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v2.3.2.0 The Downgrade, the Downstream, and the Downright Polished

v2.3.2.0 The Downgrade, the Downstream, and the Downright Polished

Release Notes v2.3.2.0

Highlights: Shelly takes a confident step forward by learning how to step backward — with a brand-new downgrade UI, a fully-featured ignore command group for managing IgnorePkg entries, and a long-requested Flatpak repair workflow. The cli gets a proper event-driven rewrite, recommendations gain a remove button, and the package detail views now show Build Date, Install As, and Required By for richer at-a-glance information. On top of all that, Shelly continues its globe-trotting tour, adding Catalan, Portuguese (Portugal), Turkish, and Brazilian Portuguese (tray) translations, plus updates to Polish translation.

🐚 Features

  • Downgrade UI
  • ignore command group
  • Flatpak repair (#704)
  • Remove button on recommendations
  • ca_ES, pt_PT, tr_TR, pt_BR (tray service) translations
  • Build Date , Installed As and Required By added to package detail views
  • Console → Event conversion
  • Tray translations pipeline (po compile + package step)
  • CLI help docs generation in CI
  • Tooltips across the UI (#859)

⚡ Improvements

  • HttpClient in Recommend.cs — now uses compression and HTTP/2 + HTTP/3
  • DowngradePackageCommand correctness
  • AurPackageManager — PKGBUILD no longer shown twice
  • Remove Optional Deps checkbox enabled by default
  • UI frames refactor and simplified downgrade logic
  • Loading indicators polish
  • Search behavior clarified (#860)
  • Checkbox visibility improvements
  • ShellyTeam category description clarified
  • FlatpakManager — tracks updated package names and reports them on success
  • GitHub Actions bumped to latest versions
  • PolishTranslation refresh
  • TurkishTranslation follow-up updates
  • release.yml indent fix
  • AUR PKGBUILD parsing improvements for optional dependencies

🐞 Bug Fixes

  • Size formatting — valid suffix selection (#886)
  • optdepends — validate and handle malformed entries with proper package naming (#887)
  • Searching behavior is now clear and predictable (#888)
  • Missing tooltips restored across UI (#890)
  • General fixes for German translation by @Henry2o1o (#849, #862)
  • Scaling improvements should be resolved for scaling above 1.5

Changes since v2.3.1.0

This release contains 34 merged pull requests and three new contributors, with the spotlight on the new **downgrade UI **, the ignore command group, Flatpak repair, and a substantial console-to-event refactor. Package detail views get more useful metadata (Build Date, Install As, Required By), recommendations become more actionable, and the AUR + Flatpak pipelines are noticeably steadier. Localization continues to expand with four fresh languages joining the family.

Full Changelog: v2.3.1.0…v2.3.2.0

Contributors

Thanks to everyone who contributed to this release: @azdanov, @caroberrie, @VinnyQF, @ZoeyErinBauer, @celonfix, @Henry2o1o, @NyaPuma, @dtalens, @juliazero.

New Contributors 🎉

A warm welcome to our three first-time contributors:

  • @NyaPuma — Portuguese (Portugal) translation (#856)
  • @dtalens — Catalan translation for shelly-ui (#855)
  • @celonfix — Turkish translation (#889)

