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05 Sep 2024 - Extraterm Qt v0.79.0 released - Features Read more
25 Jun 2024 - Extraterm Qt v0.78.1 released - Fixes Read more
19 Jun 2024 - Extraterm Qt v0.78.0 released - Features Read more
14 May 2024 - Extraterm Qt v0.77.0 released - Features Read more
10 Apr 2024 - Extraterm Qt v0.76.1 released - Fixes Read more
24 Feb 2024 - Extraterm Qt v0.76.0 released - Features Read more
26 Nov 2023 - Extraterm Qt v0.75.0 released - Features Read more
04 Nov 2023 - Extraterm Qt v0.74.0 released - Features Read more
07 Sep 2023 - Extraterm Qt v0.73.0 released - Features Read more
29 Jun 2023 - Extraterm Qt v0.72.0 released - This release is centered around integrating the Qt-Advanced-Docking-System. This adds a huge amount of flexibility regarding how tabs work. Now you can drag tabs in and out of their window and between windows. Tabs can also be dragging side-by-side into separate “split” panes of groups of tabs. Read more
05 May 2023 - Extraterm Qt v0.71.1 released - Bug Fixes Read more
12 Mar 2023 - Extraterm Qt v0.71.0 released - This release is a mixed bag of smaller features and fixes. Read more
05 Feb 2023 - Extraterm Qt v0.70.0 released - Version 0.70 upgrades the underlying Qt version from 5 to 6. Support for global shortcuts has been restored too. Qt 6 might introduce some sizing and rendering glitches, especially when different monitor DPIs are involved. Please report any instances of this happening. Read more
27 Dec 2022 - Extraterm Qt v0.69.0 released - The new Colorizer extension has been added. This is a completely new extension which can automatically highlight certain words in the terminal output. For example, “Warning” and “Error”. It is configurable and supports regular expressions so you can detect and highlight things like dates and IP addresses if you want to. Read more
25 Nov 2022 - Extraterm Qt v0.68.0 released - Find functionality has been added. It is fast and highlights occurences by default. Read more
28 Oct 2022 - Extraterm Qt v0.67.0 released - It is a busy time of the year and this release took much longer to reach than expected. A huge amount of work went into optimising the build process and the final application build files and packaging. Most of the code is now being compressed and unused code is aggressively being removed. This results in smaller package and installer sizes and also an application which starts up faster. Read more
24 Aug 2022 - Extraterm Qt v0.66.0 released - Features Read more
16 Jul 2022 - Extraterm Qt v0.65.0 released - Features Read more
02 Jul 2022 - Extraterm Qt v0.64.0 released - Features Read more
17 Jun 2022 - Extraterm Qt v0.63.0 released - Features Read more
29 May 2022 - Extraterm Qt v0.62.0 released - Feature Read more
13 May 2022 - Extraterm Qt v0.61.0 released - Feature Read more
26 Apr 2022 - First preview of the new Qt based Extraterm - In the middle of last year I decided to move this project off Electron and onto a foundation built around Qt and NodeJS with NodeGui in the middle tying these two together. The goal being to improve resource usage, stability, and performance. Read more
21 Jan 2022 - Extratem 0.59.4 released - Bug fixes Read more
01 Jan 2022 - Update on Move to Qt - It has been just over 6 months since I announced the plan to move Extraterm away from being an Electron application to one based on Qt and NodeJS with the help of NodeGui. The goal being to improve resource usage, stability, and performance. Read more
26 Jul 2021 - Extraterm v0.59.3 released - Bug fixes Read more
26 Jun 2021 - New Qt Direction, Same Destination - With Extraterm I’ve always aimed to create a featureful, cross-platform terminal emulator which also dares to experiment with new ideas. Extraterm’s design philosophy could best be described as “maximalist”. It has quite a few features which you just will not find elsewhere, and my list of interesting ideas is by no means empty. But most of all Extraterm is intended to be practical and enjoyable to use. It is not just some experiment. It aims to be your daily driver. Read more
01 May 2021 - Extraterm v0.59.2 released - Changes Read more
23 Apr 2021 - Extraterm v0.59.1 released - Bug fixes Read more
17 Apr 2021 - Extraterm v0.59.0 released - This release changes how the main Extraterm application is started up. It will now try to open the first terminal session in the same directory from where Extraterm was started. This makes it easier to support integration with operating system desktops. For example, support for the “Open in Terminal” menu item in Linux Mint’s file manager and other Linux desktops. Read more
