
Merry Christmas everyone!
Two months after the last big release, I am proud to announce the release of Butterfly 1.6! Thank you for over 330 stars and 13000 downloads on GitHub.
Download the latest stable [here](https://github.com/LinwoodCloud/Butterfly/releases/v1.6.0).

## Join the Community

Join our matrix server [here](https://linwood.dev/matrix) or the discord server [here](https://linwood.dev/discord).
The channels are synced with each other.

## New features

### Tools

The ruler and grid now helps you to align your elements. You can enable it in the new tools menu in the top right corner.
You can also change the camera position and zoom easily in this menu.

### Components

You can now create components in the editor. Components are reusable elements that can be used in multiple pages.
Create a pack to add your components to it. You can then share your pack with others or add it local to your device.
To add a component to a page, use the stamp painter and click on the position you want to add the component.

### Minor changes

- Add themed colors for selections and areas preview
- Add data path argument to the command line
- Add action painter indicator
- Improve windows setup

## Notes

This is the last 1.x release. The next release will be 2.0.0 and will include a lot of breaking changes.
This means that you can't open newer projects with older versions of Butterfly. There will be an automatic migration to upgrade your old projects to the new format.
That doesn't mean that 1.6 is a lts release. It will get bug fixes and minor updates until 2.0.0 is released but after that, it will be unsupported.
Stay tuned for the next release! There will be devlogs to show you the new features and changes.

Please report any bugs you find [here](github.com/LinwoodCloud/Butterfly/issues).


Butterfly 1.6 released


![Flow Devlog 3](/blog/flow/devlog/3.png)

Welcome to the third devlog of Flow!
Click [here](/blog/flow/devlog/1) to read the first devlog.

## Teams

All functionality of the teams was moved to the groups.

## Events

Events can now be assigned to groups.
Additionally, new filters were added to the calendar: `Group`, `Place`. A new `Past` filter was added to the calendar to show past events.
More over, the calendar is now responsive and has a new look on the desktop.

## To-dos

To-dos can now be created without an event. Click on the fab button to create a to-do. If a to-do has no event assigned, you will see a button to create a new event or assign an existing one.

Additionally, to-dos has now three states: `Todo`, `In Progress`, `Done`. You can change the state by clicking on the checkbox.
In the future there will be a karbon board with rows for each state.
Filters for all states were added to the to-dos page. A new search button was added to the to-dos page to search for to-dos.

## Users and Places

Basic functionality of the users and places was added. You can now create users, query them and delete them.

## Groups

Event groups are now called groups. You can create groups, query them and delete them. Additionally, you can assign events to groups.

## UI-Improvements

The filter ui was replaced with chips. This follows the material design guidelines.
Additionally, the page transitions were improved to a fade in/out animation.
Another improvement is the new intro slides. They are now more informative and show the most important features of Flow.

## Web Preview

You can preview the app in your browser by clicking [here](https://flow-l4vpzboz6-linwood.vercel.app).
Please note that the app is in development and the database schema may change in the future.
That means that you may lose your data when the app is updated. Use it only for testing.

## Animations

The sidebar is now persistent when changing pages in desktop mode.
This helps to keep the context of the page you are currently on.

## Notes

The readme was updated to have more information about the app and include a link to the devlog.
Thanks for reading the third devlog. There will be more to come.
If you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to contact me on [Discord](https://linwood.dev/discord), [Matrix](https://linwood.dev/matrix) or [Twitter](https://twitter.com/LinwoodCloud).
Source code is available on [GitHub](https://github.com/LinwoodCloud/Flow). Please give feedback and star the project if you like it.

This devlog is based on commit `d83f2ede1841c3466ab0a8e4f8ab8fdcb20705a3`.


Flow Devlog 3


![Flow Devlog 2](/blog/flow/devlog/2.png)

Welcome to the second devlog of Flow!
Click [here](/blog/flow/devlog/1) to read the first devlog.

## Events

Events can now have a status (draft, confirmed and canceled)
and can be filtered by status in the event list. The event list also shows the status of the event.
Additionally, the calendar list now has an infinite scroll.

## To-dos

Events can now have to-dos. To-dos can be added to an event and can be marked as done.
There is an extra page for to-dos where you can see all your to-dos and filter them by status.

## Groups

Basic group functionality is now implemented. You can create groups, edit them and delete them.
Currently, it shows all events associated with the group, but currently there is no way to add events to a group.

## Web Preview

You can preview the app in your browser by clicking [here](https://flow-rcbp8apcj-linwood.vercel.apps).
Please note that the app is in development and the database schema may change in the future.
That means that you may lose your data when the app is updated. Use it only for testing.

## Animations

The sidebar is now persistent when changing pages in desktop mode.
This helps to keep the context of the page you are currently on.

