
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


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)


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