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v1.0.0-beta.20 Pre-release

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github-actions released this 04 Oct 16:52

v1.0.0-beta.20

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v1.0.0-beta.19 Pre-release

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github-actions released this 29 Sep 05:59

v1.0.0-beta.19

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Aether 1.0.0-beta.19

New: My Servers extension (official)

Pick an instance and jump straight into the game.

Servers tab - your saved servers with live status (MOTD, players, ping).
Hit Play to launch and auto-connect.
Worlds tab - your singleplayer worlds with last-played dates. Hit
Play to launch directly into the world (Minecraft 1.20+).
Server lists load fast and revisits are instant thanks to concurrent
pinging with per-server timeouts plus smart caching.

New: extension APIs for server & launch features

servers:list / ping / listWithStatus (bulk ping, cached),
servers:manage (create/delete/read/write server files),
servers:process (start/stop/console/EULA, max 2 servers),
saves:list (world metadata), instances:launch (quick-connect).
Aether-SDK 1.2.0 published with full types, permission probes, and a
createIframeBridge() helper that bakes in the correct UI↔backend
messaging rules.

Fixed

Extension UIs timing out with "Request timed out" due to postMessage
origin/marker mismatches - messaging rules corrected and documented.
Server rows showing null • offline - bridge structs now expose the
documented lowercase field names.
Restored the truncated Skin Maker backend script.
Themes, game console (Log4j parsing, scroll, preserved logs), checksum
verification, macOS titlebars/text selection/clipping, dropdown
behaviour, memory labels, and Modrinth instance filtering (see
CHANGELOG for the full list).

For extension developers

See docs/API.md (servers, worlds, quick-launch), docs/SERVER_MANAGER_UI.md
(corrected IPC protocol - read §3 before building a sidebar UI), and the
My Servers source in extensions-src/my-servers/ as a reference implementation.

Feature/servers api by @wayback09 in #42

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v1.0.0-beta.18 Pre-release

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github-actions released this 27 Sep 17:54

v1.0.0-beta.18

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v1.0.0-beta.17 Pre-release

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github-actions released this 27 Sep 15:07

v1.0.0-beta.17

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Highlights

Modern Linux Support (WebKit2GTK 4.1)

Migrated Linux binaries and AppImage packaging to WebKit2GTK 4.1 (-tags webkit2_41).
Resolves crashes and missing shared library errors on modern Linux distributions (Ubuntu 24.04+, Fedora 39+, Arch Linux, and Debian 13+) where the deprecated libwebkit2gtk-4.0 was removed from package repositories.

Modular Home Dashboard & Widgets

Added an optional modular widgets system to the Home overview:

Recent Instances & Quick-Play: Quick-launch cards for recently played instances with single-click start.
Screenshot Showcase: In-app gallery previewing recent in-game screenshots with a full-size lightbox viewer and one-click copy to clipboard.
Live Services Status: Real-time reachability and latency monitors for Mojang & Minecraft servers (Authentication, Sessions, Textures, API).
News & Updates Feed: Integrated with Mojang's modern v2 news feed (v2/news.json) for real-time Minecraft patch notes, snapshot updates, and official Aether release announcements.
Privacy & Layout Control: All dashboard widgets are disabled by default. You can selectively enable or disable individual widgets in Settings -> Home Dashboard.

Sidebar Navigation Refresh

Renamed the "Extensions" sidebar tab to "Marketplace" for clearer discovery of both Extensions and Themes by @tomatopotato17265

Extension UI Polish

Cleaned up official Aether-maintained extensions (screenshot-manager, modrinth, curseforge), replacing raw emoji icons with native SVG outlines.
Improved date formatting across the news feed to distinguish current-year patch notes from archived entries.

What's Changed

feat(ui/sidebar): rename 'Extensions' to 'Marketplace' by @tomatopotato17265 in #41
feat(home): modular dashboard overview with quick-play, screenshots, services monitor, and news feed
feat(settings): add Home Dashboard toggles to selectively enable or disable widgets (disabled by default)
fix(news): migrate news feed client to active Mojang v2 API endpoint with tag and image fallbacks
fix(linux): build with -tags webkit2_41 and libwebkit2gtk-4.1-dev for modern distribution compatibility
fix(ci): eliminate duplicate GlobalSettings declaration in TypeScript bindings and resolve type checks
style(extensions): replace emojis with lightweight inline SVGs across official extensions