JSignPdf_3_1_0-BETA-3

Version 3.1.0

Release focused on packaging — the fat jar is gone, every supported
platform now ships a native installer with its own bundled Java
runtime.

Highlights

• Per-platform native installers built with jpackage and Azul
  Zulu+FX 21. Each bundles its own JRE — no system Java required.
  • Windows x64: SignPath-signed MSI plus a portable ZIP. The old
    EXE installer is dropped (MSI provides the same double-click UX
    and enterprise deployability).
  • Linux x64 and aarch64: DEB, RPM, and portable ZIPs. Flatpak
    bundles are also published per architecture.
  • macOS Intel and Apple Silicon: DMGs (unsigned for now — expect
    a Gatekeeper warning; signing / notarization is tracked for a
    follow-up) plus portable .app ZIPs.
• Two cross-platform ZIPs for users who already have Java 21:
  • jsignpdf-3.1.0-full.zip — every dependency plus JavaFX natives
    for all supported OS/arch combinations. A small bootstrap launcher
    picks the matching JavaFX classifier at startup; if none is
    available, the GUI falls back to Swing.
  • jsignpdf-3.1.0-minimal.zip — no JavaFX at all. Suitable for
    headless / CLI signing, Linux aarch64, and downstream packagers
    (Debian, Homebrew).
• Fat jar dropped. The shaded jsignpdf-jar-with-dependencies.jar
  is no longer produced — the library jar published to Maven Central
  is unchanged. The cross-platform ZIPs use bin/jsignpdf.sh /
  bin\jsignpdf.cmd launchers (and com.intoolswetrust.jsignpdf.Bootstrap
  for runtime checks + JavaFX classifier selection) instead.
• jsignpdf-3.1.0-SHA256SUMS.txt covers every release artifact.

Notes

• The CLI usage: line and bundled examples now use jsignpdf as the
  command name (instead of java -jar JSignPdf.jar), matching the
  launcher you actually invoke.
• OpenJFX 21 does not publish a linux-aarch64 native classifier on
  Maven Central, so the cross-platform full ZIP on Linux aarch64
  always falls back to the Swing UI. The Linux aarch64 DEB / RPM /
  Flatpak builds are unaffected — their bundled Zulu+FX runtime
  supplies JavaFX as JDK modules.
• Tracking issue: #391.

Thanks to everyone who contributed code, translations, bug reports,
and feedback!

JSignPdf_3_0_1

Version 3.0.1

Patch release fixing the Linux Flatpak build for the 3.0.0 release.

Fixes

• Linux Flatpak build — drop the stale conf/ reference from the
  Flatpak manifests. The conf/ directory was removed from the
  cross-platform ZIP in 3.0.0 (advanced settings moved to
  File > Preferences…), but the manifests still tried to copy it,
  which broke the Flatpak build during the 3.0.0 release.

JSignPdf_3_0_0

Version 3.0.0

Major release with a brand-new desktop UI and modernized packaging.

Highlights

• New JavaFX GUI — document-centric desktop experience with PDF
  preview, drag-to-place visible signatures, zoom/page navigation,
  drag-and-drop loading, and a collapsible options panel. The legacy
  Swing UI remains available via -Djsignpdf.swing=true.
• New Windows installers built with jpackage (EXE, MSI, and a
  portable ZIP with bundled JRE), replacing the old InnoSetup +
  Launch4j + Ant + Wine toolchain. 32-bit Windows is no longer
  supported; 32-bit and Linux/macOS users can still use the
  cross-platform jsignpdf-<VERSION>.zip with their own JRE.
• New Linux Flatpak bundle — single-file
  JSignPdf-<VERSION>-linux-x86_64.flatpak with a bundled OpenJDK 21,
  desktop entry, and icon.
• Java 21 is now the minimum runtime. The jpackage installers and
  Flatpak ship their own runtime; users of the cross-platform ZIP need
  a Java 21+ JRE on PATH.
• Named signature-setting presets (#360) — save signing
  configurations under custom names and switch between them from a
  toolbar combo or the new Presets menu. Passwords are captured
  (machine-local encrypted) only when Store passwords is enabled;
  disable it before sharing a preset file.
• Configuration moved to XDG-aware locations
  ($XDG_CONFIG_HOME/jsignpdf/, %APPDATA%\JSignPdf\,
  ~/Library/Application Support/JSignPdf/); existing ~/.JSignPdf
  settings migrate automatically. Override with JSIGNPDF_CONFIG_DIR.
  The install-dir conf/ is gone — edit advanced settings via
  File > Preferences…; PKCS#11 config is read from a fixed
  <config-dir>/pkcs11.cfg.

