Galacteek 0.5.8

The AppImage for this release is only distributed via GitLab packages.

Release changelog

Added

• browser: Monkeypatch fetch() to support loading IPFS objects natively without any JS requirements
• Interceptor: add http://domain.eth to ens://domain.eth redirection
• Add a resource blocking system (with python-adblock; block lists are pulled from IPFS)
• Add the ips:// URL scheme (renders IPS JSON-LD schemas)
• Add a UI action to view IPS schemas
• Implement intelligent RDF tags (inspired from "Meaning of a tag")
• pronto: support for subconjunctive graphs (parent store)
• pubsub sniffer: nicer UI (add topic filter and max messages widgets)
• Add UI elements in the settings to configure the various webprofiles
• Add support for Greasemonkey scripts
• Use a popup (vs a tab previously) for the pinning status widget
• Add support for configurable dark theme inside QtWebEngine widgets
• browser: Detect page's language from lang tag and pass it to addHashmark

Changed

• Hashmarks: use RDF storage (old hashmarks db is deprecated, possible to migrate from the UI)
• js-ipfs-http-client: upgrade to v49.0.2
• IPFS search UI
  • Add an IPFS gateway UI selector
  • Add an exact MIME type filter
  • Add a filter for "last seen period" (helps to filter out dead content)
  • Search results are buffered in a RDF graph and periodically flushed
  • Embed audio and video content in the search results

Fixed

• Pubsub sniffer UI (bugfix): unhook PS listeners when the widget is destroyed
• Fix "Repeated subscription to key" aiopubsub message warnings

Using the AppImage

After downloading the AppImage, make it executable and then run it:

chmod +x @@APPIMAGE_FILENAME@@
./@@APPIMAGE_FILENAME@@

The AppImage does not bundle libstdc++. If you use a Linux system with an old libstdc++ and cannot run the AppImage, please open an issue.

Be sure to install all the gstreamer packages to be able to use the mediaplayer.

If you have problems running the AppImage, be sure to visit this wiki page before opening an issue.