Helix 1.8.0 is a numbered private-LAN release. Keep it on a network you control. Public-internet exposure is not supported.
The dashboard Update Helix control uses these SHA-256-pinned source assets. It does not use git pull. Game containers are not replaced.
- 2026-09-29
Changed
- Home layout editing is rebuilt around a real 12-column grid. Drag a widget by
its title bar and it follows the cursor; the other widgets move out of the way
as you go and settle upward, so a widget can be dropped anywhere, including
under a shorter widget that sits beside a tall one. Drag a widget's corner to
resize it by columns and rows. Escape cancels a drag. Select a widget and use
the arrow keys to nudge it, or Shift and the arrow keys to resize. - Widgets keep exactly the same size in edit mode. The edit controls float over
the tile instead of adding a row to it, and widget settings (now including the
title and the exact width and height) open in a panel above the grid instead
of inside the widget. - Each widget's position is saved with the layout. Existing layouts are placed
automatically the first time and keep their order. - On narrow windows Home stacks widgets in one column; moving and resizing wait
for a wider window.
Fixed
- Adding a Shortcut widget stopped the Home layout from saving ("Using this
browser's saved copy") until a web address was typed, because the server
rejected a shortcut without one. An empty shortcut now saves; a filled-in
address must still be an http or https link.