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Changelog

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.

The format is based on Keep a Changelog, and this project adheres to Semantic Versioning.

Unreleased

0.19.0-alpha.2 2026-03-27

Added

  • provide multiple multiple preload scripts by passing multiple --preload options

0.19.0-alpha.1 2026-03-13

Changed

  • upgrade to Electron v41.0.2, Node v24.14.0, Chromium v146.0.7680.72

0.18.1 2025-05-23

Fixed

  • fix window frame and title bar being always hidden on Linux
  • add workaround for main app window sometimes not being shown

0.18.0 2024-08-13

Changed

  • upgrade to Electron v31.3.1, Node v20.15.1, Chromium v126.0.6478.185

0.17.0 2022-11-15

Added

  • add --app-name-suffix CLI option allow appending something to the app name

0.16.1 2022-11-09

Fixed

  • fix reloading unresponsive websites

0.16.0 2022-10-21

Changed

  • upgrade to Electron v21.2.0, Node v16.16.0, Chromium v106.0.5249.119
  • drop Dockerfile for building redistributables via Docker. Use electronuserland/builder instead.
  • switch from yarn to npm for package management

0.15.0 2022-02-02

Added

  • add support for relative paths to --serve
  • add --resize/--no-resize CLI option to allow/prevent browser window resizing
  • add --frame/--no-frame CLI option to show/hide browser window frame
  • add --background-color CLI option for setting the window's background color that is used until overwritten by the loaded website
  • add --clear-cache/--no-clear-cache CLI option to clear the browser's cache on startup
  • rename --port CLI option to --remote-debugging-port
  • add support for hardware accelerated video decode on Linux via VA-API
  • add --incognito/--no-incognito CLI option to enable/disable incognito mode

Changed

  • decouple --transparent from window frame display and window resizing
  • upgrade to Electron v16.0.8, Node v16.9.1, Chromium v96.0.4664.110
  • occluding a browser window will no longer switch it into background mode

Fixed

  • fix --localhost CLI option; this now implies --clear-cache
  • GPU block list

0.14.1 2020-12-02

Fixed

  • fix --transparent CLI option on Linux

0.14.0 2020-12-01

Added

  • add --hide-cursor CLI option to hide the mouse cursor
  • add idle detection for joysticks, gamepads and MIDI inputs
  • add kioskBrowser API for preload script and apps with node integration
  • add preload script examples to /examples directory

Changed

  • upgrade to Electron v11.0.3, Node v12.18.3, Chromium v87.0.4280.67

Fixed

  • fix missing process.versions

Security

  • remove possibly fake and malicious npm packages http and process

0.13.0 2020-07-20

Added

  • add --reload-idle CLI option to auto-reload when idle
  • add --disable-drag CLI option to disable drag & drop
  • add --disable-selection CLI option to disable selection except for form fields
  • add --hide-scrollbars CLI option to hide scroll bars
  • add --overflow CLI option to specify CSS overflow rules for top-level page
  • add Dockerfile for building Linux redistributables

Changed

  • upgrade to Electron v8.2.0, Node v12.13.0, Chromium v80.0.3987.158
  • enable preload scripts in sub-frames

Fixed

  • fix screen handling in testapp

0.12.3 2019-10-25

Fixed

  • --reload-unresponsive breaks on adjustments to the system time

Changed

  • update to Electron v6.1.2

0.12.2 2019-10-22

Fixed

  • --cover-displays doesn't crash anymore on single display numbers

Changed

  • upgrade to Electron v6.1.0, Node v12.4.0, Chromium v76.0.3809.146

0.12.1 2019-10-08

Added

  • --reload-unresponsive command line option for auto-reloading web pages that are unresponsive for the given amount of time

Changed

  • upgrade to Electron v6.0.11, Node v12.4.0, Chromium v76.0.3809.146

0.12.0 2019-08-12

Changed

  • upgrade to Electron v6.0.1, Node v12.4.0, Chromium v76.0.3809.102

0.11.1 2019-05-10

Fixed

  • wrong window size in --fullscreen and --cover-displays modes
  • kiosk mode starting with empty white screen
  • transparent windows on Linux

