v0.8.4
This version adds remembered trusted board website permissions, browser P2P stats, clearer unreleased build labels, safer Android updates, and several media, settings, and posting fixes.
- Web app: https://5chan.app
- Decentralized web app via IPFS/IPNS gateways (works on any browser): 5chan.eth.limo, 5chan.eth.link, 5chan-eth.ipns.dweb.link
- Decentralized web app via IPFS node you run: https://5chan.eth (works on Brave Browser or use IPFS Companion)
Downloads
macOS
- Apple Silicon (arm64): Download DMG
- Intel (x64): Download DMG
- If macOS shows "5chan.app is damaged and can't be opened. You should move it to the Trash.", run this in Terminal to fix it:
xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine "/Applications/5chan.app"then open the app again.
Windows
- Installer (x64): Download EXE
- If Windows shows "Windows protected your PC" (SmartScreen), click "More info" then "Run anyway". To permanently allow, right-click the .exe → Properties → check "Unblock", or run in PowerShell:
Unblock-File -Path .\path\to\file.exe.
Linux
Android
- APK: Download
Static HTML build
- Static HTML archive (zip): Download
Changes
0.8.4 (2026-05-11)
Bug Fixes
- account settings: activate imported account (4f1b4d9)
- deps: update vulnerable transitive dependencies (529e8ed)
- embed: restore x status embeds (5187938)
- faq: scope visited link color to content (a860859)
- markdown: allow repeated greentext markers (719005e)
- media: classify mp4-formatted gif previews as video (36bb1f7)
- remove Android self-install updater (#1125) (aaa0d88)
- settings: move pure p2p toggle below fields (cbc5088)
- settings: remove Solana RPC advanced option (a88c2e5)
- state string: shorten browser p2p loading text (055ead8)
- themes: restore classic topbar separators (77dd0e9)
Features
- challenge modal: remember trusted board websites (cb05a8b)
- p2p settings: add browser p2p stats (14a4790)
- version: show unreleased commit label (#1126) (2b2c517)
Performance Improvements
- directories: dedupe refreshes across hook mounts (5fe6537)