**Full Changelog **: https://github.com/Seafoam-Labs/Shelly-ALPM/compare/v2.3.1.0…v2.3.2.0

Pull Requests Merged

  • Fix — @Henry2o1o (#849)
  • Portuguese (Portugal) translation — @NyaPuma (#856)
  • i18n: Add Catalan translation for shelly-ui — @dtalens (#855)
  • Update Polish translation — @juliazero (#852)
  • Fix DowngradePackageCommand and add IgnorePkg support — @azdanov (#863)
  • Add ignore command group for managing IgnorePkg entries — @azdanov (#864)
  • Add remove button functionality to recommendations — @azdanov (#869)
  • Tray translation — @caroberrie (#867)
  • Add compression and h2/h3 to HttpClient in Recommend.cs — @azdanov (#868)
  • Creating pt_BR translations for the tray service — @VinnyQF (#875)
  • Update GitHub Actions for latest versions and add CLI docs generation — @azdanov (#866)
  • Fix — @Henry2o1o (#862)
  • Build steps to compile and package po’s for tray service — @caroberrie (#876)
  • Fix release.yml indent — @azdanov (#881)
  • Add downgrade UI — @azdanov (#885)
  • Loading — @caroberrie (#882)
  • Convert console to event — @ZoeyErinBauer (#879)
  • Fix size formatting logic — @ZoeyErinBauer (#886)
  • Validate and handle malformed optdepends — @ZoeyErinBauer (#887)
  • 860 — searching behavior is unclear — @ZoeyErinBauer (#888)
  • 704 — feature: flatpak repair — @VinnyQF (#877)
  • 859 — bug: no tooltips — @ZoeyErinBauer (#890)
  • Refactor UI frames and simplify package downgrade logic — @azdanov (#891)
  • Add Turkish translation — @celonfix (#889)
  • Enable “Remove Optional Deps” checkbox by default — @azdanov (#892)
  • Track updated package names in FlatpakManager — @ZoeyErinBauer (#893)
  • Add “Build Date” and “Install As” to package views and CLI — @ZoeyErinBauer (#894)
  • Clarify ShellyTeam category description — @azdanov (#897)
  • Add required by — @caroberrie (#900)
  • Update Turkish translations — @celonfix (#899)
  • Fix AurPackageManager PKGBUILD handling to avoid showing twice — @azdanov (#898)
  • Improve UI by hiding checkboxes — @azdanov (#901)
  • Update Polish translation — @juliazero (#895)
  • Moving Development to Release — @ZoeyErinBauer (#902)

v2.3.1.0

v2.3.1.0 A Polyglot’s Pact with the Package Manager

Release Notes v2.3.1.0

Highlights: Shelly now speaks more languages. This release adds or updates seven translations — Russian, French, Bulgarian, Polish, German, and Hungarian — so more people can use Shelly in their own tongue. Inside, we moved LocalManager into PackageManager, added a real message-event system, made the config flatter, and shipped a new systemd user unit for Shelly Notifications. The Tray gets a welcome screen, the settings look cleaner, and CLI docs can now build themselves. The new improved docs can be viewed on Shelly ALPM - CLI Reference page. We also fixed AUR updates, made the bottom bar play nice with prompts, and switched to the system libzstd for smaller builds.

🐚 Features

  • Add Russian (ru_RU) translation for UI (#794)
  • Add French (fr_FR) translations to Shelly GTK (#812)
  • Add Bulgarian (bg_BG) translations to Shelly GTK (#787)
  • Add Polish (pl_PL) translation (#808, updated in #832)
  • Add German (de_DE) translation (#785)
  • Add Hungarian (hu_HU) translation (#822, updated in #836)
  • Include a systemd user unit for Shelly Notifications (#802)
  • Generate CLI docs (Gen CLI docs) (#810)
  • Tray welcome screen (#818)
  • Add 'quit' action with <Ctrl>Q accelerator to Gtk application (#847)
  • Add Http.UserAgent and refactor User-Agent handling (#835)
  • Auto generation for CLI which can be viewed here

⚡ Improvements

  • Use system libzstd instead of bundled (#796)
  • Flatten config (#803)
  • Move LocalManager to PackageManager and implement message events (#801)
  • Remove cache on uninstall (#806)
  • Refactor: add PackageBuilderDiffGenerator, enhance Aur*Command classes (#813)
  • Fix settings spacing to be more readable (#817)
  • Update heading level for Package Management help documentation (#821)
  • Update README.md to include JetBrains sponsorship (#828)
  • Comply with JetBrains logo guidelines (#830)
  • Update JetBrains logo for dark mode (#831)
  • Add suspension handling to BottomBarRegion for interactive prompts (#841)
  • Hide unavailable optional dependencies on standard (#843)
  • Refactor settings logic to optimize default page handling and dynamic content (#844)
  • Replace Size with InstalledSize as the sorting and display field (#845)
  • Introduce QuestionResponse with ProviderOption for ALPM question handling (e29a1b2)

