraction (139ee00)
• ui: credit bundled fonts, drop Oat (c24c807)
• ui: use Link role for search match highlight (d9f7469)
• address security related edge cases (19cad78)
• ui: fix regression in metadata parsing (4e8ac4d)
• browser: keep web bridge on rejected loads (9c57b0d)
• app: require Windows 10 1809 or later (b3f26ea)
• registry: validate index names before drop (c229b91)
• ui: harden docset directory cleanup on install (458fbaa)
• ui: update status on extraction error (adaed6b)
• ui: remove partial docset on extract error (79247a8)
• core: remove docsets without blocking the UI (fe42ebf)
• core: sweep leftover docset directories (a2b09ab)

Performance

• util: reduce fuzzy per-row allocations (dcb9817)
• registry: O(1) symbol row lookup (078874c)
• registry: O(1) ListModel row lookup (163729f)
• registry: parallelize docset loading (9b80f00)
• core: make sanitizePrefix regex static (301e125)

Documentation

• ui: c...

0.8.1 (2026-04-04)

Features

• ui: add browser-style sidebar navigation (#1792) (7cf326e)

Bug Fixes

• app: avoid graphics init for CLI parser (#1786) (96fb760)
• app: prevent white flash on startup (#1779) (5d4803f)
• browser: fix find-in-page highlight disappearing (83874eb)
• browser: respect WebWindowType in createWindow (4156835)
• cmake: handle missing git tags in forks (e1ed1b8)
• core: case-insensitive file lookup on 404 (#1773) (a4d575e)
• core: create parent dirs during extraction (b2c3d63)
• core: fix false send failure on local socket (e5fc23a)
• core: fix prefix stripping in local server (6a27388)
• core: improve singleton crash recovery (#1799) (0199d4a)
• core: log config file path (f2775ab)
• core: preserve existing Chromium flags (bf97af0)
• core: recover from stale shared memory on Unix (#1789) (2bb4965)
• normalize docset keywords to lowercase (80afb8f)
• registry,ui: fix compiler warnings (00daee6)
• registry: clear keyword state on empty input (73da804)
• registry: handle search queries starting with :: (3caee56)
• registry: initialize std::atomic (6adec0e)
• registry: parse <name> from Dash feed (42cd350)
• registry: remove broken cheats suffix (b41fde6)
• registry: remove virtual from final class dtor (3ef2cf1)
• registry: validate row/column in SearchModel::index (6004984)
• ui: add Escape to revert shortcut edit (#1782) (02f5b3c)
• ui: allow Tab to cycle focus in shortcut edit (6811983)
• ui: enable mouse tracking in sidebar (13219e8)
• ui: fix completion label position (#1804) (591532e)
• ui: handle implicit Shift in global hotkeys (#1781) (7c60c41)
• ui: hard-code exit and preferences shortcuts (51d4d00)
• ui: prevent crash when updating docsets (d57044c)
• ui: repolish toolbar on theme switch (07b5bee)
• ui: restore Ctrl+, shortcut on Windows (5629e08)
• ui: restore Ctrl+Q shortcut on Windows (7a20f53)
• ui: restore window geometry after un-hiding on Windows (fe0cfe3)
• ui: set web page backdrop color (c03c3bf)
• ui: unregister global shortcut on disable (#1783) (9577d9c)
• ui: use actual path for docset removal (9978b44)
• ui: use bold text for search match highlight (#1780) (18f65ff)
• ui: use Qt keysym table for X11 shortcuts (#1785) (0025b9c)
• ui: use requestActivate for window raising (17e601a)
• util: protect SQLite access with mutex (#1772) (498bd8e)

Build System

• app: add Windows 10/11 compatibility manifest (#1770) (d6537ee)
• appimage: switch to linuxdeploy (#1775) (4cff537)
• chocolatey: add metadata and workflow (#1777) (79e9bc8)
• chocolatey: fix checksum check (23bdcbe)
• chocolatey: fix missing bom (a67e281)
• chocolatey: improve error handling (e479b8d)
• chocolatey: remove all bom related logic (6fc3e3b)
• chocolatey: remove version specific metadata (38ee87a)
• cmake: add clang-tidy integration (#1796) (7c35796)
• cmake: add option to disable update check (b5e33c8)
• cmake: add sccache/ccache support (65197a3)
• cmake: deploy Qt deps to build dir (#1787) (d3258d3)
• cmake: do not build tests by default (7b05539)
• cmake: simplify preset configuration (#1795) (1dbc694)
• cmake: use new SQLite3 target name (7cb62a9)
• cmake: use UTC time in AppStream metadata (5b65e9b)
• contrib: update cpp-httplib to v0.41.0 (36c62d5)
• snap: add snap packaging (#1800) (5c16615)
• snap: set icon (19a7c0c)
• vcpkg: update to 2026.03.18 (#1790) (15d1c4e)

CI/CD

• build: fix vcpkg binary cache (again) (#1776) ([5ef537b](5ef537b...

