CHANGELOG.md

Changelog

This changelog mainly covers major events in Pi-Apps like new apps being added.

If every action done since day one was mentioned, then "I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written." ;)

Last updated: Feb 20, 2024 by @Botspot

New Apps changelog:

• 09/22/2020 Added Arduino app
• 09/22/2020 Added BalenaEtcher app
• 09/22/2020 Added CommanderPi app
• 09/22/2020 Added Cool Retro Term app
• 09/22/2020 Added Cura app
• 09/22/2020 Added Pi Power Tools app
• 09/22/2020 Added template app
• 09/22/2020 Added Windows 10 Theme app
• 10/02/2020 Added Discord app
• 10/02/2020 Added piKiss app
• 10/03/2020 Added Conky app
• 10/06/2020 Added Zoom app
• 10/08/2020 Added Email Checker app
• 10/10/2020 Added Color Emoji font app
• 10/11/2020 Added Minecraft Java app
• 10/11/2020 Added Update Buddy app
• 10/12/2020 Added Minecraft Bedrock app
• 10/13/2020 Added Boxy SVG app
• 10/19/2020 Added Visual Studio Code app
• 10/26/2020 Added Box86 app
• 10/31/2020 Added Scrcpy app
• 11/03/2020 Added SpeedTest-CLI app
• 11/04/2020 Added Clam Antivirus app
• 11/04/2020 Added USBImager app
• 11/05/2020 Added eDEX-UI app
• 11/06/2020 Added Chromium Widevine app
• 11/09/2020 Added LibrePCB app
• 11/09/2020 Added PrusaSlicer app
• 11/16/2020 Added All Is Well app
• 11/17/2020 Added PiGro app
• 11/18/2020 Added Browsh app
• 11/26/2020 Added Steam app
• 11/28/2020 Added Pycharm CE app
• 11/28/2020 Added WPS Office app
• 11/29/2020 Added Timeshift app
• 12/11/2020 Added Sublime Text app
• 12/21/2020 Added Intellij IDEA app
• 12/21/2020 Added Powerline-Shell app
• 12/24/2020 Added Doom 3 app
• 12/28/2020 Added Eagle CAD app
• 12/28/2020 Added YouTubuddy app
• 01/03/2021 Added Lightpad app
• 01/03/2021 Added Mission Planner app
• 01/03/2021 Added tldr app
• 01/04/2021 Added Vivaldi app
• 01/09/2021 Added Ulauncher app
• 01/11/2021 Added AndroidBuddy app
• 01/13/2021 Added jGRASP IDE app
• 01/13/2021 Added Snap Store app
• 01/16/2021 Added Angry IP scanner app
• 01/20/2021 Added AnyDesk app
• 01/26/2021 Added TeamViewer Host app
• 01/27/2021 Added OBS Studio app
• 01/28/2021 Added VeraCrypt app
• 01/28/2021 Added VSCodium app
• 01/30/2021 Added Minecraft Pi (Modded) app
• 01/31/2021 Added Wine (x86) app
• 02/01/2021 Added Remarkable app
• 02/03/2021 Added Node.js app
• 02/08/2021 Added FreeTube app
• 02/08/2021 Added StackEdit app
• 02/17/2021 Added QEMU app
• 02/21/2021 Added Geany Dark Mode app
• 03/04/2021 Added Mac OS Theme app
• 03/08/2021 Added Snapdrop app
• 03/10/2021 Added Descent 1 app
• 03/10/2021 Added Descent 2 app
• 03/10/2021 Added PPSSPP (PSP emulator) app
• 03/14/2021 Added Stunt Rally app
• 03/16/2021 Added Lokinet app
• 03/18/2021 Added Notepad ++ app
• 03/20/2021 Added WACUP (new WinAmp) app
• 03/24/2021 Added Libreoffice MS theme app
• 03/30/2021 Added Downgrade Chromium app
• 03/30/2021 Added Github-CLI app
• 04/06/2021 Added Wechat app
• 04/08/2021 Added Bongo Cam app
• 04/08/2021 Added OpenSCAD app
• 04/10/2021 Added Flameshot app
• 04/10/2021 Added Heroes 2 app
• 04/10/2021 Added Processing IDE app
