Tilde Friends 0.2026.9

The latest release is out on all of the platforms.

Change notes:

• Improved load times.
• Fix an issue where a canceled autocomplete would truncate messages.
• Better error handling for missing or partial apps.
• Add gui executables on desktop that open a webview like on mobile.
• Recover automatically when app is disconnected when backgrounded.
• Update: CodeMirror, emojis 18.0, libbacktrace, libuv 1.53.0.

The GUI executables are an experiment that I think is somewhat interesting. The Windows tildefriends-gui.exe and Linux AppImages all run like a local app using an embedded browser, very similarly to the mobile version. I couldn't get the MacOS version working in time, but that might be in the cards, too. The Linux version has some glibc / gtk dependencies which make it not guaranteed to just work, but they're pretty old, so I expect they will.

There are also .debs and docker containers available.

As always, feedback is welcome on all things.