v12

General

• Each plugin Deno runtime now runs in separate OS process
• Nix package, dev shell and home-manager modules are now available (contributed by @schradert)
• Replaced wayland layer-shell implementation, fixing several long-standing issues
  • Fixed icons not being rendered properly
  • Fixed Ctrl + A shortcut not working in text inputs
  • Fixed Backspace only removing single character at a time
• Improved window handling on macOS
  • Main window is now non-activating, so it doesn't take away focus from front-most application
  • Main window no longer shows up in macOS Dock panel
  • Fixed application not receiving keyboard input if front-most application is using Secure Event Input (e.g. Terminal)
• Main window is now closed automatically when plugin action is executed
• A lot of internal dependency updates

Plugin API

• Internal JS functions are no longer accessible from plugins
• BREAKING CHANGE: Deno updated from v1.37.0 to v2.1.1
• BREAKING CHANGE: Clipboard api now uses ArrayBuffer instead of Blob
• @project-gauntlet/deno is deprecated in favor of @types/deno

UI/UX Improvements

• Hud window was moved lower (below main window) on non-wayland platforms

Fixes

• Fixed possible freeze when spamming keys or buttons in plugin view
• Fixed separator in <Inline/> view not being horizontally centered

v11

General

• Primary action label on bottom bar is now a clickable button
• It is now possible to unset global shortcut in settings
• Implemented keyboard navigation support for <List/> and <Grid/>
  • Note: <Grid/> scrolling while using keyboard navigation is still quite buggy and is work in progress

Bundled plugin

Applications

• Applications commands are now automatically added or removed when application is installed or uninstalled respectively
• When loading the list of applications from OS, loading bar and "Indexing..." text in bottom panel is shown in main window

Plugin API

• Added <SearchBar/> component in <List/> and <Grid/> which is text input field above content of the respective view
• "command-generator" entrypoints have been reworked
  • Now it is possible to update list of generated entrypoints (add or remove) after the main command generator function has finished running
  • BREAKING CHANGE: Command Generator entrypoint function now accepts an object with add: (id: string, data: GeneratedCommand) => void and remove: (id: string) => void functions
  • BREAKING CHANGE: Command Generator entrypoint function now should return nothing or a cleanup function e.g. close file watcher. Currently, it is called when disabling/enabling any of entrypoints in plugin, but it is not called when whole plugin is stopped
  • While generator function itself is running (given that the function is async) the loading bar and "Indexing..." text in bottom panel will be shown in main window
• BREAKING CHANGE: Validation of React Component children is now a lot more strict with respect to what amount of children of specific type is allowed
• BREAKING CHANGE: assetData helper function renamed to assetDataSync
• Added async variant of assetDataSync helper function named assetData which returns Promise<ArrayBuffer>
• Added Plugin Environment API
  • Environment.gauntletVersion - number, current Gauntlet version
  • Environment.isDevelopment - boolean, true if plugin was added with npm run dev as opposed to Settings UI
  • Environment.pluginCacheDir - string, path to plugin cache directory, corresponds to {common:plugin-cache} variable in permissions
  • Environment.pluginDataDir - string, path to plugin data directory, corresponds to {common:plugin-data} variable in permissions

Theming API

• Themes slightly reworked
  • "Color Theme" is renamed into "Simple Theme"
    • BREAKING CHANGE: Sample generation CLI command was changed to gauntlet generate-sample-simple-theme
    • BREAKING CHANGE: Theme file is renamed from color_theme.json to simple-theme.json
  • "Everything Theme" or just "Theme" is renamed into "Complex Theme"
    • BREAKING CHANGE: Sample generation CLI command was changed to gauntlet generate-sample-complex-theme
    • BREAKING CHANGE: Theme file is renamed from theme.json to complex-theme.json
  • It is now possible to customize color, width and radius of borders in Simple Theme
• BREAKING CHANGE: Current Simple Theme version increased to 4
• BREAKING CHANGE: Current Complex Theme version increased to 4

