QOwnNotes version history

- Continuous prerelease build for testing purposes only - Includes Linux AppImage and Snap packages (Qt 5 & 6) - Provides Windows ZIP and macOS disk images (Qt 5 & 6) - Contains SHA-256 checksums for all release files

## 26.7.5 - Fixed generated note insertions while **read-only mode** is active, so QOwnNotes now asks to allow note editing before adding links, attachments, media, HTML as Markdown, data-url images, or autocomplete text (for [#3659](https://github.com/pbek/QOwnNotes/issues/3659)) - Added more French, Korean translation (thank you, jd-develop, VenusGirl) ## Released files - QOwnNotes-x86_64.AppImage: Portable Linux AppImage build with Qt 6 - QOwnNotes-x86_64.AppImage.sha256sum: SHA-256 checksum for the AppImage - QOwnNotes-amd64.snap: Linux Snap build with Qt 6 - QOwnNotes-amd64.snap.sha256sum: SHA-256 checksum for the Qt 6 Snap package - QOwnNotes-Qt5-amd64.snap: Linux Snap build with Qt 5 for older environments - QOwnNotes-Qt5-amd64.snap.sha256sum: SHA-256 checksum for the Qt 5 Snap package - QOwnNotes.zip: Windows ZIP package built with Qt 6 - QOwnNotes.zip.sha256: SHA-256 checksum for the Qt 6 Windows ZIP package - QOwnNotes.zip.sha256sum: Alternative SHA-256 checksum file for the Qt 6 Windows ZIP package - QOwnNotes.dmg: macOS disk image built with Qt 6 - QOwnNotesQt5.dmg: macOS disk image built with Qt 5 for older systems

## 26.7.4 - Fixed **non-breaking spaces** like `U+00A0` and `U+202F` being converted to regular spaces when notes were edited and saved (for [#2839](https://github.com/pbek/QOwnNotes/issues/2839)) - Fixed the **status bar** note path staying on the old filename after a note was renamed from its header/title until switching notes (for [#3658](https://github.com/pbek/QOwnNotes/issues/3658)) - Fixed frontmatter entries followed by the closing `---` delimiter being shown as **Setext headings** in the **Navigation panel** (for [#3657](https://github.com/pbek/QOwnNotes/issues/3657)) - Added a button to the **Debug settings** to open the active settings file in an external editor on systems where the settings are stored in an editable file (for [#3656](https://github.com/pbek/QOwnNotes/issues/3656)) ## Released files - QOwnNotes-x86_64.AppImage: Portable Linux AppImage build with Qt 6 - QOwnNotes-x86_64.AppImage.sha256sum: SHA-256 checksum for the AppImage - QOwnNotes-amd64.snap: Linux Snap build with Qt 6 - QOwnNotes-amd64.snap.sha256sum: SHA-256 checksum for the Qt 6 Snap package - QOwnNotes-Qt5-amd64.snap: Linux Snap build with Qt 5 for older environments - QOwnNotes-Qt5-a

## 26.7.3 - New notes now use **ATX headings** by default for generated titles, and the **General settings** now include an option to use **Setext headings** instead (for [#3655](https://github.com/pbek/QOwnNotes/issues/3655)) - Fixed the **Preview panel** font scaling on **Windows** with high display scale settings, so the preview no longer grows larger than the note editor at e.g. 300% desktop scaling (for [#3653](https://github.com/pbek/QOwnNotes/issues/3653)) - Added emojis to the note title of the welcome notes to demonstrate emojis in the note list (for [#2190](https://github.com/pbek/QOwnNotes/issues/2190)) ## Released files - QOwnNotes-x86_64.AppImage: Portable Linux AppImage build with Qt 6 - QOwnNotes-x86_64.AppImage.sha256sum: SHA-256 checksum for the AppImage - QOwnNotes-amd64.snap: Linux Snap build with Qt 6 - QOwnNotes-amd64.snap.sha256sum: SHA-256 checksum for the Qt 6 Snap package - QOwnNotes-Qt5-amd64.snap: Linux Snap build with Qt 5 for older environments - QOwnNotes-Qt5-amd64.snap.sha256sum: SHA-256 checksum for the Qt 5 Snap package - QOwnNotes.zip: Windows ZIP package built with Qt 6 - QOwnNotes.zip.sha256: SHA-256 checksum for the Qt 6 Windows ZIP

