Zap Browser v0.6.0-beta — Privacy, Tor & Native Browser UX

⚡ Zap Browser v0.6.0-beta

Major milestone focused on browser-core architecture, privacy isolation, packaging reliability, and native browser UX.

What's new

Browser Profiles

• Complete multi-profile browser architecture
• Isolated profile sessions
• Independent privacy settings per profile
• Profile manager UI
• Profile creation, rename, switch and delete
• Profile-scoped Nostr identities and permissions

Privacy

• First phase of profile-based privacy isolation
• Improved anti-CMP and anti-overlay handling
• Explicit paywall preservation
• Safer overlay detection logic
• Reduced DOM observer overhead

Bookmarks

• Browser bookmark import improvements
• Drag-and-drop bookmark and folder reordering
• Drag current page security icon directly into the bookmarks bar
• Native bookmark bar context menus
• Improved bookmark persistence and migrations

Browser UX

• Find in page support (Ctrl+F)
• Better navigation failure handling
• Improved settings organization
• Larger and more accessible settings navigation
• Browser profile management integrated into settings

Reliability

• Hardened migrations across upgrades
• Automatic repair of invalid bookmark structures
• Improved upgrade safety and idempotent migrations
• Expanded automated test coverage

Packaging

• Linux installation path standardized to /opt/Zap-Browser
• Improved RPM and DEB integration
• Fixed Linux desktop metadata handling
• Fixed WM_CLASS integration
• Fixed Linux icon refresh and taskbar icon behavior
• Simplified Windows release artifacts
• Release smoke-test checklist added

Downloads

• Linux: AppImage, RPM, DEB
• Windows: Installer EXE and Portable ZIP

Beta Notice

This is still beta software intended for testing and feedback.

Do not store large amounts of funds inside the browser yet.

Support the project

• GitHub Sponsors: https://github.com/sponsors/shadowbipnode
• Lightning: zap@shadowbip.com
• Bitcoin: bc1qgppvys2e0zx3r87fvtdytwped3xft385sj9800

Zap Browser v0.5.0-beta — Privacy, Tor & Native Browser UX

⚡ Zap Browser v0.5.0-beta

Major privacy, Tor, private browsing and native browser UX beta release.

Highlights

• Ephemeral private tabs with isolated sessions
• Tor support across normal and private sessions
• Hardened Tor proxy handling and proxy reset behavior
• Session-based anti-fingerprinting profiles
• Canvas, WebGL, navigator, timezone and hardware fingerprint mitigations
• Reduced page loading flicker on ad/CMP-heavy websites
• Network-level early blocking for common ad and consent providers
• Improved tab loading state stability
• Multi-profile Nostr identity support
• Persistent per-site NIP-07 permission handling
• Drag-and-drop tab reordering
• Bookmark folders, import/export and legacy migration support
• Persistent download history
• Portable-mode passphrase encryption backend
• Updated Linux packaging metadata and icon handling

Privacy

• Private tabs no longer persist browsing history
• Private sessions clean cache/storage on close
• WebRTC leak protection remains enabled
• User-Agent rotation and fingerprint profile selection are applied per session
• Tor routing is applied consistently to default and isolated sessions

Security

• AES-256-GCM encrypted local secrets
• Runtime key support for portable mode
• Passphrase-derived portable encryption backend
• Safer Nostr/NWC secret handling
• Explicit NIP-07/NIP-04 permission model

Builds

• Linux AppImage
• Debian package
• RPM package
• Windows NSIS installer
• Windows portable ZIP build

Notes

This is still beta software intended for testing and feedback.

Do not store large funds inside the browser yet.

Windows builds are experimental.

Zap Browser v0.4.0-beta — Security, Lightning UX & Browser Polish

⚡ Zap Browser v0.4.0-beta

Automated cross-platform beta release.

Highlights

• Lightning payment confirmation before sending sats
• Payment sent confirmation popup with amount and preimage preview
• Real-time incoming sats notifications while browsing
• Strict IPC validation hardening across sensitive channels
• SECURITY.md responsible disclosure policy
• Improved address bar suggestions with favicon support
• Better BrowserView layering for dropdowns and browser UI
• Refreshed app icon and packaging assets
• Improved popup/interstitial blocking behavior
• Theme polish and UI refinements

Security

• Hardened IPC payload validation
• Improved Nostr/NWC/LNURL/Cashu input checks
• Safer Lightning payment flow with explicit user confirmation

Builds

• Linux AppImage
• Debian package
• RPM package
• Windows NSIS installer
• Windows portable ZIP build

Notes

This is still beta software intended for testing and feedback.

Do not store large funds inside the browser yet.

Windows builds are experimental.

Zap Browser v0.3.8-beta — Icon Packaging Fix

⚡ Zap Browser v0.3.8-beta

Small maintenance release focused on packaged application branding and release packaging consistency.

