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: May 16, 2022 by @ryanfortner

• 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, and added TBOPlayer app.
• 10/2/2020 More bug fixes & improvements; added Discord, Minecraft Java, and piKiss apps.
• 10/3/2020 Added some more icons, added conky app.
• 10/4/2020 Added Pi-Apps Settings menu button, improve many descriptions, and a couple bug fixes to pkg-install.
• 10/6/2020 Added Zoom app, 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.
• 10/8/2020 Added Email Checker app, and a couple bug fixes
• 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, added Color Emoji Font app, remove Icon Browser, implement hidelist for grayduck
• 10/11/2020 Rename Minecraft to Minecraft Java, and added Update Buddy app. Zoom now disables pulseaudio autostart.
• 10/12/2020 Write the README and added Minecraft Bedrock.
• 10/13/2020 Added Boxy SVG and Sonic Pi.
• 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.
• 10/19/2020 Added Visual Studio Code and fix a couple bugs.
• 10/20/2020 Added Cordless Discord app, and 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 Added Box86 app and also mask pulseaudio.service for Zoom
• 10/31/2020 Reached 20,000 total downloads and added Scrcpy app
• 11/2/2020 Pi-Apps added to TwisterOS with the 1.8.5 patch
• 11/3/2020 Added Speedtest-CLI app
• 11/4/2020 Added Clam Antivirus & USBImager apps along with README badge
• 11/5/2020 Added Back to Chromium 78 app and eDEX-UI
• 11/6/2020 Added Chromium Widevine for v84 and also enable multiselecting apps to install/uninstall with Ctrl + Click
• 11/9/2020 Added LibrePCB and PrusaSlicer apps
• 11/13/2020 Added Tor Browser app
• 11/14/2020 Chromium Media Edition deprecated in favour of Chromium Widevine for Chrome v84
• 11/16/2020 Added All Is Well app
• 11/17/2020 Added PiGro app and updated Zoom
• 11/18/2020 Added Browsh app
• 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 Steam app and 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, added WPS Office for aarch64 and added Pycharm CE
• 11/29/2020 Added testimonies, improved multi-installing apps, and added Puffin Browser Demo app along with Timeshift
• 12/6/2020 Made Steam not install box86 on TwisterOS
• 12/7/2020 Made Steam launch in Small mode by default
• 12/11/2020 Updated Etcher and added Sublime Text app
• 12/21/2020 Added Intellij Idea and Powerline Shell apps
• 12/24/2020 Added Doom 3 app.
• 12/27/2020 Boxy SVG app uses Boxy-SVG-RPi and Box86 app uses box86-updater
• 12/28/2020 Added Eagle and YouTubuddy apps
• 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. Added WhatsApp and Vivaldi browser
• 1/3/2021 Added Lightpad, TLDR, and Mission Planner apps. Also improved Zoom.
• 1/5/2021 Added app request templates
• 1/8/2021 Removed Chromium Media Edition app and started work on categories
• 1/9/2021 Added Ulauncher app
• 1/10/2021 Added categories!
• 1/11/2021 Added AndroidBuddy app amd fixed preload error
• 1/12/2021 Improved xlunch compilation
• 1/13/2021 Added Snap store, jGRASP IDE Minecraft Pi testing phase begins
• 1/16/2021 Added Angry IP scanner app
• 1/20/2021 Added AnyDesk app
• 1/21/2021 Updated BalenaEtcher to v1.5.113
• 1/26/2021 Added Teamviewer Host app
• 1/27/2021 Added OBS Studio app
• 1/28/2021 Added VSCodium and VeraCrypt apps Added pi-apps terminal command (you can now run pi-apps with pi-apps).
• 1/30/2021 Minecraft Pi (Modded) official launch
• 1/31/2021 Added Wine x86 app
• 2/1/2021 Added Remarkable app and fixed Minecraft Pi (Modded) install
• 2/3/2021 Updated Minecraft Pi (Modded) to v0.1.8 and added Node.js app
• 2/8/2021 Added StackEdit and FreeTube apps, hid RetroPie and made Doom 3 visible.
• 2/13/2021 Added credits button for apps and fixed Minecraft Pi (Modded) install issues
• 2/17/2021 Updated BalenaEtcher, Cura, and WhatsApp apps, and also added QEMU app.