Other changes

• Read passwords from stdin (#7). Pass - for any of -ksp,
  -kp, -opwd, -upwd, -tscp, -tsp (opt in with
  --enable-stdin-passwords) to avoid leaking secrets via
  /proc/<pid>/cmdline or shell history.
• Append signature and Store passwords now default to checked on
  fresh installs.
• "Reset Settings" action added to the JavaFX UI.
• Translation bundles are now UTF-8; many language updates from
  Weblate contributors.
• Migrated the PDF engine to OpenPDF 3 (org.openpdf.text.*), updated
  PDFBox to 3.0.7, BouncyCastle to 1.84.
• Improved symlink handling incl. macOS (#168); integration tests for
  the signing pipeline (#293); publishing moved to Maven Central.

Thanks to everyone who contributed code, translations, bug reports,
and feedback!

JSignPdf_3_0_0-BETA-8

Version 3.0.0

Major release with a brand-new desktop UI and modernized Windows
packaging.

Highlights

• New JavaFX GUI — a document-centric desktop experience with PDF
  preview, drag-to-place visible signatures, zoom/page navigation,
  drag-and-drop PDF loading, progress indication, and a collapsible
  side panel for signing options. The legacy Swing UI remains available
  as a fallback via -Djsignpdf.swing=true. Encrypted PDFs are now
  handled properly in the preview/signing flow.
• New Windows installers built with jpackage — replacing the old
  InnoSetup + Launch4j + Ant + Wine toolchain. Each release now ships
  three Windows x64 artifacts: an EXE installer, an MSI installer, and
  a portable ZIP with a bundled JRE. 32-bit Windows is no longer
  supported (Temurin no longer ships 32-bit JDKs); 32-bit and
  Linux/macOS users can still use the cross-arch jsignpdf-<VERSION>.zip
  with their own JRE.
• New Linux Flatpak bundle — releases now ship a single-file
  JSignPdf-<VERSION>-linux-x86_64.flatpak that installs the app under
  the io.github.intoolswetrust.JSignPdf ID with a bundled OpenJDK 21
  runtime, a desktop entry, and an icon. Install with
  flatpak install --user JSignPdf-<VERSION>-linux-x86_64.flatpak and
  launch via your desktop or flatpak run io.github.intoolswetrust.JSignPdf.
• Java 21 is now the minimum runtime. The jpackage Windows
  installers and the Flatpak bundle ship their own Java 21 runtime, so
  they are unaffected; users of the platform-independent
  jsignpdf-<VERSION>.zip now need a Java 21 (or newer) JRE on PATH.
• Named signature-setting presets (#360) — save an arbitrary number
  of signing configurations under custom names and switch between them
  from a toolbar combo or the new Presets menu (save as new, rename,
  overwrite, delete). If Store passwords is enabled when a preset is
  saved, the preset also captures the signing passwords encrypted with
  the same machine-local seed used for the main config; the encrypted
  values are silently ignored when a preset file is loaded on a
  different user account, and disabling Store passwords before saving
  omits the password keys entirely (recommended before sharing a preset
  file).
• Configuration has moved to a platform-appropriate XDG-aware
  location ($XDG_CONFIG_HOME/jsignpdf/ on Linux, %APPDATA%\JSignPdf\
  on Windows, ~/Library/Application Support/JSignPdf/ on macOS);
  existing ~/.JSignPdf settings are migrated automatically on first
  run. Override with JSIGNPDF_CONFIG_DIR for portable installs.

