Anchat 0.2.1-alpha

It's jolly time, so i decided to release the last update of this Chat... in 2025.

New features:

• Tools are finally out! There are currently only two: wordip_interface and split_file, more will be added in future updates
• Help menu to hopefully explain some things to new users
• Snow background. If you want to feel JOLLY, you can pick it in Options
• New Default_alt theme (similar to Default but with slightly different colors, i like it)
• The chat now shows a real-time progress of receiving message packets
• Plus a lot of refactoring and small changes in the code, which should make things less wonky to work with

Merry Christmas to those 3 people who will read this!.. I sure hope i didn't miss any bugs.

Anchat 0.2.0-alpha

it's been a while since the last release, huh?
a HUGE update that adds a lot of customization and fixes a vulnerability in the encryption algorithm (if the attacker knows the first 32 bytes of a message packet, they can decrypt it without knowing the password... assuming someone is even capturing your traffic in the first place)

The most important changes:

• App themes! Now you can choose a color schemes from a few presets i made, or even make your own
• Multiple options for the background animation (including no animation at all)
• Categories for options. Hmm, maybe this is something more than just options...
• At this point i should call this app "AnOptions" because i spent more time working on options than the chat
• Fixed a few more interactions with text input fields. For example, now you can finally use arrows on the numpad!
• Now you can also hit that big red "Disconnect" button instead of having to type a long slash command
• Removed "Uploads don't work" warning. It's still jank, so please don't share large files over HTTP protocol
• Why would a chat app even have random splash texts in the title? What idiot thought of this?
• And a bunch more small changes in the codebase that you don't really have to care about

Nerdy stuff:

• Right click a message to view its raw metadata
• type select in console to select an element, similar to inspect element in browsers (then run a = _ to save the element into variable a)

Due to change in encryption algorithm, if you want to connect to someone who's using 0.1.X version, you have to pick xor_v1 algorithm in Advanced category. If you know your friends will use the latest version, keep it on Current, please

Anchat 0.1.2-alpha

Mostly visual and QoL changes!

Changes:

• Chat bubbles resize based on message length (so they can be smol)
• Press Enter in chat to focus on the chatbox if it's empty
• Developer options + debug mode (funny rectangles)
• Reset options button
• Options icon redesign
• Use # instead of // for comments in config (i don't know why i went for // in the first place)
• The console window is now hidden. If the process keeps running in the background when the window is closed, please let me know
• ...And a bunch of small changes in the core that you don't really need to care about

Bux fix(es):

• Fixed an embarrassing bug where file gets overwritten during streaming if it's larger than 1 chunk (512kb). It's still unstable and i wouldn't recommend using it over HTTP protocol for now ._.

i hope i didn't miss any debug prints this time

Anchat 0.1.1-alpha

Second release with more small features and bug fixes

New stuff:

• In-chat /help command
• Message delivery indicators
• You can now scroll with a touchpad, wow

Bug fixes:

• On-launch crash from a non-existent font that's somehow in the list of all fonts (what)
• Removed debug prints from code that handles connection

Anchat 0.1.0-indev

First proof-of-concept release build for early pre-pre-beta testing!!

Current features:

• Can send and receive messages
• Crash handling and log dumps
• In-app settings menu
• In-app Python console for debugging (~)

Known issues:

• Inconsistent file sharing
• HTTP protocol is very wonky and can drop packets
• Clipboard is broken on Linux (can't test on MacOS)
• Standalone build wasn't properly tested, please let me know if it's bugged in any way haha

NOTE FOR COMPILING SOURCE CODE:
Please replace from . import * with from . import en, ru in file /res/blueberry/lang/__init__.py. i forgot to sync this change when i was compiling the build, and for some reason pyinstaller doesn't work properly with star imports.