NOTE: This changelog covers the major events in pi-apps like new apps being added. If every action since day one was mentioned, "I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written." ;)
Last updated: June 21, 2021 by RaspberryPiNews
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3/20/2020 Initial idea of an app store. https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=63&t=268455
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9/20/2020 Development begins.
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9/22/2020 Initial upload to github, including these apps: Arduino, BalenaEtcher, Chromium Media Edition, CommanderPi, Cool Retro Term, Cura, FreeCAD, Pi-Power-Tools, Raspi2png, and Windows 10 Theme.
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10/1/2020 Many bugs fixed, createapp added, and added TBOPlayer app.
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10/2/2020 More bug fixes & improvements; added Discord, Minecraft Java, and piKiss apps.
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10/3/2020 Added some more icons, added conky app.
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10/4/2020 Added Pi-Apps Settings menu button, improve many descriptions, and a couple bug fixes to
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10/6/2020 Added Zoom app, license file, and a few more bug fixes
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10/7/2020 Added RetroPie app, overhaul the entire Settings app, and over 20 more bug fixes and improvements
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10/8/2020 Added Email Checker app, and a couple bug fixes
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10/9/2020 Make Zoom install pulseaudio, and compile successfully.
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10/10/2020 More Zoom fixes, added Color Emoji Font app, remove Icon Browser, implement hidelist for grayduck
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10/11/2020 Rename Minecraft to Minecraft Java, and added Update Buddy app. Zoom now disables pulseaudio autostart.
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10/12/2020 Write the README and added Minecraft Bedrock.
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10/13/2020 Added Boxy SVG and Sonic Pi.
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10/15/2020 Fix update buddy, and zoom now disables pulseaudio autostart
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10/18/2020 Leepspvideo posted this video featuring Pi-Apps. As a result, 3000+ people have installed Pi-Apps.
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10/19/2020 Added Visual Studio Code and fix a couple bugs.
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10/20/2020 Added Cordless Discord app, and enable preloading.
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10/21/2020 Fix Cool-Retro-Term install bug, and enable autostarted updater.
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10/12/2020 ETA Prime posted this video featuring Pi-Apps. As a result, 2000+ more people have installed Pi-Apps.
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10/26/2020 Added Box86 app and also mask pulseaudio.service for Zoom
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10/31/2020 Reached 20,000 total downloads and added Scrcpy app
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11/2/2020 Pi-Apps added to TwisterOS with the 1.8.5 patch
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11/3/2020 Added Speedtest-CLI app
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11/4/2020 Added Clam Antivirus & USBImager apps along with README badge
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11/5/2020 Added Back to Chromium 78 app and eDEX-UI
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11/6/2020 Added Chromium Widevine for v84 and also enable multiselecting apps to install/uninstall with Ctrl + Click
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11/9/2020 Added LibrePCB and PrusaSlicer apps
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11/13/2020 Added Tor Browser app
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11/14/2020 Chromium Media Edition deprecated in favour of Chromium Widevine for Chrome v84
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11/16/2020 Added All Is Well app
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11/17/2020 Added PiGro app and updated Zoom
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11/18/2020 Added Browsh app
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11/24/2020 Updated to now use terminal-run to fix pi-apps not working with some terminal types. Updated all scripts to use ~/ instead of /home/pi
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11/26/2020 Added Steam app and added a credits section in the app creator
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11/27/2020 Added beta xlunch GUI which is more flexable than YAD.
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11/28/2020 Switch TBOPlayer to master branch, added WPS Office for aarch64 and added Pycharm CE
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11/29/2020 Added testimonies, improved multi-installing apps, and added Puffin Browser Demo app along with Timeshift
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12/6/2020 Made Steam not install box86 on TwisterOS
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12/7/2020 Made Steam launch in Small mode by default
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12/11/2020 Updated Etcher and added Sublime Text app
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12/21/2020 Added Intellij Idea and Powerline Shell apps
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12/24/2020 Added Doom 3 app.