## 26.7.2 - Added support for an optional settings override file, derived from the active settings file name like `QOwnNotes.override.conf`, which is loaded once on startup and keeps debug builds and named sessions separated; the debug settings output now also shows the override path, how many settings were loaded from it, and how many existing settings were overwritten (for [#3654](https://github.com/pbek/QOwnNotes/issues/3654)) - The security token for the **QOwnNotes Web Companion browser extension** is now generated on first application start if no token exists yet (for [web-companion#111](https://github.com/qownnotes/web-companion/issues/111)) ## Released files - QOwnNotes-x86_64.AppImage: Portable Linux AppImage build with Qt 6 - QOwnNotes-x86_64.AppImage.sha256sum: SHA-256 checksum for the AppImage - QOwnNotes-amd64.snap: Linux Snap build with Qt 6 - QOwnNotes-amd64.snap.sha256sum: SHA-256 checksum for the Qt 6 Snap package - QOwnNotes-Qt5-amd64.snap: Linux Snap build with Qt 5 for older environments - QOwnNotes-Qt5-amd64.snap.sha256sum: SHA-256 checksum for the Qt 5 Snap package - QOwnNotes.zip: Windows ZIP package built with Qt 6 - QOwnNotes.zip.sha256: SH

## 26.7.1 - Added a new checkbox **"Don't use leading emojis in note filename"** in the **General settings** (enabled by default): when a note title starts with an emoji, the emoji is stripped from the generated filename so filenames stay compatible with other tools (for [#2190](https://github.com/pbek/QOwnNotes/issues/2190)) - Added a new checkbox **"Show leading emoji from note title as icon in the note list"** in the **Panels settings** (enabled by default): when a note title starts with an emoji, the emoji is rendered as the icon for that note in the note list and note tree, replacing the standard document icon (for [#2190](https://github.com/pbek/QOwnNotes/issues/2190)) - The note text search now supports searching for note titles with spaces by using quoted name filters like `n:"note title"` (for [#1890](https://github.com/pbek/QOwnNotes/issues/1890)) ## Released files - QOwnNotes-x86_64.AppImage: Portable Linux AppImage build with Qt 6 - QOwnNotes-x86_64.AppImage.sha256sum: SHA-256 checksum for the AppImage - QOwnNotes-amd64.snap: Linux Snap build with Qt 6 - QOwnNotes-amd64.snap.sha256sum: SHA-256 checksum for the Qt 6 Snap package - QOwnNotes-Qt5-amd64.s

## 26.7.0 - Fixed leaving **Vim mode** insert mode with the Escape key on KDE Plasma 6.7 when the alternate-character keyboard overlay is enabled (for [#3647](https://github.com/pbek/QOwnNotes/issues/3647)) - Fixed quitting QOwnNotes on **macOS** when the menu bar item is enabled, so the application no longer minimizes back to the menu bar during quit or session shutdown and blocks shutting down the Mac (for [#3651](https://github.com/pbek/QOwnNotes/issues/3651)) ## Released files - QOwnNotes-x86_64.AppImage: Portable Linux AppImage build with Qt 6 - QOwnNotes-x86_64.AppImage.sha256sum: SHA-256 checksum for the AppImage - QOwnNotes-amd64.snap: Linux Snap build with Qt 6 - QOwnNotes-amd64.snap.sha256sum: SHA-256 checksum for the Qt 6 Snap package - QOwnNotes-Qt5-amd64.snap: Linux Snap build with Qt 5 for older environments - QOwnNotes-Qt5-amd64.snap.sha256sum: SHA-256 checksum for the Qt 5 Snap package - QOwnNotes.zip: Windows ZIP package built with Qt 6 - QOwnNotes.zip.sha256: SHA-256 checksum for the Qt 6 Windows ZIP package - QOwnNotes.zip.sha256sum: Alternative SHA-256 checksum file for the Qt 6 Windows ZIP package - QOwnNotes.dmg: macOS disk image built with Qt 6 - Q

