Release notes

What changed in the Devchaos app, newest first. The app updates itself: when a new version is ready, a card asks you to restart.

0.2.25November 13, 2026Newest

  • devchaos.com is new

    devchaos.com is now the app's own site. The forum, devlogs, magazine and feed are gone; so are Explore and the site's news on the home screen.

  • Sign up from the app

    “Sign up on devchaos.com” opens the sign-up page in your browser; once you've signed up and said yes, the app opens with your new account.

  • Reports go to the admins

    Reporting someone sends it straight to Devchaos's admins; no site page opens.

  • Simpler project settings

    With the project's page on the site gone, visibility, open positions and the Steam link are gone too. “Permissions” keeps the leads and what they may do; the project's address is now its “Short name”.

  • Links lead to the new pages

    The password, email and data links in Settings open devchaos.com's new account settings.

0.2.24November 11, 2026

  • Files open and download again

    Previews and downloads of ZIP, Nuke, Fusion, Blender, code, PDF and spreadsheet files are fixed. Large files come down in ranges side by side; on a network that cannot reach the storage, a file comes through the site.

  • A file read once is not downloaded again

    A file you looked at is kept on your computer; it shows at once when you come back to the chat or open the app again. It is removed when you sign out.

  • What you send stays in place

    The preview of a file you sent is drawn from your own copy; it no longer goes away and comes back after sending.

  • Look inside RAR archives

    RAR archives open without downloading, as ZIP does: what is inside on the card, folders and single files in the viewer. An archive under a password says so.

  • When the site does not answer for a moment

    When the site does not answer for a few seconds the app asks again by itself, so “Couldn’t load messages” no longer shows for that.

  • Failure notices are red

    A notice that something did not happen now shows a red alert mark instead of the green tick.

  • Script card fixed

    A script's card in a message keeps its small page inside the card.

0.2.23November 11, 2026

  • New reactions, on every line

    Give a line a clap, a kiss, eyes, thumbs up or down, yes, no, a heart, a broken heart, sad, smile or angry. Direct and group conversations have them too, and the window stays on screen even for the bottom line.

  • @ and # in direct conversations

    Name people with @ and your projects' open channels with # in a direct conversation; a channel in a line takes you there.

  • No marks while editing either

    Editing a line you sent shows bold, italic and the rest without their marks, as in the message box.

  • Task pictures open large

    A task's thumbnail opens in the zoomable viewer, over the task; the viewer has Copy and Download.

  • Chats open at the newest line

    Switching channels or conversations keeps the view at the newest line, even as pictures and previews load.