Rustman v0.3.15-dev.51

Rustman 0.3.15 The portability release

This release focuses on Linux portability, arm64 support, and better response handling.

Added

• HTML responses with Save and Open in browser actions.
• Save response for PDFs, images, archives, and other binary files.
• Linux and Windows arm64 builds.
• OpenAPI/Swagger YAML import and GraphQL support.
• Kanagawa theme, Basic Auth password visibility toggle, and collection subfolders.
• Updater opt-out for distro packagers.

Fixed

• Removed WebKitGTK and pdfium dependencies from Linux builds.
• Fixed the first HTML response crash.
• Fixed updater architecture selection and obsolete -nokit asset selection.
• Fixed automatic update checks running on launch.
• Fixed freezes when pasting large cURL commands.
• Improved editor performance, cursor movement, and selection.

Changed

• Update checks are now opt-in.
• Removed embedded HTML and PDF previews.
• Moved the scripting engine and code editor into separate repositories.

Thanks

Contribution	Reported by	Built / fixed by
#62 Updater opt-out and code review	@barnumbirr	@animeshchaudhri
#63 WebKit crash on first HTML response	@barnumbirr	@animeshchaudhri
#45 Linux libwebkit2gtk requirement	@tanc	@animeshchaudhri
#57 Update-check network traffic	@devland	@animeshchaudhri
#53 Collection subfolders	@lolmaus	@animeshchaudhri
#58 Large-paste freeze	@animeshchaudhri	@animeshchaudhri
#47 / PR #48 GraphQL body	@tanc	@tanc
PRs #54, #55, #56, #61	@atwof	@atwof
#41 Nix flake	@mortymacs	In progress

Downloads: https://github.com/rust-man-org/rustman/releases

Full changelog: v0.3.14-dev.50...v0.3.15-dev.51

Rustman v0.3.14-dev.50

Rustman v0.3.14-dev.50

Built from commit 6d2fd81cd9ddbb2441a254f96bdb806b98841a6b.

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What's Changed

Features

• Added GraphQL request support with separate Query and Variables panes ([#48](#48)).
• Added the Kanagawa theme ([#54](#54)).
• Added a password visibility toggle for Basic Auth ([#55](#55)).

Collections and Sidebar

• Added nested subfolders with unlimited nesting depth.
• Added drag-and-drop reordering.
• Made the sidebar resizable.
• Added context menus for collections, folders, and requests.
• Added double-click renaming. Press Esc to cancel.
• Added an export-all-collections option.

Linux

• Added rustman-linux-x86_64-nokit.tar.gz for systems without libwebkit2gtk, including immutable Linux distributions.
• HTML responses appear as readable text in the no-WebKit build.

Performance and UI

• Response viewer now handles large responses in 512 KB chunks instead of truncating them.
• Long names display an ellipsis, with the full name available on hover across collections, history, Git, and settings.
• Added cache memory safeguards.
• Reduced async runtime overhead.
• Consolidated TLS provider configuration.

Other

• Added a hidden creator card. Tap the Settings footer three times to reveal it.

Contributors

Thanks to everyone who contributed to this release!

• @tanc for GraphQL support.
• @atwof for the Kanagawa theme and Basic Auth password visibility toggle.
• @animeshchaudhri for contributions to Rustman.

Full Changelog: v0.3.13-dev.49...v0.3.14-dev.50

Rustman v0.3.13-dev.49

Rustman vv0.3.13

Built from commit 164b762a7f6a7bd3aa16e47c0a9faf288ff5c410.

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What's Changed

• Fix variable interpolation in the URL field sending a doubled scheme by @tanc in #50
• Add clone request in collection by @tanc in #52
• Scripting added contains keyword
• Roadmap rustman has a roadmap now. @animeshchaudhri
• Flows are the big one: a saved chain of requests you can re-run

New Contributors

• @tanc made their first contribution in #50

Full Changelog: v0.3.12-dev.47...vv0.3.13

Rustman v0.3.12-dev.47

Rustman v0.3.12-dev.47

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What's Changed

• Fixed GPU initialization and multiple crash paths in editor and UI state handling.
• Fixed UTF-8 byte-slicing panics in Git commits, tabs, and URLs.
• Reworked editor focus and pointer capture to prevent conflicting input and shortcut handling.
• Optimized text buffer insertion/deletion and large-range selection rendering.
• Fixed syntax highlighting for invalid JSON and dynamically detected pasted content.
• Added safeguards for large responses with 2 MB / 50K line rendering limits.
• Eliminated redundant JSON parsing, autosave serialization, Git processing, and per-frame rendering work.
• Fixed WebSocket TLS provider conflicts and added HTTP/1.1, certificate, and TLS compatibility options.
• Fixed WebView2 recovery and DPI-aware native window positioning on Windows.
• Added native application icons and desktop integration for Windows and Linux/Wayland.
• Fixed theme propagation, scrollbar sizing, and widget layout issues.

Full Changelog: v0.3.11-dev.46...v0.3.12-dev.47

Rustman v0.3.11-dev.46

Rustman v0.3.11 -> Rustman Scripting

This release introduces one of Rustman's biggest features yet Rustman Scripting.
You can now write pre-request scripts and response test cases directly inside Rustman using rustman-engine, a lightweight scripting language built from scratch in pure Rust. No JavaScript, no embedded runtime, and no pm.*
Just a small language designed specifically for API testing.

