QOwnNotes release versions

New release of QOwnNotes: v26.4.14

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 19:38:03 +0000

Allow dragging a Markdown or text note file into the note editor, so it is imported as a note into the active note subfolder (for #3568)
Extended the Headings tab in the Navigation panel to also recognize custom heading syntaxes introduced through scripting addHighlightingRule calls that use heading states like H1, H2, and H3, so scripted headings such as @ Introduction @, @@ Background @@, and @@@ Details @@@ now appear in the heading tree with the correct nesting and title text (for #3549)

New release of QOwnNotes: v26.4.13

Tue, 14 Apr 2026 19:46:07 +0000

Renamed saved Workspaces to Layouts across the interface, settings, scripting and documentation, renamed the old Layout settings page to Layout presets, and added a migration for existing saved layout settings, selector shortcuts, and related message box overrides so current setups keep working after the rename (for #3564)
- For scripting, the new hook name is layoutSwitchedHook(oldUuid, newUuid)
- Older scripts using workspaceSwitchedHook(oldUuid, newUuid) will still work for now, but they are deprecated and should be updated

New release of QOwnNotes: v26.4.12

Mon, 13 Apr 2026 20:46:04 +0000

Turned the AI toolbar off by default when no AI backend is configured, so fresh installations without AI setup start with a less cluttered interface; if an AI backend is configured later while the toolbar is hidden, the application now asks whether it should be turned on (for #3561)
Fixed the Search engine setting being reset to Google when the Settings dialog was applied without opening the General page first (for #3562)
Fixed following note links from the note editor or preview while the note tree is enabled, so the active note is now also selected in the note tree panel, even for notes inside subfolders (for #3560)
In the Heading tab of the Navigation panel, Shift + Click on a heading now recursively expands or collapses all nested topics below that heading (for #1912)
The expand/collapse state of headings in the Navigation panel is now remembered per note while the application is running, so switching between notes preserves the user's chosen heading tree layout (for #1912)
The Connect to server button in the Nextcloud settings is now disabled while a connection test is running to prevent starting overlapping requests; changing any Nextcloud setting or switching to another cloud connection now aborts the in-flight test and immediately re-enables the button (for #3557)
Renamed the Automatically show note filename selection when [[ is typed checkbox in the Editor settings to Show note filename selection when [[ is typed (for #3552)
Reworked the Distraction free mode interface settings into their own area, moved Hide status bar in distraction free mode there, and added a new Open distraction free mode in full-screen option that is enabled by default; entering distraction free mode now only switches to full-screen when that setting is enabled, the status bar now shows just one Leave button while distraction free mode is active, the standalone full-screen leave button is also now labeled Leave, and it is no longer shown on macOS (for #3553)

New release of QOwnNotes: v26.4.11

Sat, 11 Apr 2026 20:14:55 +0000

The Leave distraction free mode and Leave full-screen mode status bar buttons now use descriptive labels instead of a generic "leave" label, making it clear which mode each button exits (for #3553)
Added a Hide status bar in distraction free mode checkbox to the Interface settings under the Status bar section, allowing the status bar to be hidden when entering distraction free mode and automatically restored when leaving it (for #3553)
Changed the Find in current note search bar and the search bars in both the QLiteHtml and legacy preview to wait until at least two characters are entered before searching, while still searching immediately for a single emoji so emoji-only note content remains easy to find; the search bars no longer jump to the top of the document when the search term is deleted; the QLiteHtml and legacy preview search bars now have a 300ms debounce delay, and the note editor search debounce delay applies to notes longer than 20,000 characters (for #3550)
Added a new Automatically show note filename selection when [[ is typed checkbox to the Editor settings, which is only available when wiki-style link support is enabled and is turned off by default (for #3552)

New release of QOwnNotes: v26.4.10

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 19:18:24 +0000

When a note is deleted, the application now checks for images and attachments referenced by the note that are not used in any other note and offers to delete those orphaned files after a confirmation dialog, also when multiple notes are deleted at once in the note tree (for #2121)
Added a board / stack selector to the Nextcloud Deck card dialog below Search or create card, so cards can be listed and created in any available Deck stack without first changing the default Deck stack in the settings (for #3540)
- The old Nextcloud settings board/stack picker was removed so Deck selection is now handled directly in the dialog where the cards are managed
Added more French, Korean, Spanish translation (thank you, jd-develop, VenusGirl, AlejandroMoc)

New release of QOwnNotes: v26.4.9

Thu, 09 Apr 2026 19:22:09 +0000

Extended the scripting engine's syntax highlighting support with custom colors and styles: addHighlightingRule now accepts an optional format map with foregroundColor, backgroundColor, bold, italic, underline, and fontSize properties, so scripts can define their own highlight colors instead of being limited to the predefined highlighting states (for #3549)
Added a new highlightingHook scripting hook that is called for each text block during syntax highlighting, allowing scripts to perform dynamic, context-aware highlighting with custom colors and styles (for #3549)
Fixed a possible startup crash when restoring the last opened note from note history while the note tree was enabled: history restoration searched the tree by note name and could match a folder item with the same label before the actual note, then dereferenced an item's missing parent; note-history restore now only considers note items and safely handles root notes (for #3547)
Added a Note search panel option to open notes in a new tab instead of replacing the active tab, for users who want note creation from the search panel to preserve their current tab context (for #2385)
Added Copy image to clipboard and Copy image file path actions to the QLiteHtml preview context menu when right-clicking preview images, so image content and the resolved local image path can be copied directly from the preview (for #1741)
Fixed disabled toolbar and action icons in dark mode not being grayed out consistently, including actions like Edit encrypted note and Decrypt note: disabled icons are now recolored through the interface proxy style using the palette's disabled icon/text color, so the fix applies consistently across the UI (for #2489)

New release of QOwnNotes: v26.4.8

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 20:13:32 +0000

Fixed two possible shutdown crashes while quitting the application: on macOS the app no longer re-enters Qt's commitDataRequest quit path during the Cocoa termination flow, and on all platforms the log panel now stops appending rich text once application teardown has started, avoiding late UI updates from Qt log messages during shutdown (for #3546)
Updated the Launchpad snapcraft configuration in build-systems/snap/ to build the Ubuntu Snap with Qt6 on core24, aligned with the working GitHub Qt6 snap packaging so the Launchpad snap can ship the Qt6 build path as well (for #3470)

New release of QOwnNotes: v26.4.7

Tue, 07 Apr 2026 19:17:03 +0000

Opening the search bar in the note text edit, the preview, or the QLiteHTML preview now keeps the current horizontal and vertical scroll position during the initial search, so highlighting the first match no longer scrolls the view away from where you were reading (for #3541)
Updated the release workflow to build and publish the Qt6 Snap from build-systems/github/snap.qt6, so Snap Store installs now deliver the Qt6 package again, while the legacy Qt5 snap is still attached to releases under a separate asset name (for #3470)
Fixed the line and column status bar label being rendered too close to the window edge when the main window is maximized or fullscreen on some platforms/styles: the label had no internal horizontal padding, so it could appear cramped against the status bar border; it now uses left and right content margins like the other status bar controls (for #3543)

New release of QOwnNotes: v26.4.6

Mon, 06 Apr 2026 19:43:08 +0000

Fixed a wrong settings path in portable mode when running as an AppImage launched from a desktop file (or any context where the working directory differs from the AppImage's directory): portableDataPath() was called before the QApplication object was constructed, so qApp was nullptr and the path fell back to "." (the current working directory) instead of the AppImage's directory; the function now directly reads the $APPIMAGE environment variable (always set by the AppImage runtime) when qApp is not yet available, and also accepts the argv[0] path as a fallback for non-AppImage portable builds to ensure the correct base directory is used in all cases (for #3542)
Trailing unbalanced brackets (), {}, [], and <> are now stripped from bare URLs during both syntax highlighting and Ctrl+Click link opening in the note text editor, so that URLs wrapped in parentheses or other bracket types are detected correctly (for #2510)
Fixed a build failure on Debian 9.0 (Qt 5.7.1) caused by the use of QNetworkRequest::RedirectPolicyAttribute and QNetworkRequest::NoLessSafeRedirectPolicy which were only introduced in Qt 5.9; the call is now guarded with #if QT_VERSION >= QT_VERSION_CHECK(5, 9, 0) (for #1254)