## 26.6.11 - Fixed the Qt 5 Ubuntu Launchpad release container by pinning it to Ubuntu 24.04, because newer Ubuntu CDBS packages no longer ship the qmake/makefile classes required by the Qt 5 source package build - Fixed the OBS release container `osc` workaround so it no longer corrupts existing Python `import importlib` statements, and made the OBS release scripts stop immediately when checkout fails ## Released files - QOwnNotes-x86_64.AppImage: Portable Linux AppImage build with Qt 6 - QOwnNotes-x86_64.AppImage.sha256sum: SHA-256 checksum for the AppImage - QOwnNotes-amd64.snap: Linux Snap build with Qt 6 - QOwnNotes-amd64.snap.sha256sum: SHA-256 checksum for the Qt 6 Snap package - QOwnNotes-Qt5-amd64.snap: Linux Snap build with Qt 5 for older environments - QOwnNotes-Qt5-amd64.snap.sha256sum: SHA-256 checksum for the Qt 5 Snap package - QOwnNotes.zip: Windows ZIP package built with Qt 6 - QOwnNotes.zip.sha256: SHA-256 checksum for the Qt 6 Windows ZIP package - QOwnNotes.zip.sha256sum: Alternative SHA-256 checksum file for the Qt 6 Windows ZIP package - QOwnNotes.dmg: macOS disk image built with Qt 6 - QOwnNotesQt5.dmg: macOS disk image built with Qt 5 for older sy

## 26.6.10 - Added libsecret to the Linux build dependencies so qtkeychain can use the Secret Service backend instead of falling back to KWallet on non-KDE desktops (for [#3650](https://github.com/pbek/QOwnNotes/issues/3650)) - The **Insert checkbox list item** action now automatically uses the existing **Create checkbox list** behavior when multiple lines are selected, so selected lines are converted consistently with the dedicated list action (for [#3610](https://github.com/pbek/QOwnNotes/issues/3610)) ## Released files - QOwnNotes-x86_64.AppImage: Portable Linux AppImage build with Qt 6 - QOwnNotes-x86_64.AppImage.sha256sum: SHA-256 checksum for the AppImage - QOwnNotes-amd64.snap: Linux Snap build with Qt 6 - QOwnNotes-amd64.snap.sha256sum: SHA-256 checksum for the Qt 6 Snap package - QOwnNotes-Qt5-amd64.snap: Linux Snap build with Qt 5 for older environments - QOwnNotes-Qt5-amd64.snap.sha256sum: SHA-256 checksum for the Qt 5 Snap package - QOwnNotes.zip: Windows ZIP package built with Qt 6 - QOwnNotes.zip.sha256: SHA-256 checksum for the Qt 6 Windows ZIP package - QOwnNotes.zip.sha256sum: Alternative SHA-256 checksum file for the Qt 6 Windows ZIP package - QOwnNot

## 26.6.9 - Cleaned up remaining Qt 6 build warning noise in the application and test builds, including generated KWallet proxy and fortify warning output (for [#3648](https://github.com/pbek/QOwnNotes/issues/3648)) - Fixed the missing internal `bookmarks.svg` icon resource used by the note bookmark menu, so QOwnNotes no longer logs a startup warning for that icon (for [#3649](https://github.com/pbek/QOwnNotes/issues/3649)) - Improved secret storage fallback handling by keeping legacy SimpleCrypt encryption compatible with pre-qtkeychain secrets and migrating old plaintext secret settings to encrypted storage even when the desktop keychain is unavailable (for [#3597](https://github.com/pbek/QOwnNotes/issues/3597)) ## Released files - QOwnNotes-x86_64.AppImage: Portable Linux AppImage build with Qt 6 - QOwnNotes-x86_64.AppImage.sha256sum: SHA-256 checksum for the AppImage - QOwnNotes-amd64.snap: Linux Snap build with Qt 6 - QOwnNotes-amd64.snap.sha256sum: SHA-256 checksum for the Qt 6 Snap package - QOwnNotes-Qt5-amd64.snap: Linux Snap build with Qt 5 for older environments - QOwnNotes-Qt5-amd64.snap.sha256sum: SHA-256 checksum for the Qt 5 Snap package - QOwnNotes.

## 26.6.8 - Added **Expand all** and **Collapse all** context menu actions to heading items in the **Headings** panel, remembering the in-memory expansion state per note until the application is closed (for [#2784](https://github.com/pbek/QOwnNotes/issues/2784)) - Added **Adwaita Light** and **Adwaita Dark** editor color schemes (for [#3299](https://github.com/pbek/QOwnNotes/issues/3299)) - Added optional editor settings **Show whitespace markers** and **Show line ending markers** (for [#3253](https://github.com/pbek/QOwnNotes/issues/3253)) - There was a new release of the **QOwnNotes Web Companion browser extension** [2026.6.1](https://github.com/qownnotes/web-companion/releases/tag/v2026.6.1) - The extension popup no longer failed to open in Firefox after the Quasar 3 migration. The background script still used the old `bexBackground()` wrapper, which became a no-op in Quasar App Vite 3, so the background bridge was never created. The popup waited forever for the bridge connection and therefore never mounted its UI. The background script now uses the new `createBridge()` API ## Released files - QOwnNotes-x86_64.AppImage: Portable Linux AppImage build wi

