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Devolutions UniGetUI 2026.1.4​

This release is the culmination of the full migration to the Devolutions organization and adds foundational improvements for long-term governance and cross-platform support.

General changes​

• The project is now officially maintained under the Devolutions organization. All URLs, publisher fields, badges, and links are updated.
• New build pipelines unify Windows and cross-platform .NET 10/Avalonia builds, with improved signing and release artifact automation.
• CONTRIBUTING, SECURITY, and documentation have been extensively revised for Devolutions practices.
• Translation system overhauled from Tolgee to a PowerShell-based export/import workflow, ensuring all languages are always 100% complete.
• A cross-platform Avalonia port is now present, laying groundwork for macOS/Linux support.
• All update, release, and artifact download links now use devolutions.net domains.
• Security contacts and vulnerability reporting updated for Devolutions process.
• Legacy automations, GitHub Actions, and icon workflows either modernized or removed.
• Updated installer assets, metadata, and product feed endpoint for Devolutions.
• Reworked build and release flow to consolidate and streamline maintenance.

What's Changed​

• Major translation export/import rework and PowerShell script improvements under .agents/skills
• Documentation refresh reflecting Devolutions migration and new policies
• Expanded test workflow with multi-platform and CI robustness
• Removal of non-Devolutions support references (Patreon, Ko-fi, old feedback links)

Release UniGetUI v2026.1.4 · Devolutions/UniGetUI

Devolutions UniGetUI 2026.1.4 This release is the culmination of the full migration to the Devolutions organization and adds foundational improvements for long-term governance and cross-platform su...

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UniGetUI v2026.1.5​

This release delivers new features, requested enhancements, and important bug fixes. All contributions since v2026.1.4 are included.

General changes​

• New Minimum Age Setting:
  • Added a settings option to configure the minimum installation age for packages. This helps administrators enforce policies on package update timelines and block immediate upgrades when needed.
• Improved localization processes, ensuring new and updated UI strings are consistently translated.
• Enhanced Avalonia (cross-platform) port with improved rendering on Linux, and added macOS-specific UI tweaks.
• Updated in-app help links and documentation to reference the latest community forums and support resources.
• Various UI/UX refinements for smoother navigation in Settings and Package Manager pages.

Fixes​

• Fixed a crash when toggling experimental cross-platform features on certain Linux environments.
• Resolved inconsistent results in the package update check dialog.
• Fixed rare issues causing the settings window to close unexpectedly after saving options.
• Addressed bugs where backup/restore operations would hang if authentication was incomplete.
• Fixed a regression where the file picker dialog could fail due to missing Windows SDK components.
• Minor visual and accessibility bug fixes across the Preferences and About dialogs.

Security & Maintenance​

• Improved OAuth authentication error handling, including better error messages.
• Hardened artifact download validation with stricter checksum enforcement.
• Updated dependencies and audit scripts for ongoing platform security compliance.

Developer & Build​

• Unified build pipelines for Windows, Linux, and macOS with simplified branching and artifact publishing.
• Improved test suite execution speed and resilience against CI network outages.
• Refined translation export/output scripts for easier contributor onboarding.

Release UniGetUI v2026.1.5 · Devolutions/UniGetUI

Devolutions UniGetUI 2026.1.5 This release delivers new features, requested enhancements, and important bug fixes. All contributions since v2026.1.4 are included. General changes New Minimum Age S...

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Devolutions UniGetUI 2026.1.6​

This is a minor release with key bugfixes and small improvements.

Changes​

• Replace test image links with GitHub raw URLs (#4586)
• Fixed --daemon parameter not working (#4591)
• Refined translations (#4595)
• Fix update of Scoop packages installed using a manifest URL (#4594)

Release UniGetUI v2026.1.6 · Devolutions/UniGetUI

Devolutions UniGetUI 2026.1.6 This is a minor release with key bugfixes and small improvements. Changes Replace test image links with GitHub raw URLs (#4586) Fixed --daemon parameter not working (...

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Devolutions UniGetUI 2026.1.7​

This release delivers new features, enhancements, and important bug fixes.

General changes​

• Added APT, DNF, and Pacman package managers for compatible Linux
• Support snap as a package manager
• Add macOS .app bundle packaging with styled DMG
• Move language files, prune legacy strings, and translate all languages to 100%
• Remove bundled Chocolatey CLI
• Handle WinGet COM exceptions in FindPackages and fallback to CLI
• Updated and revised translations
  • Ukrainian and Russian updated #4637
  • Serbian revised #4630
  • Translation doc refreshed #4632

Fixes​

• Fix Homebrew installation error on Apple Silicon
• Implement fix for application crash

UI/UX Improvements​

• Display last update check time on reload button (Avalonia & classic UI

Release UniGetUI v2026.1.7 · Devolutions/UniGetUI

Devolutions UniGetUI 2026.1.7 This release delivers new features, enhancements, and important bug fixes. General changes Added APT, DNF, and Pacman package managers for compatible Linux Support...