• 04/10/2021 Added Scratch 2 app
• 04/10/2021 Added Web Apps app
• 04/12/2021 Added AstroMenace app
• 04/13/2021 Added Lego Digital Designer app
• 05/03/2021 Added PiSafe app
• 05/04/2021 Added BlockPi app
• 05/04/2021 Added Windows Screensavers app
• 05/05/2021 Added Drawing app
• 05/07/2021 Added Chiaki app
• 07/02/2021 Added Conky Rings app
• 07/02/2021 Added Https File Server app
• 07/03/2021 Added Turbowarp app
• 07/10/2021 Added Box64 app
• 07/25/2021 Added Firefox Rapid Release app
• 08/10/2021 Added Pi-Apps Terminal Plugin (bash) app
• 08/10/2021 Added Pi-Apps Terminal Plugin (python) app
• 08/11/2021 Added Autostar app
• 08/11/2021 Added CloudBuddy app
• 08/11/2021 Added Godot app
• 09/01/2021 Added Windows Flasher app
• 09/15/2021 Added Zoom PWA app
• 09/19/2021 Added Sysmon app
• 09/20/2021 Added Minecraft Java MultiMC5 app
• 09/23/2021 Added Microsoft Teams app
• 09/23/2021 Added WhatsApp app
• 09/23/2021 Added XSnow app
• 09/25/2021 Added Telegram app
• 09/29/2021 Added Sonic Pi app
• 10/04/2021 Added Codex app
• 10/08/2021 Added Min app
• 10/08/2021 Added Pale Moon app
• 10/08/2021 Added Puffin app
• 10/08/2021 Added Quartz app
• 10/08/2021 Added Tor app
• 10/11/2021 Added Amiberry app
• 10/12/2021 Added BleachBit app
• 10/14/2021 Added Persepolis Download Manager app
• 10/14/2021 Added Xtreme Download Manager app
• 10/17/2021 Added BlockBench app
• 10/24/2021 Added Geekbench app
• 10/26/2021 Added Oomox Theme Designer app
• 10/26/2021 Added Temps app
• 10/28/2021 Added Deskreen app
• 11/06/2021 Added AntiMicroX app
• 11/06/2021 Added btop++ app
• 11/08/2021 Added Alacritty Terminal app
• 11/15/2021 Added FF Multi Converter app
• 11/30/2021 Added GIMP app
• 11/30/2021 Added Imager app
• 11/30/2021 Added Kolourpaint app
• 11/30/2021 Added LibreOffice app
• 11/30/2021 Added MuseScore app
• 11/30/2021 Added Nautilus app
• 11/30/2021 Added Scratch 3 app
• 11/30/2021 Added Screenshot app
• 11/30/2021 Added Shotwell app
• 11/30/2021 Added Synaptic app
• 12/01/2021 Added Filezilla app
• 12/02/2021 Added Caprine app
• 12/11/2021 Added Inkscape app
• 12/13/2021 Added SysMonTask app
• 12/15/2021 Added Audacious app
• 12/15/2021 Added Audacity app
• 12/15/2021 Added Chromium app
• 12/15/2021 Added Deluge app
• 12/15/2021 Added Disk Usage Analyzer app
• 12/15/2021 Added GParted app
• 12/15/2021 Added Guake Terminal app
• 12/15/2021 Added Kodi app
• 12/15/2021 Added NixNote2 app
• 12/15/2021 Added Pinta app
• 12/15/2021 Added Steam Link app
• 12/15/2021 Added Thunderbird app
• 12/15/2021 Added Transmission app
• 12/21/2021 Added Unciv app
• 01/04/2022 Added SimpleScreenRecorder app
• 01/05/2022 Added More RAM app
• 01/08/2022 Added Tetris CLI app
• 01/09/2022 Added BlueJ Java IDE app
• 01/10/2022 Added Nemo app
• 01/19/2022 Added Microsoft PowerShell app
• 01/19/2022 Added Minecraft Java Server app
• 01/25/2022 Added HTTrack Website Copier app
• 01/30/2022 Added Epiphany app
• 02/10/2022 Added LineRider app
• 02/12/2022 Added KeePassXC app
• 02/21/2022 Added MatterControl app
• 02/26/2022 Added PiKISS GUI app
• 02/27/2022 Added Fritzing app