Other changes

• Read passwords from standard input (#7). Any of the six password
  CLI options (-ksp, -kp, -opwd, -upwd, -tscp, -tsp) can now
  be given as - to read the value from stdin (or, in an interactive
  terminal, from the console with no-echo). Opt in with
  --enable-stdin-passwords; multiple passwords are consumed in a fixed
  canonical order printed on stderr before each read. Avoids leaking
  secrets to /proc/<pid>/cmdline and shell history.
• "Reset Settings" action added to the JavaFX UI.
• Append signature and Store passwords checkboxes are now checked by
  default on a fresh install (previously both defaulted to unchecked).
  Existing preferences are unchanged.
• New and updated translations (Czech, German, French, Spanish, Slovak,
  Portuguese, Croatian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, and
  more — thanks to all Weblate contributors).
• Translation bundles (messages*.properties) are now stored in UTF-8,
  simplifying contributions in non-Latin scripts.
• Per-version release notes files are now attached as the GitHub
  Release body.
• User guide restructured around the new JavaFX UI, with a shared
  UI-agnostic "Signing options" reference chapter and a small
  Swing-for-backward-compatibility subsection.
• Improved symlink handling, including macOS (#168).
• Integration tests added for the PDF signing pipeline (#293).
• Moved publishing from OSSRH to Maven Central.
• Migrated the PDF engine from the legacy OpenPDF 1.x line
  (com.lowagie.text.*) to OpenPDF 3 (org.openpdf.text.*), updated
  PDFBox to 3.0.7, and bumped BouncyCastle to 1.84.
• Numerous dependency and GitHub Actions updates.

Thanks to everyone who contributed code, translations, bug reports,
and feedback!

JSignPdf_3_0_0-BETA-7

Version 3.0.0

Major release with a brand-new desktop UI and modernized Windows
packaging.

Highlights

• New JavaFX GUI — a document-centric desktop experience with PDF
  preview, drag-to-place visible signatures, zoom/page navigation,
  drag-and-drop PDF loading, progress indication, and a collapsible
  side panel for signing options. The legacy Swing UI remains available
  as a fallback via -Djsignpdf.swing=true. Encrypted PDFs are now
  handled properly in the preview/signing flow.
• New Windows installers built with jpackage — replacing the old
  InnoSetup + Launch4j + Ant + Wine toolchain. Each release now ships
  three Windows x64 artifacts: an EXE installer, an MSI installer, and
  a portable ZIP with a bundled JRE. 32-bit Windows is no longer
  supported (Temurin no longer ships 32-bit JDKs); 32-bit and
  Linux/macOS users can still use the cross-arch jsignpdf-<VERSION>.zip
  with their own JRE.
• Java 21 is now the minimum runtime. The jpackage Windows
  installers and the Flatpak bundle ship their own Java 21 runtime, so
  they are unaffected; users of the platform-independent
  jsignpdf-<VERSION>.zip now need a Java 21 (or newer) JRE on PATH.
• Named signature-setting presets (#360) — save an arbitrary number
  of signing configurations under custom names and switch between them
  from a toolbar combo or the new Presets menu (save as new, rename,
  overwrite, delete). If Store passwords is enabled when a preset is
  saved, the preset also captures the signing passwords encrypted with
  the same machine-local seed used for the main config; the encrypted
  values are silently ignored when a preset file is loaded on a
  different user account, and disabling Store passwords before saving
  omits the password keys entirely (recommended before sharing a preset
  file).
• Configuration has moved to a platform-appropriate XDG-aware
  location ($XDG_CONFIG_HOME/jsignpdf/ on Linux, %APPDATA%\JSignPdf\
  on Windows, ~/Library/Application Support/JSignPdf/ on macOS);
  existing ~/.JSignPdf settings are migrated automatically on first
  run. Override with JSIGNPDF_CONFIG_DIR for portable installs.

Other changes

• Read passwords from standard input (#7). Any of the six password
  CLI options (-ksp, -kp, -opwd, -upwd, -tscp, -tsp) can now
  be given as - to read the value from stdin (or, in an interactive
  terminal, from the console with no-echo). Opt in with
  --enable-stdin-passwords; multiple passwords are consumed in a fixed
  canonical order printed on stderr before each read. Avoids leaking
  secrets to /proc/<pid>/cmdline and shell history.
• "Reset Settings" action added to the JavaFX UI.
• Append signature and Store passwords checkboxes are now checked by
  default on a fresh install (previously both defaulted to unchecked).
  Existing preferences are unchanged.
• New and updated translations (Czech, German, French, Spanish, Slovak,
  Portuguese, Croatian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, and
  more — thanks to all Weblate contributors).
• Translation bundles (messages*.properties) are now stored in UTF-8,
  simplifying contributions in non-Latin scripts.
• Per-version release notes files are now attached as the GitHub
  Release body.
• User guide restructured around the new JavaFX UI, with a shared
  UI-agnostic "Signing options" reference chapter and a small
  Swing-for-backward-compatibility subsection.
• Improved symlink handling, including macOS (#168).
• Integration tests added for the PDF signing pipeline (#293).
• Moved publishing from OSSRH to Maven Central.
• Migrated the PDF engine from the legacy OpenPDF 1.x line
  (com.lowagie.text.*) to OpenPDF 3 (org.openpdf.text.*), updated
  PDFBox to 3.0.7, and bumped BouncyCastle to 1.84.
• Numerous dependency and GitHub Actions updates.