New release of QOwnNotes: v26.4.5

Mon, 06 Apr 2026 12:57:15 +0000

Fixed a preview font size mismatch when using editor highlighting styles in the preview on high-DPI displays (particularly on Windows with desktop scaling): the pixel-to-point conversion formula in the QLiteHtml container was inverted, causing fonts stored with a pixel size to be rendered at a massively inflated point size (e.g. a 9pt font appearing as ~100pt at 250% scaling); the formula is now pt = px * 72 / DPI instead of pt = DPI * px / 72 (for #3539)
Fixed a possible crash (SIGSEGV) caused by inline markdown image previews for remote HTTP/HTTPS URLs performing a synchronous network download inside a paint event, which triggered a nested QEventLoop and caused Qt's widget repaint manager to re-enter itself recursively until the stack overflowed; remote images are now fetched asynchronously and the viewport is refreshed automatically once the download completes (for #1254)
When searching with selected text via Ctrl+F in the note text edit, the preview, or the QLiteHTML preview, the first result now highlights the originally selected occurrence instead of jumping to the next one, so the editor/view no longer scrolls away from the user's current position (for #3541)
Added more French, Korean, Spanish translation (thank you, jd-develop, VenusGirl, AlejandroMoc)

New release of QOwnNotes: v26.4.4

Sat, 04 Apr 2026 20:25:45 +0000

Fixed a duplicate symbol assembler error in mcpservice.h when building with GCC 9 (Ubuntu Focal / Debian 11) caused by QStringLiteral being used in default function parameter values in a header file; replaced with QLatin1String to avoid the issue (for #3536)

New release of QOwnNotes: v26.4.3

Sat, 04 Apr 2026 19:37:38 +0000

When pressing Ctrl+F to open the search bar in the note text edit, the preview, or the QLiteHTML preview, any currently selected text will now always be placed into the search field (replacing any existing search text) and selected, making it easy to search for the highlighted word or phrase (for #3538)
Added a built-in MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that allows external AI agents to access notes via HTTP+SSE transport with Bearer token authentication, providing search_notes and fetch_note tools for AI-powered note retrieval (for #3536)
- See MCP Server for documentation and usage instructions
Improved wiki-style link backlink detection so that all wiki link variants — including links with heading anchors like [[Note#Heading]], links with display-text aliases like [[Note|label]], and subfolder-qualified links with aliases or headings like [[sub/Note#H|label]] — are now correctly found and shown in the Backlinks navigation panel (for #3535)
Updated the system Botan integration to avoid Botan 3 deprecation warnings in the note encryption wrapper, improving compatibility with downstream builds such as NixOS/nixpkgs#505517 (for #3501)

New release of QOwnNotes: v26.4.2

Thu, 02 Apr 2026 20:03:31 +0000

Improved lookup of the Bookmarks and Commands notes so they are now found in note subfolders too instead of only being effectively recognized in the note folder root, addressing Recognize the bookmarks file regardless of where it is (for #2518)
Fixed command snippet parsing for bash and sh code blocks so qc now uses the nearest preceding heading as the snippet description instead of being misled by an earlier heading in the note (for #2526)
Fixed the editor color schema color picker in the settings dialog so closing it without changing the selected color no longer reapplies the schema and reloads the note folder (for #3506)
Changed the built-in Light editor color schema so internal note links now use #fc8f00 as foreground color and #fff8ef as background color (for #2914)

New release of QOwnNotes: v26.4.1

Wed, 01 Apr 2026 20:10:17 +0000

Implemented QLiteHtml preview underline rendering so that when Enable underline rendering is turned on, Markdown like __underline__ and _underline_ is rendered as underlined text instead of bold or italic in the preview (for #3533)
Updated menu action text Use softwrap in note editor and preview to Use softwrap in note editor, since the QLiteHtml preview is always softwrapped for #2566)
Fixed the main window and panel sizes not being persisted when closing the application: resized dock panels, toolbar layout and the main window geometry are now stored during the actual close event and correctly restored on the next start (for #3532)
Changed the visual marker and wording for pinned note tabs: sticky tabs now use a pushpin symbol instead of a flag, and the related action and tooltip text now consistently refer to pinning and unpinning tabs (for #2595)
Fixed the read-only status bar button becoming visible even when note editing was allowed, which occurred when enabling the read-only mode feature for the first time in the settings and then closing the dialog; the toolbar action and the status bar button are now always kept in sync (for #3529)
Fixed a crash in the Find action command bar by hiding the Find action entry from the dialog itself, preventing recursive reopening of the command bar and the follow-up crash when another action was selected afterward (for #3530)

New release of QOwnNotes: v26.4.0

Tue, 31 Mar 2026 19:58:29 +0000

LanguageTool ignored rules and ignored words are now persisted across application restarts; previously, ignored rules were only stored in memory and lost when the application was closed (for #3496)
Added a new "Ignore word" option to the LanguageTool context menu that allows ignoring specific words (e.g. proper nouns, technical terms) without disabling the entire rule; ignored words are persisted across restarts (for #3496)
Added "Reset ignored rules" and "Reset ignored words" buttons to the LanguageTool settings page to clear all previously ignored rules and words (for #3496)
The last selected Nextcloud Deck card is now re-selected after the card list is reloaded when a card is stored or the archived cards view is toggled (for #3357)
Fixed Nextcloud Deck card updating that caused HTTP 400 errors: the PUT request now uses the correct API v1.1 endpoint with the card's actual stackId in the URL path; the request body includes the required owner field (which the Deck server validates as mandatory), sends the card's real order value, always includes description, and explicitly sets duedate to null when no due date is selected; also fixed spurious QString::arg warnings in the error dialogs for card operations where placeholder indices were wrong, and added response body logging on errors for better diagnostics (for #3357)
Added more Russian, German, Chinese Simplified, Korean, Spanish, French, Polish translation (thank you, pbek, VenusGirl, AlejandroMoc, jd-develop, Fresta24)

New release of QOwnNotes: v26.3.25

Mon, 30 Mar 2026 19:46:34 +0000

Improved block selection (rectangular selection) so that it can now extend wider than the first selected line; the selection rectangle is no longer clamped to the width of the anchor line's text, allowing the right edge to be dragged further right even when the starting line is short (for #2935)
Scripting: note.renameNoteFile() now seamlessly switches the editor to the renamed note when it is the currently open note, so scripts that programmatically rename notes (e.g. to apply an ISO-date filename scheme) keep the user in the right note without any manual navigation (for #3527)
Added a new highlighter state Link (internal) for internal note links (like [text](note.md), and note:// links) in the editor font and color settings; this allows styling internal note links differently from regular external links in the note text edit and the preview; the Link state is used as a fallback if the new state is not configured in the color schema; bare legacy note:// links (e.g. note://Note_2018_06_26T22_11_10) that are written without angle brackets are now also rendered as clickable links in the preview and styled with the internal link color (for #2914)
The wiki link highlighter states Wiki link and Wiki link (broken) are now hidden in the editor font and color settings dialog when wiki link support is disabled (for #3512)
The LanguageTool integration now always ignores the typography warning Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace, because Markdown lists intentionally use repeated spaces for indentation; findings from that specific rule are no longer underlined in the editor (for #3496)
Added support for Markdown image dimensions using curly-brace attribute syntax like ![alt text](image.png){ width=300 height=200 }; the attributes are rendered with masked syntax in the editor and are applied to the preview, including the QLiteHtml preview, where they overrule the automatic image width sizing; the small inline image preview in the editor is also shown when the image tag with dimension attributes is the last item in the block (for #2898)

New release of QOwnNotes: v26.3.24

Sun, 29 Mar 2026 19:54:06 +0000

Added block selection (rectangular selection) support in the note text editor by holding the Alt key and dragging the mouse cursor; the selected rectangle of text can be copied or cut with the usual keyboard shortcuts, and pressing Escape or clicking without Alt clears the selection; the selection is only rendered as a true rectangle when using a monospaced font (for #2935)
Added a new Manage workspaces dialog (accessible via the toolbar button or the Workspace menu) that allows adding, renaming, removing and reordering workspaces in one place; the individual Add, Remove and Rename toolbar buttons have been removed from the toolbar in favour of this dialog (for #2957)
Updated Copy note to and Move note to (cross-note-folder operations) so that media images and attachment files are now also copied to the destination note folder's media/ and attachments/ directories respectively, and the links inside the moved/copied note are rewritten to point to the correct locations at the root of the destination note folder; previously the .md file was moved but linked files were left behind and URLs were not updated (for #2948)

New release of QOwnNotes: v26.3.23

Sat, 28 Mar 2026 12:11:56 +0000

A warning dialog is now shown when deleting a note (or multiple notes) that are referenced by links in other notes, informing the user that the deletion will leave those links broken and offering the option to cancel; the check is performed for both single-note removal and bulk removal (for #3202)
When a note subfolder is renamed, a confirmation dialog is now shown offering to update all relative Markdown links ([text](../old_folder/note.md) and <../old_folder/note.md>) across affected notes to reflect the new folder name; both plain and URL-encoded path variants are handled (for #3213)
Added a new Color modes settings page under Interface settings that allows users to create custom color mode profiles with dark mode, icon theme, and editor color schema settings; built-in Light and Dark modes are provided and cannot be deleted, while users can create as many custom modes as needed (for #3526)
- The dark mode settings, icon theme settings (internal/system/dark mode icon theme), and editor color schema selection were moved from the Interface and Editor settings to the Color modes page
Replaced the Qt5 AppImage build with the Qt6 AppImage build in the release workflow so the primary AppImage now ships with Qt 6.10.2 instead of Qt 5.15.2, bringing improved scripting support, QML/Quick integration and OpenSSL 3; the release asset name QOwnNotes-x86_64.AppImage is preserved so the in-app auto-update process continues to work seamlessly (for #3074)
- The Qt6 AppImage, which was on Qt 6.5.3, was made ready to work with Qt 6.10.2