• 02/28/2022 Added LibreCAD app
• 03/01/2022 Added Cawbird app
• 03/04/2022 Added VMware Horizon Client app
• 03/24/2022 Added Ducopanel app
• 03/24/2022 Added TiLP app
• 03/25/2022 Added Syncthing app
• 03/29/2022 Added Tabby app
• 03/30/2022 Added Hyper app
• 04/25/2022 Added System Monitoring Center app
• 05/06/2022 Added Renoise (Demo) app
• 05/07/2022 Added Github Desktop app
• 05/07/2022 Added Reaper app
• 05/08/2022 Added Dot Matrix app
• 05/11/2022 Added Waveform app
• 05/12/2022 Added LMMS app
• 05/17/2022 Added Sphero SDK app
• 05/18/2022 Added Electron Fiddle app
• 05/19/2022 Added Better Chromium app
• 05/20/2022 Added Neofetch app
• 05/22/2022 Added ckb-next app
• 05/23/2022 Added WorldPainter app
• 05/24/2022 Added AbiWord app
• 05/24/2022 Added PeaZip app
• 05/26/2022 Added DDNet app
• 05/31/2022 Added Linux Wifi Hotspot app
• 05/31/2022 Added Xfburn app
• 06/06/2022 Added Notejot app
• 06/06/2022 Added Pac-Man app
• 06/06/2022 Added Pika Backup app
• 06/07/2022 Added Friday Night Funkin' Rewritten app
• 06/13/2022 Rename TeamViewer Host to Teamviewer
• 06/13/2022 Added Project OutFox app
• 06/13/2022 Added PyChess app
• 06/13/2022 Added Shattered Pixel Dungeon app
• 06/13/2022 Added StepMania app
• 06/17/2022 Added Marathon app
• 06/21/2022 Added ArmCord app
• 07/05/2022 Rename Minecraft Java to Minecraft Java Lunar
• 07/07/2022 Added Celeste Classic app
• 07/12/2022 Added XMRig app
• 07/18/2022 Added Flow app
• 09/15/2022 Added Minecraft Java GDLauncher app
• 09/17/2022 Added Mu app
• 10/19/2022 Added Minecraft Java Prism Launcher app
• 01/05/2023 Added Pixelorama app
• 01/06/2023 Added Gnome Builder IDE app
• 03/28/2023 Added Brave app
• 03/28/2023 Rename Discord to Webcord
• 04/28/2023 Added Krita app
• 04/30/2023 Added Gnome Software app
• 05/17/2023 Added Monero GUI app
• 05/25/2023 Rename Geekbench to Geekbench 5
• 05/25/2023 Added Geekbench 6 app
• 05/30/2023 Added Wine (x64) app
• 07/06/2023 Added Caskaydia Cove NF app
• 07/06/2023 Added Oh My Posh app
• 08/02/2023 Added RiiTag-RPC app
• 09/21/2023 Added Gnumeric app
• 10/21/2023 Added Open-Typer app
• 2/9/2024 Added Celeste64 app
• 2/18/2024 Added Floorp app
• 2/20/2024 Added KiCad app

Other notable changes:

• 3/20/2020 Initial idea of an app store. https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=63&t=268455
• 9/20/2020 Development begins.
• 9/22/2020 Initial upload to github, including these apps: Arduino, BalenaEtcher, Chromium Media Edition, CommanderPi, Cool Retro Term, Cura, FreeCAD, Pi-Power-Tools, Raspi2png, and Windows 10 Theme.
• 10/1/2020 Many bugs fixed, createapp added.
• 10/2/2020 More bug fixes & improvements.
• 10/3/2020 Added some more icons
• 10/4/2020 Added Pi-Apps Settings menu button, improve many descriptions, and a couple bug fixes to pkg-install.
• 10/6/2020 Added license file, and a few more bug fixes
• 10/7/2020 Added RetroPie app, overhaul the entire Settings app, and over 20 more bug fixes and improvements
  At this point, Pi-Apps is no longer in beta stage, but released on the Raspberry Pi forums.
