v0.2.5

You may have to restart the systemd service or your device after updating, please see the full update guide at: https://crankshaft.space/docs/usage/update/

Thanks to DrakiaXYZ and Olyve for their contributions!

• SteamOS 3.3.2 support (by DrakiaXYZ)
• Support keyboard plugins in desktop mode (by DrakiaXYZ)
• Basic Windows support (by DrakiaXYZ)
• Allow plugins to specify supported platforms (by Olyve)

See installation instructions, community, and more at crankshaft.space.

v0.2.4

This update includes a fix for the latest Steam update, along with other changes.

You may have to restart the systemd service or your device after updating, please see the full update guide at: https://crankshaft.space/docs/usage/update/

Due to an issue with the 0.2.3 release, this is a re-release of those changes, along with a few additional features and bugfixes.

Thanks to DrakiaXYZ and Olyve for their contributions!

• Fix patching on latest Steam update
• Add Steam Flatpak to default Steam path lookup locations
• Fix plugin browser not fully updating after installing/updating plugins
• Fix non-Flatpak release build
• Fix multiple instances of a plugin being loaded on plugin reload (by DrakiaXYZ)
• Fix "Load" not injecting plugins that were disabled on startup (by DrakiaXYZ)
• Remove plugin archive after installing plugins (by Olyve)
• Add auth token to plugin API - the API isn't vulnerable to CSRF attacks, but this is still a helpful security measure. Thanks to Scrumplex for pointing this out!
• Add button to open logs folder to the system tray menu
• Plugin API: Add Patch.removePatch method to remove patches
• Plugin API: Make Patch.getModules and Patch.getModuleExportsContaining public
• Plugin API: Add csPluginsDir so plugins can know where the plugin directory is located

See installation instructions, community, and more at crankshaft.space.

v0.2.2

Features:

• Group all plugin menu items in game mode under one Steam menu item
• Enable CEF debugging on startup
• Add backdrop to confirm and progress modals
• Adjust autostart service restart behaviour on handhelds
• Expose patching API used for desktop menu button

Bugfixes:

• Fix some plugins not loading when Steam client language isn't English
• Fix menu button disappearing in desktop mode
• Fix some plugins requiring a reload after installing them
• Fix using on-screen keyboard with gamepad in plugins
• Minor bugfixes to confirm and progress modals

See installation instructions, community, and more at crankshaft.space.

v0.2.1

• Show plugin descriptions in the plugin browser and manager
• Once per day, Crankshaft will check for plugin updates and show a notification if any are found
• Increase restart burst limit for the Systemd autostart service
• Update desktop icon, library button, and tray icon to use new Crankshaft logo
• Update dependencies
• Fix loading app properties plugins for non-Steam games
• Improve reliability of loading Crankshaft in desktop mode
• Plugin API: Store service now returns if the specified key was found
• Plugin API: Allow launching GUI apps when executing commands

See installation instructions, community, and more at crankshaft.space.

v0.2.0

(initially released on July 11th)

• Add flag to skip caching
• Improve app properties plugin support

See installation instructions, community, and more at crankshaft.space.

v0.1.9

(initially released on June 30th)

This is a smaller release to fix a bug from the previous release, along with improved startup time!

• Fix touchscreen input in the library in gamepad/game mode UI
• 1.5x - 2x faster Crankshaft startup by caching patched files

See installation instructions, community, and more at crankshaft.space.

v0.1.8

(initially released on June 30th)

Features:

• Add button to reload Steam in Crankshaft settings
• Add basic gamepad support for plugins and built-in Crankshaft menus
• Plugin API: Add key-value store service for plugins

Enhancements:

• Change autostart service to restart only on failure
• Substitute home directory in command line flags
• Change default steam path to ~/.steam/steam
• Improve reliability of shift + tab to toggle quick access menu in gamepad UI
• Clean up logs by removing some unneeded log message
• Log an error if specified steam-path doesn't exist

Bugfixes:

• Use 24-hour time in log file names
• Improve navigating between plugin pages
• Use host home directory in file paths

Misc:

• Update dependencies

See installation instructions, community, and more at crankshaft.space.

v0.1.7

(initially released on June 26th)

This is a minor bug fix release.

• Fix patching for app properties
• Target Steam's Chromium version when building scripts

See installation instructions, community, and more at crankshaft.space.

v0.1.6

(initially released on June 13th)

• Initial support for plugins in the app properties page/popup
• Plugins can specify a minimum required Crankshaft version to allow them to be installed/updated
• Plugin manager: Add button to remove a plugin
• Plugin manager: Add a button to rebuild and reload a plugin
• Plugin API: add confirmation dialog
• Some changes to load more reliably
• Minor gamepad mode UI improvements

See installation instructions, community, and more at crankshaft.space.

v0.1.5

(initially released on June 5th)

• Initial support for quick access plugins
• Refactor how scripts and plugins are loaded, which should fix issues with plugins not loading
• Show a loading indicator while Crankshaft is starting
• Loading indicator can be double clicked/tapped to stop loading Crankshaft
• Add exec service for plugins to run commands
• Support loading symlinked plugins
• Fix some functionality not getting properly patched on Steam beta
• Fix plugin browser version display

See installation instructions, community, and more at crankshaft.space.