Krit Desktop 2.0.38

Krit Desktop 2.0.38

Published July 26, 2026.

What changed

• Comprehensively rebuilt the game-activity detector's exclusion list after
  a third false positive (Microsoft.WidgetsPlatformRuntime, following
  ChxApp and Office Hub in earlier releases). Rather than patch reactively
  again, the full set of non-game Windows apps was audited and classified:
  the list now covers many more Microsoft first-party utilities and common
  third-party gaming-PC vendor software (graphics, audio, and peripheral
  control panels), plus general pattern matching for locale packs, runtime
  components, and similar non-game package families. Real games such as the
  Solitaire Collection, Minecraft, and Sea of Thieves remain detectable.
• Fixed a bug where, in a narrow startup race, a second app instance could
  fail to defer to an already-running one and instead create its own
  competing window and tray icon — leaving Quit, Check for updates, and
  Refresh unresponsive if that stale instance was the one on screen.
• Windows installers are Authenticode-signed.
• Linux builds are available as AppImage, DEB, and RPM.

Install

Linux users can select and verify the appropriate package automatically:

curl -fsSL https://voice.krit.gg/install-linux.sh | sh

SHA-256 values for every file are published in release-history.json.

Krit is in beta. Existing installations receive updates through Krit's normal
in-app update flow.

Krit Desktop 2.0.36

Krit Desktop 2.0.36

Published July 26, 2026.

What changed

• Expanded the game-activity false-positive fix from 2.0.35: a running
  Microsoft.MicrosoftOfficeHub background tile was found reporting as
  "Playing." Added the standard set of Windows-bundled first-party apps
  (Office Hub, Bing Weather, Mail and Calendar, and others) to the
  exclusion list, while keeping real games such as the Solitaire
  Collection and Minecraft fully detectable.
• Windows installers are Authenticode-signed.
• Linux builds are available as AppImage, DEB, and RPM.

Install

Linux users can select and verify the appropriate package automatically:

curl -fsSL https://voice.krit.gg/install-linux.sh | sh

SHA-256 values for every file are published in release-history.json.

Krit is in beta. Existing installations receive updates through Krit's normal
in-app update flow.

Krit Desktop 2.0.35

Krit Desktop 2.0.35

Published July 26, 2026.

What changed

• Fixed a game-activity false positive: a running Windows system component
  (Microsoft.Windows.Apprep.ChxApp, part of a SmartScreen reputation
  check) could be reported as a game the user was "Playing." Local game
  discovery now filters out Windows OS system components and known Xbox
  infrastructure before matching against installed games.
• Added diagnostics to the system tray icon: main-process errors are now
  logged to a dedicated main.log, and tray creation retries automatically
  if the OS shell isn't ready yet at startup.
• The offline Windows installer is now the default/primary download instead
  of the small online installer, after confirming via live signature checks
  that the online installer's SmartScreen warning reflects a heuristic bias
  against small bootstrapper-style executables, not a signing defect.
• Windows installers are Authenticode-signed.
• Linux builds are available as AppImage, DEB, and RPM.

Install

Linux users can select and verify the appropriate package automatically:

curl -fsSL https://voice.krit.gg/install-linux.sh | sh

SHA-256 values for every file are published in release-history.json.

Krit is in beta. Existing installations receive updates through Krit's normal
in-app update flow.

Krit Desktop 2.0.34

Krit Desktop 2.0.34

Published July 25, 2026.

What changed

• Fixed a startup freeze: on launch, local game-activity detection could
  block the entire app — the window, its rendering, and even the tray icon —
  for a minute or more on machines with many installed Windows Store apps.
  A discovery step was making one blocking system call per installed package
  instead of a non-blocking one. It's now fully asynchronous and never
  blocks startup, regardless of how many packages are installed.
• Windows installers are Authenticode-signed.
• Linux builds are available as AppImage, DEB, and RPM.
• The small Windows web installer downloads the full signed package.

Install

Linux users can select and verify the appropriate package automatically:

curl -fsSL https://voice.krit.gg/install-linux.sh | sh

SHA-256 values for every file are published in release-history.json.

Krit is in beta. Existing installations receive updates through Krit's normal
in-app update flow.

Krit Desktop 2.0.32

Krit Desktop 2.0.32

Published July 24, 2026.