• 10/9/2020 Make Zoom install pulseaudio, and compile successfully.
  At this point, grayduck has said Pi-Apps will be added to TwisterOS.
• 10/10/2020 More Zoom fixes, implement hidelist for grayduck
• 10/11/2020 Rename Minecraft to Minecraft Java. Zoom now disables pulseaudio autostart.
• 10/12/2020 Write the README
• 10/15/2020 Fix update buddy, and zoom now disables pulseaudio autostart
• 10/18/2020 Leepspvideo posted this video featuring Pi-Apps. As a result, 3000+ people have installed Pi-Apps.
• 10/20/2020 Enable preloading.
• 10/21/2020 Fix Cool-Retro-Term install bug, and enable autostarted updater.
• 10/12/2020 ETA Prime posted this video featuring Pi-Apps. As a result, 2000+ more people have installed Pi-Apps.
• 10/26/2020 Mask pulseaudio.service for Zoom
• 10/31/2020 Reached 20,000 total downloads
• 11/2/2020 Pi-Apps added to TwisterOS with the 1.8.5 patch
• 11/4/2020 Add README badge
• 11/6/2020 Enable multiselecting apps to install/uninstall with Ctrl + Click
• 11/14/2020 Chromium Media Edition deprecated in favour of Chromium Widevine for Chrome v84
• 11/24/2020 Updated to now use terminal-run to fix pi-apps not working with some terminal types. Updated all scripts to use ~/ instead of /home/pi
• 11/26/2020 Added a credits section in the app creator
• 11/27/2020 Added beta xlunch GUI which is more flexible than YAD.
• 11/28/2020 Switch TBOPlayer to master branch.
• 11/29/2020 Added testimonies, improved multi-installing apps.
• 12/6/2020 Made Steam not install box86 on TwisterOS
• 12/7/2020 Made Steam launch in Small mode by default
• 12/27/2020 Boxy SVG app uses Boxy-SVG-RPi and Box86 app uses box86-updater
• 12/29/2020 Changed Doom 3 app to not wget script and added the "a guy" story in the README 😆
• 1/2/2021 Removed Cordless app due to users being banned by Discord and support being dropped.
• 1/5/2021 Added app request templates
• 1/8/2021 Removed Chromium Media Edition app and started work on categories
• 1/10/2021 Added categories!
• 1/11/2021 Fixed preload error
• 1/12/2021 Improved xlunch compilation
• 1/13/2021 Minecraft Pi testing phase begins
• 1/21/2021 Updated BalenaEtcher to v1.5.113
• 1/27/2021 Added OBS Studio app
• 1/28/2021 Added pi-apps terminal command (you can now run pi-apps with pi-apps).
• 2/13/2021 Added credits button for apps
• 2/20/2021 Changed wine install scripts and fixed WhatsApp download bug.
• 2/28/2021 Hidden Wine on Twister OS.
• 3/7/2021 FreeCAD now uses precompiled debs, and added issue templates for Github bug reports
• 3/11/2021 Changed box86 install to use itai's apt repository
• 3/12/2021 Changed Node.js app to use nvm version manager and unhid BalenaEtcher on Twister OS
• 3/14/2021 Added a "Installed" category for installed apps
• 3/15/2021 Added Back to Chromium v86 app, and updated box86 to be installable on aarch64 OSes
• 3/16/2021 Large upgrade to Zoom app
• 3/17/2021 Added 64-bit support for Vivaldi
• 3/18/2021 Added Doom 3 run in a 64-bit kernel with a 32-bit userland
• 3/19/2021 Redesign all program icons, the Pi-Apps logo, and all screenshots.
• 3/28/2021 Hide less apps on Twister OS Lite
• 3/30/2021 Merge all Chromium downgrade apps into "Downgrade Chromium"
• 3/31/2021 Updated Arduino IDE to change install location
• 4/3/2021 Updated Update Buddy to show a update notification like pi-apps
• 4/7/2021 Bumped Discord version to renamed "WebCord"
• 4/8/2021 Added new api script, improved icons, faster preloading. Updated whatsapp + stackedit.