19 Feb 2021 - Extraterm v0.58.0 released - Autocomplete is the big feature for this release. Ctrl+; or Cmd+; will open the autocomplete pop up at your cursor where you can quickly search and select a line of text to type directly into your terminal. The list of suggestions is filled by scanning the last two pages of text on the screen. Read more
22 Jan 2021 - Extraterm v0.57.1 released - Bug fixes Read more
07 Jan 2021 - Extraterm v0.57.0 released - Features Read more
16 Dec 2020 - Extraterm v0.56.0 released - This release adds support for the hyperlink terminal escape sequence. Hyperlinks are now displayed for utilities output them. For example, ls --hyperlink=auto will display the folder contents with links. Clicking on a link and holding the Control key will open the link in the default external application like your web browser or file manager. A couple of link related menu items appear on the context menu too, “Open link” and “Copy link/path”. Read more
20 Nov 2020 - Extraterm v0.55.2 released - This is a quick release to fix some regression bugs which appeared in the previous release. Read more
16 Nov 2020 - Extraterm v0.55.1 released - A bug fix release. Read more
31 Oct 2020 - Extraterm v0.55.0 released - This is a “tapas” release with many smaller features and fixes all gathered and served up together. Read more
17 Oct 2020 - Extraterm v0.54.0 released - This release brings the option to configure the default format for the terminal title in the session settings. Read more
18 Sep 2020 - Extraterm v0.53.1 released - Changes Read more
28 Aug 2020 - Extraterm v0.53.0 released - New features Read more
20 Jul 2020 - Extraterm v0.52.0 released - New features: Read more
05 Jun 2020 - Extraterm v0.51.0 released - New features: Read more
20 May 2020 - Extraterm v0.50.0 released - This release cycle focuses on the infrastructure needed to support extensions/plugins. This is a first step, but it is possible to create extensions and manually install them. The Settings tab also contains a new Extensions area which shows the current list of extensions, allows them to be enabled or disabled, and also presents detailed information about each one. Read more
15 Apr 2020 - Extraterm v0.49.3 released - Bug fixes: Read more
16 Mar 2020 - Extraterm v0.49.2 released - Bug fixes and changes: Read more
09 Feb 2020 - Extraterm v0.49.1 released - Bug fixes: Read more
26 Jan 2020 - Extraterm v0.49.0 released - The headline feature for this release is support for font ligatures. “Programming” ligatures in fonts like Fira Code, Monoid, Hasklig, or even the new font Cascadia Code, can now be displaying inside Extraterm. Read more
27 Nov 2019 - Extraterm v0.48.0 released - New features: Read more
15 Nov 2019 - Extraterm v0.47.0 released - New features: Read more
11 Oct 2019 - Extraterm v0.46.0 released - The options for framing command output using the shell integration now support framing only when command output is longer than some line of lines. Read more
15 Sep 2019 - Extraterm v0.45.0 released - A lot of work has gone into improving mouse support for applications. Mouse wheel scrolling now works correctly in the micro and nano text editors and possibly others. Read more
01 Sep 2019 - Extraterm v0.44.1 released - Bug fixes: Read more
21 Aug 2019 - Extraterm v0.44.0 released - Cursor styles, blinking and bug fixes Read more
14 Aug 2019 - Extraterm v0.43.0 released - Improved character rendering and new features Read more
30 May 2019 - Extraterm v0.42.2 released - Bug fix release: Read more
04 May 2019 - Extraterm v0.42.1 released - Bug fix: Read more
03 May 2019 - Extraterm v0.42.0 released - This feature release adds the option to change the title shown in terminal tabs. Fields and icons are available to format the tab title. It is accessible via the “Edit title” command or context menu on the tab. (Specifying tab titles for session type will be added in the future.) Read more
15 Apr 2019 - Extraterm v0.41.4 released - Bug fixes: Read more
07 Apr 2019 - Extraterm v0.41.3 released - Bug fixes: Read more
25 Mar 2019 - Extraterm v0.41.2 released - Bug fix: Read more
23 Mar 2019 - Extraterm v0.41.1 released - Bug fixes: Read more
08 Mar 2019 - Extraterm v0.41.0 released - Note: If you have made customised keybindings then you will have to delete it, duplicate and recreate it. Sorry. Read more
02 Jan 2019 - Extraterm v0.40.0 released - First feature release for 2019 has: Read more
21 Dec 2018 - Extraterm v0.39.0 released - This feature release introduces: Read more
10 Dec 2018 - Extraterm v0.38.1 released - This is a small bug fix release. Read more
07 Dec 2018 - Extraterm v0.38.0 released - This release introduces a new default user interface theme called “Two Dark”. It is a port and tweak of the “One Dark” theme from the Atom text editor. It is a modern and minimal theme and just like in Atom, it also automatically adapts to the selected terminal color theme. Matching terminal and syntax color themes have also been added. The previous two UI themes are still available. Read more