## 26.6.7 - Added the **Send clipboard as text** action to the tray menu when web application support is enabled, and to the task manager / launcher context menu (for [#3371](https://github.com/pbek/QOwnNotes/issues/3371)) ## Released files - QOwnNotes-x86_64.AppImage: Portable Linux AppImage build with Qt 6 - QOwnNotes-x86_64.AppImage.sha256sum: SHA-256 checksum for the AppImage - QOwnNotes-amd64.snap: Linux Snap build with Qt 6 - QOwnNotes-amd64.snap.sha256sum: SHA-256 checksum for the Qt 6 Snap package - QOwnNotes-Qt5-amd64.snap: Linux Snap build with Qt 5 for older environments - QOwnNotes-Qt5-amd64.snap.sha256sum: SHA-256 checksum for the Qt 5 Snap package - QOwnNotes.zip: Windows ZIP package built with Qt 6 - QOwnNotes.zip.sha256: SHA-256 checksum for the Qt 6 Windows ZIP package - QOwnNotes.zip.sha256sum: Alternative SHA-256 checksum file for the Qt 6 Windows ZIP package - QOwnNotes.dmg: macOS disk image built with Qt 6 - QOwnNotesQt5.dmg: macOS disk image built with Qt 5 for older systems

## 26.6.6 - Fixed the **Security token** dialog for the QOwnNotes Web Companion browser extension to keep generated or edited tokens only when pressing **OK**, so closing the dialog with **Cancel** no longer changes the token for the current application session (for [#3638](https://github.com/pbek/QOwnNotes/issues/3638)) - There was a new release of the **QOwnNotes Web Companion browser extension** [2026.6.0](https://github.com/qownnotes/web-companion/releases/tag/v2026.6.0) - The extension build tooling was updated to Quasar App Vite 3 / Rolldown - Vue and Vue Router were updated for the new Quasar toolchain - The extension popup was fixed for the updated Vue/Quasar build output - The dependencies were updated - Added more Korean, French, Spanish translation (thank you, VenusGirl, jd-develop, AlejandroMoc) ## Released files - QOwnNotes-x86_64.AppImage: Portable Linux AppImage build with Qt 6 - QOwnNotes-x86_64.AppImage.sha256sum: SHA-256 checksum for the AppImage - QOwnNotes-amd64.snap: Linux Snap build with Qt 6 - QOwnNotes-amd64.snap.sha256sum: SHA-256 checksum for the Qt 6 Snap package - QOwnNotes-Qt5-amd64.snap: Linux Snap build with Qt 5 for older environme

## 26.6.5 - Added editor and Markdown preview syntax highlighting for fenced code blocks tagged as `console` or `shell-session` (for [#3094](https://github.com/pbek/QOwnNotes/issues/3094)) - Added an optional editor setting to ensure that the note text ends with an empty last line when a note is stored (for [#3255](https://github.com/pbek/QOwnNotes/issues/3255)) - Added more French, Korean, Spanish translation (thank you, jd-develop, VenusGirl, AlejandroMoc, AnSpanishTranslator) ## Released files - QOwnNotes-x86_64.AppImage: Portable Linux AppImage build with Qt 6 - QOwnNotes-x86_64.AppImage.sha256sum: SHA-256 checksum for the AppImage - QOwnNotes-amd64.snap: Linux Snap build with Qt 6 - QOwnNotes-amd64.snap.sha256sum: SHA-256 checksum for the Qt 6 Snap package - QOwnNotes-Qt5-amd64.snap: Linux Snap build with Qt 5 for older environments - QOwnNotes-Qt5-amd64.snap.sha256sum: SHA-256 checksum for the Qt 5 Snap package - QOwnNotes.zip: Windows ZIP package built with Qt 6 - QOwnNotes.zip.sha256: SHA-256 checksum for the Qt 6 Windows ZIP package - QOwnNotes.zip.sha256sum: Alternative SHA-256 checksum file for the Qt 6 Windows ZIP package - QOwnNotes.dmg: macOS disk image built