## Notes

Thanks for reading the second devlog. There will be more to come.
If you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to contact me on [Discord](https://linwood.dev/discord), [Matrix](https://linwood.dev/matrix) or [Twitter](https://twitter.com/LinwoodCloud).
Source code is available on [GitHub](https://github.com/LinwoodCloud/Flow). Please give feedback and star the project if you like it.

This devlog is based on commit `8d57eba91786c64c51f10afdb383d2c3081c8db3`.


Flow Devlog 2


![Flow Devlog 1](/blog/flow/devlog/1.png)

Welcome to the first devlog of Flow! In this devlog I will talk about the current state of the project and what I have planned for the future.

## The idea behind Flow

Flow should be a feature-rich calendar and time and event management software.
In the current calendar software, you can only create simple events and reminders. You can only repeat events if it has a fixed interval.
For example, you can only create an event that repeats every 2 days, but not every 2nd and 4th day of the month.
Flow should be able to do that. You can group every event and share it with other people.
Add a description, a location, a time and to-do lists to your events and write a backlog after the event.

## Storage

The app uses an embedded SQLite database to store all the data. The database is created when the app is started for the first time.
Currently, only the local storage is supported, but I plan to add support for cloud storage in the future.
You will be able to sync your data with WebDAV (Nextcloud, ownCloud, etc.), host your own flow server or use a decentralized storage.

## UI

Material 3 is used as the UI framework. Everything should be responsive and looks good on both desktop and mobile platforms.

## Events

The basic operations create, edit, query and delete are implemented.
You can see all events in a list with the current date. Filtering and big calendar views are planned for the future.

## Web Preview

You can preview the app in your browser by clicking [here](https://flow-e78cel8pz-linwood.vercel.app). Please note that the app is in development and the database schema may change in the future. That means that you may lose your data when the app is updated. Use it only for testing.

## Notes

Thanks for reading this devlog. I hope you are as excited as I am about this project.
If you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to contact me on [Discord](https://linwood.dev/discord), [Matrix](https://linwood.dev/matrix) or [Twitter](https://twitter.com/LinwoodCloud).
Source code is available on [GitHub](https://github.com/LinwoodCloud/Flow). Please give feedback and star the project if you like it.

This devlog is based on commit `dd00bdf33725edeb947cb121364f4da73fc9111c`.


Flow Devlog 1


It's been a while since the last release, but now I am proud to announce the release of Butterfly 1.5!
Download the latest stable [here](https://github.com/LinwoodCloud/Butterfly/releases/v1.5.0).

## Join the Community

Join our matrix server [here](https://linwood.dev/matrix) or the discord server [here](https://linwood.dev/discord).
The channels are synced with each other.

## New features

### New property view

The property view is a new feature that allows you to view and edit properties of elements and painters. You can access it by long pressing on a painter or right-clicking on an element and click on "Properties".

You can pin the property view to keep it open when drawing with the painter.

### Enhanced color view

Colors can now be edited and removed from the color view. Additionally, you can now add new palettes, edit and remove them using the context menu in the top right corner.

### Hand, Undo and Redo are now painters

To make the UI more consistent and customizable, the hand, undo and redo buttons are now painters. You can access them by clicking on the plus button in the top right corner. You can move them around where do you want, or remove them from the toolbar if you don't want them.

### Native file opening

You can now open files (like images, PDFs and documents) directly from the file explorer. Just click on a file, and it will open in Butterfly.

This feature is only available on Windows and Linux. On Windows, you need to reinstall Butterfly to register the file type.

Additionally, images and PDFs stored in the notes directory are now shown in the file dialog and can be opened.

### Rebuilt input system

The input system has been rebuilt to be more flexible and customizable. You can now customize the painter that will be chosen when you click with your input device. The settings can be found in the settings dialog under "Behaviors".

### Minor changes

- Improve context menu (add modal background, add new scale animation)

## Notes

This release is a bit smaller than the last one, but I hope you like it. Thank you for 285 stars and over 9k downloads on GitHub. I hope you enjoy this release, and I'm looking forward to your feedback. If you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to join our [matrix](https://linwood.dev/matrix) or [discord](https://linwood.dev/discord) server.


Butterfly 1.5 released


Two months later again and a new stable version was released.
There are a lot of features to show.
Download the latest stable [here](https://github.com/LinwoodCloud/Butterfly/releases/v1.4.2).

## New matrix server

Join our new matrix server [here](https://linwood.dev/matrix).
The channels are synced with the discord.

## New features

### Synchronization

The biggest feature in this release is the synchronization feature.
You can now save all your notes in your preferred cloud service that supports WebDAV.
Cache your notes to work offline. Read more [here](https://docs.butterfly.linwood.dev/docs/1.4/storage).

### New painters

There is a new laser painter. With the laser painter, you can now paint strokes temporarily.
Read more [here](https://docs.butterfly.linwood.dev/docs/1.4/painters/laser).

