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Kip v0.6.0

Platform File
Windows 10/11 x64 Kip-Setup-*.exe — run it; per-user install, no admin prompt
Linux x64 (AppImage) Kip-*.AppImage — chmod +x, run it; updates itself
Linux x64 (portable) Kip-*.tar.gz — tar -xzf, run ./kip

From here on Kip can update itself: the in-app "a newer Kip is available" banner gets an Update button (Windows installer + AppImage). The portable tar.gz updates by hand.

Windows SmartScreen: the binary is signed but the certificate is self-issued, so SmartScreen still shows unknown publisher — More info → Run anyway.
Linux/Wayland: ./kip --ozone-platform-hint=auto.


  • Mindmaps — a new kind of page where the map is the outline. Make one
    from the Mindmaps entry in the sidebar (or the whiteboards dashboard). The
    page H1 is the central topic and bullets are branches; it stays plain
    Markdown, so it syncs, greps, hatches and exports like any other page.
    • Clean auto-laid-out tree renderer with collapse/expand — not a whiteboard.
    • Edit structure on the map: Enter / Tab / Shift+Tab, a toolbar for add /
      delete / indent, and drag a topic to re-parent it (cycle-safe).
    • Click the central topic to name the map.
    • Map-wide themes, per-topic colour and shape, TODO / DOING / DONE markers,
      a notes side panel, and clickable pasted links — all stored as Markdown
      block properties, so they round-trip through the file.
    • New tree — a topic that starts its own tree, unconnected to the
      centre. Drag a topic onto empty canvas to detach it, onto another node to
      reconnect it.
    • Flip between the map and the plain outline editor with a header button or
      Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+M.
  • Whiteboards are now off by default. Existing whiteboards are untouched;
    turn them back on — and toggle Mindmaps — under Settings → Advanced.
    Full changelog: https://github.com/JWE24-code/kip-app/blob/v0.6.0/CHANGELOG.md
    Retrieval layer: https://github.com/JWE24-code/kip/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md
    First-run guide: https://github.com/JWE24-code/kip/blob/main/docs/GETTING-STARTED.md