Release Notes
Added
- Add a CLI-first headless mode with structured JSON output for scripting, automation, and AI-agent workflows, including
vortix statusfor scriptable connection and kill-switch visibility (#156, #176). - Add the new flip-panel dashboard interaction with animated card transitions (#165).
Changed
- VPN sessions can now keep running after the TUI or CLI exits, so leaving the interface no longer tears down an active connection unexpectedly (#155, #176).
- Make
vortix downwait for the OpenVPN daemon to fully exit before reporting success (#176).
Fixed
- Remove the stale quit confirmation now that active connections can continue independently of the UI process (#179, #182).
- Fix help overlay scrolling edge cases, including opening before the first resize and clamping scroll correctly after keyboard and mouse input (#180, #182).
- Harden CLI lifecycle handling around disconnect flow, error paths, and config isolation (#176).
Documentation
- Clarify current Linux support expectations and improve Linux bug-reporting guidance for distro-specific issues (#185).
CI
- Add Fedora 41 CI coverage for
cargo check,cargo clippy,cargo test, andcargo doc, including unprivileged test execution for Linux-specific validation (#160, #183).
Install vortix 0.2.0
Install prebuilt binaries via shell script
curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -LsSf https://github.com/Harry-kp/vortix/releases/download/v0.2.0/vortix-installer.sh | shInstall prebuilt binaries via Homebrew
brew install Harry-kp/tap/vortixInstall prebuilt binaries into your npm project
npm install @harry-kp/vortix@0.2.0Download vortix 0.2.0
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| vortix-aarch64-apple-darwin.tar.xz | Apple Silicon macOS | checksum |
| vortix-x86_64-apple-darwin.tar.xz | Intel macOS | checksum |
| vortix-aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.xz | ARM64 Linux | checksum |
| vortix-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.xz | x64 Linux | checksum |
| vortix-aarch64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.xz | ARM64 MUSL Linux | checksum |
| vortix-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.xz | x64 MUSL Linux | checksum |