Releases · itchio/itch

10 Feb 18:45

leafo

v26.7.0-canary

106ff92

v26.7.0-canary Latest

Latest

This release upgrades from Electron 25 to Electron 33. macOS 10.15 (Catalina) is no longer supported macOS 11 (Big Sur) or later is now required.

This is release is made available as an intermediate for upcoming Electron to allow for us to bisect for any issues.

Electron

Upgrade from Electron 25 to Electron 33 (#3382)
esbuild target updated to Node 20 and Chrome 130 to match Electron 33
Updated openAsHidden login item setting to only apply on Windows (removed from macOS in newer Electron)

Other

Changed app ID from com.squirrel.itch.itch to io.itch.itch (itch setup has been updated to create shortcut for new app id)
Disabled remote locale fetching (locales.itch.zone no longer exists)

Assets 6

06 Feb 20:40

leafo

v26.6.0

cba5b6f

v26.6.0

This is the first stable release since v26.1.9 and includes all changes from v26.2.1-canary, v26.3.0-canary, v26.4.0-canary, and v26.5.0-canary releases.

Highlights

Native Apple Silicon support The app now runs natively on arm64 macOS (Apple Silicon). The auto-updater will automatically pull the correct version for your system. All supplemental binaries (butler, itch-setup) will also be replaced with their arm64 equivalents. The app should start faster, run faster, and have less impact on your battery since it no longer needs to run through Rosetta emulation.

New OAuth login The default login method is now an OAuth flow that opens your browser to complete authentication. This replaces the in-app username & password login as the default. Password login remains available as a fallback. We're making this change because password-based API login endpoints are frequent targets for credential stuffing attacks, and our previous captcha solution didn't work reliably in Electron.

Build System & Infrastructure

Fully migrated CI/CD from GitLab CI to GitHub Actions, all builds are now built, signed, notarized, and deployed through GitHub Actions
macOS builds are signed and notarized. Windows builds are code-signed via Azure Code Signing
Migrated from Webpack to esbuild for faster builds and smaller bundles
32-bit binaries are fully retired

Electron & React

Upgraded to Electron 25 (from Electron 22) (Note: We are prioritizing Electron updates going forward but we are doing checkpoint releases before the huge app refactor that will have to take place)
Updated @itchio/butlerd fixes the Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'pid') bug
Initial pass at modernizing frontend React components

Accessibility

Clickable elements now use semantic HTML (<button>, <a>) for keyboard navigation and screen reader support
Modal dialogs use the native <dialog> element with proper focus trapping (#3292)
Icons have role="img" and aria-label attributes for screen readers
Remembered profiles use flexbox layout for correct tab order

UI Improvements

Broth component in preferences is now expandable, showing executable path, version, directory, and source channel
Playtime duration tooltips now show precise hours/minutes/seconds on hover

Bug Fixes

Fix errors related to /register, /random, and other system pages (#3009)
Fix context menus when clicking games (#2890)
Fix clipboard operations in the URL bar and login form
Fix error on SendFeedback page (#2951)
Fix duplicated slash in path to user profile
Fix protocol check for URL handling (#3236)
Allow refreshing the app's UI again instead of opening in system browser
Fix missing uninstall dialog title
Set user agent fallback to avoid Cloudflare issues (#3369)

Other

Updated localization strings (Farsi, Chinese Simplified, Indonesian, Italian, and others)

Thank you to @botamochi0x12 and @jls47 for their contributions!

Full Changelog: v26.1.9...v26.6.0

Contributors

jls47 and botamochi0x12

Assets 6

05 Feb 23:02

github-actions

v26.5.0-canary

73f1be4

v26.5.0-canary

This is the first version of the app to officially support arm64 on macOS (aka Apple silicon)! The auto-updater will automatically pull the arm64 version for those on Apple silicon. No separate reinstallation necessary. All supplemental binaries (butler, itch-setup) will also automatically be replaced with their arm64 equivalent. New version of butler and itch-setup have also been deployed to coincide with this release. The app should now start faster, be faster, and have less impact on your battery since it no longer needs to run through emulation on modern macOS computers.

