MAGE - v0.5a

MAGE

Fifth public release of MAGE.

Changelogs

VERSION 0.5a - 08/09/2026 [ STARTED ON; 28/08/2026]

• Fixed mismatching error string being fed into error_msg.cpp.
• Serialization of chunk indexes in MAGE's AAD is now enforced in little-endian byte order.
• Fixed possible CVE with zipbombs by forging the total_origin_size in file header.
• Added file format specsheet / documentation (MD).
• Added threat model documentation (MD).
• Added KDF specsheet and entropy usage documentation (MD).
• Fix directory flattening bug where folder contents lost their parent directory when
  extracting multiple files / folders at once.
• Added helpful tooltip in settings dialog for tooltips about said settings.

MAGE - v0.4a

MAGE

Fourth public release of MAGE.

Changelogs

VERSION 0.4a - 04/08/2026 [ STARTED ON; 01/08/2026]

• Added AES-256-SIV as a new cipher.
• Settings (via the raw JSON file) can no longer be edited without the app key.
• Added internal debug console (via CTRL + SHIFT + I).
• Added ability to export logs through internal debug console.
• Added proper scrollbar design to replace the old one.
• Fixed CMakeLists.txt failing on UNIX due to LibLZMA package name conflict.
• Fixed X11 (WC) window amensia issue.
• MAGE can now finally be compiled on native Linux / UNIX!
• [ UNSURE ] M4 to go back from dialogs does not work on Linux / UNIX; might be because
  of VMWare disregarding the inputs.
• Added AppImage packaging for Linux / UNIX.

MAGE - v0.3a

MAGE

Second public release of MAGE.

Changelogs

VERSION 0.3a - 09/07/2026 [ STARTED ON; 03/07/2026 ]

• Fixed UX / progress dialog not hanging on non-cryptographic actions.
• Fixed text cutting off in archive creation dialog.
• Fixed CTRL + Q / M4 / ESC not closing the app when app is opened respective dialog through
  the context menu.
• ENTER in the archive and decrypt dialogs preforms the respective operation.
• Encrypted archives can now contain already encrypted MAGE files.
• Added proper SFX handling to UNIX / Linux based systems.
• Optimized read and write logic of archives.
• Added UNIX metadata handling (Win32 <-> UNIX).
• Added UNIX filetime handling (Win32 <-> UNIX).
• Added MAGE IPC server for in-process communication.
• Fixed selecting multiple files or folders open multiple instances of MAGE.
• The context menu tab in settings is now unavailable on UNIX based systems or any
  non-Windows based OS.
• Fixed path not being normalized in archive creation dialog if file(s) or folder(s) were
  added via the context menu.
• Added ability to bulk decrypt archives.
• Re-worked decrypt dialog.
• Secured IPC pipeline to prevent leaking of information and denial of service attacks.
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MAGE - v0.2a

MAGE

Second public release of MAGE.

Changelogs

VERSION 0.2a - 28/06/2026 [ STARTED ON; 27/06/2026 ]

• Fixed certain tooltips not rendering in settings tab.
• Fixed app failing to encrypt sometimes when compression algorithm set to "None".
• Removed "None" from compression algorithm.
• Replaced "None" in compression presets with "Store".
• Raw levels for ZSTD and LZMA2 can go to level 0 now to apply no compression (store).
• Added context menu tab in settings.
• Context menus can be installed or removed.
• Tabs in the settings tab are now scrollable.
• You can now do a combination of password + keyfile for creating archives.
• Added an option to clear keyfiles from selection (or with DEL).
• Removed CTRL + SHIFT + K shortcut to differ entropy modes.
• Removed Herobrine. Again.

MAGE - v0.1a

MAGE

First public release of MAGE.

Changelogs

VERSION 0.1a - 19/06/2026 [ STARTED ON; 28/05/2026 ]

• Created path_handler.cpp to handle Windows or UNIX related PATH issues and
  or attacks.
• Created Argon2ID hashing system.
• Created secure memory system with locked memory pages.
• Created cipher / algorithm differations.
• Replaced NaCl's AES-256-GCM with OpenSSL's for performance boost.
• Created the MAGE file format (MAGE); and general archive structure.
• Implement Qt6 GUI.
• Add multiple dialogs (example the archive creation dialog in outs.cpp)
  and hook up QtSignals.
• Added configurable KDF (Argon2ID) settings.
• Created settings being saved to mage.json in %appdata%.
• Added settings clamping to prevent wrongful tampering at runtime.
• Added human-readable error messages, since I am not a robot.
• Added sound effects via sfx.cpp.
• Added dedicated stylesheet.
• Added keyfile support (CTRL + SHIFT + K) for #ThosePeople.
• Hardened memory protection so keyfiles and passwords are wiped from memory properly.
• Added checks to prevent archiving the output file into itself.
• Added checks to prevent encrypting an already encrypted archive.
• Fixed UI issues in the settings and decrypt dialogs, and added CAPS lock detection.
• Locked all dialogs to fixed sizes to prevent the layouts from breaking.
• Drastically improved archive processing speeds by overhauling file I / O and compression logic.
• Prevented silent archive corruption when running out of disk space.
• Added setting to disable mouse clicking...?
• Added static build option to CMakeLists.txt; sure took a while.
• Added dynamic Qt6 building with windeploy.
• Added zipbomb detection.
• Added origin and compressed size to file format.
• Added shortcuts and shortcuts dialog.
• Added about dialog.
• Removed Herobrine.