🐞 Bug Fixes

  • Remove duplicated msgid in shelly-ui.pot (#819)
  • Fix shelly aur update <package> unable to run (#834, fixes #793)
  • General fixes to German translation tooling (#840)

Changes since v2.3.0.2

This release brings 30 merged pull requests, six new contributors, and broad internationalization coverage across the GTK frontend, alongside meaningful refactors in PackageManager, BottomBarRegion, and AUR command handling.

Full Changelog: v2.3.0.2…v2.3.1.0

Contributors

  • @azdanov
  • @caroberrie
  • @ZoeyErinBauer
  • @Landeli7 (new)
  • @compulsions (new)
  • @juliazero (new)
  • @Henry2o1o (new)
  • @Impostor0729 (new)
  • @therealmate (new)
  • @VinnyQF

New Contributors 🎉

A warm welcome to our six first-time contributors:

  • @Landeli7 — French translation (#812)
  • @compulsions — Bulgarian translation (#787)
  • @juliazero — Polish translation (#808)
  • @Henry2o1o — German translation (#785)
  • @Impostor0729 — Hungarian translation (#822)
  • @therealmate — Hungarian translation updates (#836)

Full Changelog: https://github.com/Seafoam-Labs/Shelly-ALPM/compare/v2.3.0.2...v2.3.1.0

v2.3.0.2

What’s Changed

New Contributors

Full Changelog: https://github.com/Seafoam-Labs/Shelly-ALPM/compare/v2.3.0.1...v2.3.0.2

v2.3.0.1

What’s Changed

Full Changelog: https://github.com/Seafoam-Labs/Shelly-ALPM/compare/v2.3.0.0...v2.3.0.1

v2.3.0.0 There and pack again a memory tale

Release Notes v2.3.0.0

Highlights: There and pack again a memory tale. We have updated from json to memorypack for the cli talking to the ui! This brings better performance with less overhead from json! The other major highlight is shelly ui now supports the ability to be translated so watch out for future translation or contribute!

🐚 Features

  • MemoryPack — Added memorypack to the ui and cli to increase performance!
  • Translation Support — Added the ability for the shelly ui to be translated to your locale! Check for future translation and our guide if you wish to contribute!
  • Local Install — Remove locally installed package(s) in manage ui.

⚡ Improvements

  • MemoryPack — Added memorypack to the ui and cli to increase performance!
  • Translation Support — Added the ability for the shelly ui to be translated to your locale! Check for future translation and our guide if you wish to contribute!
  • Rec Page — Cleaned up rec page and removed header.
  • PKGBUILD — Update to our pkgbuilds to add descriptions to the .desktop files.
  • Refactor of package selection — Refactored package selection.

🐞 Bug Fixes

  • ZstdSharp — Added ZstdSharp sharp reference to rd.mxl.
  • Aur — VCS package in AUR is not detected for updates.
  • Revert Json — Revert to JSON output in non UI mode to fix issues with unwanted changes to output.
  • Opt Depdencies — Fixed optional deps being ignored during installation.
  • Flatpak Bug — Fixed bug in flatpak ui from memorypack updates.

Changes since v2.2.3.2

Full Changelog: https://github.com/Seafoam-Labs/Shelly-ALPM/compare/v2.2.3.2...v2.2.4.0

v2.2.4.1

What’s Changed

Full Changelog: https://github.com/Seafoam-Labs/Shelly-ALPM/compare/v2.2.4.0...v2.2.4.1

Release - v2.2.4.0

Release Notes v2.2.4

Highlights: Smarter fuzzy search across every package list, fingerprint-auth interference detection with guided fixes, and a polished Recommended page that’s now opt-in. A brand-new alpha release of Shelly.Keys companion binary for GPG keyring bootstrapping.