This version of the app also includes our new OAuth login flow. We plan to retire username & password login in the app in favor of an OAuth login that requires a browser to complete the login. Unfortunately API endpoints that allow someone to authenticate via a username & password are prime targets for credential stuffing attacks. Our previous solution to this was to add a captcha in the app, but it broke more often than not, as electron is not a regular browser.

The OAuth login is now the default screen. Username & password will remain available as a secondary option until we verify that people don't have any issues logging in.

Notes on arm64

Because the app is booted by itch-setup, we decided to remove the universal build of the electron app we published with the last canary version. itch-setup will pick the version of the app that is correct for your system, so it's not necessary to download an app that is 2x the size that runs on both intel and arm64. (We do provide universal builds on the kitch installation program though)

This update also completes our major refactor and migration of our CI system to GitHub Actions. All executables are now built, signed, notarized, and deployed through a GitHub actions workflow. We look forward to adding support for arm64 Windows and Linux in future updates now that we have completed the foundation.

With the new CI we are fully retiring all 32 bit binaries that we used to publish. Many of these were already not being updated anymore, but we'll be removing the download links entirely from broth.

Build System & CI

macOS signing and notarization done on GitHub Actions via separate job (new release/sign-macos.js)
Windows code signing via Azure Code Signing in CI
Separate macOS x64 and arm64 builds (removed @electron/universal, builds are no longer merged into a universal binary)
Tagged builds are published to itchio via butler through GitHub Actions
Restored integration test workflow on GitHub Actions
Removed GitLab CI references, fully migrated to GitHub Actions
Use tarballs for artifact transfer to preserve symlinks and permissions
Upgraded @electron/packager v18 to v19, @electron/notarize v2 to v3
No longer installs external npm dependencies during packaging (dependencies are bundled by esbuild)

Login

New OAuth login flow with PKCE as the default login method
Password login still available as a fallback ("Log in with password" link)
OAuth callback handled via itch://oauth-callback protocol
Manual code paste fallback for when the browser redirect doesn't work
New butlerd message: Profile.LoginWithOAuthCode

React & Dependencies

Upgrade React 16 to React 17
Upgrade styled-components to 5.3.11
Added typed Redux hooks (useAppDispatch, useAppSelector)
Many class components converted to functional components with React.memo
Replaced react-container-dimensions with built-in ContainerDimensions component using ResizeObserver
Removed rimraf dependency (use native fs.rm)
Removed RandomSvg component (unused)
Removed recursive-copy dev dependency

UI Improvements

Broth component in preferences now expandable, showing executable path, version, directory, stage, source channel
Playtime duration tooltips now show precise hours/minutes/seconds on hover
Remembered profiles layout improvements

Accessibility

We did a pass over all clickable button like elements to ensure that they use semantic HTML elements like to ensure that they can be navigated to and activated with a keyboard
Icons now have role="img" and aria-label for screen readers
Search results use standard scrollIntoView() for keyboard navigation instead of deprecated scrollIntoViewIfNeeded()
Remembered profiles use flexbox layout instead of absolute positioning, improving tabbing order

Platform

macOS: proper arm64 architecture detection for broth packages (no longer hardcoded to amd64)
macOS: binary architecture validation — re-downloads amd64 binaries on arm64 Macs
Broth package state now tracks download channel

Other

Updated localization strings (Farsi, Chinese Simplified, Indonesian, Italian, and others)

Assets 6

09 Dec 00:20

github-actions

v26.4.0-canary

4ce8354

v26.4.0-canary

NOTE: We are in the process of working out migration to our build system, builds on the GitHub release are not signed and notarized, and therefore are not uploaded to https://itchio.itch.io/kitch

Build System

Add arm64 and universal builds to GitHub Actions
Add @electron/universal for macOS universal binary support
Clean build artifact names published to the GitHub release

Assets 7

08 Dec 21:12

github-actions

v26.3.0-canary

10291eb

v26.3.0-canary

Note: Due to modern Windows signing requirements we'll likely be migrating
the entire build system to GitHub actions. Right now we're doing builds in
parallel to work out the details. Currently no builds uploaded to GitHub
releases are signed or notarized but you're welcome to run them.