v0.2.0

[BrycensRanch]

v0.2.0 (2025-06-07)

With the pre-release of 0.2.0, marks the actual UI for end users. It's very incomplete and juvenile, however, it has a lot of potential. Additionally, SnapX's history is now powered by SQLite instead of JSON. SnapX automatically migrates your History.json when it sees it in it's ConfigFolder. Additionally, you can turn off FeatureFlags at build time with export DisableOCR=1 && ./build.sh.

As a nice plus for packagers, builds no longer fail when SnapX is built without it's .git directory.

"If Microsoft ever does applications for Linux it means I've won." - Linus Torvalds

Screenshots

Bloopers

While testing, I've come across some really cool bugs. Right clicking an HistoryItem causing a refresh? Somehow turning one HistoryItem being shown to 7 more popping up out of nowhere.

Video_2025-06-06_17-34-01.mp4

I also experimented with having a million HistoryItems. Worked better than the black window I had from trying to do it without virtualization.

There's also version mismatch protection now!

Looks just about the same besides the font on Windows being Segoe UI and Linux being Inter

Or better, when I was working on SQLite support and faced many challenges. So instead, I chose to go with Dapper.AOT! So far, I'm loving it.

Known Issues

• Much higher memory usage than ShareX. This is because even though SnapX is still under active development, it's doing more things with your computer's memory than before, like caching images in memory to keep the UI responsive.
• Inconsistent flickering of HistoryItems. Needs more investigation.
• Settings window is incomplete.

What's Changed

• build(deps): update rust crate camino to v1.1.10 by @renovate in build(deps): update rust crate camino to v1.1.10 #193
• build(deps): update dependency sixlabors.imagesharp to 3.1.9 by @renovate in build(deps): update dependency sixlabors.imagesharp to 3.1.9 #195
• chore: move PR template to proper directory by @ok-coder1 in chore: move PR template to proper directory #198
• docs: make all the newlines in Markdown files actual newlines by @ok-coder1 in docs: make all the newlines in Markdown files actual newlines #196
• chore: add 0.2.0 Dev as a version option to issue form by @ok-coder1 in chore: add 0.2.0 Dev as a version option to issue form #197
• build(deps): update dependency sentry.profiling to 5.10.0 by @renovate in build(deps): update dependency sentry.profiling to 5.10.0 #199
• build(deps): update rust crate uniffi to v0.29.3 by @renovate in build(deps): update rust crate uniffi to v0.29.3 #200
• feat(Avalonia): initial basis of UI by @BrycensRanch in feat(Avalonia): initial basis of UI #99
• Apply fixes from CodeFactor by @codefactor-io in Apply fixes from CodeFactor #202

Full Changelog: v0.1.0...v0.2.0

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