0.11.0 2019-05-06

Added

  • --fit command line option for scaling content to a specific screen resolution
  • --cover-displays option that allows to maximize the browser window across several displays on supported platforms
  • hidden --inspect and --inspect-brk command line options for debugging the main kiosk-browser process
  • kiosk browsers version to process.versions of the rendering process
  • change log and readme

Changed

  • upgrade to Electron v5.0.1, Node v12.0.0, Chromium v73.0.3683.121
  • support multiple preload scripts
  • repository structure
  • new program icon

Removed

  • wrapper scripts for launching the kiosk-browser in different modes
  • -l/--url command line option

Fixed

  • settings file creation one first run
  • fullscreen windows loosing focus right after they are shown on macOS
  • blurry rendering on macOS
  • dragging non-fullscreen windows on macOS

Security

  • enable Chromium's web security features and file access restrictions

0.10.0 - 2019-01-07

Added

  • verbose mode for -V for printing Electron, Node and Chromium versions
  • redistributables building for all platforms supported by electron-builder

Changed

  • upgrade to Electron v3.0.13, Node v10.2.0, Chromium v66.0.3359.181
  • set default verbosity level to 0

0.9.12 - 2018-12-01

Added

  • screen tearing test in test application
  • link to simple multi-touch drawing web application

0.9.11 - 2018-12-01

Added

  • -s/--serve command line option to serve static files via built-in HTTP server (#24)

Changed

  • decouple developer tools and remote debugging CLI options
  • set default remote debugging port to 9222
  • remove --testapp and default of -l/--url in favor of special kiosk://testapp and kiosk://home urls

Removed

  • remaining index-page related menu items

Fixed

  • ensure chrome flags set early enough during initialization
  • skippinmg of first CLI option when app is packaged (#25)

0.9.10 - 2018-04-24

Fixed

  • fullscreen mode on plain X11 systems without a window manager

0.9.9 - 2018-04-18

Added

  • sound test application that plays audio files provided via URL parameter

Fixed

  • do not reload if page loading fails due to user interaction

0.9.8 - 2018-03-07

Added

  • support preloading node-enabled JavaScript code via --preload
  • always-on-top mode via --always-on-top
  • localhost mode that restricts connections to http(s)://localhost
  • retry on failed page loadings (see --retry)
  • support passing command line options to Chromium via --append-chrome-switch, --append-chrome-argument and --use-minimal-chrome-cli
  • display V8 version in test application

Changed

Remove

  • Dockerfile support
  • heartbeat library integration (can be replaced by --preload mechanism)
  • support for passing command line options formatted in camel-case

Fixed

  • loading of defaults for settings not present in the user's local configuration

0.9.7 - 2017-12-22

Added

  • also install kiosk browser v0.9.0 via Dockerfile

Changed

  • disable touch events by default

0.9.5 - 2017-10-12

Added

  • remote debugging support

0.9.4 - 2017-07-31

Fixed

  • issues with application shutdown

0.9.3 - 2017-07-30

Added

  • display host name, date and time in test application
  • display active and passive network interfaces in test application
  • forward localization settings into Docker container

Changed

  • upgrade Electron from ^1.6.2 to ^1.7.5
  • increase output level of sound samples in test application
  • span all detected displays

0.9.2 - 2017-05-30

Added

  • Dockerfile support for PulseAudio and ALSA

Changed

  • detect up to 10 touch points in test application
  • set MFO logo as application icon

0.9.1 - 2017-05-25

Added

Changed

  • restrict building of redistributables to the amd64 Linux platform

Removed

  • screen and network information from the index document

0.9.0 - 2017-05-02

Added

  • test mode for touch input, mouse input, screen properties and network connectivity
  • command line arguments for zoom, menu, kiosk-mode and fullscreen

Changed

  • defaults of command line arguments
  • wrapper scripts improvements
  • install Debian package into docker image instead of including the source code

0.1.1 - 2015-10-11

Added

  • multi-touch support
  • additional links for testing html5, webgl and multi-touch
  • basic menu

Changed

  • default set of Chromium command line switches

0.1.0 - 2015-09-22

Added

  • Basic kiosk browser functionality