UI/UX Improvements

• Loading bar is now shown if opening plugin view takes more than 300 milliseconds
• Pressed button state now has distinct styling, providing more clear indication that button was pressed
• When registering global shortcut in settings fails, instead of showing error on whole settings screen now icon with on hover text is shown to the right of the setting field
• If registering global shortcut on application startup fails, error is now also shown in settings
• Fixed padding of grid and list section being too far down if it is first in the view
• Fixed incorrect supported schemas label in Settings UI, http(s), ssh and git are the only supported schemas for plugin IDs
• Better error for not supported plugin ID schemas
• <Grid.Item/> height is now dynamic and is based on <Grid/> or <Grid.Section/> columns property

Fixes

• Fixed global shortcut not working on Windows
• Fixed emojis not working in a lot of places across the application
• Fixed hud window not disappearing on Wayland
• Fixed clipboard operations not working on KDE
  • Note: Clipboard.clear() or Clipboard.writeText("") is still not working on KDE due to upstream bug
• Fixed clipboard operations not working on Wayland
• Fix primary action of first search result being called if primary action of inline view is called using enter key
• Fix scrollable resetting when clicking action panel button in bottom panel

v10

General

• Main view now has action bar and action panel
  • Action bar displays current primary action depending on focused result item
  • ALT + K (OPT + K on macOS) is available to open action panel
  • Content of action panel can be defined by plugins
    • "inline-view" and "command-generator" entrypoint types can now specify custom actions on main view
    • Plugin can also provide shortcut that will be available depending on focused result item without opening the action panel
• Primary and secondary actions
  • First action in action panel is now considered primary and can be run using ENTER without opening action panel
  • Second action in action panel is now considered secondary and can be run using SHIFT + ENTER without opening action panel
  • Works for all places that can define actions: "inline-view", "command-generator" and "view" entrypoint types
• Action panel now supports keyboard navigation
• All bundled plugins are merged into one
• It is now possible to update plugin using "Check for updates" button in settings

Bundled plugin

Applications

• Add Flatpak application support on Linux
• Fixed no applications being shown on macOS Sequoia (15)
• Fixed crash on macOS if macOS version only contains two segments, e.g. 15.0 vs 15.0.1
• Fixed some applications not having icons on macOS

Calculator

• It is now possible to copy result of calculation using primary action and its shortcut
  • After copying, popup is shown to indicate that the result was copied
• Updated numbat dependency to 1.14.0
  • Notable change: "Add lowercase aliases for currency units"