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Devolutions UniGetUI 2026.1.8

This release introduces major improvements and new features, as well as key bug fixes and enhancements

Highlights​

• Remove bundled WinGet CLI
• Integrate Pinget (portable WinGet) as fallback
  • Automatic fallback to Pinget—our portable WinGet alternative—when the official WinGet is missing or unavailable.
• Modern Avalonia UI for Windows
  • A fully featured modern Avalonia-based UI for Windows is now available!
    Users can toggle between classic and modern UIs.

Other Important Changes​

• Flatpak integration
  • Added Flatpak as a supported package manager.
• UI/UX Improvements and Parity
  • Avalonia/WinUI feature parity, maximization, and navigation improvements.
  • Classic mode launcher added.
  • Main window resizable on Linux.
• Accessibility
  • Many accessibility fixes for screen reader users and improved focus management.
• Translations
  • Synchronized and fixed various translation errors.
• Branding and Documentation
  • Updated Devolutions branding.

Fixes​

• Fix RPM install failure on Fedora 38+
  • Solved dependency problems with liblttng-ust.so.0.
• Fix Chocolatey installer validation
• Fix navigation bar accessibility for screen readers

Release UniGetUI v2026.1.8 · Devolutions/UniGetUI

Devolutions UniGetUI 2026.1.8 This release introduces major improvements and new features, as well as key bug fixes and enhancements Highlights Remove bundled WinGet CLI Integrate Pinget (portable...

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Devolutions UniGetUI 2026.1.9

This release is focused on important bug fixes and improvements for all platforms, providing a more stable experience.

Highlights​

• macOS Code Signing Improvements
  • All macOS build artifacts are now properly code signed. This resolves trust/security prompts on recent macOS versions.

Bug Fixes​

• Fix color issues for operation output and theme switching
• Fix Pinget detection and Avalonia WinGet settings
• Fix for Portable package being deleted when updating
• Avalonia: Updated packages now auto-remove from the updates list
• Avalonia: fix Windows elevator not working
• Avalonia: Fix application crash with webview

Release UniGetUI v2026.1.9 · Devolutions/UniGetUI

Devolutions UniGetUI 2026.1.9 This release is focused on important bug fixes and improvements for all platforms, providing a more stable experience. Highlights macOS Code Signing Improvements All...

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Devolutions UniGetUI 2026.1.10

This release is focused on bug fixes and improvements for all platforms.

Improvements​

• Added a warning when a winget host changed between two versions
• Enhanced the update functionality and logging
• Reduced Windows release package size
• Reduced navigation bar item size to fit long translations
• Improved the operation output views in the Avalonia UI
• Avalonia: Added support to the system tray on non-Windows machines

Bug Fixes​

• Fixed elevator in avalonia not working
• Fixed portable package being deleted when updating
• Fixed packages remaining in update list after a successful update
• Fixed pinger not finding some update

Release UniGetUI v2026.1.10 · Devolutions/UniGetUI

Devolutions UniGetUI 2026.1.10 This release is focused on bug fixes and improvements for all platforms. Improvements Added a warning when a winget host changed between two versions Enhanced the up...

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Devolutions UniGetUI 2026.1.11

This release focuses on bug fixes and improvements across all platforms, with an emphasis on enhancing overall app stability and reliability.

Highlights​

• Fixed several issues affecting the WinGet integration. While some edge cases may still exist, this release includes major fixes and improvements and is now available for user testing.

Improvements​

• Avalonia: Improved the UI to better match the original WinUI version
• Avalonia: The application now remembers window size and position between launches
• Rework the minimum age feature to partially support Winget

Bug Fixes​

• Avalonia: Fixed missing translation in the context menu
• Avalonia: Fixed a transparent border appearing around the window edges
• Avalonia: Fixed a WebView crash
• Fixed an issue where PowerShell 7 updates were not displayed

Release UniGetUI v2026.1.11 · Devolutions/UniGetUI

Devolutions UniGetUI 2026.1.11 This release focuses on bug fixes and improvements across all platforms, with an emphasis on enhancing overall app stability and reliability. Highlights Fixed severa...

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Devolutions UniGetUI 2026.2.0

This release focuses primarily on refining the Avalonia UI, including support for Windows 11 Mica, native styling, and page transition animations.

New Features​

• Added a new option in User Interface Preferences to switch between the new, monochrome, and legacy tray icon styles.
• Added a new option in the WinGet settings page to download package manifests alongside installers.

