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Heidrun
[ Clients ] | Mac | 22 releases | Swift | GPL-2.0 | 3 stars on GitHub

A Hotline client based on the original Heidrun.app.

A Mac Hotline client. Swift 6 port and modernisation of the 2002 original by Göran Granström.

Drag Heidrun into your Applications folder. Launch from Spotlight.

From the project's README.

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What's new: Heidrun 1.7.1
Released 2026-10-26
Fixed
  • News remembers Board or Threaded per server across reconnects and bookmark autoconnects.
  • The Connection menu no longer goes inactive after switching the news view.

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Heidrun 1.7.0
Released 2026-10-26
Added
  • News auto-download: threaded servers load board and threaded news on first open and show the one with content (threaded when both have content); progress and Cancel in the Task Manager.
  • Settings → News: turn auto-download off and pick the default news view (Automatic, Threaded or Board).
Changed
  • Softer sound effects: the classic sounds are denoised, filtered, faded and level-matched.
  • ⌥⌘W closes all other windows and tabs (File → Close Others), also ones showing the server agreement.
  • Disconnect closes the window while other connections stay open; only the last one returns to the connection form.

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Heidrun 1.6.4
Released 2026-10-13
Added
  • Per-sound switches: turn each sound effect on or off in Settings → Sounds.
  • Board/Threaded switch in News: threaded servers also show their plain news board, as in classic Heidrun.
Changed
  • The plain news input is a fixed, smaller height.
  • The Connecting screen shows the New Connection and Task Manager toolbar buttons.
Fixed
  • The message input in Messages no longer touches the transcript divider; Chat uses the same gap.
  • Closing a reopened connection no longer asks to save an “Untitled” document.
  • Reopening connections at launch no longer leaves an extra tab stuck on “Connecting…”.
  • Reopened connections open as tabs, even while Touch ID is waiting.

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Heidrun 1.6.3
Released 2026-10-10
Added
  • Back and forward in threaded news: two-finger swipe, mouse side buttons, ⌘[ / ⌘] or the new arrows.
  • New Connection button in the toolbar opens another connection window.
Changed
  • The Task Manager toolbar button has a simpler arrows icon.
  • New Connection uses the same icon in the toolbar and the Task Manager.

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Heidrun 1.6.2
Released 2026-10-07
Added
  • Quick Look shows images: PNG, JPEG, GIF, TIFF, HEIC, WebP and more.
  • Upload into a drop box from its context menu, or select it and click Upload….
  • A close button hides the transfer box under the file list without clearing the Task Manager.
Changed
  • Space bar closes Quick Look again when it already shows the selected file.

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Heidrun 1.6.1
Released 2026-10-05
Fixed
  • 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.

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Heidrun 1.6.0
Released 2026-10-04
Added
  • 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.
Changed
  • The sidebar marks the open feature with an accent-coloured pill.
  • The Files column header has a single full-width divider line.

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Heidrun 1.5.1
Released 2026-09-27
Added
  • Protocol Console: Export… saves the shown transcript as a log file.
Fixed
  • 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.

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Heidrun 1.5.0
Released 2026-09-24
Added
  • Connection uptime in the Task Manager. Each server shows when it connected and for how long; the time stops at an unexpected disconnect.

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Heidrun 1.4.1
Released 2026-09-16
Fixed
  • Downloads from classic Hotline servers were corrupt. The client treated the transfer stream as a bare data fork, so the Hotline file envelope landed on disk and the last bytes of the file were cut off. Downloads, resumes and Quick Look previews now decode the envelope, sized from its own headers.
  • Connecting from the tracker window now adds the server to Recent Servers, like the connect form does.

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