Plugin API

• Plugin permissions reworked
  • BREAKING CHANGE: Plugin manifest property permissions.ffi removed
    • FFI in Deno is an unstable feature
    • May be brought back in future
  • BREAKING CHANGE: Plugin manifest property permissions.high_resolution_time removed
    • This is done in preparation for Deno update, newer versions of which removed this permission
  • BREAKING CHANGE: Plugin manifest property permissions.fs_read_access renamed to permissions.filesystem.read
  • BREAKING CHANGE: Plugin manifest property permissions.fs_write_access renamed to permissions.filesystem.write
  • BREAKING CHANGE: Plugin manifest property permissions.run_subprocess has been split into 2 properties: permissions.exec.command and permissions.exec.executable
    • command is for commands on PATH, e.g. "ls"
    • executable is for absolute paths to binary, e.g. "/usr/bin/ls"
  • BREAKING CHANGE: Windows-style paths are not allowed in plugins that do not support Windows
  • BREAKING CHANGE: Unix-style paths are not allowed in plugins that do not support Linux or macOS
  • BREAKING CHANGE: Plugin manifest property permissions.network now can only contain domain and optionally port of URL
  • BREAKING CHANGE: Path permissions (permissions.filesystem.read, permissions.filesystem.write and permissions.exec.executable) now can only contain absolute paths
  • Path permissions (permissions.filesystem.read, permissions.filesystem.write and permissions.exec.executable) can now contain variables which will be replaced at plugin load time
    • Examples: {linux:user-home}/.local/share, {common:plugin-cache}/my-plugin-cache
    • Variables can only be used at the beginning of the path
    • List of currently available variables
      • {macos:user-home}
        • Resolves to $HOME, i.e. /Users/<username>
        • Only available if plugin supports macOS
      • {linux:user-home}
        • Resolves to $HOME, i.e. /home/<username>
        • Only available if plugin supports Linux
      • {windows:user-home}
        • Resolves to {FOLDERID_Profile}, i.e. C:\Users\<username>
        • Only available if plugin supports Windows
      • {common:plugin-data}
        • On Windows: {FOLDERID_RoamingAppData}\Gauntlet\data\plugins\<plugin-uuid>
        • On Linux: $XDG_DATA_HOME/gauntlet/plugins/<plugin-uuid>
        • On macOS: $HOME/Library/Application Support/dev.project-gauntlet.gauntlet/plugins/<plugin-uuid>
      • {common:plugin-cache}
        • On Windows: {FOLDERID_LocalAppData}\Gauntlet\cache\plugins\<plugin-uuid>
        • On Linux: $XDG_CACHE_HOME/gauntlet/plugins/<plugin-uuid>
        • On macOS: $HOME/Library/Application Support/dev.project-gauntlet.gauntlet/plugins/<plugin-uuid>
• <Grid.Item/>'s title property is now optional
• <Grid.Item/> have a new accessory property, which provides an ability to specify text and/or icon under the grid cell
• <List.Item/> have a new accessories property, which provides an ability to specify one or multiple text and/or icon items on the right side of list item
• BREAKING CHANGE: <Action>'s title property renamed to label
• Added entrypoint.icon plugin manifest property that accepts path to image inside plugin's assets directory
• Added showHud function that will create a simple popup window with text provided to that function

Theming API

• BREAKING CHANGE: Current color theme version increased to 3
• BREAKING CHANGE: Current everything theme version increased to 3

UI/UX Improvements

• Grid styling refined
• Inline view styling refined
• Plugin and entrypoint names of rendered inline view are now shown above that inline view
• Made color of text slightly more bright
• Focused (by keyboard navigation) and hovered (by hovering with mouse) search items now have distinct styling
• Slightly increased size of icons in main search view
• Plugin ID is now shown in sidebar in settings when plugin is selected
• "Remove plugin" button has been moved to the bottom of the sidebar in settings
• In settings required preferences that do not have value provided or do not have default value are now highlighted
• Names of keys of shortcuts were changed from all upper-case to first letter only upper-case

Fixes

• Fixed panic when trying to stop already stopped plugin
• Fixed crash on macOS if openssl@v3 library is not installed
• Fixed inline view still being shown after main view was closed and reopened
• Fixed download info panel in settings sometimes going outside of window size and being cut off

