• Opening a folder briefly showed the previous folder's files until the new listing arrived.
• The sidebar selection turns grey while Heidrun is in the background, like other Mac sidebars.

Downloads

• Heidrun-1.6.1-191.dmg  (8.0 MB)

Good day!

It's Fall, and looking at this project's history, that apparently means it's Hotline update season! (new releases falling and such, you get it)

The promise has been that we will only support the most recent 2 releases of macOS. Though I didn't adjust the OS version number in this build, the next build will. So anything less than macOS 26 will no longer be supported. This helps keep the project and app fresh and working on Apple's latest while also reducing the complexity of working on this project so it doesn't become a burden.

• Server themes! Each server now takes on colors to make each server feel like a unique space. These colors are pulled from a server's banner image. You can disable themes in settings.
• New connection interface! I've taken a stab at rethinking the connection form in Hotline. Now you can just start typing a server name into the address field and it will show suggestions based on your bookmarks and any trackers you have added automatically. Recent servers appear under the address field.
• Liquid Glass! Some Liquid Glass effects are now used in the toolbar and a few other places.
• Full color toolbar: we're now generating more colors from server banners to make the toolbar even more themed.
• Instant server banners: we now cache server banners locally so you see it immediately upon signing in.

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Downloads

• Hotline.b29.zip  (15.0 MB)

• Back and forward in Files. Swipe with two fingers (the page slides like Safari), use the mouse side buttons, ⌘[ / ⌘] or the new ‹ › buttons; ⌘↑ goes up. Revisited folders appear instantly, with their selection and scroll position.

• The sidebar marks the open feature with an accent-coloured pill.
• The Files column header has a single full-width divider line.

Downloads

• Heidrun-1.6.0-186.dmg  (8.0 MB)

HIM 0.2.0 looks and sounds more like AIM, and adds dark mode, your own colors, and drag-and-drop file sending.

New

• The AIM IM window: your buddy's icon sits in the lower-left corner with no frame, on the light gray it was drawn for.
• The classic AIM sounds are built in: buddy in and out, IM sent and received. Setup still takes your own sound files.
• Dark mode and your own colors: Setup > Theme picks Classic or Dark, and Colors... lets you change any color in HIM, from text and windows to links and the gray behind Buddy Icons.
• Drag and drop: drop a picture or file on an IM window to send it.
• Choose where received files go: Setup > Received files (Downloads/HIM unless you change it).
• Links: web addresses in IMs and chat rooms are clickable and open in your browser.
• Chat rooms: lines relayed from Discord on MacDomain, and from the Hotline Central Hub's Relay, show the real sender: "Tagban: lol (via Discord)".
• Update notice: HIM checks GitHub at startup and shows a one-line notice when a newer version is out. It sends nothing about you.
• BugBot: a suggested buddy for bug reports and ideas. Tell it what happened, send a screenshot if you have one, and it files the report on GitHub.

Fixed

• Linux: clicking a window's title bar (easy to do when a buddy request pops up under the mouse) could leave the window stuck to the pointer.
• Linux: the Flatpak now includes the BadassBuddy icon collection.

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Downloads

• HIM_0.2.0_aarch64.dmg  (12.4 MB)
• HIM_0.2.0_amd64.deb  (13.3 MB)
• HIM_0.2.0_arm64.deb  (13.0 MB)
• HIM_0.2.0_x64-setup.exe  (11.0 MB)
• HIM_0.2.0_x64.dmg  (12.8 MB)
• HIM_0.2.0_x64_en-US.msi  (13.5 MB)
• HIM_v0.2.0_aarch64.flatpak  (11.0 MB)
• HIM_v0.2.0_x86_64.flatpak  (11.4 MB)

A fix for signing up: Get a Screen Name now opens VesperNet's messenger sign-up page, https://agora.vespernet.net/messenger (it went to the wrong page in 0.1.0, so new people couldn't make an account).

Downloads

• Mac (Apple Silicon): HIM_0.1.1_aarch64.dmg · Mac (Intel): HIM_0.1.1_x64.dmg. Both signed and notarized.
• Windows: HIM_0.1.1_x64-setup.exe (or the .msi)
• Linux: .deb for x86_64 and arm64, or the Flatpaks

Downloads

• HIM_0.1.1_aarch64.dmg  (12.3 MB)
• HIM_0.1.1_amd64.deb  (13.2 MB)
• HIM_0.1.1_arm64.deb  (13.0 MB)
• HIM_0.1.1_x64-setup.exe  (11.0 MB)
• HIM_0.1.1_x64.dmg  (12.8 MB)
• HIM_0.1.1_x64_en-US.msi  (13.4 MB)
• HIM_v0.1.1_aarch64.flatpak  (3.5 MB)
• HIM_v0.1.1_x86_64.flatpak  (3.9 MB)

• Hotline: wide user icons are no longer cut off in the Users list. The panel opens wider (280 pixels) and you can drag its left edge to resize it, and icons are drawn at their own size instead of being scaled.

macOS builds are signed and notarized. osx-arm64 is for Apple Silicon, osx-x64 for Intel.