Fixed

• Added proper Windows .ico asset
• Updated Windows release packaging to use the new app icon
• Improved cross-platform icon consistency
• Linux packages continue to use the regenerated PNG icon set

Notes

This release fixes the packaged application icon issue found after v0.3.7-beta.

No major feature changes from v0.3.7-beta.

Zap Browser v0.3.7-beta — UX, Security & Lightning Improvements

⚡ Zap Browser v0.3.7-beta

A major beta release focused on Lightning UX, browser usability, security hardening and privacy protections.

Added

• Real-time incoming Lightning payment notifications
• Lightning payment confirmation flow before sending sats
• Payment success popups with sats amount and preimage preview
• Improved address bar suggestions dropdown
• Site favicon support inside suggestions
• Permission-aware trust indicators in toolbar
• Refreshed app icon and branding assets
• SECURITY.md policy
• Improved popup/interstitial protections
• Better BrowserView layering handling

Improved

• Better popup blocker behavior for legitimate user navigation
• Theme polish and glass-style UI refinements
• Address bar layering and dropdown visibility
• Wallet UX responsiveness
• Nostr permission visibility
• Better aggressive ad cleanup behavior

Security

• Expanded strict IPC validation across sensitive channels
• Hardened Lightning/Nostr IPC flows
• Improved sensitive payload validation

Privacy

• Better overlay cleanup behavior
• Improved popup handling
• Reduced tracker/ad visibility on heavy news websites
• Improved cosmetic filtering behavior

Themes

Available themes now include:

• Obsidian
• Graphite
• Midnight
• Neon Glass
• Sovereign Terminal
• Minimal Dark

Builds

• Linux AppImage
• Debian package
• RPM package
• Windows NSIS installer
• Windows portable build

Notes

This is still beta software intended for testing and feedback.

Do not store large funds inside the browser yet.

Windows builds are currently experimental.

Zap Browser v0.3.6 — Themes, Updates & Privacy Hardening

Zap Browser v0.3.6-beta

UX, privacy and release-infrastructure update.

Added

• Built-in update checker
• Version badge in the main browser UI
• Startup notification when a new release is available
• Theme engine with multiple selectable themes
• Session-only NIP-07 permissions
• Clear all NIP-07 permissions action
• Improved popup, popunder and overlay blocking
• Basic aggressive ad skin cleanup

Improved

• English is now the default language
• Language switching is reactive across key UI areas
• Settings/About version display
• GitHub Actions release automation
• Linux and Windows release packaging

Builds

• Linux AppImage
• Debian package
• RPM package
• Windows NSIS installer
• Windows portable/zip builds

Notes

This is still beta software intended for testing and feedback.

Windows builds are experimental.

Zap Browser v0.3.5-beta — Nostr, Lightning & Sovereign Web

Zap Browser v0.3.5-beta

A major security and wallet infrastructure release focused on Nostr identity, Lightning interoperability, and browser hardening.

Added

• Persistent granular NIP-07 permission system

• Allow / deny / revoke per-site Nostr permissions

• Lightning Address payments via LNURL-pay

• Encrypted NWC secret storage

• Nostr profile disconnect and re-import flow

• Cross-platform release builds for:

  • Linux AppImage
  • Debian packages
  • RPM packages
  • Windows NSIS installer

Improved

• Hardened NWC request/response correlation
• Safer multi-request wallet handling
• Wallet UX for invoices and Lightning Addresses
• Site permission controls integrated into browser UI

Security

• Main-process Nostr signing isolation
• Granular NIP-07 permission controls
• Safer fallback behavior for wallet requests

Notes

This is still a beta release intended for testing and feedback.

Windows builds are currently experimental.

Zap Browser v0.3.4

• Cashu wallet: mint da Lightning, receive token, balance
• Keychain cifratura nsec e seed a riposo
• Fix NIP-04 encrypt/decrypt
• Validazione input IPC
• YouTube non più bloccato
• Fix cashu_mints schema
• Codice pulito — vulnerabilità rimosse

Zap Browser v0.3.3

• New tab page restyling con sfondo circuiti
• Tasto home nella toolbar
• Cashu ecash wallet integrato
• NWC Lightning: balance, pay, receive, disconnect
• Barra preferiti con dropdown overflow
• History cliccabile
• Import preferiti da HTML
• Adblock parser fix (siti news non più bloccati)
• Cosmetic filtering 12k regole CSS
• WebRTC IP leak fix completo
• Popup JS bloccati

Zap Browser v0.3.1

• Barra preferiti con dropdown overflow
• History cliccabile
• Import preferiti da HTML/Chrome/Firefox
• Adblock parser fix (non blocca CDN con path specifici)
• WebRTC IP leak fix completo
• Popup JS bloccati (alert/confirm/prompt)
• Cosmetic filtering 12k regole CSS
• Service Worker cache pulizia all'avvio