New release of QOwnNotes: v26.3.22

Thu, 26 Mar 2026 19:56:35 +0000

Moved the note tree checkbox out of the Experimental settings into the Panels settings, in the Note list panel section, so the setting is easier to find where related note list options are configured (for #790)
Fixed note tree context menu operations when the enableNoteTree setting is active so that confirmation dialogs and bulk operations now correctly distinguish between notes and folders — move, copy, tag, and remove-tag actions only count the selected notes (not folders) in their confirmation messages and skip folder items during processing; the remove action already handled both types separately (for #790)
Added a new List operations submenu to the note text edit context menu when text is selected, with actions to toggle tri-state checkboxes ([ ], [x], [-]), create ordered/alphabetical/unordered/checkbox lists, clear list formatting, and order checkbox lists (for #3524)
Fixed the Qt5 and Qt6 AppImage builds to bundle the Wayland Qt platform plugins and fail CI if libqwayland-egl.so or libqwayland-generic.so is missing, so the application now starts on Wayland-only systems without requiring XWayland (for #3525)

New release of QOwnNotes: v26.3.21

Wed, 25 Mar 2026 19:58:38 +0000

Fixed emoji characters (e.g. 🚫) rendering as incorrect glyphs (such as the Bitcoin ₿ symbol) in the QLiteHtml preview on Windows — the root cause was that litehtml's internal utf8_to_wchar silently truncated codepoints above U+FFFF to 16 bits when appending to std::wstring (since wchar_t is 16-bit on Windows), so e.g. U+1F600 (😀, UTF-8 F0 9F 98 80) became U+F600 (UTF-8 EF 98 80); the conversion functions now correctly produce and consume UTF-16 surrogate pairs (for #3517)
Removed the emoji font appending workaround from the QLiteHtml preview that was no longer needed after the litehtml UTF-16 surrogate pair fix and caused the note preview to be rendered in the wrong font (for #3522)
Search results in the Settings dialog are now highlighted directly on the matched widgets — QLabel text gets the search term wrapped in a yellow background highlight, while QCheckBox, QRadioButton, QGroupBox and QPushButton widgets receive a yellow background color; highlights are cleared when the search text is removed (for #3523)

New release of QOwnNotes: v26.3.20

Tue, 24 Mar 2026 20:07:56 +0000

Fixed XML/HTML code blocks in the QLiteHtml preview having their tags stripped and showing only text content; indented lines inside fenced code blocks were incorrectly masked as indented code blocks, bypassing the syntax highlighter, and the XML highlighter now also properly escapes closing angle brackets (for #3521)
Added a new Read-only mode panel to the General settings with an Enable read-only mode master checkbox; all read-only related settings (Start application in read-only mode and When inactive, enter read-only mode automatically after) are now grouped inside this panel and are disabled when the master checkbox is unchecked — the Disallow note editing toolbar/menu action is hidden and the Escape key no longer enters read-only mode when the feature is disabled (for #3519)
Fixed intermittent database table is locked: note warnings (SQLite error 262) caused by background threads (backlink navigation, note relation scene) contending with main-thread writes on the shared-cache in-memory database; each connection now sets PRAGMA busy_timeout = 5000 and PRAGMA read_uncommitted = 1 so that read-only workers skip table-level shared-cache locks instead of immediately returning SQLITE_LOCKED (for #3520)
Improved the Failed to get index git warning to include the actual libgit2 error message for easier diagnosis (for #3520)
Fixed a crash in the update dialog caused by QAbstractScrollArea::viewport() being called on a not-yet-initialized scroll area during setupUi construction; the event filter now guards against a null viewport before dereferencing it (for #3518)
Added optional wiki-style link support — enable it in the Editor settings with the new Enable wiki-style link support [[note name]] checkbox (for #3512)
- Write [[Note Name]] to link to a note by name; subfolder-qualified links like [[subfolder/Note Name]] and heading anchors like [[Note#Heading]] are also supported, as well as display-text aliases like [[Note|My Label]]
- Resolved links are highlighted in the editor with a dotted underline using the link color; broken (unresolved) links use a dashed underline with the broken-link color
- Clicking a wiki link in the note preview navigates to the target note; if the note does not exist you are asked whether to create it
- Ctrl+Click on a wiki link in the note editor navigates to the target note (or offers to create it); Ctrl+Shift+Click opens it in a new tab
- The Insert link dialog (Ctrl+L) gains a Create wiki-style link [[...]] checkbox (visible only when wiki-link support is enabled) to insert the selected note as a [[Note Name]] link instead of a Markdown link
- Typing [[ in the editor triggers auto-complete with a filtered list of all note names (including subfolder-qualified paths); a suggestion can also be triggered via the normal auto-complete shortcut inside an open [[
- Wiki links are included in backlink detection and shown in the backlinks panel; when a subfolder is renamed all qualified [[subfolder/...]] links across all notes are updated automatically

New release of QOwnNotes: v26.3.19

Mon, 23 Mar 2026 19:32:58 +0000

Attempted to fix emoji characters (e.g. 🚫) rendering as incorrect glyphs (such as the Bitcoin B symbol) in the QLiteHtml preview on Windows by appending the platform-specific color-emoji font ("Segoe UI Emoji" on Windows, "Apple Color Emoji" on macOS, "Noto Color Emoji" on Linux) as a fallback in every font family list passed to Qt's font engine, ensuring proper emoji glyph selection (for #3517)
Moved the LanguageTool settings out of the Editor settings into a dedicated LanguageTool settings page (with a spell-check icon) in the settings sidebar (for #3496)
Fixed spell checker and LanguageTool text replacements to first turn off read-only mode so the note will be stored when a suggestion is applied (for #3496)
Fixed wrong foreground color of text underlined by LanguageTool: the underline overlay now preserves each character's individual syntax-highlight color (e.g. heading, bold, link colors) instead of overwriting them with the color of the first character in the match span (for #3496)
Fixed new note creation via Ctrl + N not including the current date in the note title (for #3516)
Added more Korean, Spanish, Croatian, French, Swedish translation (thank you, VenusGirl, AlejandroMoc, milotype, jd-develop, ojn)

New release of QOwnNotes: v26.3.18

Sun, 22 Mar 2026 13:36:34 +0000

Fixed the Use Layout button in settings to correctly create a new workspace with the proper layout settings without destroying the current workspace, and fixed the previous workspace losing its note editor panel when switching to a layout with a different noteEditIsCentralWidget setting (for #3511)
Added optional LanguageTool grammar and style checking alongside the existing Sonnet spell checker, with colored editor underlines, context-menu suggestions, server settings, and a quick toggle in the Spelling menu (for #3496)
- For more information on the LanguageTool integration, see the new documentation page at LanguageTool
Fixed the AUR / CMake build to always use the bundled litehtml when building qlitehtml, avoiding API mismatches with incompatible system litehtml packages (for #3510)

New release of QOwnNotes: v26.3.17

Fri, 20 Mar 2026 22:22:01 +0000

Fixed build regressions from the mainwindow.cpp manager split so Qt 5.9 and lower build again on old build tooling (for #3509)
Fixed a crash when closing the Settings dialog after canceling live dark mode or editor color schema changes, by updating the system tray icon through the tray manager instead of a stale pointer (for #3509)

New release of QOwnNotes: v26.3.16

Fri, 20 Mar 2026 21:56:44 +0000

Allow switching between dark and light mode and changing the editor color schema (including individual color and font settings) in the Settings dialog without restarting the application — changes are applied live to the editor and note preview immediately (for #3506)
Fixed the active heading selection in the Navigation panel flickering to the next heading while typing or pressing Enter at the end of a section in the note text edit (for #3508)
Refactored mainwindow.cpp by extracting cohesive groups of methods into dedicated manager classes in src/managers/ to improve maintainability and reduce the file size (for #3509)

New release of QOwnNotes: v26.3.15

Thu, 19 Mar 2026 20:07:10 +0000

Enable QLiteHtml preview support by default for qmake and CMake builds (for #3466)
- A huge amount of work went into this and it will solve various rendering issues in the note preview, like list item spacing and horizontal rule and table rendering
Fixed the Qt6 AppImage release build to bundle and prefer the packaged QML import modules again so the scripting engine works instead of loading incompatible host Qt plugins (for #3074)