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Features

• browser: enable PDF support (48289b9)
• ui: allow hiding menu bar (30e0b5d)
• ui,util: show "humanized" docset list refreshed time (64effa6)
• app,core: add --minimized command line option (a03c4ac)
• app: add --attach-console option on Windows (b245307)
• registry,ui,util: use new fuzzy matching algorithm (8a24e88)

Bug Fixes

• browser: fix broken user stylesheets (835be58)
• core: fix memory leak in extractor (7a3aec0)
• sidebar: improve null safety (09bedda)
• ui: handle time drift for docset list cache (9c52ad3)
• fix build with Qt 6.10 (11f6a85)
• ui: reset docset filter after list update (95a33df)
• registry: use fzy algorithm for fuzzy search (31e24af)
• ui: make search delegate highlight fuzzy results (376e4f7)
• browser: only scale zoom factor on hidpi (3beaeb4)
• util: protect sqlite3_finalize with a mutex (93a8c56)
• registry: defer docset loading to improve startup performance (ef80eb0)
• ui: use same height in search and toc views (80fabbb)
• ui: do not reload toc view for the same page (fcfa15a)
• ui: correctly apply color scheme without reload (2a53e26)

Build System

• require Qt 5.15.2 (3f25556)
• vcpkg: set baseline commit in vcpkg.json (f405d58)
• appimage: revert to 22.04 (6aad337)
• appimage: use zstd compression (3faee70)
• core: update cpp-httplib to v0.32.0 (5a5eef9)

CI/CD

• github: stop building on Ubuntu 20.04 (878dbdc)
• github: remove Windows 2019 image (6b039d6)
• github: build on Ubuntu 24.04 (fded315)
• github: update AppImage build tools (d31f209)
• github: add arm64 Ubuntu builds (612f924)
• github: build with Qt 6.10.2 (ff3069a)

New Contributors

• @nullopt-t made their first contribution in #1748
• @jaimeMF made their first contribution in #1728
• @amini-allight made their first contribution in #1661

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Features

• browser: apply dark mode without restart with Qt 6.7+ (2df0378)
• registry,ui: show docset search keywords/prefixes (07a357c)
• ui: add shortcut (Ctrl+B) to toggle sidebar visibility (a4fc8c1)

Bug Fixes

• ui: use correct QWebEngineProfile when applying font settings (cae1ea7)
• browser: use default QWebEngineProfile for Qt 6 (3d40ec7)
• core: use archive_entry_pathname_utf8 (5081898)
• browser: use button release for forward/back navigation (76187dc)
• ui: fix Unix build when X11 is not available (1eb6548)
• app: do not register protocol handlers on startup (a0fdca7)

Build System

• cpack/wix: fix protocol handler registration (b9a25f2)
• cmake: silence unset variable warning on Linux (4260a45)
• cmake: build against Qt 6 by default (04c525b)
• cmake: fix build if Qt 6 is not present (dff598c)
• cmake: use installed cpp-httplib if available (92faa65)

CI/CD

• github: update vcpkg to 2024.05.24 (418fc3b)
• github: build with Qt 6.7.2 (9b288c0)
• github: package source archives on Linux (92fa74f)
• github: use git-cliff to draft changelog (eedf6d0)

New Contributors

• @tanriol made their first contribution in #1646
• @badshah400 made their first contribution in #1644

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A bugfix release for the 0.7 branch.

Fixes

• browser: send key events to web view's focus proxy (f2212eb), closes #703
• registry: save non-zero docset revision in meta.json (2cefcd4), closes #1532 #1559
• ui: add tool tip when global shortcuts are not supported (1d92d3c)
• ui: use async selection in search edit (d5ce8a0), closes #1033 #703

Build System

• cmake: find libarchive from brew on macos (#1621) (1ff2d6a)

CI/CD

• github: build with Qt 6.6.3 (cbd3208)
• github: use appstreamcli to validate Linux metadata file (de213a7)
• github: validate AppStream metadata (46e18c2)

New Contributors

• @NickCao made their first contribution in #1565
• @guihkx made their first contribution in #1566
• @zchrissirhcz made their first contribution in #1621

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Finally, a new release! Only several days short of the 5 year anniversary since v0.6.1.

Thanks to everyone who was reporting issues, suggesting improvements, contributing changes, testing development builds, or just patiently waiting.

Outline

The most significant changes are listed below.

• Web view has been migrated to Qt WebEngine (Chromium). This solves a lot of rendering issues and crashes caused by the unmaintained Qt WebKit.
• Docset pages are now served over built-in HTTP server, which addresses a number of docset specific issues.
• Emulated tabs have been replaced with real widgets, so each tab contains its own web view. Tab bar has been relocated to the top of the application window.
• Significantly improved dark mode support, including both user interface and web view (now uses native Chromium dark mode).
• Keyboard shortcuts are now more browser-like, with many new shorcuts added.
• Qt 6 support.
• CI has been migrated to GitHub Actions with Windows and Linux (AppImage) binaries provided for each build.