• 4/9/2021 Display user count for apps and squarify icons
• 4/14-15-20/2021 Changed pkg-install to use dummy debs for depends to let APT handle depend issues
• 4/24/2021 Forced updater to not update Wine and Steam on Twister OS
• 5/4/2021 Numerous changes to api script and removed up/down buttons in GUI
• 5/5/2021 Updated install/uninstall GUI icons
• 5/6/2021 Updated trash icon
• 5/7/2021 Fixed terminal title when multi-installing apps
• 5/9/2021 Added qterminal support to pi-apps and fix Wine precompiled kernel
• 5/14/2021 Fixed update-exclusion and preload-daemon. Also added icon for disabled apps and made piKiss 32-bit only
• 5/19/2021 Fixed Box86 multiarch on 64-bit
• 5/24/2021 Allowed selecting apps to update in updater and added more api functions.
• 6/19/2021 Update MCPI Modded to v2.x and use APT repo instead of pi-apps updates to allow for faster package updates
• 6/21/2021 Added support for STL thumbnails in file manager for Cura and 1.17 support to MC Java
• 7/3/2021 Added install/uninstall output logging system
• 7/4/2021 Added note about what kind of distros Pi-Apps will work on to README
• 7/10/2021 Updated app screenshots in readme
• 7/25/2021 Added "Never show again" option to updater notifications, and a 64-bit installation script for Sublime Text. Also changed updater to check for updates via git pull instead of old git clone system
• 7/31/2021 Fixed writing update logs to home directory
• 8/2/2021 Made Pi-Apps print support info at end of a script failure
• 8/9/2021 Made 64-bit Zoom to use box64 and amd64 Zoom binaries, and updated install/uninstall code to mark scripts as executiable before running them
• 8/10/2021 Added new bug reporting window after script failure, allowing users to send a bug report to the developers with the click of a button, added a bash-based terminal plugin app and auto sign unsigned APT repository. A ton of commits were made following the addition of the error reporter :)
• 8/11/2021 Added checks for non-arm architectures and also add semi-support for Chromebooks
• 8/13/2021 Added new "Search" button to search for apps
• 8/15/2021 Added new startup splash screen to make the wait time a little less agonizing
• 9/1/2021 Added Windows Flasher app, and translate all wget commands to aria2c for faster download speeds
• 9/9/2021 Improve the "Get it on Pi-Apps" badge, and improve launch-time by optimizing the message of the day
• 9/10/2021 All 3-month-old Pi-Apps installations are forcibly reinstalled
• 9/21/2021 Rewrite the updater script for a better updating experience, and improve Pi-Apps launch-time with the genapplist-yad program
• 9/22/2021 Optimize the update-checking time. Now it takes 2 seconds to check for updates instead of 15 seconds.
• 9/23/2021 Add Microsoft Teams and XSnow apps; rename Whatsapp to WhatsApp
• 9/24/2021 Improve the layout of the Pi-Apps README
• 9/26/2021 Properly document Pi-Apps with the new DOCUMENTATION.md file
• 10/7/2021 Replaced legacy minecraft launcher with Lunar Client and added 64-bit version of PPSSPP
• 10/9/2021 Added the ability for users to choose between dark mode and light mode for YAD
• 10/10/2021 Changed the "Send Log" feature to be available only for errors relating to the script itself and not system
• 10/24/2021 Added a "Import App" button to settings
• 10/26/2021 Added individual icons for all categories
• 5/16/2022 Major GUI updates and script modifications made. Botspot#1580 Botspot#1578
• 10/7/2022 Switch to Pi-Apps self hosted shlink server instead of bitly for analytics tracking
• 11/4/2022 Added analytics tracking for successfull user app updates
• 1/10-11/2023 Added Github Actions based update verification/validity checker to the automatic updater.
• 1/12-14/2023 Updated Pi-Apps icons and logo for 2023
• 5/3/2023 Major improvements to pi-apps.io website
• 5/21/2023 Changed nearly all app descriptions to explicitly say how to run the app.
• 10/14/2023 Increase minimum supported versions of Debian to Bullseye (11) and Ubuntu to Focal (20.04)