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Downloads

• Invigoration-v2.3.3-linux-x64.tar.gz  (52.9 MB)
• Invigoration-v2.3.3-osx-arm64.zip  (50.8 MB)
• Invigoration-v2.3.3-osx-x64.zip  (53.7 MB)
• Invigoration-v2.3.3-win-x64.zip  (54.6 MB)

The first release of HIM, the Hotline Instant Messenger: a late-90s AIM-style buddy list for the Hotline IM network. It starts out on VesperNet; Get a Screen Name on the Sign On window makes an account.

• Buddy List, IM windows, away messages and auto-responses, offline messages, delivered/read receipts
• HOPE secure sign-on, with ChaCha20-Poly1305 encryption when the server offers it
• Buddy Icons (the Buddy Icons extension, Janus 2.0.16+), including BadassBuddy zips as a searchable gallery
• AIM-style smileys, door sounds, and Hotline servers as chat rooms

| System | File | |---|---| | macOS, Apple silicon | HIM_0.1.0_aarch64.dmg (signed and notarized) | | macOS, Intel | HIM_0.1.0_x64.dmg (signed and notarized) | | Windows | HIM_0.1.0_x64-setup.exe, or the .msi | | Linux | HIM_v0.1.0_x86_64.flatpak / _aarch64.flatpak, or the .deb |

The flatpak needs the GNOME 47 runtime: flatpak install flathub org.gnome.Platform//47, then flatpak install --user HIM_v0.1.0_x86_64.flatpak.

Downloads

• HIM_0.1.0_aarch64.dmg  (4.0 MB)
• HIM_0.1.0_amd64.deb  (5.0 MB)
• HIM_0.1.0_arm64.deb  (4.7 MB)
• HIM_0.1.0_x64-setup.exe  (3.4 MB)
• HIM_0.1.0_x64.dmg  (4.4 MB)
• HIM_0.1.0_x64_en-US.msi  (4.7 MB)
• HIM_v0.1.0_aarch64.flatpak  (3.2 MB)
• HIM_v0.1.0_x86_64.flatpak  (3.6 MB)

VivaHX has a new home. News is posted here again, and the Software page keeps track of every Hotline client, server, tracker and bot we know of, with a post whenever one of them has a new release.

• Protocol Console: Export… saves the shown transcript as a log file.

• Uploads to classic Hotline servers stalled at 0 bytes. The client sent the transfer handshake twice; it now sends it once, as the original Heidrun did.

Downloads

• Heidrun-1.5.1-168.dmg  (7.9 MB)

• Video
• Video chat and screen sharing, on servers that support it
• A dockable Video panel shows everyone's camera and screen, plus your own preview
• Choose a camera in Settings → Voice
• Camera tiles keep the same order, by user, instead of shuffling between calls
• Voice
• Fixed occasional audio problems after joining or rejoining voice
• Themes and Icons
• Themes now color the whole window, not just the chat
• Richer chat colors, and each nickname keeps its own color
• New icons that match the desktop and follow the theme's colors
• The original pixel-art icons live on in the new Classic theme
• New Neon Doll theme
• Settings → General can keep the system's window colors around a themed chat
• Files
• The file browser is now its own window, one per connection
• Clearer layout, with labeled Download and Upload buttons
• Right-click a file for Open, Preview, Get Info, Rename, Delete and more
• User Interface
• Slimmer window chrome, so chat gets much more of the window
• The server banner and connection status now sit in the header bar
• The status bar is gone, and the toolbar is optional (off by default)
• Pane titles and action bars can be hidden
• Chat tabs stay hidden until there is a second conversation
• Settings opens with Ctrl+,
• Hotline Protocol
• Fixed file transfers with Windows clients and servers
• macOS
• GtkHx now asks for camera and microphone access

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Downloads

• GtkHx-v1.4.0-macos-arm64.zip  (32.9 MB)
• GtkHx-v1.4.0-macos-x86_64.zip  (35.0 MB)
• GtkHx-v1.4.0-win64.zip  (70.4 MB)
• GtkHx-v1.4.0.flatpak  (11.0 MB)