Additionally, you have a new shape painter. Paint lines, rectangle and circles with predefined radius, aspect ratio and more.
Read more [here](https://docs.butterfly.linwood.dev/docs/1.4/painters/shape).

### New localizations

There are three new localizations: Italian, Portuguese (Brazil) and Spanish.
Try it out now!

### Reworked multi input system

You can now move the viewport with two fingers.
This can be disabled in the settings.
Additionally, you can now change your painter with the stylus buttons.

### Reworked bake system

This will fix the lag after undo/redo and fix that you need to click multiple times to undo something.

### Color view

You can now select your color with one click. Select your palette and click on the color to select it.
This view is now available for the label painter, the pen painter, the new shape painter and the new laser painter.

### SVG Import

SVG can now be imported to your project.
Go to the insert dialog and click on SVG.

### New design

You can now select the new yaru (ubuntu) themes to have a more
native experience on ubuntu.
Additionally, the default themes were changed to be more consistent with the documentation.

### Minor changes

- Add updater
- Add hex input to color dialog
- Add duplicate to change document path dialog
- Add loading indicator to file open dialog
- Exporting on web now downloads the file
- Remove CDNs on the web
- Redesign settings with cards
- Change scale to slider in constraints dialog
- Add file extension registry on Linux
- Add additional properties in element dialog
- Switch license to AGPL
- Change color of eraser to background color
- Remove unused color property in eraser painter

## Flathub

This app is now available on [Flathub](https://flathub.org/apps/details/dev.linwood.butterfly).

## Notes

Thank you for all your support. You give me motivation to work on this app.
All bug reports and feature requests helps me to make the app better.
Thank you for 150 stars and over 4,5 downloads on GitHub.
Join [the new matrix server](https://linwood.dev/matrix) or the [discord server](https://linwood.dev/discord)
to talk with me and other butterfly users.

If you find any bugs or want to request features, please create a new issue [on GitHub](https://github.com/LinwoodCloud/Butterfly/issues).


Butterfly 1.4 released


Two months ago, I released the last stable 1.2.1.
Since then, a lot has changed.
Download the latest version from [GitHub](https://github.com/LinwoodCloud/Butterfly/releases/v1.3.0).

## New features

### Areas

![Area screenshot](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/LinwoodCloud/Butterfly/develop/docs/docs/area.png)

Areas are a way to restrict the infinite canvas to a strict region.
You can create areas by using the area painter.
If you click on the background, you can open the area list dialog using the context menu.

Read more about areas in the [documentation](https://docs.butterfly.linwood.dev/docs/1.3/area).

### PDF Import

A new feature is the PDF import.
Open the insert dialog and select your PDF file.
After that, you can select the page you want to import.

### Layout

The corner menu was moved to the top left corner and has the Butterfly logo.
Zoom and undo/redo can now be found in this corner menu to have more space for the canvas.

### SVG Export

Now you can export your canvas to SVG.
You can do this by opening the menu in the top left corner and selecting "Export" and "SVG".

### Embed mode

The web version of Butterfly can now be embedded in websites.
You can load documents, edit and export them using a simple API.
Read more about this in the [documentation](https://docs.butterfly.linwood.dev/embed/intro).

### Dialogs

The app has three new dialogs:

- Welcome dialog
  - This dialog is shown when you first start the app.
  - It contains a short introduction to the app.
- Update dialog
  - This dialog is shown when you update the app.
- Start dialog
  - This dialog is shown when you start the app.
  - Open recent documents or create a new document with one click.
  - This dialog can be disabled in the settings.

### New design

The new design is based on the [Material Design 3](https://m3.material.io/) guidelines.
You can change the colors in the personalization settings.

### Constraints

Images and labels can now be constrained to an exact or a dynamic size.
Open the context menu and click on the "Constraints" button.

### Refactoring

The logic is now separated from the visual representation.
This helps to add more painters and element types in the future.

### Minor changes

- Full screen mode (Open the menu in the top left corner and select "Full screen")
- Undo/redo works again (Open the menu in the top left corner and select "Undo/redo" or use ctrl+z and ctrl+y)
- Add responsive slider (The slider can now be used on mobile devices with a bigger zoom level)
- Improve layout on bigger screens
- Redesigned settings dialog (The settings dialog is now more user-friendly on the desktop)
- Enable share of data for all platforms
- Round zoom level
- Remove autosave on web
- Add autocompletion to layer name

## Notes

Thanks to all people who helped me with reporting bugs and recommend the app to other people!
This gives me a lot of motivation to improve the app.
My first intention was to make a note-taking app for the school for me, but I decided to make it for everyone.
We reached the 100 stars on GitHub and 2,000 downloads on GitHub.
On GitHub there are now more than 1,000 commits, thank you for all your support!


