Attachments

🛳 2.8.0 is a major upgrade, which boasts a new core major version, upgraded encryption system and attachments support! You can now attach files to entries by dragging and dropping them on the entry (when not in editing mode), on vault types that support attachments. You can read more here.

Portable mode options

This release adds support for config/logging/cache location overrides via environment variables for the portable versions of Buttercup.

New Vault Navigation UI

Due to popular request we've rebuilt the vault navigation in this version to allow for easier navigation between multiple vaults. Single-vault usage is just as easy, but the layout makes a little more sense and is somewhat reminiscent of V1. The initial vault-unlock page has been removed in favour of a locked-version of the vault page with the sidebar visible.

We've also included artwork from one of our contributors :)

Linux AppImage protocol

📖 We've addressed some issues with application protocols in this release: Buttercup uses the buttercup protocol to register a handler on the host OS. This allows Buttercup to be notified by the browser when procedures like Google authentication is completed for accessing vaults stored on Google Drive.

❗ Users running the AppImage version of Buttercup desktop should install AppImageLauncher (see our readme) for correct OS integration. Protocol registration (and reliant features, like Google authentication) will not work without it.

Stability update

❗️ This release contains an important stability update that addresses vault merging when auto-updating in the background. Some vaults when merged would have their change addresses rewritten so that merging would break during the auto update process. It is highly recommended that all users update to this version immediately.

Search auto-select

🔎 Search now automatically highlights your last query term when opening the search interface. Typing after opening will immediately replace the previous term, if one exists.

French translations were also updated.

Translations, Trash-emptying and bugfixes

🗑 We've added the missing Trash-empty functionality - this was a large oversight on our part, sorry about that!

🔡 New translations! Spanish & Catalan have been added, and German translations updated.

🕵️‍♂️ We've fixed a bug with saving empty fields, and we've aligned the reveal/hide and other field controls to the right side of the form, for easier access.

Command line flag: No window on launch

This release adds support for a command-line argument that disables the initial presentation of the primary window, which is useful for those that auto-start Buttercup upon login/boot. Start Buttercup with --no-window to disable the window - The tray icon will still appear and the daemon will run in the background.

Bug-fix: Windows Code-signing

This release addresses the Windows code-signing functionality that, until now, hasn't worked on V2. This build has had the correct signing procedure run across it to fix signing.

Bug-fix: Linux AppImage renaming

This release fixes a renaming issue with Linux AppImage builds where auto updates would cause the file to change names (or rather a new file (with the version) to be installed and the old deleted).