WordSquirrel 0.5.0

WordSquirrel is a tray-resident vocabulary helper for Windows: press a global
hotkey over any selected text, get a translation in a small popup, save the
words you want to keep, and practice them later with spaced repetition.
Translation uses your own Google Cloud Translation key (bring your own key)
or the built-in offline models.

What's new in 0.5.0

• Updates from the app. When a newer release is published, a tray-menu
  item offers it; one click downloads and installs it silently and restarts
  the app. The check runs at startup and once a day.
• A real icon. The squirrel is in the tray, the window title bar and the
  Start menu.
• Anonymous usage signal (opt-out). The app sends a small heartbeat to
  our server: a random install ID, the app version, the OS, and a handful of
  counters (translations, saves, practice sessions). It never sends your
  text, your words or your API key. You can turn it off any time in
  Settings → Privacy; the full list is in the privacy notice there.
• Remote policy. The server can ask old versions to update before using
  the online translator; offline translation always works.
• Under the hood: Compose Multiplatform 1.12, Nucleus 2.5.18, a simpler
  surface-role system in the UI.

Install

Download wordsquirrel-0.5.0-win-x64-nsis.exe below and run it. Installing
over 0.4.0 keeps your dictionary, settings and downloaded models. From 0.5.0
on, later versions arrive through the tray-menu update item.

SmartScreen

The installer is not code-signed yet, so Windows SmartScreen may show
"Windows protected your PC". Click More info → Run anyway. Verify the
download with the checksum below if you want to be sure.

Data

Your data lives in %APPDATA%\WordSquirrel (database, settings, offline
models) and survives updates and uninstalls.

Checksums (SHA-256)

• wordsquirrel-0.5.0-win-x64-nsis.exe — 3E0D5174F01D481E8D150B55EAD66018128B683ADACD2A68E625D025BA9FE39C (176,651,800 bytes)

Known limitations

• Windows only (x64); unsigned installer.
• Online translation needs your own Google Cloud Translation API key.
• The policy check needs network access once every 14 days; without it the
  online translator pauses until the next successful check (offline keeps
  working).

WordSquirrel 0.4.0

WordSquirrel 0.4.0

WordSquirrel is a tray-resident vocabulary app for Windows: select a word or sentence anywhere, press the hotkey, get the translation in a popup, save it to your personal dictionary and practice it with Leitner-style games. Translation uses your own Google Cloud Translation key (bring your own key) or the built-in offline engine.

What's new

Practice

• Fill the gap — a new game: a sentence from your dictionary with one linked word blanked out and four options; instant feedback, Next, Stop, optional translation hint. Needs sentences saved together with their words.
• Resumable sessions — leave a Flashcards or Fill-the-gap session (switch tabs, go back), and the Practice hub shows In progress · N answered with Resume and New session.
• Deck filter in the session setup: Words / Phrases / Mixed, plus tag filter.

Look

• Light, dark and system theme, switchable from the app bar and remembered.
• New colour scheme — a teal base with a squirrel-orange accent, applied consistently across the main window, the popup and the window frame.
• Unified app bar with a title on every screen and a back arrow on deeper screens.
• Dictionary rows now show tags, dates and the translation engine; sorting and an engine filter.

Fixed

• Opening the main window from the tray now brings it to the front and focuses it, also when it was minimized behind another app (a known limitation of 0.3.0).

Install / update

1. Download wordsquirrel-0.4.0-win-x64-nsis.exe and run it. Installing over 0.3.0 is supported — your dictionary, settings and downloaded offline models survive the update.
2. Windows SmartScreen may warn because the installer is not code-signed: click More info → Run anyway.
3. WordSquirrel starts in the tray; the hotkey (default Ctrl+Shift+C) opens the translation popup.

Checksum

wordsquirrel-0.4.0-win-x64-nsis.exe SHA-256: 00CC1226882DA7467B3657E70ED5439ACCDF91AF83A7B5C03437CF6801C7777B

Verify: certutil -hashfile wordsquirrel-0.4.0-win-x64-nsis.exe SHA256

Known limitations

• The installer is unsigned (SmartScreen warning on first run).
• The tray icon is still a placeholder dot.
• Windows only; Android is planned.

WordSquirrel 0.3.0

WordSquirrel 0.3.0 — first public build (MVP, alpha)

WordSquirrel is a tray-resident vocabulary app for Windows: press a global hotkey over any selected text, get a translation popup, save words and phrases to your personal dictionary, and practice them with Leitner-style flashcards.

What's in this release

• Capture → translate → save: global hotkey (or the tray menu) opens the popup at your cursor with the selected text; online translation via Google Cloud Translation v2 (bring your own API key) or offline translation with downloadable en↔hu models — no account, no server.
• Personal dictionary: words and phrases, tags, details and editing; duplicates are flagged at capture time.
• Practice: Leitner boxes per direction, flashcards with a typed-answer mode, daily statistics.
• Tray-resident: single instance, autostart on Windows boot (switchable in Settings), popup pinning and dragging.
• Fast start with a portable AOT cache.

Install

Download wordsquirrel-0.3.0-win-x64-nsis.exe, run it and follow the wizard (per-user install, no admin rights needed). Installing over an existing WordSquirrel keeps your dictionary and settings — your data lives in %APPDATA%\WordSquirrel.

Windows SmartScreen: the installer is not code-signed yet, so Windows may show "Windows protected your PC". Click More info → Run anyway. Only download WordSquirrel from this repository.

Checksums

File	SHA-256
wordsquirrel-0.3.0-win-x64-nsis.exe	F8658DDC68C672DB488DFE9FB94F49632A52B167299A3306B56C4F3C22FC892F

Verify with: certutil -hashfile wordsquirrel-0.3.0-win-x64-nsis.exe SHA256

latest.yml and .blockmap are auto-update metadata for a future in-app updater — you don't need to download them.

Known limitations

• Unsigned installer (SmartScreen notice above).
• If the main window was minimized and another app took focus, "Open main window" from the tray restores it but may leave it in the background — click it once. Fix planned for the next release.
• The tray icon is a placeholder.
• English UI only; Windows only (Android planned).