New release of QOwnNotes: v26.3.14

Wed, 18 Mar 2026 21:08:52 +0000

Remember folded Markdown headings for each open note in memory and restore that state when reopening notes, including notes stored in subfolders (for #3505)
Allow switching noteEditIsCentralWidget and applying predefined layouts so the main window and workspace layout are rebuilt immediately without restarting the application, including workspace-specific editor placement or layout selection (for #3504)
Fixed the AppImage deployment in the GitHub release workflows so the bundled OpenSSL libraries work again and the script repository loads correctly (for #3502)
- The SSL issues with the Qt6 AppImage should also be fixed (for #3174)

New release of QOwnNotes: v26.3.13

Tue, 17 Mar 2026 19:47:10 +0000

Added Markdown heading folding in the note editor with clickable gutter toggles, fold/unfold-all actions, and a new Editor setting to enable or disable the feature (for #2126)
Added a new "Files" tab to the Navigation panel that lists linked media files and attachments under separate root items, jumps to the selected link in the current note, and offers a context menu action to open the file externally (for #3499)
Added inline renaming for linked media files and attachments in the Navigation panel's "Files" tab via F2, with a follow-up refactoring prompt that tells you how many note files will be updated before renaming linked filenames everywhere (for #3499)
Added deleting linked media files and attachments from the Navigation panel's "Files" tab via Del and a context menu action, with confirmations that show how many note files can be updated and an optional follow-up dialog to remove those file links everywhere (for #3499)
Changed the Navigation panel to only show the optional "Files" and "Backlinks" tabs when the current note actually has file links or backlinks to display (for #3499)
Changed Navigation panel tab visibility checks for the optional "Files" and "Backlinks" tabs to run in the background so the UI stays responsive (for #3499)

New release of QOwnNotes: v26.3.12

Mon, 16 Mar 2026 20:29:59 +0000

Added a search panel to the update dialog changelog so release note changes can be searched directly with the standard find workflow (for #3498)
Prepare build process for system botan 3.11.0 (for #3501, thank you @thillux)

New release of QOwnNotes: v26.3.11

Sat, 14 Mar 2026 13:11:59 +0000

Changed Markdown formatting syntax hiding so named links keep their URL part visible ([name](https://example.com) now only hides Markdown delimiters) (for #1662)
Fixed a build failure with older Qt5 versions in XDG global shortcut portal token generation by only using QUuid::WithoutBraces on Qt >= 5.11 and falling back to brace removal on older Qt5 (for #2462)
Fixed low-contrast search icons in the "Link to a URL or note" and Settings dialogs by switching the search field icon between light and dark variants based on the active dark mode color setting (for #3494)
Fixed low-contrast OK button check-mark icons in dark mode by adding explicit dialog-ok / dialog-ok-apply icons for the internal light and dark Breeze icon themes (for #3495)

New release of QOwnNotes: v26.3.10

Fri, 13 Mar 2026 20:33:52 +0000

Added an option to hide Markdown formatting syntax (like **, *, #, backticks, link brackets) on lines that are not being edited, for a cleaner Typora-like editing experience (Editor settings, off by default) (for #1662)
- Disclaimer: Due to limitations of the QPlainTextEdit API, this is a best-effort implementation sets the font letter spacing to 0 and the font size to 0.01 for the formatting syntax characters, so they are still present in the editor, just smaller. Especially for links with a lot of text between the brackets, gaps will be visible in the formatting syntax!
Added a security token setting for the Homepage-compatible bookmark suggestion API (with encrypted storage, settings dump masking, and token-validated GET /suggest requests), and updated Homepage integration docs (custom.js) to append the token query parameter (for #3484)
Improved portal handle token generation compatibility for older Qt5 distributions (e.g. Debian 9.0, SLE 15) by using QUuid on Qt5 and keeping QRandomGenerator on Qt6 builds (for #2462)

New release of QOwnNotes: v26.3.9

Wed, 11 Mar 2026 21:01:08 +0000

Fixed heading order in the Navigation panel's "Headings" tab to keep the same sequence as in the note text when heading levels are skipped (for #2994)
Added support for global keyboard shortcuts under Wayland (e.g. KDE Plasma) using the XDG Desktop Portal GlobalShortcuts interface, since the previous X11-based shortcut mechanism does not work on Wayland (for #2462)
Fixed Homepage bookmark auto-suggestions to also match tokens from full Markdown bookmark entries (tags and trailing text after the link) (for #3484)
Fixed merged bookmark entries keeping a shorter link label when a longer label exists for the same URL (for #3484)

New release of QOwnNotes: v26.3.8

Tue, 10 Mar 2026 20:20:28 +0000

Improved Homepage bookmark suggestion integration behavior and documentation, including externally hosted Homepage custom asset guidance (for #3484)
Fixed QLiteHtml preview rendering to use a single separator line instead of a two-line inset/beveled rule (for #3466)
Added more Korean, French, Spanish, Croatian translation (thank you, venusgirl, jd-develop, alejandromoc, milotype)

New release of QOwnNotes: v26.3.7

Mon, 09 Mar 2026 21:23:21 +0000

Fixed an xUbuntu 20.04 / GCC build failure caused by duplicate qstring_literal symbols in WebSocketServerService::httpResponse by replacing QStringLiteral default arguments with overloads (for #3484)

New release of QOwnNotes: v26.3.6

Mon, 09 Mar 2026 20:38:01 +0000

Added a local Homepage-compatible bookmark suggestion API endpoint (GET /suggest) based on existing bookmark parsing and Web Companion data sources, with prefix-first matching, deduplication, limit handling, and response format compatibility (for #3484)
- Added a separate webpage documentation page for the Homepage suggestion API integration at Homepage suggestion API, including links to reusable custom.js / custom.css assets for externally hosted Homepage instances
Fixed the default note sorting in the "Link to a URL or note" dialog regressing to alphabetical order when note subfolders are disabled; it now again defaults to modification date descending (for #3482)
Fixed switching note folders from the selector when multiple configured note folders point to the same local directory, ensuring folder-specific UI state like subfolder panel visibility updates correctly (for #3489)

New release of QOwnNotes: v26.3.5

Fri, 06 Mar 2026 20:23:48 +0000

Disabled hanging indentation for wrapped Markdown list items by default in the note text edit (for #1581)
Try to fix hanging-indented wrapped Markdown list items still occasionally showing no visible caret after clicking into continuation text in the note text edit (for #3480)
Fixed caret blink artifacts in hanging-indented wrapped Markdown list items, where the caret could appear partially clipped or show a stray tick while typing (for #3480)
Fixed caret visibility and blinking on the last wrapped visual line of hanging-indented Markdown list items, where the caret could disappear entirely while typing (for #3480)

New release of QOwnNotes: v26.3.4

Thu, 05 Mar 2026 21:05:31 +0000

Fixed hanging-indented wrapped Markdown list items still occasionally clipping the caret on click on Windows and Linux/X11, and fixed current-line highlight alignment drifting after nested list items in the note text edit (for #3480)
Fixed cursor placement and text selection becoming offset in hanging-indented wrapped Markdown list items after keyboard navigation, which could also draw the current-line highlight on the wrong visual line (for #3480)
Fixed clicking percent-encoded relative attachment links in the note preview opening a non-decoded path (for #3483)
Added moving note subfolders to another folder via the note subfolder tree context menu, including optional migration of relative note links, media file links and attachment links for moved notes (for #2581)
In the "Link to a URL or note" dialog, when note subfolders are enabled, the Note tab now shows sortable "Note", "Folder", and "Modified" columns, sorted by modification date descending by default, to make similarly named notes easier to distinguish (for #3482)
Added more improvements to the note list search and filtering in note tree mode for #790)
- In note tree mode, searching in the note list now hides folders that don't match and don't contain matching notes in their subtree, while keeping parent folders visible for matching note names or note content, and expanding visible folders so matching results are uncollapsed (for #2868)
- In note tree mode, note and folder search now always searches across all folders instead of only the currently selected folder (for #2868)
- Fixed note tree mode not refreshing the note/folder tree after selecting a folder cleared the search text, so hidden items are now shown again (for #2868)

New release of QOwnNotes: v26.3.3

Wed, 04 Mar 2026 22:06:23 +0000

Added small inline Markdown image previews in the note text edit with a new setting (enabled by default), supporting local files, remote http(s) image URLs, base64 data:image/... images, and Nextcloud /core/preview image URLs (for #1254)
- Inline Markdown image previews are currently only shown when no visible text follows the image tag on the same editor line, to avoid caret positioning mismatches after the image tag
Fixed caret blinking and visibility when the cursor is on hanging-indented wrapped lines in Markdown list items in the note text edit (for #3480)

