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| March 2025 |
Butter Project
The Butter Project's domain registration lapsed, and the domain was taken over by domain squatters. No new commits had been made to the project's GitHub repository.
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| 2024 |
Bun
Bun 1.1 was released, introducing Windows 10 support and a cross-platform Bun Shell for running Bash commands without additional dependencies.
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| December 2024 |
Tuta
Planned transition of existing user accounts to the new TutaCrypt encryption protocol.
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| October 15 2024 |
Node.js
Release of an intermediate Node.js version with support until June 1, 2025
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| October 9 2024 |
Deno
Deno 2 was released, focusing on Node.js compatibility improvements and removing deprecated features.
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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 | Ryan Dahl circulates an open letter calling on Oracle to free the JavaScript trademark, which is signed by over 14,000 people, including Brendan Eich, the original creator of JavaScript. |
| September 16 2024 |
OpenSearch
The Linux Foundation and Amazon Web Services announced the creation of the OpenSearch Software Foundation, transferring ownership of OpenSearch software from Amazon to the new foundation. At the time of launch, OpenSearch had over 700 million software downloads and participation from thousands of contributors and over 200 project maintainers.
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| August 15 2024 |
Deno
Eighth release of Deno Fresh adding support for Unix domain sockets, expanding the framework's networking capabilities.
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| July 10 2024 |
Deno
Implemented monorepo support with workspaces, updated 'deno install', added command to initialize JSR project, deprecated 'deno vendor', and began stabilizing the Standard Library.
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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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| April 24 2024 |
Node.js
Release of Node.js Jod version, which will be maintained until April 30, 2027
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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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| February 2024 |
Node.js
The Rocket Turtle was chosen as the official Node.js mascot following a design contest.
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| February 22 2024 |
Deno
Introduced official Linux ARM64 builds and added support for JSR (JavaScript Registry).
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| 2023 |
GlobaLeaks
GlobaLeaks was internationalized in over 90 languages and implemented by thousands of projects and initiatives worldwide, including media, activists, corporations, and NGOs.
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| 2023 |
RiTa
RiTa released Version 3.0, implementing the software toolkit in both Java and JavaScript, with integrations for p5.js, Processing, Node, and Android platforms.
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| December 19 2023 |
Deno
Deno project releases a final version update for the year
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| December 1 2023 |
Deno
Seventh release of Deno Fresh adding Tailwind CSS support, improving partials, bundling, plugin API, route matching performance, introducing subpath support, better typings, and a closable error overlay.
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| November 11 2023 |
Tuta
An ex-RCMP officer, Cameron Ortis, alleged that Tuta was being used as a honeypot for criminals, which Tuta refuted. No evidence was presented to support the claim.
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| November 7 2023 |
Tuta
Tutanota rebranded to 'Tuta', with the former domain tutanota.com now redirecting to tuta.com.
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| October 2023 |
Thinkfree Office
Hancom split its online office business unit as 'Thinkfree Inc.'.
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| October 17 2023 |
Node.js
Release of an intermediate Node.js version with support until June 1, 2024
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| October 10 2023 |
Deno
Sixth release of Deno Fresh implementing partials and client-side rendering (CSR) support, active link styling, exposed esbuild configuration, and metafile.json generation.
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| September 2023 |
Zettlr
Zettlr releases version 3.0, introducing significant updates including a new logo, split view, multiple windows, pinned tabs, a status bar, and LanguageTool integration for spelling and grammar checking.
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| September 12 2023 |
Deno
Deno project releases a version update
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| September 8 2023 |
Bun
Official Bun 1.0 was released by Jarred Sumner, marking a significant milestone for the JavaScript runtime built using Zig programming language.
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| August 2023 |
TiddlyWiki
Release of TiddlyWiki v5.3.0 as the newest stable release, followed by v5.3.1 with minor backward compatibility patches.
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| August 28 2023 |
JQuery
jQuery 3.7.1 released, introducing .uniqueSort() method, performance improvements, enhanced .outerWidth(true) & .outerHeight(true) handling of negative margins, and focus fixes.
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| August 16 2023 |
Deno
Fifth release of Deno Fresh focusing on performance improvements with ahead-of-time compilation, introducing custom HTML, head and body tags, async layouts, and quicker typing with define functions.
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| August 6 2023 |
Deno
Deno project releases a version update
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| July 2023 |
Tuta
TechRadar reviews Tuta Mail, praising it as an 'Excellent encrypted email platform' while noting limitations in customer support and storage costs.
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| July 18 2023 |
Deno
Fourth release of Deno Fresh adding Async Route Components, ability to add routes and middlewares from plugins, 500 error template fallback, error boundaries, multiple island exports, Fresh linting rules, and Deno.serve support.
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| June 27 2023 |
Deno
Deno project releases a new version
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| June 20 2023 |
Deno
Release of Deno KV OAuth feature
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| June 15 2023 |
Deno
Third release of Deno Fresh expanding framework capabilities with support for more datatypes in island props, JSX passing to islands, npm package imports, custom HEAD request handlers, and asynchronous plugin rendering.
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| June 6 2023 |
Deno
Deno project releases a version update
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| May 2023 |
Npm
Several npm packages, including bignum, were found to be exploited, stealing user credentials through an Amazon S3 bucket and node-gyp command line tool vulnerability.
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| May 18 2023 |
Leaflet
Leaflet's most stable version, Leaflet 1.9.4, was released, representing the current most up-to-date version of the library.
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| May 8 2023 |
Deno
Deno project releases another version
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| April 19 2023 |
Deno
Deno project releases a new version
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| April 18 2023 |
Node.js
Release of Node.js Iron version, which will be maintained until April 30, 2026
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| April 4 2023 |
Deno
Deno SaaSKit beta was announced, providing an open-source modern SaaS template built with Fresh and Deno.
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| March 2023 |
WaveMaker
WaveMaker released version 11.5, featuring enhanced low-code development capabilities and new AI-driven tools to streamline application development.
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| March 8 2023 |
JQuery
jQuery 3.6.4 released with bug fixes, adding capability to return JSON when there is a JSONP error, and handling of new Chrome selectors.
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| February 24 2023 |
Deno
Added support for package.json, stabilized Node-API, moved Node compatibility layer into Deno runtime, and made various API stabilizations.
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| January 2023 |
HTTPS Everywhere
HTTPS Everywhere browser extension was discontinued due to widespread HTTPS adoption and native browser HTTPS-only modes.
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| 2022 |
HTTPS Everywhere
Firefox for Android and Firefox Focus introduced an HTTPS-only mode, inspired by the HTTPS Everywhere initiative.
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| 2022 |
Deno
Deno secured $21 million in Series A funding, led by Sequoia Capital, to further advance the software's development and commercial potential.
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