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@RohannShetty RohannShetty released this 23 Aug 11:15
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GitBook Downloader v9.0.0 Stable Release

GitBook Downloader v9.0.0 is the official stable release featuring a complete desktop architecture re-engineering with React 18 + Vite + Tailwind CSS + shadcn/ui, pure Python PDF generation via fpdf2, native Windows Explorer integration, automated documentation-root scoping for subpage URLs (e.g. ui.shadcn.com/docs/installation), and AI-ready vector JSONL RAG export pipelines.


🌟 Key Highlights & Features in v9.0 Stable

  • 🎨 Modern shadcn/ui Design System:

    • Re-architected desktop frontend built on Radix UI primitives and shadcn zinc tokens.
    • Collapsible sidebar with active status indicators, badge counters, and light/dark theme toggle.
    • Universal Ctrl+K / Cmd+K Command Palette for rapid view navigation and document searching.
    • Dynamic light/dark theme adaptive Sonner toast notification system.
  • Pure-Python PDF Generation Engine (fpdf2):

    • Zero external C/GTK+ runtime requirements: exports true %PDF- document books with syntax-highlighted code blocks, clean typography, headers, and footers directly from markdown.
  • 📁 Native Windows Explorer & System Reader Integration:

    • Direct Windows Explorer highlighting (explorer.exe /select,"<path>") and default system-associated document viewing for exported PDFs, Markdown books, and JSONL datasets.
    • In-app split Document Reader with live page filtering, table of contents, and one-click markdown copying.
  • 🔍 Universal Doc-Root Auto-Expansion:

    • Seamlessly handles subpage URLs (like https://ui.shadcn.com/docs/installation) by automatically scoping to /docs and downloading all related documentation pages.
  • 📦 RAG & AI Vector Dataset Export Studio:

    • Export offline documentation libraries directly to JSONL format tailored for LangChain, LlamaIndex, OpenAI embeddings, and ChromaDB.
  • 🛡️ Zero-Crash Worker Lifecycle & Thread Safety:

    • Safe stop/cancel/restart state machine eliminating race conditions.
    • Comprehensive test suite with 484 unit and integration tests passing.

📦 Downloads

  • gitbook-dl.exe: Standalone Windows 64-bit binary (Single file, zero runtime installation needed).

Full Changelog: v8.0.0...v9.0.0

Full Changelog: v8.0.0...v9.0.0

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