Catalyst Changelog

What's new in Catalyst 3.6.1

Apr 27, 2024
  • Fixes #481 (prevents Catalyst from running)

New in Catalyst 4.0.0 Beta 3 (Oct 12, 2023)

  • Fix: move toggling visbility to its own function
  • Feat: add back backend functionality for custom user agents
  • Feat: add frontend option for custom user agent
  • Feat: change titlebar color to match general colorscheme
  • Fix: tweak color shades for better contrast
  • Feat: move and recategorize options + preferences improvements
  • Fix: fix bug where search suggestions didn't open the page

New in Catalyst 4.0.0 Beta 2 (Oct 8, 2023)

  • Preferences Tabs
  • Custom About Dialog

New in Catalyst 4.0.0 Beta 1 (Oct 8, 2023)

  • Catalyst 4 Loadscreen Refresh by @jdev082 in #453
  • Search Engine Options by @jdev082 in #446

New in Catalyst 3.5.3 (Oct 1, 2023)

  • This is a security patch that patches the following vulnerabilities: CVE-2023-5217, CVE-2023-4863 through an updated Electron version.

New in Catalyst 3.5.0 (Jul 26, 2023)

  • Here are all the changes:
  • In-app titlebar
  • Experimental chrome extension support
  • Support for custom UI css
  • Built-in ad blocking
  • Improved preferences
  • Keyboard shortcuts now work even if the webview is focused
  • Give searchbar focus when new tab is
  • fix home
  • move home background to repository
  • url displayed in search bar now reflects URL of the current tab

New in Catalyst 3.5.0 RC 2 (Jul 25, 2023)

  • Fix home page.
  • Move home background to repository.
  • Url displayed in search bar now reflects URL of the current tab.

New in Catalyst 3.5.0 RC 1 (Jul 25, 2023)

  • In-app titlebar
  • Experimental chrome extension support
  • Support for custom UI css
  • Built-in ad blocking
  • Improved preferences
  • Keyboard shortcuts now work even if the webview is focused
  • Give searchbar focus when new tab is created

New in Catalyst 3.4.13 (Jul 24, 2023)

  • Remove unfinished save handler
  • Remove broken plugin functionality
  • Display version in preferences
  • Change home page to catalyst branded background
  • Increase minimum width and height
  • Add context menu to browser UI and webviews

New in Catalyst 3.4.12 (Jul 22, 2023)

  • Fix a bug where no elements are clickable.

New in Catalyst 3.5.0 Beta 1 (May 30, 2023)

  • What's Changed
  • idk by @jdev082 in #398
  • chore(deps-dev): bump @electron-forge/publisher-github from 6.0.5 to 6.1.1 by @dependabot in #395
  • chore(deps): bump cross-fetch from 3.1.5 to 3.1.6 by @dependabot in #397
  • chore(deps-dev): bump @electron-forge/maker-deb from 6.0.5 to 6.1.1 by @dependabot in #393
  • chore(deps-dev): bump @electron-forge/maker-rpm from 6.0.5 to 6.1.1 by @dependabot in #394
  • chore(deps-dev): bump @electron-forge/maker-zip from 6.0.5 to 6.1.1 by @dependabot in #396

New in Catalyst 3.4.7 (May 25, 2023)

  • Dropped support for legacy Windows operating systems

New in Catalyst 3.4.5 (May 17, 2023)

  • Optimizations and removal of unused libraries. First release to have an AppImage built by the build system.

New in Catalyst 3.4.4 (May 1, 2023)

  • Added smooth scrolling
  • Windows 7 support

New in Catalyst 3.4.3 (Mar 6, 2023)

  • Fix auto update

New in Catalyst 3.4.2 (Mar 6, 2023)

  • Added Discord link

New in Catalyst 3.4.1 (Feb 20, 2023)

  • All Electron forge packages have been upgraded to v6.0.5 from v6.0.4

New in Catalyst 3.4.0 (Jan 28, 2023)

  • Fixes:
  • UI improvements and fixes
  • Bumps:
  • Bumped Chromium engine version
  • Changes:
  • Bookmarks bar is now bookmark screen (grid)
  • Bookmarks option removed from preferences
  • Changelog button in more menu

New in Catalyst 3.3.3 (Jan 18, 2023)

  • Feat: downloads indicator
  • Fix: downloads in readme
  • Feat: 'build' command
  • Fix: build command
  • Fix: increase minimum w and h
  • Fix: fixed preferences being cut off
  • Feat: UI adjustments
  • Feat: better failed to load file handling
  • Feat: remove some unneeded functions
  • Feat: remove dino game
  • Fix: some fixes

New in Catalyst 3.3.2 (Jan 16, 2023)

  • Make Catalyst usable again

New in Catalyst 3.3.0 (Oct 28, 2022)

  • New Features:
  • Forced dark mode
  • Brand new improved UX/UI
  • other than that just dependency bumps and bug fixes.