New release of QOwnNotes: v26.3.2

Tue, 03 Mar 2026 20:27:10 +0000

Moved the setting for hanging indentation in wrapped Markdown list items to the Tabs and Indents panel in the settings dialog (for #1581)
Try to fix hanging indentation in wrapped Markdown list items causing caret placement and drawing issues on mouse clicks on Windows (for #3480)
Try to better fix the end of the last line of text being cut off on hanging-indented wrapped list items when the text almost fits the available width (for #3478)

New release of QOwnNotes: v26.3.1

Mon, 02 Mar 2026 20:03:00 +0000

Added a setting to toggle hanging indentation for wrapped Markdown list items in the note text edit (for #1581)
Fixed text selection start positions in wrapped Markdown list items with hanging indentation in the note text edit (for #3477)
Fixed wrapped list item continuation lines with hanging indentation sometimes clipping the last characters of a line (for #3478)
Fixed QLiteHtml preview selection drawing occasionally leaving vertical highlight stripes when dragging a selection (for #3466)

New release of QOwnNotes: v26.3.0

Sun, 01 Mar 2026 18:27:05 +0000

Fixed hanging indentation for wrapped Markdown list lines not matching the indentation of non-wrapped list items in the note text edit (for #3476)
Added more Russian, French, Korean translation (thank you, catmenmilota, jd-develop, venusgirl)

New release of QOwnNotes: v26.2.15

Fri, 27 Feb 2026 21:38:44 +0000

Fix Qt5 build error (for #3467)

New release of QOwnNotes: v26.2.13

Thu, 26 Feb 2026 21:17:09 +0000

Fixed indented fenced code blocks (with tabs or spaces before the opening fence) showing raw CODEBLOCK placeholders instead of the actual code in the note preview (for #2671)
Fixed a backtick-fenced code block nested inside a 4-space/tab indented code block causing highlight spans to be injected into verbatim content, making raw HTML like test1=test2 appear in the preview (for #2671)
Fixed a backtick-fenced code block nested inside a tilde-fenced code block causing raw HTML span tags (e.g. test1=test2) to appear as visible literal text in the note preview (for #2671)
Fixed angle-bracket content inside code blocks (also 4-Spaces fence) and inline code (e.g., ) being incorrectly converted to file links in the note preview (for #3084)
- This also fixes regex preview issues (for #2952)
Fixed Markdown highlighter incorrectly formatting a tab-indented list subitem as a heading when followed by a lone - on the next line (for #3086)
- isParagraph() now treats tab-indented lines starting with -, +, or * as list items, so they are no longer considered paragraph text eligible for setext heading detection
Added search filtering for scripts in the settings Scripting panel, matching name and details (for #3471)
Fixed clicking a Nextcloud Deck link not opening the Nextcloud Deck dialog anymore (for #3357)
- The note editor's openUrl method now routes Nextcloud Deck card URLs (https://…/apps/deck/#/board/…/card/…) through UrlHandler instead of handing them off to QDesktopServices
- The note preview's anchor-click handler (onNotePreviewAnchorClicked) now also recognises Deck card URLs and routes them through UrlHandler so the dialog opens correctly from the preview pane as well
- The card ID is now parsed directly from the URL path instead of requiring a pre-configured board ID that exactly matches the clicked link, so the dialog opens regardless of which board the card belongs to
- Removed the isEnabled() gate from the link-click handler so the Nextcloud Deck dialog opens even when the Deck integration is not fully configured for card creation
- Fixed Ctrl+clicking a Deck link in the note editor not opening the Nextcloud Deck dialog; the ignored-click URL regexp for Deck card links was causing openLinkAtCursorPosition() to swallow the click before it could reach openUrl()
Added strikeout support to the QLiteHtml preview widget so that ~~strikeout~~ text is rendered with a line-through decoration in the note preview (for #3466)
- QLiteHtml's built-in CSS has no rule for or ~~elements, so the CSS del, s, del *, s * { text-decoration: line-through; } is now injected into the HTML head before passing it to the widget~~

Improved multi-note selection preview styling in the QLiteHtml preview widget for dark mode (for #3466)

Colors are now derived from the active editor schema instead of hardcoded light/dark fallback values, so the preview correctly respects any user-configured theme

Body background, foreground, and link colors all follow the schema's NoState and Link states

The alternating row background and muted date text are computed by blending the schema background toward the foreground, keeping contrast consistent across all themes

New release of QOwnNotes: v26.2.12

Wed, 25 Feb 2026 20:45:18 +0000

Fixed note filename changes from title updates incorrectly triggering the external modification dialog when checksum checks are enabled (for #3396)

Improved detection of current note updates when the Nextcloud desktop client replaces files via temp file moves (for #3468)

Added more French, Korean translation (thank you, jd-develop, venusgirl)

New release of QOwnNotes: v26.2.11

Tue, 24 Feb 2026 21:56:29 +0000

Extended the Markdown LSP integration with formatting and code action support for rumdl (for #3467)

The editor context menu now provides a Markdown LSP section with format document, format selection, and code actions

The completions menu now includes a filter field that starts with the current word

Fixed Setext heading highlighting not clearing when the underline line loses its heading marker (for #3469)

New release of QOwnNotes: v26.2.10

Mon, 23 Feb 2026 20:40:00 +0000

Fixed Nextcloud desktop client sync changes to non-current note files not being picked up by QOwnNotes (for #3468)

The Nextcloud client uses a temp-file + atomic rename strategy to update note files; the rename typically completes before the directoryChanged signal handler runs, so the temp file is already gone when QOwnNotes looks for it — the deferred re-index was therefore never triggered

The notes directory watcher now always schedules a deferred re-index (1 second after the directory change event) so the final on-disk state of all note files is captured regardless of whether a temp file is visible at the time the event fires

The note index rebuild also refreshes the note list when an existing note's content was updated on disk, not only when notes were added or removed

New release of QOwnNotes: v26.2.9

Sun, 22 Feb 2026 18:21:39 +0000

Added experimental Markdown LSP support with settings for server command/arguments (for #3467)

The integration is experimental and currently provides completions via the autocomplete action

LSP info logs are no longer shown as warnings; only error-like stderr output is surfaced

Diagnostics published by the LSP server are now displayed as wave underlines in the editor; severity is reflected by color: red for errors, orange for warnings, blue for information, and green for hints

Hovering over a diagnostic underline shows a tooltip with the diagnostic message

Diagnostics are cleared automatically when switching to a different note

Fixed a vertical stripe flickering artifact in the QLiteHtml preview when dragging to select text (for #3466)

Degenerate zero- or negative-width selection highlight rects are now suppressed; these were generated when the cursor was at or near the start of a text element, causing a 1-pixel-wide highlight to be painted over the full height of the preview during mouse-drag selection

Mouse-move repaints now use a single full-viewport update instead of multiple partial dirty-rect updates, preventing intermediate frame artifacts during rapid selection drags

Improved text selection contrast in the QLiteHtml preview, especially in dark mode (for #3466)

Selected text now uses the palette highlight text color (QPalette::HighlightedText) instead of the original CSS text color, ensuring readable contrast over the selection highlight background

New release of QOwnNotes: v26.2.8

Fri, 20 Feb 2026 20:52:07 +0000

Added a setting Allow empty note files in the Panels settings to allow or disallow empty note files (for #3456)

The QLiteHtml preview panel now uses system default scrollbars instead of custom styled scrollbars (for #3466)

Fixed extra top/right padding in the QLiteHtml preview panel layout (for #3466)

Fixed QLiteHtml preview text selection to allow click-drag and shift-click selection (for #3466)

Added more Spanish, Korean, French translation (thank you, alejandromoc, venusgirl, jd-develop)

New release of QOwnNotes: v26.2.7

Thu, 19 Feb 2026 19:34:46 +0000

The note list tooltip now shows the note file created date (for #841)

Added a search dialog to the QLiteHtml preview (for #3466)

The search dialog supports plain text, whole words, and regular expression search modes

Keyboard shortcuts: Ctrl+F to open, F3 for next/previous, Escape to close

The QLiteHtml preview now uses the editor background color from the color schema (for #3466)

The font size in the QLiteHtml preview is now aligned with the note text edit font size (for #3466)

Fixed an issue where fonts stored with pixel size would result in a smaller font size in the preview

The preview now properly uses the configured font size

Added support for copying selected text with Ctrl + C in the QLiteHtml preview (for #3466)

Both plain text and HTML (rich text) formats are copied to the clipboard

The copied HTML includes all formatting (colors, fonts, bold, italic, etc.) as inline styles

Improved text selection in the QLiteHtml preview (but it's still clunky) (for #3466)

Selection now only selects the specific text you click and drag over

Fixed an issue where entire paragraphs or blocks would be selected instead of precise text

New release of QOwnNotes: v26.2.6

Tue, 17 Feb 2026 21:48:03 +0000

Improved QLiteHtml preview task list rendering and export (for #3466)