## 26.6.4 - Added an optional editor setting to show character, word and line counts in the status bar (for [#536](https://github.com/pbek/QOwnNotes/issues/536)) - Try to fix typing lag with Notes on a network share by avoiding repeated backlink scans while typing when the backlink inputs did not change, and by computing backlink-relative note paths without touching every note file on disk (for [#3587](https://github.com/pbek/QOwnNotes/issues/3587)) - Fixed a crash when closing QOwnNotes while **LanguageTool** was active by clearing checker state without triggering editor rehighlighting during text edit destruction (for [#3496](https://github.com/pbek/QOwnNotes/issues/3496)) ## Released files - QOwnNotes-x86_64.AppImage: Portable Linux AppImage build with Qt 6 - QOwnNotes-x86_64.AppImage.sha256sum: SHA-256 checksum for the AppImage - QOwnNotes-amd64.snap: Linux Snap build with Qt 6 - QOwnNotes-amd64.snap.sha256sum: SHA-256 checksum for the Qt 6 Snap package - QOwnNotes-Qt5-amd64.snap: Linux Snap build with Qt 5 for older environments - QOwnNotes-Qt5-amd64.snap.sha256sum: SHA-256 checksum for the Qt 5 Snap package - QOwnNotes.zip: Windows ZIP package built with Qt 6 -

## 26.6.3 - Added a compact web application connection status indicator to the main window status bar when web application support is enabled; right-clicking it now shows a context menu with a **Connected systems** submenu (for [#3632](https://github.com/pbek/QOwnNotes/issues/3632)) ## Released files - QOwnNotes-x86_64.AppImage: Portable Linux AppImage build with Qt 6 - QOwnNotes-x86_64.AppImage.sha256sum: SHA-256 checksum for the AppImage - QOwnNotes-amd64.snap: Linux Snap build with Qt 6 - QOwnNotes-amd64.snap.sha256sum: SHA-256 checksum for the Qt 6 Snap package - QOwnNotes-Qt5-amd64.snap: Linux Snap build with Qt 5 for older environments - QOwnNotes-Qt5-amd64.snap.sha256sum: SHA-256 checksum for the Qt 5 Snap package - QOwnNotes.zip: Windows ZIP package built with Qt 6 - QOwnNotes.zip.sha256: SHA-256 checksum for the Qt 6 Windows ZIP package - QOwnNotes.zip.sha256sum: Alternative SHA-256 checksum file for the Qt 6 Windows ZIP package - QOwnNotes.dmg: macOS disk image built with Qt 6 - QOwnNotesQt5.dmg: macOS disk image built with Qt 5 for older systems

## 26.6.2 - Fixed custom shortcuts for actions that appear in multiple menus, such as **Find text in notes**, being treated as their default shortcut in the **Shortcuts** settings page; shortcut initialization now processes each action only once and the **Shortcuts** settings page only shows one row per action, so restored custom shortcuts no longer overwrite the stored default shortcut used for visual marking and reset handling (for [#3619](https://github.com/pbek/QOwnNotes/issues/3619)) - Fixed a possible crash when changing **Icons** checkboxes in the **Color modes** settings by avoiding unnecessary web application client restarts for unrelated settings changes, and removed obsolete restart tooltips from the icon settings because those changes now apply live (for [#3619](https://github.com/pbek/QOwnNotes/issues/3619)) - Fixed a crash when saving the settings dialog after enabling **Enable logging to file** while the web application client service was disabled, and now show the real **Log file path** directly below the checkbox from the start (for [#3634](https://github.com/pbek/QOwnNotes/issues/3634)) - Improved bash shell completion by completing proper

## 26.6.1 - Fixed settings search highlight not being visible for checkboxes, radio buttons, group boxes, and push buttons when Windows OS dark mode is active but QOwnNotes uses a light palette; the highlighted widget text was rendered in a light foreground color by the native Windows style, making it invisible against the light-amber highlight background; an explicit foreground color is now always set alongside the background color in the highlight stylesheet (for [#3631](https://github.com/pbek/QOwnNotes/issues/3631)) - Renamed the built-in **Light** color mode to **System**, because ther is no real "Light mode"; existing settings storing the name `Light` are automatically migrated to `System` on startup (for [#3526](https://github.com/pbek/QOwnNotes/issues/3526)) - Fixed a crash on Windows 11 when opening the Settings dialog caused by a null pointer dereference on the WebSocket object inside `sendRegister()` and `sendRequestConnectedDevices()` — these methods were called during settings initialisation even when the web application feature was disabled and the socket was never created (for [#3632](https://github.com/pbek/QOwnNotes/issues/3632)) ## Rele