v9

Plugin API

• New React Hooks
  • usePromise
    • Helper to run promises in a context of React view
    • Returns AsyncState object which contains isLoading, error and data properties
  • useStorage
    • Helper to store data between entrypoint, plugin and application runs
    • Follows API similar to useState built-in React Hook
    • Uses localStorage internally
  • useCache
    • Helper to store data between entrypoint runs but will be reset when plugin or application is restarted
    • Follows API similar to useState built-in React Hook
    • Uses sessionStorage internally
  • useCachedPromise
    • Helper to run promises with caching done automatically
    • Follows stale-while-revalidate caching strategy
    • Uses usePromise and useCache Hooks internally
  • useFetch
    • Helper to run fetch() with caching done automatically
    • Follows stale-while-revalidate caching strategy
    • Uses useCachedPromise Hook internally
• Add isLoading property on <Detail/>, <Form/>, <Grid/> and <List/>
  • If passed true the loading indicator will be shown above view content
• BREAKING CHANGE: To use Clipboard api, new permission permissions.clipboard is required to be specified in plugin manifest
  • permissions.clipboard manifest property accepts a list that can include one or multiple of "read", "write" or "clear" values
• BREAKING CHANGE: To use plugin entrypoint of type inline-view, new permission permissions.main_search_bar is required to be specified in plugin manifest
  • permissions.main_search_bar manifest property accepts a list that can include "read" value
• BREAKING CHANGE: Plugin and Entrypoint Preference name properties in plugin manifest was split into 2 properties
  • preferences.name is split into preferences.name and preferences.id
  • entrypoint.preferences.name is split into entrypoint.preferences.name and entrypoint.preferences.id
  • To preserve value set by user in settings please set the previous value of name to id
• BREAKING CHANGE: Replaced onSelectionChange and id properties on <Grid/> and <List/> with onClick on <Grid.Item/> and <List.Item/>

UI/UX Improvements

• Added ALT + K (OPT + K on macOS) label to Action Panel button in bottom panel in plugin views
  • Refined styling to accommodate this change
  • BREAKING CHANGE: Current color theme version increased to 2
  • BREAKING CHANGE: Current everything theme version increased to 2

Applications plugin

• Add macOS System settings items like Sound, Network, etc
  • Both pre- and post-Ventura macOS settings are supported
• Fixed macOS applications, that are nested more than one directory level deep in Applications directory, not being added

Calculator plugin

• Updated numbat dependency to 1.13.0
• Enabled currency exchange rate module

Fixes

• Fix application crash when refreshing plugin via npm run dev from tools
• Fix plugin runtime shutting down when exception is thrown inside a promise handler

v8

Plugin API

• Command Generator functions are no longer needlessly called after every entrypoint click in main window

Fixes

• Fixed crash on Arch Linux if using AMD GPU with Vulkan not setup properly
  • Still if Vulkan is not setup properly it can result in low FPS when scrolling
  • In some cases installing vulkan-radeon package resolves the FPS problem
  • Alternatively setting WGPU_BACKEND=gl environment variable may also resolve the FPS problem
• Reduced minimal required version of macOS to 11 (Big Sur)
• Fix panic when spamming enable/disable plugin or entrypoint checkbox in settings

v7

Big things

• Bundling improvements
  • .dmg file is now signed, notarized and stapled, removing the need for manual manipulations on .dmg file to be able to install Gauntlet
  • .msi installer for Windows is now available
  • .tar.gz archive for Linux now contains default systemd service, .desktop and .png icon file
• Added system tray icon on Windows and macOS with ability to open main or settings window, see version or quit Gauntlet
• Local plugins now always use development React bundle for better error messages at the expense of performance.

General fixes

• Fix being unable to stop plugin in various situations including when there is unresolved pending promise
• Fix generate-sample-theme and generate-sample-color-theme CLI commands failing if config folder doesn't exist
• Fix console window popping up when starting Gauntlet on Windows

Applications plugin

• On macOS and Linux, applications are now started detached from main process, fixing situations when other applications blocked Gauntlet from exiting

UI Improvements

• Action panel and download information panel in settings are now closed when clicking outside of panel on background

API changes

• Type of GeneratedCommand's icon field changed from icon: ArrayBuffer | undefined to icon?: ArrayBuffer
• Default function returned from command and command-generator entrypoints can now be async

