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@nixfred nixfred released this 01 Sep 23:15
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v2.0.0
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2.0.0 — 2026-08-31

The "complete for Fred" release: everything on the roadmap that makes Blip
feel like Messages, plus the hardening a stranger needs.

Added

  • Contact photos in the sidebar (imsg avatar streams the Contacts
    thumbnail; cached 7 days under ~/.cache/blip/avatars, negative-cached).
  • Rich-link cards: URL messages render title / summary / preview image /
    host, click opens the link; a message that is only the URL shows just the card.
  • Unread count in the app window title (Blip (3)).
  • App window: real gutters, no hero chip, looser sidebar (1.9.3, 1.10.1).
  • Dedicated ssh key confined on the Mac to the five bridge tools
    (blip-dispatch), with its own ControlMaster socket (1.10.0).
  • automation= switch in bridge.conf gating IPC send/read (1.10.0).
  • blip-check on the Mac + honest failure states in the panel (1.9.0).
  • Sent files are kept in ~/.blip/sent so your own photos stay showable (1.11.0).

Security / privacy (Codex audit, docs/SECURITY.md)

  • Message text never travels in argv on either machine (--text-stdin,
    --text-stdin-bytes, osascript script on stdin) (1.9.4, 1.11.0).
  • bridge.conf is parsed, never sourced; host validated; ssh -- (1.9.4).
  • Only media/pdf/text attachments reach xdg-open; auto-fetch has a hard
    transfer cap; cache refuses symlinks; catch-up fetch bounded (1.9.4).
  • Contact names keyed by the last ten digits never pick the wrong person (1.9.4).

Fixed

  • SUPER+M dying after every plugin update: Omarchy hot-reload leaves the
    old widget answering qs ipc (reported upstream, omacom/omarchy#9533);
    the keybind now decides from Hyprland's client list (1.10.1).
  • A hidden FloatingWindow is recreated, never re-shown (Quickshell never
    re-maps it) (1.8.3, 1.10.1).
  • Four QML-invariant tests had silently failed since 1.8.0 (1.11.0).
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