Release post for Coco 0.8.0 (#30)

* Release post for Coco 0.8.0

* mention connectors in post title

* Search portal and more connectors

* 10x more connectors

Author: SteveLauC

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+title: "Coco AI v0.8: Window Management, View Extensions, Linux File Search and 10x more connectors"
+meta_title: "Coco AI v0.8 Released"
+description: "Coco AI v0.8 is now available!"
+date: "2025-09-28T00:00:00+08:00"
+categories: ["Release", "News"]
+image: "/images/posts/2025/coco-v0.8/cover.png"
+author: "SteveLauC"
+tags:
+  [
+    "Coco AI",
+    "Release",
+    "AI",
+    "Search",
+    "Assistant",
+    "Knowledge Management",
+    "Open Source",
+    "",
+    "Cross-Platform",
+  ]
+lang: "en"
+category: "Product"
+subcategory: "Released"
+draft: false
+---
+
+
+# Coco AI
+
+Coco AI is an [open-source][app-github], cross-platform search and assistant system designed 
+for both individuals and enterprises. Today, we are excited to announce its latest
+release 0.8.0.
+
+## Release Highlights
+
+### Window Management Extension for macOS
+
+We implemented a Window Management extension for macOS that allows users to move 
+and resize application windows with it.
+
+![wm](/images/posts/2025/coco-v0.8/wm_extension.gif)
+
+Supported Commands
+
+* Move Up/Down/Left/Right: Move the focused window to the edge of the screen 
+  in any direction using keyboard shortcuts.
+* Maximize: Maximize the focused window to fit the screen or maximize only width or height.
+* Center: Center the focused window in the screen.
+* Bottom/Left/Center/Right/Top Half: Resize the focused window to the bottom, 
+left, center, right, or top half of the screen.
+* First/First Two/Center/Last Two/Last Third: Resize the focused window to the 
+first, first two, center, last two, or last third of the screen.
+* Toggle Fullscreen: Toggle the fullscreen mode of the focused window.
+* Top Left/Top Right/Bottom Left/Bottom Right Quarter: Resize the focused window
+to the top left, top right, bottom left, or bottom right quarter of the screen.
+* Previous/Next Display: Move the focused window to the previous or next display.
+* Restore: Restore the focused window to its last position.
+
+### View Extension
+
+View extension is a new extension type we introduced in Coco. As its name implies,
+it has a "view". For example, below is a screenshot of [2048] running within Coco:
+
+![view](/images/posts/2025/coco-v0.8/view_extension.png)
+
+As an user, you should expect more view extensions to come to our extension store.
+As a developer, you can build your own View extensions and submit them to our 
+extension store. We will have tutorials on how to do this, stay tuned.
+
+### File Search for Linux
+
+macOS/Windows Coco users love our file search extension, Linux users want that
+as well! So in this release, we have brought it to Linux. Both GNOME and KDE desktop
+environments are supported.
+
+> Coco File Search relies on desktop environments' search functionality, if you
+> do not use a DE, you probably could install the desktop search components and
+> start them to make Coco File Search work.
+>
+> On GNOME, it is Tracker. And On KDE, it is Baloo.
+>
+> NOTE: We have not verified this.
+
+### Search for apps using your own language (for macOS and Linux)
+
+App search has been one of our most core features! In this release, we make it 
+even better! Previously, Coco app only indexed the English app names, in this release,
+we index the apps in:
+
+* English
+* Chinese
+* Your system language
+
+And the search results now respect your Coco app's language:
+
+![app_search](/images/posts/2025/coco-v0.8/app_search_lang.png)
+
+### Integrated Search Portal in Coco server
+
+With Coco AI, setting up a search portal is simple, so users can quickly access 
+the information they need, whether internally or externally.
+
+![app_search](/images/posts/2025/coco-v0.8/coco_server_integrated_search_portal.gif)
+
+### 10x more connectors
+
+![app_search](/images/posts/2025/coco-v0.8/more_connectors.png)
+
+We always want to bring more connectors to Coco AI, making searching more platforms
+and datasources easier. In this release, we've unleashed a tsunami of connectivity 
+with 10x more connectors:
+
+* Postgres
+* MySQL
+* GitHub
+* GitLab
+* Gitea
+* Microsoft SQL Server
+* Oracle Database
+* Salesforce
+* Feishu/Lark
+
+## Detailed technical release notes
+
+### Coco App v0.8.0
+
+#### Features
+
+- feat: enhance ui for skipped version #834