v6

Big things

• Wayland support
  • Requires LayerShell protocol zwlr_layer_shell_v1 to be supported by window manager
    • zwlr_layer_shell_v1 is implemented by most window managers with the exception of Gnome
  • Global Shortcut on Wayland is not yet implemented, please use gauntlet open CLI command to open main window
• Style changes
  • Settings UI overhaul
  • Slightly tweaked colors
  • Changed text selection color to make text more visible
  • Other minor style changes
• Theming support
  • 2 types of themes
    • Color only
    • Everything: Color, paddings, borders, etc
  • Theming is only applied to main window
  • Versioned
    • Because of internally invasive nature of the themes, it is perpetually unstable feature.
      Themes are versioned and only one version is supported at the same time by application, the theme will stop working as soon as version is incremented
      • This may change in the future
  • See THEME.md for details
• It is now possible to change global shortcut for opening main window in settings
• Plugin shortcuts are now matched based on physical keycode, which means shortcuts now work regardless of selected keyboard layout
• It is now possible to show/hide action panel using ALT + K on Windows and Linux or OPT + K on macOS
  • At the moment it is not possible to change this shortcut to different keys
• BREAKING CHANGE: Implemented actual validation of supported_system plugin manifest property.
  • If OS was not specified in supported_system plugin manifest property, plugin will stop loading on that OS unless plugin is cross-platform (it doesn't have environment, ffi, fs_read_access, fs_write_access, run_subprocess or system permission)

Plugin Development

• Local plugin stdout console.log and stderr console.error logs are now saved to file to be able to show them in tools dev server CLI
• Added windows and macos values to plugins manifest supported_system property
• BREAKING CHANGE: For local development plugins, dist suffix is now automatically added to plugin ID. Please update @project-gauntlet/tools to 0.6.0
• BREAKING CHANGE: Image source properties how accept path to asset, url or icon instead of byte array
  • Url source at the moment is not cached, so the image is downloaded every time the view is opened

Applications plugin

• On Linux .desktop files are now opened using gtk-launch instead of custom implementation, fixing several edge cases

UI Improvements and Fixes

• Main window list is now scrolled automatically when using keyboard navigation to keep focused item visible
• Better feedback about in-progress/failed/successful plugin downloads with information about errors in settings

General fixes

• Fix plugin toggle button to hide/show entrypoints in settings not doing anything
• Fix settings app being always on top of other windows on macOS

Internal Improvements

• Removed the need to have 42321 TCP port
  • Note: port 42320 is still being used

v5

Big things

• Style overhaul
• Window no longer changes the size in subviews. Default window size is a little bigger
• BREAKING CHANGE: Rename management cli option to settings
• Add error message for settings view when unable to connect to server

Fixes

• Fix Gauntlet crash on startup on Linux
• Built-in plugins no longer re-enable themselves after restart

v4

Fixes

• Fix Gauntlet crash on startup on macOS
• Fix Gauntlet crash on startup if there is no enabled plugins

v3

Big things

• macOS support
  • .dmg file is now available
  • Implement Applications Plugin on macOS
  • Implement auto-launch on startup
• Search improvements
  • Use Frecency-based sorting
  • Use substring matching instead of prefix matching
  • Multiple (space-separated) word queries now return intersection of results instead of union
• Startup was reworked again
  • BREAKING CHANGE: Server is now started with plain gauntlet command instead of gauntlet server CLI option
  • When executing the binary, if server is already running, GUI will be opened
  • Added --minimized flag to start server without opening the GUI
  • Frontend is now in the same process as server
• Main view search results are now refreshed if the plugin changed search index while the view was opened

Work-in-progress Windows support

• Fix build on Windows
• Implemented auto-launch on Windows
• Use ALT + SPACE global shortcut on Windows to open main window

APIs changes

• Implemented Clipboard API
  • text/plain and image/png are supported types of clipboards
• Remove Detail children component of Grid from TypeScript typings. It never worked

UI Improvements and Fixes

• Slightly better styling of EmptyView component
• Remove vertical separator line in Details view when there is no Content

General fixes

• Fix panic when global shortcut functionality is not available
• Fix React warning about required key property when ActionPanel component is used
• Fix useEffect destructors not being called when view is closed

Internal Improvements

• Preparation for documentation web page
  • Screenshot generation tool to generate screenshots for showing how UI looks for specific TS code
• Preparation for theming support