Butterfly 1.3 released


Hello,

The opensource note app Butterfly was released today. You can download it [here](https://docs.butterfly.linwood.dev/downloads).
Please note that the app stores needs time to approve the app.

If you have further questions you can [join our discord](https://discord.linwood.dev).

The documentation is [here](https://docs.butterfly.linwood.dev).

Source is on [github](https://github.com/LinwoodCloud/butterfly)


Butterfly released!


Hello,
A bit late but here are the highlights:

- Add articles
- Update website links
- Add windows installer


Dev-Doctor 1.6.0 released!


Hello,
Linwood has a new website. Try it out!


New website


I released a new project named Linwood Launcher. It's currently a website where you can pin your favorite app and your favorite search engine and customize it. Try it out [here](https://launch.linwood.dev).
The source code can be found [here](https://github.com/LinwoodCloud/Launcher)


Launcher released!


- Add asset to video source
- Fix translation
- Update classic theme

See more [here](https://github.com/LinwoodCloud/dev_doctor/releases/tag/v1.5.2)


Dev-Doctor 1.5.2


## 1.5.1

- Fix editor page
  - Add points to toJson
  - minus-points to toJson
  - Add minusPoints to question editor popup menu
- Fix keyboard type on user name

## 1.5.0

- Add certificates
- Add statistics page
- Add reset button on all part items
- Remove coming soon in settings
- Fix responsive scroll views

API

) No breaking changes

- Add new quiz type: Multiple choice
- Add points to all part items
- Add `allow-reset` property to control if a user can reset the current part item

See more [here](https://github.com/LinwoodCloud/dev_doctor/releases/tag/v1.5.0) and [here](https://github.com/LinwoodCloud/dev_doctor/releases/tag/v1.5.1)


Dev-Doctor 1.5.0 and 1.5.1


- Add grid view
- Add tooltips
- Add share button
- Add favorite option to course
- Fix folder structure in repository
- Fix hero

See more [here](https://github.com/LinwoodCloud/dev_doctor/releases/tag/v1.4.0)


Dev-Doctor 1.4.0


- Fixing api version bug
- Add french language

See more [here](https://github.com/LinwoodCloud/dev_doctor/releases/tag/v1.3.1)


Dev-Doctor 1.3.1


- Add desktop support (windows, linux)
- Add custom title bar
- 4 new themes: spring, summer, autumn, winter
- Adding new api version system
- New editor
- Changing course, server pages to add support for the editor
- Add part options to the title bar
- Add markdown editor
- Add author editor
- Adding code dialog page

## API

Changing author to an object

See more [here](https://github.com/LinwoodCloud/dev_doctor/releases/tag/v1.3.0)


Dev-Doctor 1.3.0


Help us to bring Dev-Doctor to the world.
Use Crowdin and help us to improve the translations: [https://linwood.crowdin.com/dev-doctor](https://linwood.crowdin.com/dev-doctor)


Dev-Doctor has Crowdin


- Add a backend on default
- Fix different app bars
- Fix servers offline issues
- Add changelog to settings

See more [here](https://github.com/LinwoodCloud/dev_doctor/releases/tag/1.2.3)


Dev-Doctor 1.2.3


- Fix responsive rebuild issues
- Fix question page bug after opening another question

See more [here](https://github.com/LinwoodCloud/dev_doctor/releases/tag/1.2.2)


Dev-Doctor 1.2.2


- Add heroes
- Remove debug prints
- Add support
- Add quiz evaluation and time
- Backend Profile

See more [here](https://github.com/LinwoodCloud/dev_doctor/releases/tag/1.2.0)


Dev-Doctor 1.2.0


- Fix backend user
- Fix add url

See more [here](https://github.com/LinwoodCloud/dev_doctor/releases/tag/1.2.1)


Dev-Doctor 1.2.1


Fixing translation bug

See more [here](https://github.com/LinwoodCloud/dev_doctor/releases/tag/1.1.1)


Dev-Doctor 1.1.1


Support for json files, see #22
Backend collections, see #15
Settings on PC or Tablet more Widescreen-Friendly, see #14
Customize theme, see #18
More video settings, see #29
Course language, see #26
Course settings, see #28

See more [here](https://github.com/LinwoodCloud/dev_doctor/releases/tag/1.1.0)


Dev-Doctor 1.1.0


It's real. You can get dev-doctor on google play now. See it [here](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.github.linwoodcloud.dev_doctor).


Dev-Doctor in Play Store now


Hello,

the next version of Dev-Doctor is released. I recode Dev-Doctor in Dart. There is a new android app now.
The app is currently under review on Google Play Store. There is already an request on F-Droid and should be added soon.

The current changelog:

- Android App
- New app export
- Prebuilt builds, see #8
- New design

See you soon!


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