The complete language reference, built-in documentation, and an LLM prompt for generating scripts are available here

https://animeshchaudhri.github.io/rustman/scripting.html

New Features

• Rustman Scripting (pre-request & test scripts)
• Global Scripts that run before every request
• Built-in support for environment variables, headers, cookies, JSON, JWT, AES encryption/decryption, Base64, and console output
• Dedicated Tests tab with pass/fail assertions and console logs
• Rich response previews for Excel, PDF, HTML, and binary responses
• Global default request timeout
• Improved Tab navigation and selectable console output
• Better cURL export, including multipart form support

Bug Fixes

• Fixed form-data requests incorrectly using multipart instead of application/x-www-form-urlencoded
• Fixed cookie parsing from raw Cookie headers
• Fixed number formatting (7.0 → 7)
• Fixed Ctrl+Z affecting the wrong editor
• Fixed blank editor rendering and rendering artifacts
• Fixed Global Scripts editor paste issues
• Fixed macOS and Linux self-update crashes
• Fixed cURL export issues with form fields and Excel MIME types
• Fixed crashes when previewing PDF and binary responses

Community Contributions

Thanks to @hkscript for contributing

• Fixed the request editor incorrectly showing an unsaved state after non-edit actions.
• Improved startup performance by lazily initializing the HTTP client, reducing cold-start time.

Built from commit 8ee2abdba5790a040f1d9fffbb5199a92778ee30.

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What's Changed

• build fixes by @animeshchaudhri in #35

Full Changelog: v0.3.11-dev.43...v0.3.11-dev.44

v0.3.11-dev.43

Merge pull request #34 from animeshchaudhri/revert-33-revert-32-dev

Revert "Revert "Rust man release 0.3.11""

v0.3.11-dev.41

Merge pull request #32 from animeshchaudhri/dev

# Rustman v0.3.11 — Rustman Scripting

This release introduces one of Rustman's biggest features yet **Rustman Scripting**.

<img width="1942" height="809" alt="rustman-scripting" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/b4591671-f1c9-450d-877a-ef6bab07c7d6" />

You can now write **pre-request scripts** and **response test cases** directly inside Rustman using **rustman-engine**, a lightweight scripting language built from scratch in **pure Rust**. No JavaScript, no embedded runtime, and no `pm.*` 
Just a small language designed specifically for API testing.

The complete language reference, built-in documentation, and an LLM prompt for generating scripts are available here

**https://animeshchaudhri.github.io/rustman/scripting.html**

### New Features

* Rustman Scripting (pre-request & test scripts)
* Global Scripts that run before every request
* Built-in support for environment variables, headers, cookies, JSON, JWT, AES encryption/decryption, Base64, and console output
* Dedicated **Tests** tab with pass/fail assertions and console logs
* Rich response previews for Excel, PDF, HTML, and binary responses
* Global default request timeout
* Improved Tab navigation and selectable console output
* Better cURL export, including multipart form support

### Bug Fixes

* Fixed form-data requests incorrectly using multipart instead of `application/x-www-form-urlencoded`
* Fixed cookie parsing from raw `Cookie` headers
* Fixed number formatting (`7.0` → `7`)
* Fixed Ctrl+Z affecting the wrong editor
* Fixed blank editor rendering and rendering artifacts
* Fixed Global Scripts editor paste issues
* Fixed macOS and Linux self-update crashes
* Fixed cURL export issues with form fields and Excel MIME types
* Fixed crashes when previewing PDF and binary responses

Rustman v0.3.10-dev.42

Rustman v0.3.10-dev.42

Built from commit 7a5f9043af3afb38f64a35b70a54490127ab3c9a.

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What's Changed

• Revert "Rust man release 0.3.11" by @animeshchaudhri in #33

Full Changelog: v0.3.11-dev.41...v0.3.10-dev.42

Rustman v0.3.10-dev.40

Rustman v0.3.10

• Added a draggable panel splitter for resizable request and response panels.
• Added a left/right panel layout option in Settings → Layout.
• Added Find & Replace (Ctrl+H) with automatic search pre-fill.
• Ctrl+F and Ctrl+H now use the selected text or word under the cursor.
• Fixed plain text body syntax highlighting (text/plain).
• Fixed splitter resizing for smoother and more accurate dragging.
  Built from commit 5abcb4539bcfe432550fe58e9978e5558c0c95c4.

New Layout Bottom

New Layout left right

What's Changed

• UI overhaul and quality of life improvements by @animeshchaudhri in #28

Full Changelog: v0.3.9-dev.39...v0.3.10-dev.40
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Rustman v0.3.9

Built from commit 5eab0310.

Download the installer below. If you already have Rustman installed, it will update automatically.

Highlights

New themes

Rustman now has 6 full themes instead of just accent colors.

• Amber (default)
• Violet
• Nord
• Dracula
• Solarized
• Light

Each theme changes the whole UI, including the background, text, borders, and accent colors.

Better UI

The whole app has been cleaned up.

• Better colors and contrast
• Better spacing
• Better typography
• Panels are easier to tell apart

New default font

Rustman now includes Noto Sans, so text looks the same across Windows, macOS, and Linux.

UI improvements

• Colored HTTP method badges in tabs
• Better tab spacing
• Collapsible sidebar with tooltips
• Better empty states
• Cleaner Params and Headers editor
• Less visual clutter
• Scrollbars only appear when needed

Git fixes

• Clone URL / Open Folder is visible again.
• Re-cloning the same repository now works instead of failing.

What's Changed

• Refactor UI components for improved styling and some git bugs by @animeshchaudhri in #24
• fix: update version numbers in Cargo.lock and index.html to 0.3.8 by @animeshchaudhri in #25

Full Changelog: v0.3.8-dev.37...v0.3.9-dev.39