Task list checkbox spacing now matches the regular preview

Task list items no longer wrap checkbox text in paragraph tags

Added "Export generated raw HTML" to the QLiteHtml preview context menu

Task list checkboxes in QLiteHtml now use the same clickable styling as the regular preview

Restored Markdown underscore emphasis handling for _italic_ and __strong__

New release of QOwnNotes: v26.2.5

Mon, 16 Feb 2026 21:14:19 +0000

Moving the QToolBar widgets in the UI now triggers the storing of the current workspace (for #3465)

Improved the QLiteHtml library integration and build process (for #3466)

The QLiteHtml debug information is now also shown in the debug settings

Fixed various build issues in the QLiteHtml library for modern compilers

The QLiteHtml library is now built as a static library when enabled

Task list checkboxes are now clickable in the QLiteHtml preview

Clicking a checkbox will toggle its state in the markdown text

New release of QOwnNotes: v26.2.4

Thu, 12 Feb 2026 19:46:43 +0000

Added a "Copy note filename" menu action to copy the filename of the current note to the clipboard (for #3462)

This action is available in the note list context menu and in the status bar path label context menu

It copies just the filename (e.g., MyNote.md) instead of the full path

Added support for additional note link formats in the note relation graph and backlinks panel (for #3266)

Links using hyphens instead of underscores in note:// protocol are now recognized

Example: now matches notes named "Link test2.md"

Previously only was supported

Links with non-URL-encoded filenames with spaces are now recognized

Example: now works in addition to

Both markdown link syntax [text](link) and angle bracket syntax are supported

Backlinks for those new links will display readable names in the navigation panel

Also fix hiding of the Command snippets in the settings dialog (for #3314)

Fixed an issue where enabling a panel in the Windows menu would not store the state immediately, causing the panel to be hidden again after an app restart (for #3463)

The AUR build is now done with cmake, aspell, libgit and system botan for improved build time and improved git and spellchecking support (for #3461)

New release of QOwnNotes: v26.2.3

Wed, 11 Feb 2026 20:54:20 +0000

Added new menu actions in the Navigation menu to navigate between headings in the Navigation panel (for #3378)

Previous heading (Ctrl+Shift+Page Up) - navigate to the previous heading

Next heading (Ctrl+Shift+Page Down) - navigate to the next heading

These shortcuts allow quick navigation through note headings without using the mouse

Improved visual appearance of disabled panels in the settings dialog (for #3314)

Informational labels in the Nextcloud support panel now use muted colors when the panel is disabled

Informational labels in the Browser extension / command snippets panel now use muted colors when the panel is disabled

This makes it clearer which settings sections are active or inactive, especially in dark mode

New release of QOwnNotes: v26.2.2

Tue, 10 Feb 2026 19:22:30 +0000

Improved the refactoring of heading links when renaming headings in the Navigation panel (for #3459)

Fixed an issue where heading backlink updates would incorrectly replace links to other notes with the same heading name

The backlink update now correctly matches the full link path, only updating links that point to the current note

Both URL-encoded and unencoded paths in links are now properly handled (e.g., My%20Note.md and My Note.md)

This prevents accidentally breaking links to other notes when renaming headings

Table of contents links within the same note (e.g., [Section](#old-heading)) are now also updated when renaming headings

This is useful for notes with TOC sections that link to headings within the note

Same-note links are properly detected and updated alongside backlinks from other notes

Added more Korean, Spanish translation (thank you, venusgirl, alejandromoc)

New release of QOwnNotes: v26.2.1

Mon, 09 Feb 2026 21:04:26 +0000

Added ability to rename headings directly in the Navigation panel (for #3459)

You can now double-click, press F2, or right-click and select "Rename heading" on any heading in the "Headings" tab of the Navigation panel to rename it

The heading text in your note will update automatically while preserving the heading level

When you rename a heading, QOwnNotes will scan all notes that link to the current note and prompt you to update any links that reference the old heading

This ensures that note links with heading fragments (e.g., [Link](note.md#old-heading)) remain valid after renaming

This provides a quick way to reorganize your note structure without manually editing the text or breaking backlinks

Added more French translation (thank you, baptistou)

New release of QOwnNotes: v26.2.0

Sun, 01 Feb 2026 18:15:18 +0000

Empty note files are now allowed again and will only result in a warning in the log (for #3456)

Added more Korean, French, Spanish translation (thank you, venusgirl, jd-develop, alejandromoc)

New release of QOwnNotes: v26.1.15

Fri, 30 Jan 2026 20:35:39 +0000

Fixed a regression where pressing Ctrl + Space to format a markdown table would show "An url was opened at the current cursor position" but no table formatting would happen (for #3454)

Table formatting with Ctrl + Space now works correctly again

The issue was caused by the fix for double-opening links in 26.1.14

Fixed an issue where Ctrl + Shift + Click on note links would not open notes in a new tab (for #3447)

When clicking a note link with Ctrl + Shift, the note now opens in a new tab as expected

Previously, if the note was already open in a tab, it would just switch to that existing tab instead of creating a new one

New release of QOwnNotes: v26.1.14

Wed, 28 Jan 2026 20:10:15 +0000

Fixed a regression where Ctrl + Click on links in the note editor caused them to be opened twice (for #3447)

Links are now opened only once when clicked with Ctrl

Added bookmark markers (1-9) next to line numbers in the note editor (for #3453)

When you store a note bookmark (Ctrl+1 through Ctrl+9), the bookmark slot number is now displayed in red next to the line number in the editor

Bookmark markers are only shown for the current note

The "Show line numbers" setting needs to be enabled in the editor settings

Fixed table border colors in dark mode preview to be white instead of black (for #3442)

Table borders are now properly visible in dark mode

Border colors automatically adapt based on the dark mode setting

New release of QOwnNotes: v26.1.13

Tue, 27 Jan 2026 19:48:28 +0000

Fixed an issue where the last image was still shown after deleting all images in the stored images dialog (for #3449)

The image preview is now properly cleared when all images are deleted

The image preview is also cleared when switching to a view mode with no images

Fixed the same issue in the stored attachments dialog where file info remained visible after deleting all attachments or switching to an empty view

Fixed the image dialog to properly clear the preview when the file path is cleared

Fixed the attachment dialog to properly hide info and download button when the file path is cleared

Added context menu entries to insert table columns and rows when the cursor is in a Markdown table (for #3450)

Add table column left - Inserts a new column to the left of the cursor position

Add table column right - Inserts a new column to the right of the cursor position

Add table row above - Inserts a new row above the cursor position

Add table row below - Inserts a new row below the cursor position

The table is automatically formatted after insertion

New release of QOwnNotes: v26.1.12

Mon, 26 Jan 2026 21:56:24 +0000

Fixed an issue where images could be pasted into the note editor when in read-only mode (for #3448)

Image pasting is now properly prevented when note editing is disabled

Added more French translation (thank you, jd-develop)

New release of QOwnNotes: v26.1.11

Fri, 23 Jan 2026 18:14:09 +0000

Added support for opening note links in a new tab using Ctrl + Shift + Click in the note editor (for #3447)

Use Ctrl + Click to open a note link in the current tab (existing behavior)

Use Ctrl + Shift + Click to open a note link in a new tab

This works for all note link formats: note://, noteid://, and file links

Added support for opening note links in a new tab from the preview pane using Ctrl + Click (for #3447)

Without Ctrl, clicking a link in the preview opens it in the current tab

With Ctrl, clicking a link in the preview opens it in a new tab

New release of QOwnNotes: v26.1.10

Wed, 21 Jan 2026 19:43:31 +0000

Removed icuuc.dll from the Windows deployment and via update script as it can cause issues if the other ICU DLLs are not installed (for #3445)

The translations for the most common languages used in QOwnNotes, that are currently not very actively maintained, were updated by Claude 4.5 Sonnet

Updated European Portuguese translation (337 strings)

Updated Brazilian Portuguese translation (214 strings)

Updated Italian translation (155 strings)

Updated German translation (152 strings)

Updated Russian translation (120 strings)

Updated Chinese Traditional translation (48 strings)

Updated Polish translation (42 strings)

Updated Chinese Simplified translation (23 strings)

New release of QOwnNotes: v26.1.9

Mon, 19 Jan 2026 18:49:18 +0000

Added support for showing archived cards in the Nextcloud Deck dialog (for #3357)

HTML table borders are now explicitly set to black in PDF export to try to ensure visibility on Windows (for #3443)

New release of QOwnNotes: v26.1.8

Sat, 17 Jan 2026 13:12:34 +0000

The Windows and macOS release are now built with Qt 6.10.1 to show table borders in the preview (for #3442)

The HTML note export will now format tables with borders around cells (for #3401)

New release of QOwnNotes: v26.1.7

Thu, 15 Jan 2026 19:47:48 +0000

The Microsoft Visual C++ 2015–2022 x64 redistributable (vc_redist.x64.exe) will not not be bundled with the Windows release anymore to reduce the archive size (for #3431)

