Releases: Spatchy/Winside
Releases · Spatchy/Winside
2023.3.0 (Public Release)
2023.3.0 Is the first public release of Winside! Now anyone can experience the power of the web more integrated than ever - just download the exe installer below 🎉.
New features include:
- Exe installer for everyone on Windows 10 or 11 to use
- Winside now automatically starts in the background
- Winside now scans for new updates automatically
And much more! See the wiki for detailed information, a full changelog and new developer guides!
2023.02 (Developer Preview 2)
2023.02 is the second developer preview of Winside.
New features include:
- Fully implemented all settings
- Cool new permissions system
- Fancy new API endpoints including desktop notifications and background activity
- Automatic shortcut creation
- New developer tools including a Winsert builder
And much more! See the wiki for detailed information, a full changelog and new developer guides!
2023.01 (Developer Preview 1)
2023.01 is the initial release of Winside and serves as the first developer preview. Being a developer preview, there is no bundled executable for this release. Instead it must be run using NPM - clone the release/2023.01
branch and run npm install
and then npm run start
.
Developer Preview 1 Features
- Sidebar that opens in response to
winside://[WINSERT_ID]
url requests - Main application that runs in the background waiting for requests
- Settings window which opens in response to
winside://settings
url requests- Featuring a fully working Winsert installer
- Note: many of the sidebar settings are not yet observed by the sidebar, the exception being the "open dev tools on start" developer option
- An internal local "CDN" that exposes optional addons for Winserts to use. (Currently only Winside assets are exposed)
- An internal API for Winserts (Currently with endpoints to close the sidebar and open a url in the browser)
- A first time setup Winsert (OOBE) that is automatically installed and run on the first launch of Winside
Planned for 2023.02 (Developer Preview 2)
Release 2023.02 is planned to be a second developer preview. Planned features include but are not limited to:
- Fully implemented sidebar settings
- Complete styling for the settings window
- Expose more addons via the internal addons system
- Many more API endpoints and a permissions system for requesting higher function APIs
- Including endpoint to send notifications via Windows action center
- Winsert bundler for easier Winsert development
Documentation
Developer documentation is in the works and will be available via the Wiki tab shortly.