Honya Desktop v0.2.0

Honya Desktop v0.2.0

This release brings several improvements to the reading experience, catalog browsing, and application updates, alongside better Discord Rich Presence support and more reliable testing on Windows.

✨ What's New

📚 Improved Catalog Browsing

• Catalog pagination: Browse beyond the first page of catalog results with a new Load More option and automatic loading as you scroll.
• Duplicate results are filtered out as additional pages load.
• Improved handling of loading errors, repeated requests, and catalogs with no more results.

🎮 Enhanced Discord Rich Presence

• Novel cover artwork can now appear in Discord Rich Presence when the cover image is accessible to Discord.
• Improved cover handling during reading sessions.

🔄 Improved Auto-Updates

• Added a GitHub release version check before attempting the normal update flow.
• Older or matching releases are correctly recognized as already up to date.
• Improved handling of update-check failures.

🌍 Localization

• Added translations for the new catalog and application-isolation warning UI across the supported desktop locales.

🛠️ Fixes & Improvements

• Fixed a Windows end-to-end test harness issue involving Discord IPC connections.
• Improved test coverage for catalog pagination, Discord integration, and update handling.
• Updated release documentation and test instructions.

⚠️ Known Limitation

Plugin isolation: Plugins currently run without a dedicated isolation boundary. Only install plugins from sources you trust. Stronger plugin sandboxing is being considered for a future release.

📦 Downloads

Choose the build that suits your setup:

• Installer: Honya-Desktop-Setup-0.2.0.exe
• Portable: Honya-Desktop-Portable-0.2.0.exe

The installer provides a standard Windows installation, while the portable build can be run without a traditional installation.

Honya Desktop v0.1.0

Honya Desktop v0.1.0

The first public release of Honya Desktop — a desktop web novel reader built with Electron, React, and Vite.

✨ Highlights

• 📚 Library — Manage your novels, reading progress, bookmarks, and history.
• 🔎 Catalogs & Search — Browse novels and search through supported sources.
• 📖 Reader — Read chapters with progress tracking, chapter navigation, and offline support.
• ⬇️ Downloads — Download chapters for offline reading with a dedicated download queue.
• 🔄 Updates — Check and update your library's chapters.
• 🎨 Themes — Multiple built-in themes, including Sakura, Pure Black, Off-White, and additional themes.
• 🌍 Localization — Multi-language interface with RTL support.
• ⚙️ Settings — Reader, library, download, appearance, language, and other preferences.
• 🔊 Text-to-Speech — TTS support with chapter text chunking.
• 🎮 Discord Rich Presence — Optionally show the novel and chapter you're currently reading on Discord.
• 💾 Persistent local storage — Library, chapters, progress, history, bookmarks, and preferences persist between launches.
• 🔌 LNReader-compatible sources — Honya Desktop uses the LNReader ecosystem to access supported novel sources.

🖥️ Desktop Features

• Native Electron desktop application
• Windows installer and portable builds
• Single-instance application handling
• Local SQLite-based storage
• Offline-first reading
• Automatic preservation of existing user data when updating/reinstalling

📦 Windows Builds

This release provides:

• Installer — Standard Windows installation
• Portable — Run Honya Desktop without installing it

The Windows builds are currently unsigned, so Windows SmartScreen may display a warning when launching them.

⚠️ Known Limitations

• The application is currently distributed without code signing.
• Some LNReader sources may not work correctly due to source-specific compatibility requirements.
• Plugin/source code currently runs in the Electron main process and should therefore only be used with trusted sources.

📄 License

Honya Desktop is released under the MIT License.

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Honya Desktop v0.1.0 is the foundation for the desktop edition of Honya. Future releases will continue improving compatibility, polish, synchronization, updates, and the overall reading experience.