4.8.0 - 2026-06-17

Release Notes

🚀 Features

• Add image preview support & preview spinner while loading (#1081)

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Multiline popup cmd misread (#1088)
• Tmux sigpipe (#1090)

📚 Documentation

• Update ARCHITECTURE.md

⚡ Performance

• Optimize --tac pipeline (#1089)

⚙️ Miscellaneous Tasks

• Add msrv checks (#1083)
• Add image tests & examples
• Format imports

Install skim 4.8.0

Install prebuilt binaries via shell script

curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -LsSf https://github.com/skim-rs/skim/releases/download/v4.8.0/skim-installer.sh | sh

Install prebuilt binaries via powershell script

powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -c "irm https://github.com/skim-rs/skim/releases/download/v4.8.0/skim-installer.ps1 | iex"

Download skim 4.8.0

File	Platform	Checksum
skim-aarch64-apple-darwin.tar.xz	Apple Silicon macOS	checksum
skim-x86_64-apple-darwin.tar.xz	Intel macOS	checksum
skim-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc.zip	x64 Windows	checksum
skim-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc.msi	x64 Windows	checksum
skim-aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.xz	ARM64 Linux	checksum
skim-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.xz	x64 Linux	checksum
skim-aarch64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.xz	ARM64 MUSL Linux	checksum
skim-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.xz	x64 MUSL Linux	checksum