19 Nov 2018 - Extraterm v0.37.4 released - Bug fix release: Read more
11 Nov 2018 - Extraterm v0.37.3 released - Fix for a regression introduced in the last release which broke the UI scaling. Read more
09 Nov 2018 - Extraterm v0.37.2 released - This release just fixes a blocking bug for macOS reported in issue 131. Read more
01 Nov 2018 - Extraterm v0.37.1 released - This release fixes a build and packaging issue which affected macOS builds and caused problems when installing Extraterm on case-insensitive file systems. issue 130 Read more
20 Oct 2018 - Extraterm v0.37.0 released - New features and fixes: Read more
22 Sep 2018 - Extraterm v0.36.2 released - This is a bug fix and minor improvement release. Read more
02 Sep 2018 - Extraterm v0.36.1 released - This is a bug fix release. Read more
23 Aug 2018 - Extraterm v0.36.0 released - This is a large release which contains a lot of work under the hood where CodeMirror has been replaced with Ace to support “in place” text editing. This big change will permit much more flexibility in the future, but right now don’t be surprised if there are some unexpected breakages. There are also a quite a few new smaller features. Read more
04 Jun 2018 - Extraterm v0.35.2 released - This release is a bug fix release for a problem which broke the show command and prevented it from displaying text files. Read more
25 May 2018 - Extraterm v0.35.1 released - This release is a bug fix release for a problem where Extraterm would crash at start up on Windows if your UI scaling was set to 150%. issue #96 Read more
19 May 2018 - Extraterm v0.35.0 released - This release is focused on better support for Windows and its command line shells such as the classic cmd.exe, Windows PowerShell, PowerShell Core and Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL). Read more
05 May 2018 - Extraterm v0.34.0 released - This release makes it possible to have different kinds of terminal sessions with their own shell. One the new “Session Types” part of the Settings tab you can create and configure different sessions and to set the default one to use. Read more
14 Apr 2018 - Extraterm v0.33.1 released - This is just a quick bug fix release to fix the terminal font selection not working as reported in issue #84 Read more
08 Apr 2018 - Extraterm v0.33.0 released - UI related improvements and some bug fixes. Read more
25 Mar 2018 - Extraterm v0.32.0 released - A bug fix and feature release. Read more
26 Feb 2018 - Extraterm v0.31.0 released - A bug fix and minor feature release. Read more
23 Feb 2018 - Looking Forward - In my last post I talked about what happened in the last quarter of a year of development. Now it is time to pause for a moment and take a broader view of where the project is and which features and functionality we might want to add next. Read more
16 Feb 2018 - Looking back at the last few months - I want talk a bit about what has been going on for the last few months and where I’m thinking of taking it next. This will mostly be a mix of musings about the future and what the americans call “inside baseball”. Read more
13 Feb 2018 - Extraterm v0.30.0 released - This release is focused on big improvement to how the show and from commands do their work. Now it is possible to use show and from to move and operate on large files. These files are kept on disk in encrypted form as long as Extraterm is running and the files are still present in a terminal tab. show also supports showing binary files as downloads. Read more
06 Oct 2017 - Extraterm v0.29.2 released - This bug fix release fixes a bad problem where Extraterm won’t start up if its configuration directory doesn’t exist. Read more
01 Oct 2017 - Extraterm v0.29.1 released - This minor release fixes a recently introduced bug which broke the from command Read more
26 Sep 2017 - Extraterm v0.29.0 released - This release focuses on eliminating UI and text alignment glitches, and adds UI scaling. Read more
10 Sep 2017 - Extraterm v0.28.0 released - Version 0.28.0 fixes a bunch of annoying bugs. Read more
25 Aug 2017 - Inject Shell Integration Command and Extensions - Some info about the new “Inject Bash/Fish/Zsh Shell Integration” commands, extensions/plugins and current work. Read more
25 Aug 2017 - Extraterm v0.27.0 released - Version 0.27.0 adds an experimental feature called “Inject Shell Integration” which can set up the Extraterm shell integration by injecting it directly into the current shell. Read more
23 Jul 2017 - Extraterm v0.26.0 released - Version 0.26.0 features a new logo for the project and many bug fixes. Read more