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.