v2.8

Major changes in v2.8 include:

• PlayStation TIM textures
• S98 audio files
• Support for Kitty and Sixel protocols in terminals to display file icons and banners.
• Improvements for Wii U firmware files, amiibo, and Lua bytecode.
• Numerous improvements for Windows icon handling.
• More ARM NEON optimizations.
• Windows icon allback fix for certain types of files, e.g. Powershell scripts.
• GNU gettext is now built as part of rom-properties using a custom CMake build.

See NEWS.md for the full changelog, including a list of bugs fixed.

The Windows version is now packaged as an installer using Inno Setup.

• For Windows 7 and later, use SetupRomProperties-2.8.exe. (Inno Setup 6.7.3; supports i386, amd64, and arm64)
• For Windows XP, 2003, and Vista, use SetupRomPropertiesXP-2.8.exe. (Inno Setup 5.6.1; supports i386 and amd64)

Ubuntu packages are available from an Ubuntu PPA for the following Ubuntu releases:

• Ubuntu 16.04 "Xenial" Xerus
• Ubuntu 18.04 "Bionic" Beaver
• Ubuntu 20.04 "Focal" Fossa
• Ubuntu 22.04 "Jammy" Jellyfish
• Ubuntu 24.04 "Noble" Numbat
• Ubuntu 26.04 "Resolute" Raccoon

To add the PPA and install rom-properties, run the following commands:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gerbilsoft/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install rom-properties-all

This will install all rom-properties frontends and executables. Individual frontends can be installed by installing the relevant rom-properties-* package.