• 2/20/2021 Changed wine install scripts and fixed WhatsApp download bug.
• 2/21/2021 Added Geany Dark Mode app, updated FreeTube, and more Wine install fixes.
• 2/28/2021 Hidden Wine on Twister OS.
• 3/4/2021 Added pi-apps terminal plugin and Mac OS theme apps, updated Minecraft Pi (Modded) and added info about getting better FPS on both Minecraft apps
• 3/7/2021 FreeCAD now uses precompiled debs, and added issue templates for Github bug reports
• 3/8/2021 Added Snapdrop app, updated intellij IDEA and Minecraft Pi (Modded) with a FPS counter and newer build
• 3/10/2021 Added Decent 1/2 and ppsspp apps
• 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 Stunt Rally app, and 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 Added Lokinet app and large upgrade to Zoom app
• 3/17/2021 Added 64-bit support for Vivaldi
• 3/18/2021 Added Notepad++ app and made 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.
• 3/20/2021 Updated eDEX-UI to v2.2.7, completely transitioned to Itai's box86 builds for all apps, added WACUP app and made a new "Multimedia" category
• 3/24/2021 Added Libreoffice MS Theme app, and automarked box86/Wine as installed on Twister OS
• 3/28/2021 Hide less apps on Twister OS Lite
• 3/30/2021 Merge all Chromium downgrade apps into "Downgrade Chromium" and added Github-CLI app
• 3/31/2021 Updated Arduino IDE to change install location
• 4/3/2021 Updated Update Buddy to show a update notification like pi-apps
• 4/5/2021 Added Turbo Scratch app
• 4/6/2021 Added WeChat app and bumped Github-CLI version
• 4/7/2021 Bumped Discord version to renamed "WebCord"
• 4/8/2021 Added new api script, improved icons, faster preloading. Updated whatsapp + stackedit. Added Bongo Cam and OpenSCAD apps.
• 4/9/2021 Display user count for apps and squarify icons
• 4/10/2021 Added flameshot, Processing IDE, Scratch 2 (with flash player fixes), Heroes 2 and Linux Mint's Web Apps
• 4/12/2021 Added AstroMenace app
• 4/13/2021 Added Lego Digital Designer app and changed Wine to add extra menu sortcuts
• 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
• 5/3/2021 Added PiSafe app
• 5/4/2021 Added blockpi and Windows Screensavers apps, numerous changes to api script and removed up/down buttons in GUI
• 5/5/2021 Added Drawing app and updated install/uninstall GUI icons
• 5/6/2021 Updated trash icon
• 5/7/2021 Added Chiaki app and 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
• 7/2/2021 Added Conky Rings, Pale Moon Browser, and HTTPS File Server apps
• 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 Added Min Browser and Box64 apps, and updated app screenshots in readme
• 7/25/2021 Added "Never show again" option to updater notifications, and new Firefox Rapid Release app, as well as 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 AutoStar & CloudBuddy apps made by Botspot, (insert lots of bug fixes here too). Also 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
• 9/15/2021 Added Zoom PWA app
• 9/19/2021 Added Sysmon app
• 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
• 9/27/2021 Added Telegram app
• 10/4/2021 Added MultiMC5 Minecraft launcher app
• 10/7/2021 Replaced legacy minecraft launcher with Lunar Client and added 64-bit version of PPSSPP
• 10/8/2021 Added Quartz Browser and Falkon Browser
• 10/9/2021 Added the ability for users to choose between dark mode and light mode for YAD
• 10/10/2021 Changed the "Sent Log" feature to be available only for errors relating to the script itself and not system
• 10/11/2021 Added Amiberry emulator app
• 10/12/2021 Added BleachBit app
• 10/17/2021 Added BlockBench app
• 10/23/2021 Added LinuxCNC app
• 10/24/2021 Added Geekbench app and a "Import App" button to settings
• 10/26/2021 Added Temps app and individual icons for all categories
• 10/28/2021 Added Deskreen app
• 10/6/2021 Added Alacritty Terminal app
• 5/16/2022 Major GUI updates and script modifications made. Botspot#1580 Botspot#1578