It was never documented that it was distributed together with QOwnNotes

For the Windows release, the language file structure was reorganized by moving .qm files from the root release directory into a dedicated language subdirectory (for #2905, thank you, @alexanderino)

The update script will also remove obsolete .qm files from the root release directory during update installations

The Markdown cheatsheet demo note was updated to fix formatting issues (for #3434)

Added more French translation (thank you, jd-develop)

New release of QOwnNotes: v26.1.6

Wed, 07 Jan 2026 20:30:42 +0000

Added a debug message when a path can't be added to the note directory watcher (for #3428)

Added more Spanish translation (thank you, alejandromoc)

New release of QOwnNotes: v26.1.5

Mon, 05 Jan 2026 13:18:29 +0000

Fixed switching to different layout in the Layout settings for Qt6 builds (for #3425)

Added more Korean, Polish, French translation (thank you, venusgirl, stafre26, jd-develop)

New release of QOwnNotes: v26.1.4

Sun, 04 Jan 2026 13:18:13 +0000

Improved HTML to Markdown conversion with better handling of various HTML elements (for web-companion#35)

Added comprehensive table support with proper formatting of headers, rows, and cells

Fixed text formatting (bold, italic, strikethrough) to properly preserve inline styles

Fixed blockquotes and horizontal rules conversion

Improved heading conversion to remove unwanted line breaks within headings

Fixed link conversion to remove excessive line breaks in link text and nested elements

Improved code block handling to remove trailing line breaks inside code blocks

Added handling of nested formatting elements (e.g., bold/italic within links)

Fixed list item conversion to properly handle nested elements

Added comprehensive unit tests for all HTML to Markdown conversion scenarios

Fixed Evernote import code block handling to preserve leading indentation and code fences

Code blocks imported from Evernote now maintain their original formatting

Fixed an issue where PHP and other code blocks would lose their indentation or code fence markers

Improved encrypted text highlighting in the note editor (for #3427)

Encrypted text blocks are now visually distinguished with smaller font size for better readability

Encrypted text blocks now skip markdown highlighting, spell checking, and link detection to improve performance

New release of QOwnNotes: v26.1.3

Fri, 02 Jan 2026 13:34:53 +0000

The Joplin Import Dialog now supports importing images with title attributes (for #3419)

Image tags like ![](:/imageId "Some hover text") are now properly recognized and imported

The title attribute is used as the image filename when no alt text is provided

The Image file exists dialog when inserting new images was improved to also support remembering the No button choice (for #3419)

Added more Thai, French, Spanish, Polish translation (thank you, tony.chompoo, jd-develop, alejandromoc, @Fresta24)

New release of QOwnNotes: v26.1.2

Thu, 01 Jan 2026 12:39:49 +0000

Added Redo last action feature to quickly repeat the most recent action (for #3424)

Every action triggered from menus or toolbars is now automatically remembered

The "Redo action" menu item dynamically updates to show which action will be repeated (e.g., "Redo action: Insert text link")

Use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Alt+Shift+A or click the "Redo action" menu item to repeat the last action

The action is disabled initially and enabled after the first action is triggered

This allows for quick repetition of common actions without having to navigate back through menus

The Joplin Import Dialog now supports importing image tags with attributes (for #3419)

Image tags like are now properly recognized

Previously, only simple tags without attributes were supported

The Joplin Import Dialog now remembers the last selected directory

The directory path is automatically restored when reopening the dialog

The directory is only restored if it still exists on disk

The Evernote Import Dialog now remembers the last selected ENEX file

The file path is automatically restored when reopening the dialog

The file is only restored if it still exists on disk

Tried to fix an issue for some users where deleting notes with folders in a single operation when enabling the experimental note tree feature resulted in the deleted note still be shown in the note text edit (for #3374)

Added more Korean translation (thank you, venusgirl)

New release of QOwnNotes: v26.1.1

Wed, 31 Dec 2025 16:42:43 +0000

Notes and note folders can now be deleted together in a single operation when enabling the experimental note tree feature (for #3374)

When both notes and folders are selected, they will all be deleted after confirmation

The context menu remove action adapts its text based on selection ("Remove notes", "Remove folders", or "Remove notes and folders")

The selection label now shows counts for both notes and folders when selected together (e.g., "5 note(s) and 2 folder(s) selected")

The confirmation dialog adapts to show what will be deleted (notes only, folders only, or both)

The current note is now properly reset after deletion to prevent deleted notes from remaining visible

This avoids having to delete notes and folders separately

The "Missing trigrams for languages" warning was changed to a debug message to reduce noise in the log output (for #3417)

This informational message now only appears when debug logging is enabled

The warning was triggered when regional language variants (e.g., it_CH) were installed but didn't have corresponding trigram models for automatic language detection

Spell checking functionality remains completely unaffected

Try to apply more snap deployment issues fixes (for #3416)

New release of QOwnNotes: v26.1.0

Wed, 31 Dec 2025 09:38:34 +0000

The QOwnNotes webpage has been completely relaunched with VuePress 2, Vue.js 3, and Vuetify 3 (for #3414)

Migrated from VuePress 1 (which reached end of life) to VuePress 2

Updated to Vue.js 3 with Composition API for better performance and modern reactivity

Integrated Vuetify 3 for Material Design 3 components and improved accessibility

Implemented Vite-powered bundling for faster build times and development

Enhanced SEO, sitemap generation, and performance optimizations

Improved mobile responsiveness and accessibility across the entire site

Added comprehensive end-to-end testing with Playwright

Maintained all multilingual support and existing content

The QOwnNotes Web App was migrated to Vue 3, Vuetify 3 and Vite (for #57)

Major upgrade: Migrated from Vue 2 to Vue 3

Major upgrade: Migrated from Vuetify 2 to Vuetify 3

Major upgrade: Migrated from Vue CLI to Vite for faster builds and development

Security: Fixed all security vulnerabilities by removing deprecated Vue CLI dependencies

Updated all dependencies to latest versions

Improved build performance with Vite (10-100x faster development server)

Added Material Design Icons font package

Modernized codebase to use Vue 3 features and APIs

Updated service worker implementation with vite-plugin-pwa

Updated Docker build to use Node 22

Try to fixed snap deployment timeout issues in the release workflow by replacing the GitHub action with direct snapcraft upload command and adding proper timeout handling (for #3416)

Added more Spanish, Korean, French translation (thank you, alejandromoc, venusgirl, jd-develop)

New release of QOwnNotes: v25.12.7

Mon, 22 Dec 2025 18:46:57 +0000

Added Reload and Jump to note buttons to the Note Dialog of the Open note in different window context menu (for #3413)

The Reload button refreshes the note from the database to show any external changes

The Jump to note button navigates to the note in the main window without closing the dialog

Now a status message will be shown if a note cannot be written to disk (for #3412)

New release of QOwnNotes: v25.12.6

Tue, 16 Dec 2025 19:15:14 +0000

The favorite icon was improved for more contrast and local icons were added for light and dark mode (for #351)

New release of QOwnNotes: v25.12.5

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 19:34:41 +0000

Added ability to mark notes as favorite (for #351)

Right-click on a note and select "Mark as favorite" or "Unmark as favorite"

Favorite notes are displayed with a star icon in the note tree widget

Favorite notes are automatically positioned at the top of the note list

Favorite status is stored per note folder in local settings

The feature uses subfolder path and filename to identify notes (persistent across restarts)

Works with all sorting modes (alphabetical, by date)

Automatic migration: When a note is moved, renamed, or its headline changes (triggering auto-rename), favorite status is preserved

Automatic cleanup: When a note is deleted, it's removed from the favorites list

Periodic cleanup: Non-existent notes are automatically removed from favorites on note list refresh

New release of QOwnNotes: v25.12.4

Sat, 06 Dec 2025 20:43:41 +0000

Fixed an issue where external changes to recently edited notes were silently ignored instead of showing the diff dialog (for #3366)

When a note was edited within the last 60 seconds and then changed externally, small changes (≤8 characters difference) would be ignored without notification

The similarity check is now skipped for recently edited notes to ensure the diff dialog is always shown, preventing potential data loss

Notes that haven't been edited for a while continue to auto-reload silently for small external changes as intended

New release of QOwnNotes: v25.12.3

Sat, 06 Dec 2025 19:43:51 +0000

Fixed an issue where the diff dialog was incorrectly triggered when both enableNoteChecksumChecks and Editor/removeTrailingSpaces settings were enabled (for #3396)

Fixed checksum verification on Windows when useUNIXNewline is disabled (for #3396)

New release of QOwnNotes: v25.12.2

Sat, 06 Dec 2025 13:11:07 +0000

Try to fix PDF export not generating color output on some computers (for #3399)