Thanks to everyone who contributed code, translations, bug reports,
and feedback!

JSignPdf_3_0_0-BETA-6

Version 3.0.0

Major release with a brand-new desktop UI and modernized Windows
packaging.

Highlights

• New JavaFX GUI — a document-centric desktop experience with PDF
  preview, drag-to-place visible signatures, zoom/page navigation,
  drag-and-drop PDF loading, progress indication, and a collapsible
  side panel for signing options. The legacy Swing UI remains available
  as a fallback via -Djsignpdf.swing=true. Encrypted PDFs are now
  handled properly in the preview/signing flow.
• New Windows installers built with jpackage — replacing the old
  InnoSetup + Launch4j + Ant + Wine toolchain. Each release now ships
  three Windows x64 artifacts: an EXE installer, an MSI installer, and
  a portable ZIP with a bundled JRE. 32-bit Windows is no longer
  supported (Temurin no longer ships 32-bit JDKs); 32-bit and
  Linux/macOS users can still use the cross-arch jsignpdf-<VERSION>.zip
  with their own JRE.
• Java 21 is now the minimum runtime. The jpackage Windows
  installers and the Flatpak bundle ship their own Java 21 runtime, so
  they are unaffected; users of the platform-independent
  jsignpdf-<VERSION>.zip now need a Java 21 (or newer) JRE on PATH.

Other changes

• "Reset Settings" action added to the JavaFX UI.
• New and updated translations (Czech, German, French, Spanish, Slovak,
  Portuguese, Croatian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, and
  more — thanks to all Weblate contributors).
• Translation bundles (messages*.properties) are now stored in UTF-8,
  simplifying contributions in non-Latin scripts.
• Per-version release notes files are now attached as the GitHub
  Release body.
• User guide restructured around the new JavaFX UI, with a shared
  UI-agnostic "Signing options" reference chapter and a small
  Swing-for-backward-compatibility subsection.
• Improved symlink handling, including macOS (#168).
• Integration tests added for the PDF signing pipeline (#293).
• Moved publishing from OSSRH to Maven Central.
• Migrated the PDF engine from the legacy OpenPDF 1.x line
  (com.lowagie.text.*) to OpenPDF 3 (org.openpdf.text.*), updated
  PDFBox to 3.0.7, and bumped BouncyCastle to 1.84.
• Numerous dependency and GitHub Actions updates.

Thanks to everyone who contributed code, translations, bug reports,
and feedback!

JSignPdf_3_0_0-BETA-5

Version 3.0.0

Major release with a brand-new desktop UI and modernized Windows
packaging.

Highlights

• New JavaFX GUI — a document-centric desktop experience with PDF
  preview, drag-to-place visible signatures, zoom/page navigation,
  drag-and-drop PDF loading, progress indication, and a collapsible
  side panel for signing options. The legacy Swing UI remains available
  as a fallback via -Djsignpdf.swing=true. Encrypted PDFs are now
  handled properly in the preview/signing flow.
• New Windows installers built with jpackage — replacing the old
  InnoSetup + Launch4j + Ant + Wine toolchain. Each release now ships
  three Windows x64 artifacts: an EXE installer, an MSI installer, and
  a portable ZIP with a bundled JRE. 32-bit Windows is no longer
  supported (Temurin no longer ships 32-bit JDKs); 32-bit and
  Linux/macOS users can still use the cross-arch jsignpdf-<VERSION>.zip
  with their own JRE.
• Java 11 is now the minimum runtime.

Other changes

• "Reset Settings" action added to the JavaFX UI.
• New and updated translations (Czech, German, French, Spanish, Slovak,
  Portuguese, Croatian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, and
  more — thanks to all Weblate contributors).
• Per-version release notes files are now attached as the GitHub
  Release body.
• User guide restructured around the new JavaFX UI, with a shared
  UI-agnostic "Signing options" reference chapter and a small
  Swing-for-backward-compatibility subsection.
• Improved symlink handling, including macOS (#168).
• Integration tests added for the PDF signing pipeline (#293).
• Moved publishing from OSSRH to Maven Central.
• Numerous dependency and GitHub Actions updates.

Thanks to everyone who contributed code, translations, bug reports,
and feedback!

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