v4.2.1 - Back in the status menu

Release Highlights

• Finicky now runs as a background app (no dock icon).
• New configuration options:
  • keepRunning: keep Finicky running in the background
  • hideIcon: hide the menu bar icon

What's Changed

• Add Microsoft Safe Links to shortener_domains.json by @buckbanzai in #463
• feat: add support for Perplexity Comet browser by @Frusty in #478
• Check whether --args is already present in args by @kevinjfoley in #464
• feat: Make app to run in the background by @johnste in #482
• Other miscellaneous fixes

New Contributors

• @buckbanzai made their first contribution in #463
• @Frusty made their first contribution in #478
• @kevinjfoley made their first contribution in #464

Full Changelog: v4.1.4...v4.2.1

v4.2.1-beta

Fixes a couple of issues found in v4.2.0-alpha

• Adds a new method of detecting if app should open in background or not
• Handles no available updates being available better
• Small redesign of window contents
• Some misc cleanup

Full Changelog: v4.2.0-alpha...v4.2.1-beta

v4.2.0-alpha

Release highlights

• Finicky now runs as a background app (no dock icon).
• New configuration options:
  • keepRunning: keep Finicky running in the background
  • hideIcon: hide the menu bar icon
• Releasing as beta since this changes a lot in how Finicky runs

What's Changed

• Add Microsoft Safe Links to shortener_domains.json by @buckbanzai in #463
• feat: add support for Perplexity Comet browser by @Frusty in #478
• Check whether --args is already present in args by @kevinjfoley in #464
• feat: Make app to run in the background by @johnste in #482
• fix: Don't save incomplete update info 2ba0bf7

New Contributors

• @buckbanzai made their first contribution in #463
• @Frusty made their first contribution in #478
• @kevinjfoley made their first contribution in #464

Full Changelog: v4.1.4...v4.2.0-beta

v4.1.4

What's Changed

• Add aka.ms to the shortener domains. Closes #453 by @martinpeck in #454
• feat: compare new versions with semver by @johnste in #457
• Use macOS directory APIs by @johnste in #455 (Big thanks to @samcarter for helping out troubleshooting!)
• fix: Prefix arguments with --args by @johnste in #460

New Contributors

• @martinpeck made their first contribution in #454

Full Changelog: v4.1.3...v4.1.4

v4.1.3

What's Changed

• feat: add chrome extension by @johnste in #423
• Typo fixed in configuration file path in README.md. by @sheffsky in #439
• fix: only show update info if different from current by @johnste in #444
• fix: reappearing log entries after clearing logs by @johnste in #445
• feat: follow symlinks by @johnste in #446
• build(deps-dev): bump vite from 6.2.5 to 6.3.5 in /packages/config-api by @dependabot in #427

New Contributors

• @sheffsky made their first contribution in #439

Full Changelog: v4.1.2...v4.1.3

v4.1.2

What's Changed

• feat: add support for Helium by @catdevnull in #435
• fix: Load system functions before running config by @belak in #434

New Contributors

• @catdevnull made their first contribution in #435
• @belak made their first contribution in #434

Full Changelog: v4.1.1...v4.1.2

v4.1.1 - Universal build

Finicky is now provided as a universal build, meaning it will run on both Silicon and Intel Macs.

What's Changed

• feat: add ci for universal builds by @johnste in #426

Full Changelog: v4.1.0...v4.1.1

v4.1.0

What's Changed

• Fix error in README.md by @nikhilmaddirala in #416
• feat: use os.UserCacheDir to get the cache path by @johnste in #417
• fix: handle errors during url resolving by @johnste in #420
• feat: add firefox addon, and finicky protocol support by @johnste in #418

New Contributors

• @nikhilmaddirala made their first contribution in #416

Full Changelog: v4.0.0...v4.1.0

v4.0.0

Finicky 4 is a complete rewrite of Finicky.

• Supports mode modern Javascript and Typescript syntax.
• Has better Chrome profile support
• Only runs as needed, reducing memory footprint
• Can find the configuration file not just in home folder but also checks .config, for example

What's Changed since last release

feat: add basic Handoff support by @johnste in #404

Full Changelog: v4.0.0-beta.3...v4.0.0

v4.0.0-beta.3

Small release, should be the last before stable 4.

What's Changed

• feat: detect if app is being run in the foreground or not by @johnste in #403

Full Changelog: v4.0.0-beta.2...v4.0.0-beta.3