Features

• add Qt 6 support (#1420) (990be92)
• app,core,ui: remove ads (fixes #779) (680a1ba)
• app,registry: improve index page detection, add 404 page (c16945b)
• browser,sidebar,ui: implement real tabs (#1081) (0b45d6e)
• browser,ui: port to Qt WebEngine (#1125) (5360da3), closes #658 #776 #868 #959 #1119 #1131 #1155 #1195
• browser: add Ctrl+Enter shortcut for Highlight All option (#1476) (80d45f7), closes #1467
• browser: improve local file detection (096dcbf)
• browser: introduce centralized web settings management (e477c4a)
• browser: log blocked requests (0c47b3b)
• browser: make zoom scaling DPI aware (#1080) (b106938)
• browser: use native Chromium dark mode (#1494) (b5ca9e7)
• core,ui: add support for SOCKS5 proxies (fixes #893) (4d019ff)
• core: add option to ignore SSL errors (#1521) (9eb6169)
• core: enable smooth scrolling by default (09aa69e)
• registry,ui: respect per docset JavaScript enablement (fixes #999) (#1003) (8bfacd7)
• registry: add struct mapping for the Rust docset (0e3e427)
• registry: check JS enablement in metadata (fixes #1024) (f3bdf52)
• registry: report docset version in Qt::ToolTipRole (a8e4147), closes #1096
• registry: serve docset pages over HTTP (6dc7531), closes #1160
• ui: add shortcuts for zooming webview content (fixes #767) (#1012) (241b695)
• ui: add tree view navigation with directional keys and Alt (03e0e1e), closes #1007
• ui: allow tree view keyboard navigation if query is empty (6968e8e)
• ui: implement smart selection in the search box (closes #1033) (5ef5111)
• ui: load search results on selection (3118649), closes #749 #749
• ui: provide more information for download errors (4415920), closes #1088
• ui: use Fusion style on Windows 10 & 11 (#1495) (a524735), closes #811

Fixes

• app: fix missing app icon on Wayland (#1130) (57908f9)
• app: properly set desktop file name (cee4e50)
• assets: prevent duplicating application icons in GNOME dock (#1286) (043952f)
• assets: update AppStream ID to org.zealdocs.zeal (d4d7d35)
• browser: always use off-the-record profile (384d94a)
• browser: handle blob URL scheme for Qt older than 5.12 (9d376c2), closes #1376
• browser: prevent WebEngine taking away focus from searchbox (#1322) (763edca)
• core,ui: fix Qt 5.11 deprecation warnings (#1137) (99d2cee)
• core: bind local HTTP server to 127.0.0.1 (753ce5b), closes #995
• core: create root directory before extracting files (803db6a)
• core: enable support for HTTP redirects (407e416)
• core: fix docset storage not created in portable build (d34d7b5)
• core: ignore fixed font size setting when migrating from 0.6.0 (5362fc0), closes #903 #1054
• core: use relative storage path in portable build by default (b7d7e0a)
• registry,ui,util: order docsets case-insensitively (fixes #244) (0a33df2)
• registry,ui: restore docset icons on tabs (c2acb42), closes #1202
• registry: do not truncate feed name if there is no extension (84bf54c), closes [#1240](https://github.c...

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Improvements:

• Added Back/Forward to the webview's context menu. (#925)
• Made search prefixes case insensitive. (#957)
• Added Ctrl+L shortcut for focusing search input field. (#401)
• Portable version now uses a relative path to the docset storage if it's a subdirectory. (#956)

Fixed Issues:

• Fixed platform defined shortcut for preferences being ignored.
• Fixed default fixed font size not saved. (#903)
• Fixed broken JavaScript links. (#915)
• Fixed make install not updating icon cache. (#922)
• Set webview background color to white by default. (#892)
• Fixed a problem preventing docset extraction to path containing non-Latin characters. (#747)
• Fixed reproducibility of builds once again.

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New Features:

• New in-page search toolbar.
• Added default font preferences. (#269)
• New welcome page had direct links for docset manager and application preferences. (#323)
• Added option for choosing external link behavior. (#416)

Improvements:

• Added option for enabling smooth scrolling. (#789)
• Added Ctrl+, shortcut to open Preferences.

Fixed Issues:

• Context menu now correctly states Open in new tab instead of window. (#635)
• Fixed broken Open in new tab. (#851)
• Fixed problem with ExtJS docset. (#872)
• Added check for read-only docset storage. (#522)

Other

• Removed qmake support.

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New Features:

• Implemented update functionality for docsets installed via XML feeds. (#289)

Improvements:

• Added show/hide options to the tray icon's menu. (#741)
• Tabs are movable.
• Double click on the tab bar creates a new tab.
• Web view now has a predefined list of zooming level.
• Linux: Use dedicated tray icon if theme provides one. (#770)
• Portable version now indicates so in title of the main window.

Fixed Issues:

• Fixed search result sorting with fuzzy search disabled. (#679)
• Fixed invisible file operations preventing the Docsets dialog from closing. (#608)
• Fixed crashing on some corrupted docset directories. (#788)
• Fixed the app exiting on its own when a new version is available. (#637)
• Windows: Fixed app not gaining focus when invoked from IDE plugins. (#440)

Known Issues:

• Open in new tab doesn't work. (#851)

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