🐚 Features

  • Shelly.Keys — new AOT-compiled CLI for one-shot GPG/pacman keyring initialization. Ships its own PKGBUILD, packaging workflow, and GlobalSettings for global keyserver configuration.
  • Recommended page — a new curated landing experience for package discovery (recomend page, JSON context, refreshed UI).
  • Package group search — search now resolves and lists pacman package groups alongside individual packages.
  • Sortable search columns in ShellySearch — click any column header to sort results.
  • Ctrl+F search shortcut wired into AurInstall, AurRemove, AurUpdate, PackageInstall, PackageManagement, PackageUpdate, and FlatpakInstall dialogs.
  • Fingerprint authentication detector — new FingerprintAuthDetector + FingerprintAuthState services automatically spot sudo/fprintd PAM interference and surface a helper banner and FingerprintFixDialog with guided remediation.
  • Build Date field added to AlpmPackage and shown in package details.
  • ilovecandy-style bottom bar — BottomBarRegion now conditionally renders ANSI markup or an ASCII fallback based on terminal capability.

⚡ Improvements

  • Smarter fuzzy matching across every list view — ListInstalled, ListAvailable, AurListInstalled, AurListUpdates now use a unified scoring filter.
  • ShellySearch refactor — scoring moved into a local MatchObject method, class made sealed, fields converted to locals.
  • InitializeCommand streamlined — leaner GPG config setup, optimized keyring creation, new trust-database update step, and Marshal.StringToCoTaskMemUTF8 / ThrowIfErrorString adoption.
  • CLI path resolution consolidated into a single central class, restricted to .slnx, rewritten with LINQ.
  • Auto-select first list item so users aren’t locked out of package details.
  • About dialog — added proper credit sections.
  • Privileged operation hint clarifies biometric support and suggests temporarily disabling fingerprint auth.
  • FingerprintAuthDetector — configurable PAM directories/service names, better include/substack handling, direct sudo hit checks, fprintd service integration, expanded tests.
  • FingerprintFixDialog — simplified copy, removed security warning and issue-reference button, tightened default height.
  • Recommended page is now opt-in — disabled by default, toggleable from settings.

🐞 Bug Fixes

  • Arch News order reversed — ArchNewsDialog now displays news items newest-first.
  • JsonException: 'P' is an invalid start of a value in GetAurPackageBuild resolved.
  • SearchPackagesAsync filter syntax corrected.
  • Bottom of lockout view no longer visually cut off.
  • AppImage .desktop — removed an invalid TryExec entry.
  • Renamed firmware version → Shelly version and made it required.
  • Added missing colon after Version and a missing space in installed-size output.

Changes since v2.2.3.2

Full Changelog: https://github.com/Seafoam-Labs/Shelly-ALPM/compare/v2.2.3.2...v2.2.4.0

v2.2.3.2 - Rolling With My Gnomies A Dark Mode Fix

What’s Changed

Full Changelog: https://github.com/Seafoam-Labs/Shelly-ALPM/compare/v2.2.3.1...v2.2.3.2

v2.2.3.1

Summary

  • Corrected support for GTK Theming on Gnome to enable make sure you download and install a GTK4 Theme

    • nwg-look is one of the best ways to do this if you are unsure.

  • Finished cleanup of updated UI

  • Fixed -git tracking bugs for the aur

What’s Changed

Full Changelog: https://github.com/Seafoam-Labs/Shelly-ALPM/compare/v2.2.3...v2.2.3.1

v2.2.3

What’s Changed

Configuration Information

To achieve looks like this : image

Apply the below configurations to your config file in ~/.config/shelly/config.json . Further configuration information will be on the wiki shortly to explain how to achieve different animation styles and looks.

  "ProgressBarStyle": "Pacman",
  "ProgressBarFps": 7,
  "ProgressBarWidth": 24,
  "OutputMode": "singlepane",
  "SinglePaneMaxStickies": 6

Full Changelog: https://github.com/Seafoam-Labs/Shelly-ALPM/compare/v2.2.2...v2.2.3

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