+- feat: support installing local extensions #749
+- feat: support sending files in chat messages #764
+- feat: sub extension can set 'platforms' now #847
+- feat: add extension uninstall option in settings #855
+- feat: impl extension settings 'hide_before_open' #862
+- feat: index both en/zh_CN app names and show app name in chosen language #875
+- feat: support context menu in debug mode #882
+- feat: file search for Linux/GNOME #884
+- feat: file search for Linux/KDE #886
+- feat: extension Window Management for macOS #892
+- feat: new extension type View #894
+- feat: support opening file in its containing folder #900
+
+#### Bug fix
+
+- fix: fix issue with update check failure #833
+- fix: web component login state #857
+- fix: shortcut key not opening extension store #877
+- fix: set up hotkey on main thread or Windows will complain #879
+- fix: resolve deeplink login issue #881
+- fix: use kill_on_drop() to avoid zombie proc in error case #887
+- fix: settings window rendering/loading issue 889
+- fix: ensure search paths are indexed #896
+- fix: bump applications-rs to fix empty app name issue #898
+
+#### Improvements
+
+- refactor: calling service related interfaces #831
+- refactor: split query_coco_fusion() #836
+- chore: web component loading font icon #838
+- chore: delete unused code files and dependencies #841
+- chore: ignore tauri::AppHandle's generic argument R #845
+- refactor: check Extension/plugin.json from all sources #846
+- refactor: pinning window won't set CanJoinAllSpaces on macOS #854
+- build: web component build error #858
+- refactor: coordinate third-party extension operations using lock #867
+- refactor: index iOS apps and macOS apps that store icon in Assets.car #872
+- refactor: accept both '-' and '\_' as locale str separator #876
+- refactor: relax the file search conditions on macOS #883
+- refactor: ensure Coco won't take focus #891
+- chore: skip login check for web widget #895
+- chore: convertFileSrc() "link[href]" and "img[src]" #901
+
+### Coco Server v0.8.0
+
+#### Features
+
+- chore: support access docs via path hierarchy manner in datasource #484
+- feat: handle path_hierarchy config for document search #486
+- feat: confluence wiki connector #31
+- feat: extract content for notion connector #70
+- feat: network storage connector #461
+- feat: postgresql connector #476
+- feat: mysql connector #489
+- feat: github connector #492
+- feat: Feishu/Lark connector #493
+- feat: gitlab connector #494
+- feat: salesforce connector #505
+- feat: gitea connector #509
+- feat: mssql connector #511
+- feat: oracle connector #522
+
+#### Bug fix
+
+- fix: correct assistant update logic
+- fix: generate unique icon key to prevent accidental deletion of all icons
+- fix: modify the access_token URL during coco server login (#480) 
+- fix: fix permission issue for web widget #512
+- fix: extra height because of importing the icon in Searchbox #519
+- fix: extra height because of importing the icon in Searchbox #519
+- fix: page scrolling not working in Fullscreen #520
+- fix: resolve API token list pagination issue #523
+- fix: mssql paging bug #522
+- fix: fix S3 connector icon #533
+
+#### Improvements
+
+- chore: remove unused websocket api #443
+- chore: add missing root folders for gdrive #483
+- chore: update default connector settings form on create/modify connector page #502
+- chore: adjust title of data source detail #485
+- refactor: refactoring summary processor #487
+- chore: add missing docs for google drive #488
+- docs: update the easysearch initial admin password to complex rule #501
+- chore: unify license header #499
+- chore: update default datasource edit page #506
+- refactor: refactoring oauth connect component #507
+- chore: set default size for datasource list to 12 #508
+- chore: add search settings to settings
+- chore: support page mode in integration fullscreen
+- chore: add icon to list items #524
+- refactor: refactoring security api for non-managed mode #527
+- refactor: support access documents via path hierarchy manner for local_fs connector #530
+- refactor: support access documents via path hierarchy manner for S3, Network Driver, GitHub, GitLab and Gitee connectors #532
+
+
+# Getting Started
+
+Coco AI is available on macOS, Windows, and Ubuntu. Get started by downloading it from our [website][download].
+
+
+[app-github]: https://github.com/infinilabs/coco-app
+[download]: https://coco.rs/download
+[2048]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2048_(video_game)