The printer color mode is now explicitly set to color at multiple strategic points during PDF export

This ensures color PDFs are generated regardless of saved printer settings or system defaults

The fix applies to all platforms (Linux, Windows, macOS)

Added more Spanish translation (thank you, alejandromoc)

New release of QOwnNotes: v25.12.1

Thu, 04 Dec 2025 21:27:26 +0000

A lot of refactoring was done to fix build warnings for Qt6, while maintaining compatibility with Qt5 and older Qt6 versions (for #3403)

Added more Croatian, Chinese Simplified translation (thank you, milotype, sr79368142)

New release of QOwnNotes: v25.12.0

Sun, 30 Nov 2025 17:44:34 +0000

Fixed PDF export from markdown preview now renders in color instead of grayscale (for #3399)

The printer color mode is now explicitly set to color when exporting notes as PDF

Added comprehensive protection against overwriting notes with empty or corrupted content (for #3400)

Notes with more than 100 bytes of content are now protected from being overwritten by empty files

Protection applies when loading notes from disk (updateNoteTextFromDisk)

Protection applies when creating notes from files (createFromFile)

Protection applies when writing notes to disk (storeNoteTextFileToDisk)

Protection applies when storing note text in memory (storeNewText)

Additional safeguards prevent loading files that have suspiciously shrunk by more than 90%

Warning messages are logged when protection is triggered to help with troubleshooting

This prevents data loss from file corruption, sync conflicts, external program errors, and accidental deletions

Small notes under 100 bytes can still be intentionally cleared without restrictions

New release of QOwnNotes: v25.11.5

Fri, 21 Nov 2025 18:02:54 +0000

There now is checkbox in the General settings to enable the checksum checking (for #3366)

By default this feature is now turned off, because of too many side effects

Possible flickering of the text diff dialog when disabled has been improved #3396

Added more Spanish, Korean translation (thank you, alejandromoc, venusgirl)

New release of QOwnNotes: v25.11.4

Thu, 20 Nov 2025 20:31:35 +0000

In the diff dialog shown the checksum checking of #3366 doesn't match you can now choose not to show the dialog again, then the selected dialog result will be chosen automatically the next time #3396

New release of QOwnNotes: v25.11.3

Tue, 18 Nov 2025 20:02:31 +0000

There now is an extra detection of external changes to note files while your changes to notes were not yet written to disk, to prevent overwriting external changes (for #3366)

This also works if you change multiple notes in a row and they are supposed to be stored to disk at a later time

Checksums are created for all notes to detect differences

A text diff dialog will be shown if such a change is detected

The text diff dialog will not be shown if ignoreAllExternalModifications is enabled, or the note diff dialog is shown (for the current note)

Fixed dependencies of .SRCINFO file being not consistent with those of PKGBUILD on the AUR (for #3392)

Added more Spanish, Korean, Chinese Simplified translation (thank you, alejandromoc, venusgirl, sr79368142)

New release of QOwnNotes: v25.11.2

Mon, 10 Nov 2025 20:45:13 +0000

When inserting text into the note from the Nextcloud Deck or Table dialog, the application will now also automatically go into edit mode (for #3357)

Amd64v3 support was added to the Ubuntu Launchpad build matrix for the Ubuntu Linux builds (for #3389)

Added more Korean, Spanish translation (thank you, venusgirl, alejandromoc)

New release of QOwnNotes: v25.11.1

Thu, 06 Nov 2025 21:17:12 +0000

You can now open a note in Nextcloud Notes via the context menu in the note list if Nextcloud support was enabled (for #3385)

This only works if the Nextcloud Notes app is installed and configured properly and the same Notes path is used in QOwnNotes and Nextcloud Notes

Added more Spanish, Korean translation (thank you, alejandromoc, venusgirl)

New release of QOwnNotes: v25.11.0

Sat, 01 Nov 2025 08:43:14 +0000

You can now open a note in Nextcloud Files via the context menu in the note list if Nextcloud support was enabled (for #3383)

Added more Spanish, French, Korean translation (thank you, alejandromoc, jd-develop, venusgirl)

New release of QOwnNotes: v25.10.4

Tue, 21 Oct 2025 16:22:03 +0000

There now is a menu action to the send clipboard as text to another instance of QOwnNotes (for #3371)

Sending of HTML clipboard content to another instance of QOwnNotes was fixed (for #3371)

A PPA for Ubuntu 26.04 (Resolute Raccoon) was added

See Install on Ubuntu for more information on how to install the PPA

Added more Spanish, Korean translation (thank you, alejandromoc, venusgirl)

New release of QOwnNotes: v25.10.3

Thu, 16 Oct 2025 19:56:55 +0000

You can now search for a card link in all notes from the Nextcloud Deck dialog (for #3357)

qc v0.6.2 was released

Refactor the code to fix deprecations and issues and to make it cleaner and easier to maintain

Update dependencies

Added more Spanish, Korean translation (thank you, alejandromoc, venusgirl)

New release of QOwnNotes: v25.10.2

Tue, 14 Oct 2025 19:28:52 +0000

You can now add a link to a card to the current note in the Nextcloud Deck dialog (for #3357)

In note tree mode, if only one folder is selected, you can delete it with the Del key (for #3374)

New release of QOwnNotes: v25.10.1

Fri, 03 Oct 2025 19:15:58 +0000

You now are also able to send and receive HTML and image clipboard content (for #3371)

Added more Croatian, Spanish, Korean, French translation (thank you, milotype, alejandromoc, venusgirl, jd-develop)

New release of QOwnNotes: v25.10.0

Thu, 02 Oct 2025 20:47:01 +0000

There now is a new menu action and tray icon action to send the clipboard content via the QOwnNotes web application to another instance of QOwnNotes (for #3371)

You need to set the same security token in both instances to be able to send clipboard content

The tray action will also bring the app to focus, because it can happen that the app needs to get focus first before the correct clipboard content can be read

A tooltip for the tray icon was added

A crash on wayland was fixed when a global shortcut was set

New release of QOwnNotes: v25.9.6

Tue, 23 Sep 2025 19:22:14 +0000

You can now open the URL to a card in the Nextcloud Deck dialog in the browser by right-clicking on the card and choosing Open in browser or double-clicking on the card in the list (for #3357)

There now is a software repository for openSUSE Leap 16.0

Please visit the openSUSE installation page for instructions

There now is a software repository for Fedora 42

Please visit the Fedora installation page for instructions

Added more Spanish, Korean, French translation (thank you, alejandromoc, venusgirl, jd-develop)

New release of QOwnNotes: v25.9.5

Sun, 21 Sep 2025 21:03:11 +0000

Fixed a build issue with ancient C++ and Qt versions (for #3357)

New release of QOwnNotes: v25.9.4

Sun, 21 Sep 2025 20:41:51 +0000

Nextcloud Deck links will now be opened in the Nextcloud Deck dialog instead of the browser, so they can be managed there directly (for #3357)

Added a new editor color schema Joplike Dark by @R-Dew (for #3367)

New release of QOwnNotes: v25.9.3

Thu, 11 Sep 2025 18:19:57 +0000

Fixed a build issue with Qt < 6.8 (for #3359)

New release of QOwnNotes: v25.9.1

Wed, 03 Sep 2025 20:45:48 +0000

There now is a new menu entry in the Todo menu to open the Nextcloud Deck dialog for editing cards from the stack (for #3357)

It's now also possible to search for cards in the dialog

New release of QOwnNotes: v25.9.0

Mon, 01 Sep 2025 19:37:01 +0000

The Nextcloud Deck dialog can now show the cards from the stack (no editing yet) (for #3357)

The build process for Arch Linux was brought from Qt5 to Qt6 for OBS and the AUR (for #3353)

Added more French translation (thank you, jd-develop)

New release of QOwnNotes: v25.8.7

Sun, 24 Aug 2025 12:25:09 +0000

In the link dialog, you can now also do relative links to files and directories (for #3350)

A link name will be automatically generated from the filename if the link name field is empty, to be supported by Markdown viewers

Added more Spanish, Korean translation (thank you, alejandromoc, venusgirl)

New release of QOwnNotes: v25.8.6

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 18:20:01 +0000

When entering distraction-free mode, the app will now also go into full-screen mode, after leaving the distraction free mode, it will leave full-screen mode again (for #3300)

The QOwnNotesAPI Nextcloud App was updated to version 25.8.0 for Nextcloud 32 (for #52)

Missing dependencies were added to the Gentoo build process (for #3345, thank you, @nagelp)

New release of QOwnNotes: v25.8.5

Wed, 20 Aug 2025 20:08:30 +0000

In the version dialog, if the text was decrypted, we are now using the styling of the encrypted note text edit (for #3342)

The Gentoo ebuilds were updated to now use Qt6 instead of Qt5 (for #3343, thank you, @nagelp)

Added more French translation (thank you, jd-develop)