New in Catalyst 3.2.2 (Oct 9, 2022)

  • Fixed plugins

New in Catalyst 3.2.1 (Oct 7, 2022)

  • Tests auto update

New in Catalyst 3.2.0 (Oct 7, 2022)

  • New Features:
  • You can now download the contents of your current selected tab!
  • You can now set a custom home page.
  • Improvements:
  • The UI has been partially redesigned for a better user experience.
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Dependency Bumps
  • Performance Fixes

New in Catalyst 3.1.11 (Oct 2, 2022)

  • Bug fixes
  • Dependency Bumps
  • Consistency Fixes

New in Catalyst 3.1.10 (Sep 13, 2022)

  • The Catalyst flags feature is fixed and enabled in this release, as well as some other improvements and bug fixes.

New in Catalyst 3.1.9 (Sep 11, 2022)

  • Home page no longer requires WiFi to function properly.

New in Catalyst 3.1.7 (Sep 5, 2022)

  • Fixed bug where bookmarks bar would not appear, and bookmarks could not be saved.

New in Catalyst 3.1.6 (Sep 4, 2022)

  • Bug fixes (too many to list)
  • UI consistency changes

New in Catalyst 3.1.4 (Sep 4, 2022)

  • Catalyst's “flags” feature has been disabled due to it being very broken.
  • Catalyst auto update will be disabled as it is telling the user updates are available when they are on the latest version.
  • Disables bookmarks (they dont work at the moment).
  • Stability Improvements
  • Security Patches (Electron 20.1.1 from 19.0.8, etc)

New in Catalyst 3.1.3 (Aug 13, 2022)

  • Basic security patch, bumped dependencies.

New in Catalyst 3.1.2 (Jun 19, 2022)

  • Add deprecation notices and warnings.

New in Catalyst 3.1.1 (May 31, 2022)

  • bump electron from 18.1.0 to 19.0.1 (now based on Chrome 102.0)
  • bump concurrently from 7.1.0 to 7.2.1

New in Catalyst 3.1.0 (May 1, 2022)

  • PRs:
  • Feat: Add a check to make plug-ins more secure (draft) by @ScolderCreations in #196
  • Fix: Optimized flag checks by @ScolderCreations in #219
  • Features:
  • Plugin Checks
  • Catalyst FLAGS!
  • You can now toggle blur and logging in the flags menu in preferences

New in Catalyst 3.0.0 (May 1, 2022)

  • Features:
  • Custom menu bar! Use CTRL + S to show it, then CTRL + H to hide it. It has several functions.
  • You can now export bookmarks!
  • UI changes and improvements:
  • Blurred background in the preferences panel and more menu.
  • All buttons and UI elements are now rounded, with shadows.
  • New home page:
  • Now has shortcuts, and a new background upon every reload!
  • Bug fixes:
  • Fixed several bugs, performance improvements.

New in Catalyst 3.0.104 Beta (Apr 16, 2022)

  • Electron 18.0.3 -> Electron 18.0.4
  • Added custom menu bar with custom functions.

New in Catalyst 3.0.103 Beta (Apr 14, 2022)

  • build(deps-dev): bump tailwindcss from 3.0.23 to 3.0.24 by @dependabot in #215

New in Catalyst 3.0.101 Beta (Apr 10, 2022)

  • What's Changed:
  • Bookmarks Export Feature by @JaydenDev in #214
  • Welcome Bar by @JaydenDev in #213

New in Catalyst 2.0.0 (Apr 9, 2022)

  • build(deps-dev): bump electron from 17.1.2 to 18.0.1
  • build(deps-dev): bump concurrently from 7.0.0 to 7.1.0
  • build(deps-dev): bump electron from 18.0.1 to 18.0.3
  • New Catalyst 2.0 UI

New in Catalyst 1.2.1 (Apr 4, 2022)

  • Dependency Bumps:
  • Electron 17.0.1 -> Electron 18.0.1
  • Chromium Base, 99 -> 100
  • Bug fixes:
  • Inconsistancy Fixes