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Drupal
Drupal CMS was officially launched, representing a strategic shift towards making Drupal more accessible to non-developers while maintaining its powerful, flexible core architecture and introducing new artificial intelligence features.
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| April 2025 | WordPress.com launched an AI-driven website creation tool that enables users to build fully functional websites through a conversational interface, targeting entrepreneurs, freelancers, and bloggers seeking an easy way to establish an online presence. |
| March 2025 |
UBlock Origin
Google ended support for Manifest V2, completing the transition to Manifest V3 and further impacting ad-blocking extensions.
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| 2025 |
Proton Mail
Jewish students at Columbia University discovered the Palestine Action manual on the Unity of Fields website, which referenced Proton Mail.
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| 2025 |
HomeBank
HomeBank was reviewed by Slashdot Media in their annual software reviews
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| March 2025 | CodingJellyFish announces the project is moving to the Godot Engine, citing the age of the Antarctica Engine and desire to improve project contributions. |
| March 3 2025 |
UBlock Origin
Google blocked uBlock Origin on the Chrome Web Store, requiring users to manually reenable the extension to continue using it.
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| February 13 2025 |
MariaDB
Release of stable (GA) versions 11.7.2 and 11.8.1 (11.8.1 is a Release Candidate)
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| February 2025 |
Proton Mail
Released Proton Wallet, a self-custody Bitcoin wallet.
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| February 4 2025 |
MariaDB
Release of stable (GA) versions 10.5.28, 10.6.21, 10.11.11, and 11.4.5
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| February 4 2025 |
MariaDB
MariaDB versions 10.5.28, 10.6.21, 10.11.11, and 11.4.5 were released as stable (GA) versions.
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| January 2025 |
MariaDB
MariaDB Foundation announced sponsors including Amazon, Alibaba Cloud, Intel, and others.
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| January 5 2025 |
Drupal
Final end-of-life date set for Drupal 7.
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| 2024 |
Drupal
At DrupalCon Portland, Dries Buytaert announced the Starshot project, calling for the Drupal Community to create a modernized Drupal experience focused on user-friendliness and easier onboarding.
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| 2024 |
Stockfish
Stockfish maintains its winning streak, securing victories in TCEC Seasons 26 and 27, and continuing to win Chess.com Computer Chess Championships across multiple categories.
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| 2024 |
Leela Chess Zero
CeresTrain framework was announced to support training deep neural networks for chess using PyTorch.
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| 2024 |
LibreCAD
LibreCAD development split into two branches: 2.2.1.x for current releases with bug fixes, and 2.2.2_alpha for experimental features not yet suitable for regular use.
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| 2024 |
LibreCAD
LibreCAD 2 implemented support for both Qt5 and Qt6 libraries, expanding its technical capabilities and library compatibility.
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| 2024 |
MariaDB
MariaDB was bought by the K1 private equity group, which appointed a new CEO.
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| 2024 |
UBlock Origin
A fork of uBlock Origin for Pale Moon became the recommended ad-blocking extension for Pale Moon and its derivatives.
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| December 2024 |
Tuta
Planned transition of existing user accounts to the new TutaCrypt encryption protocol.
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| December 24 2024 |
HomeBank
Rob Clymo conducted a personal accounting review of HomeBank
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| November 23 2024 |
GetSimple CMS
Moderator Timbow announced on the official forum that the GetSimple CMS site is likely to remain permanently compromised, with no clear path to recovery.
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| November 22 2024 |
GetSimple CMS
GetSimple CMS website was hacked, compromising the domain and hosting.
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| November 21 2024 |
MariaDB
MariaDB version 11.6.2 was released as a stable (GA) version.
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| November 1 2024 |
MariaDB
Release of stable (GA) version 11.2.6
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| November 1 2024 |
MariaDB
MariaDB version 11.2.6 was released as a stable (GA) version.
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| October 2024 |
Bitwarden
Bitwarden introduced changes to desktop application dependencies involving a restricted-use SDK, which raised concerns about potential limitations to its open-source principles. CTO Kyle Spearrin acknowledged the issue and stated it would be resolved.
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| October 2024 |
Chamilo
Release of Chamilo LMS v1.11.28, a maintenance version on top of 1.11.26.
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| October 30 2024 |
Audacity
Audacity version 3.7 released, focusing on bug fixes.
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| October 1 2024 |
Tuta
Tuta launched its standalone encrypted calendar app, expanding its secure communication services.
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| September 2024 | Matt Mullenweg initiates a dispute with hosting company WP Engine, leading to a lawsuit that causes widespread community concern. |
| August 8 2024 |
MariaDB
Release of stable (GA) version 11.1.6
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| August 8 2024 |
MariaDB
MariaDB version 11.1.6 was released as a stable (GA) version.
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| July 2024 |
PCSX2
PCSX2 version 2.0 was released, introducing a new GUI written with Qt, support for the Vulkan API, and the removal of plugins.
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| July 2024 |
Proton Mail
Proton launched Proton Docs, a document editor, and Proton Wallet. They also released Scribe, a private AI writing assistant for Proton Mail.
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| July 16 2024 |
Audacity
Audacity version 3.6 released with master effects, new compressor and limiter, new themes, and increased performance.
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| June 2024 |
Tuta
PCMag reviews Tuta, highlighting its strong encryption and user-friendly interface, awarding it a 4 out of 5 rating.
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| June 2024 |
Proton Mail
Proton began the transition to becoming a non-profit organization.
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| May 2024 |
Proton Mail
Proton disclosed the recovery email address of a person involved in Catalan independence activism and alleged terrorism, leading to further investigation by authorities.
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| May 16 2024 |
MariaDB
Release of stable (GA) versions 10.5.28 and 11.0.6
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| May 16 2024 |
MariaDB
MariaDB versions 10.4.34 and 11.0.6 were released as stable (GA) versions.
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| May 1 2024 |
Bitwarden
Bitwarden launched its own multi-factor authentication app called Bitwarden Authenticator, expanding its security feature set.
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| April 2024 |
Amarok
Version 3.0 was released after a six-year hiatus, porting the application to Qt5 and adding support for FFmpeg 5.
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| April 2024 |
Proton Mail
Proton Mail launched a desktop app for Windows and macOS, with a Linux version in beta, available only to paying subscribers.
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| April 2024 |
Proton Mail
Proton acquired the end-to-end encrypted note-taking app Standard Notes.
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| April 2024 |
Yuzu
Discord banned the accounts and servers of Suyu, Sudachi, and their lead developers.
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| April 29 2024 |
Yuzu
Nintendo of America issued a DMCA takedown notice to GitHub, resulting in the shutdown of 8,353 forks of the Yuzu emulator.
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| April 22 2024 |
Audacity
Audacity version 3.5 released, adding cloud saving, automatic tempo detection, and non-destructive pitch shifting.
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| March 2024 |
Tuta
Tuta introduced TutaCrypt, a new encryption protocol replacing standard encryption methods like RSA-2048 and AES-256 for newly created accounts, integrating post-quantum cryptography features.
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