Kanyx 1.0.0 — First Stable Release

[zehnzwanzig]

Kanyx is a free, open-source, offline-first and portable Kanban board built with Python, PySide6 (Qt 6), and SQLite.

Windows x64 is the primary supported release. A Linux x64 experimental build is also provided, but has not yet been validated through a full graphical test on a target Linux machine.

Highlights

• Work entirely offline — no account, subscription, cloud service, or installation required for the portable Windows download.
• Boards, draggable tasks and columns, archiving, duplication, priorities, tags, due dates, checklists and attachments.
• Markdown previews, card colors, custom wallpapers, and appearance controls.
• Workspace export/import (.kanyx), database backups, and integrity checks.
• 12 UI languages: English, German, Spanish, French, Japanese, Korean, Italian, Simplified Chinese, Brazilian Portuguese, Polish, Russian and Hindi.

Improvements since the release candidates

• More usable layouts when the window is small or the UI is scaled up.
• Translucent drag previews for columns.
• Adding/removing attachments now respects Save and Cancel.
• Cancelling creation of a task no longer creates an unwanted record.
• Imported appearance settings are applied immediately.
• Collapsed columns use a clearer expand control.
• Search and priority filters are highlighted, with an obvious reset action, so tasks no longer appear to be missing unexpectedly.

Downloads and installation

Windows x64: Download Kanyx-v1.0.0-windows-x64.zip. Extract the whole Kanyx/ folder and run Kanyx.exe. Keep _internal/ next to the EXE.

Linux x64 (experimental): Download Kanyx-v1.0.0-linux-x64-experimental.zip, extract the whole Kanyx-linux/ directory, and run chmod +x Kanyx-linux && ./Kanyx-linux. Some distributions may require additional Qt/XCB desktop libraries, and USB mounts marked noexec cannot run executables directly.

Updating from RC1 or RC2: Export a .kanyx workspace backup, close the application, extract the new release into a separate folder, and copy your original data/ folder into it. Never overwrite the existing workspace with an empty data/ folder.

Checksums: Kanyx_v1.0.0_SHA256SUMS.txt contains SHA-256 hashes for both binary archives and the accompanying Qt source ZIP.

Verification and limitations

• GitHub Actions: 44 tests passed on Windows (Python 3.12), including the new GUI regression tests; all Windows/Linux CI jobs and both portable builds completed successfully.
• The Linux GUI has not been manually validated on a target Linux system. Its release is experimental.
• Kanyx is single-user and does not provide cloud synchronization, encryption, or simultaneous multi-instance workspace editing.
• The distributed application can show 1.0.0 internally; this is the correct stable version.

Kanyx's own source is under the MIT License. Qt/PySide6 and other dependencies have their own licenses. Review THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES.md, the accompanying Qt source package, and docs/RELEASE_COMPLIANCE.md. A preliminary bundle audit is not proof of complete license compliance; corresponding-source and other third-party obligations require independent verification before distribution.

Community

• Project: https://github.com/zehnzwanzig/kanyx
• Website: https://zehnzwanzig.github.io/kanyx/
• Bug reports: https://github.com/zehnzwanzig/kanyx/issues/new/choose
• Discussions: https://github.com/zehnzwanzig/kanyx/discussions

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