What changed

• Added hybrid local game-activity detection: alongside the existing curated
  title list, Krit now recognizes already-installed Steam, Epic (via Heroic
  on Linux), GOG, Microsoft Store, and Battle.net games — entirely on-device,
  with no launcher account connection required for any of it.
• You can manually identify a running game Krit doesn't recognize from
  Settings > Privacy & Activity; a match always requires confirmation against
  Krit's game database before it's remembered.
• Detection stays local and opt-in, exactly as in earlier releases: only a
  single recognized game's name and stable ID ever leave the device, never a
  process list or file path.
• Windows installers are Authenticode-signed.
• Linux builds are available as AppImage, DEB, and RPM.
• The small Windows web installer downloads the full signed package.

Install

Linux users can select and verify the appropriate package automatically:

curl -fsSL https://voice.krit.gg/install-linux.sh | sh

SHA-256 values for every file are published in release-history.json.

Krit is in beta. Existing installations receive updates through Krit's normal
in-app update flow.

Krit Desktop 2.0.31

Krit Desktop 2.0.31

Published July 19, 2026.

What changed

• Native Windows minimize, maximize, and close controls now follow Krit's
  selected theme instead of leaving a mismatched dark strip.
• Preserves the expanded 66-title game detector and desktop unread badge from
  2.0.30.
• Windows installers are Authenticode-signed.
• Linux builds are available as AppImage, DEB, and RPM.
• The small Windows web installer downloads the full signed package.

Install

Linux users can select and verify the appropriate package automatically:

curl -fsSL https://voice.krit.gg/install-linux.sh | sh

SHA-256 values for every file are published in release-history.json.

Krit is in beta. Existing installations receive updates through Krit's normal
in-app update flow.

Krit Desktop 2.0.30

2.0.30 (2026-07-19)

Changes

• First Authenticode-signed Windows release; expanded game detection to 66 titles and added the desktop unread badge.

Archived installers

These are original retained beta packages. Current users should normally install the latest release.

SHA-256

• Krit-Setup-2.0.30.exe: 1878863a5e08c9c37dce26cc89bd1dbe8f19d4f999641d091da95974dea08ae2
• Krit-2.0.30-x86_64.AppImage: 52d62a40546139996d9d15b09a579413ff6c3effbd15e8e53d470c8fb9520d16
• krit-2.0.30-1.x86_64.rpm: 06163e59eec6b69261d95c0b21d63e69a79b610c11bf1ecb0d39e3e19df1d747
• Krit-Web-Setup-2.0.30.exe: f7aecd7c4a7227ae3564d8cffb60455ddcdcfa2f35c077626d2bb5683da0c122
• krit_2.0.30_amd64.deb: 2a3b471c40019c400cd858d14f6adf38d36b9835252ad0095b821b8af257193d

Krit Desktop 2.0.29

2.0.29 (2026-07-19)

Changes

• Introduced the small Windows web installer and update-delivery packaging used by later releases.

Archived installers

These are original retained beta packages. Current users should normally install the latest release.

SHA-256

• Krit-Setup-2.0.29.exe: dbbcd5dedaac153d44bf13d22d08212f9e3b069c639add4f02c33b3d133c9d0e
• Krit-Web-Setup-2.0.29.exe: 7b4f9d5f9f3842034ee4ad33bbbf5d1d79470a1b8931e212492b70bbda7654ae

Krit Desktop 2.0.26

2.0.26 (2026-07-18)

Changes

• Consolidated the late-beta Windows and Linux packages around the current media, account-security, and native-window foundation.

Archived installers

These are original retained beta packages. Current users should normally install the latest release.

SHA-256

• krit_2.0.26_amd64.deb: 05823a65843b868361e784eea7ceccf7d624bd66ceed0c451c2c6798cf78c5fe
• krit-2.0.26-1.x86_64.rpm: 1a0b38c9c5adfec330e2fddc484dc8261bfb5a305e29dc43e452e1d554eb5c1c
• Krit-2.0.26-x86_64.AppImage: 265fc87902b18f666f2f5e09437a13249f6c788ff401b649a5b0e072e6995529
• Krit-Setup-2.0.26.exe: 0c30c66f7f9d2b0a4f8924fa131a66dfb22237acd53c3b2ce4fabe25bb5593c5

Krit Desktop 2.0.25

2.0.25 (2026-07-16)

Changes

• Enabled Chromium PipeWire camera support on Linux and brought Windows packaging to the matching desktop shell.

Archived installers

These are original retained beta packages. Current users should normally install the latest release.

SHA-256

• Krit-2.0.25-x86_64.AppImage: 6aed2d14c8dd91c0abb15ef3797fdd93d25f87e508dd7fbaf073f8a9c2378ab5
• Krit-Setup-2.0.25.exe: 02d2a3e31a8c19fb0b8dbb957f2ff9e8d4c85f42e2b1611b5f4a6a34897979ad