Recent Releases

2.6.305 Mar 2025 09:25 minor bugfix: Feature: It is now possible to view what URLs are visited in Share/Website mode using the CLI tool, with `--log-filenames`. Feature: It is now possible to automatically start a saved persistent onion tab, once OnionShare itself starts and once Tor is connected. : It is now once again possible to request bridges and use meek as a Pluggable Transport. : a fatal error with Censorship Circumvention when no bridges are returned. : an with lack of gevent with SocketIO on systems that don't have it. : a thread-related race condition segfault with the CLI tool on shutdown. : an with the 'auto-stop timer' when the CLI tool is being used in 'Share mode' and someone has visited the share at least once. Desktop was unaffected, as were all other modes. Locales: Gaeilge, Slovenฤina and Tamil languages introduced, and various other translations in existing languages added or improved. Documentation: Added examples of using a systemd unit file for persistent onions, and various other clarifications. Documentation: Documented all the config file parameters and what they mean, as well as that for persistent onion json files. Packaging: Built the snap with a cleanup step in such a way that it should work on Ubuntu 24.04 and higher. Unfortunately, we have to drop support for armhf for now, as there are no PySide6 packages available on Pypi to install for that architecture. However, ARM64 is supported. Packaging: ARM64 packaging for Flatpak. Packaging: Many internal packaging improvements that make it easier for us to release snap and flatpak. Miscellaneous: Many dependency updates to Python libraries, Tor, Snowflake. Miscellaneous: Various minor /warning messages resolved, and minor changes to some wording for the 'Save this tab' option to make it clearer that this means 'persistent onion address'. Miscellaneous: Nicer and more intuitive icons with better dark mode support.
2.6.222 Mar 2024 06:45 minor bugfix: Security : Removes newlines from History item path. Security : Set a maximum length of 524288 characters for text messages in Receive mode. Security : Allows only specific ASCII characters for usernames and removes control characters. Security : Forcefully disconnect user from chat on `disconnect` event. Security : Handle username validation excpeptions to prevent silent joining.
2.6.128 Feb 2024 19:41 minor bugfix: * Release updates: Automate builds with CI, make just 64-bit Windows release, make a single universal2 release for both Intel and Apple Silicon macOS * Upgrade dependencies, including Tor, meek, and snowflake * Bug fix: Restore the primary_action mode settings in a tab after OnionShare reconnects to Tor * Bug fix: Fix issue with auto-connecting to Tor with persistent tabs open * Bug fix: Fix packaging issue where Windows version of OnionShare conflicts with Windows version of Dangerzone * Bug fix: Fix 'Use a bridge' checkbox state change * Bug fix: Raise error from waitress if not shutdown