This version adds 5chan developer badges, clearer media and update feedback, better catalog and moderation behavior, improved desktop and P2P reliability, app icons, and security fixes.
- Web app: https://5chan.app
- Decentralized web app via IPFS/IPNS gateways (works on any browser): 5chan.eth.limo, 5chan.eth.link, 5chan-eth.ipns.dweb.link
- Decentralized web app via IPFS node you run: https://5chan.eth (works on Brave Browser or use IPFS Companion)
Downloads
macOS
- Apple Silicon (arm64): Download DMG
- Intel (x64): Download DMG
- If macOS shows "5chan.app is damaged and can't be opened. You should move it to the Trash.", run this in Terminal to fix it:
xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine "/Applications/5chan.app"then open the app again.
Windows
- Installer (x64): Download EXE
- If Windows shows "Windows protected your PC" (SmartScreen), click "More info" then "Run anyway". To permanently allow, right-click the .exe → Properties → check "Unblock", or run in PowerShell:
Unblock-File -Path .\path\to\file.exe.
Linux
Android
- APK: Download
Static HTML build
- Static HTML archive (zip): Download
Changes
0.8.5 (2026-05-15)
Bug Fixes
- blotter: render on multiboard feeds (918ed5b)
- boards bar: preserve catalog multiboard links (29f5e67)
- catalog: hide threads across board catalogs (8217bad)
- deps: update vulnerable transitive dependencies (c40353d)
- desktop: start PKC RPC with configured options (9f2a95a)
- dev server: route HMR through Portless (f008e82)
- electron: use bundled Chromium version in user agent (8486401)
- favicon: add touch and search icons (69008df)
- footer: use link color for legal metadata (2adb4bb)
- media: clarify failed external image embeds (fe87808)
- mod queue: align mobile remove button styling (36ecad6)
- mod queue: keep error details out of visible text (a4e058c)
- mod queue: stop resurfacing stale pending history (#1130) (a6f6e42)
- p2p stats: clarify browser peer data (8cb632f)
- p2p: force browser mode on p2p subdomains (a97b891)
- pass: preserve heading casing (3767923)
- settings: show latest update feedback (c8640a8)
Features
- author badges: add 5chan developer badges (9f6c073)