Improvements​

• Avalonia executable properties are now populated correctly.
• Avalonia: Added page transition animations.
• Avalonia: Added Windows 11 Mica support and native styling.
• Removed the white border around the taskbar icon.

Bug Fixes​

• Updated stale pre-indexed WinGet package details.

Release UniGetUI v2026.2.0 · Devolutions/UniGetUI

Devolutions UniGetUI 2026.2.0 This release focuses primarily on refining the Avalonia UI, including support for Windows 11 Mica, native styling, and page transition animations. New Features Added ...

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Devolutions UniGetUI 2026.2.1

This release brings several quality-of-life improvements, new troubleshooting features, privacy enhancements, and a collection of fixes and stability improvements across UniGetUI.

New Features​

• Added an operation counter to provide better visibility into ongoing package operations.
• Added a setting to automatically redact usernames from exported logs, making it easier to share diagnostic information while protecting personal data.
• UniGetUI now opens the release notes page after updating by default, helping users discover new features, improvements, and fixes. This behavior can be disabled from Settings.
• Expanded diagnostics and troubleshooting capabilities to simplify issue reporting and support.

Improvements​

• Improved update reliability and handling of update-related edge cases.
• Enhanced installer behavior when updating running UniGetUI instances.
• Improved package manager integrations and package metadata processing.
• Refined various user interface elements for a more consistent experience.
• Updated package screenshots, icons, and bundled resources.
• Improved logging and error reporting throughout the application.

Bug Fixes​

• Fixed multiple issues affecting application updates and self-update workflows.
• Resolved several package installation and upgrade edge cases.
• Fixed UI inconsistencies and unexpected behaviors across different pages.
• Improved handling of package manager responses and failure scenarios.
• Addressed issues affecting package discovery and metadata retrieval.
• Fixed a number of stability issues reported by the community.

Performance & Stability​

• Improved overall application stability during package operations.
• Reduced the likelihood of update interruptions and inconsistent update states.
• Various reliability and performance optimizations across the codebase.

Release UniGetUI v2026.2.1 · Devolutions/UniGetUI

Devolutions UniGetUI 2026.2.1 This release brings several quality-of-life improvements, new troubleshooting features, privacy enhancements, and a collection of fixes and stability improvements acro...

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Devolutions UniGetUI 2026.2.2

This release marks the completion of UniGetUI's migration from WinUI to Avalonia. With the remaining WinUI components and dependencies now removed, UniGetUI is fully powered by Avalonia. This update also brings Windows 11 Snap Layouts support, refined styling throughout the application, improved log viewing, new illustrations, and significantly smaller release packages.

Highlights​

• Further refined the Avalonia user interface to better match WinUI styling and behavior across package lists, navigation elements, dialogs, and controls.
• Added support for Windows 11 Snap Layouts when hovering the maximize button, matching the behavior of native Windows applications.
• Added illustrations for empty and loading package list states, improving visual feedback throughout the application.
• Improved the operation log window so automatic scrolling no longer interrupts users when reviewing previous log entries.
• Reduced installer and application package sizes, resulting in smaller downloads and a significantly leaner Windows distribution.

User Interface Improvements​

• Improved package list styling, column headers, backgrounds, hover states, and selection indicators for a more polished and consistent experience.
• Refined sidebar navigation and segmented controls to better align with modern Windows design patterns.
• Improved package tag badges and icon presentation throughout the application.
• Updated several labels, placeholders, and interface elements for improved clarity and consistency.
• Removed the remaining WinUI-specific styling dependencies, further consolidating the application around Avalonia.

Windows Improvements​

• Added native Windows 11 Snap Layouts integration for the maximize button.
• Improved maximize button hover and pressed visual states to more closely match native Windows behavior.

Performance & Reliability​

• Reduced the size of Windows release packages by removing unnecessary runtime dependencies and optimizing published builds.
• Reduced installer size through improved compression settings.
• Simplified application dependencies and reduced overall maintenance complexity.

Fixes​

• Fixed log output auto-scrolling behavior when manually reviewing previous entries.
• Resolved various UI inconsistencies and styling issues across the Avalonia interface.
• Addressed several minor issues and edge cases throughout the application.

Other Changes​

• Dependency cleanup and project maintenance.
• Internal code refactoring and infrastructure improvements.
• Additional test coverage and build pipeline optimizations.

Release UniGetUI v2026.2.2 · Devolutions/UniGetUI

Devolutions UniGetUI 2026.2.2 This release marks the completion of UniGetUI's migration from WinUI to Avalonia. With the remaining WinUI components and dependencies now removed, UniGetUI is fully p...

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