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12/27/2020 Boxy SVG app uses Boxy-SVG-RPi and Box86 app uses box86-updater
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12/28/2020 Added Eagle and YouTubuddy apps
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12/29/2020 Changed Doom 3 app to not wget script and added the "a guy" story in the README 😆
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1/2/2021 Removed Cordless app due to users being banned by Discord and support being dropped. Added WhatsApp and Vivaldi browser
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1/3/2021 Added Lightpad, TLDR, and Mission Planner apps. Also improved Zoom.
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1/5/2021 Added app request templates
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1/8/2021 Removed Chromium Media Edition app and started work on categories
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1/9/2021 Added Ulauncher app
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1/10/2021 Added categories!
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1/11/2021 Added AndroidBuddy app amd fixed preload error
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1/12/2021 Improved xlunch compilation
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1/13/2021 Added Snap store, jGRASP IDE Minecraft Pi testing phase begins
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1/16/2021 Added Angry IP scanner app
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1/20/2021 Added AnyDesk app
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1/21/2021 Updated BalenaEtcher to v1.5.113
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1/26/2021 Added Teamviewer Host app
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1/27/2021 Added OBS Studio app
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1/28/2021 Added VSCodium and VeraCrypt apps Added pi-apps terminal command (you can now run pi-apps with
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1/30/2021 Minecraft Pi (Modded) official launch
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1/31/2021 Added Wine x86 app
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2/1/2021 Added Remarkable app and fixed Minecraft Pi (Modded) install
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2/3/2021 Updated Minecraft Pi (Modded) to v0.1.8 and added Node.js app
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2/8/2021 Added StackEdit and FreeTube apps, hid RetroPie and made Doom 3 visable.
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2/13/2021 Added credits button for apps and fixed Minecraft Pi (Modded) install issues
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2/17/2021 Updated BalenaEtcher, Cura, and WhatsApp apps, and also added QEMU app.
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2/20/2021 Changed wine install scripts and fixed WhatsApp download bug.
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2/21/2021 Added Geany Dark Mode app, updated FreeTube, and more Wine install fixes.
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2/28/2021 Hidden Wine on Twister OS.
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3/4/2021 Added pi-apps terminal plugin and Mac OS theme apps, updated Minecraft Pi (Modded) and addded info about getting better FPS on both Minecraft apps
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3/7/2021 FreeCAD now uses precompiled debs, and added issue templates for Github bug reports
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3/8/2021 Added Snapdrop app, updated intellij IDEA and Minecraft Pi (Modded) with a FPS counter and newer build
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3/10/2021 Added Decent 1/2 and ppsspp apps
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3/11/2021 Changed box86 install to use itai's apt repository
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3/12/2021 Changed Node.js app to use nvm version manager and unhid BalenaEtcher on Twister OS
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3/14/2021 Added Stunt Rally app, and added a "Installed" category for installed apps
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3/15/2021 Added Back to Chromium v86 app, and updated box86 to be installable on aarch64 OSes
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3/16/2021 Added Lokinet app and large upgrade to Zoom app
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3/17/2021 Added 64-bit support for Vivaldi
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3/18/2021 Added Notepad++ app and made Doom 3 run in a 64-bit kernel with a 32-bit userland
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3/19/2021 Redesign all program icons, the Pi-Apps logo, and all screenshots.
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3/20/2021 Updated eDEX-UI to v2.2.7, completely transitioned to Itai's box86 builds for all apps, added WACUP app and made a new "Multimedia" category
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3/24/2021 Added Libreoffice MS Theme app, and automarked box86/Wine as installed on Twister OS
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3/28/2021 Hide less apps on Twister OS Lite
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3/30/2021 Merge all Chromium downgrade apps into "Downgrade Chromium" and added Github-CLI app
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3/31/2021 Updated Arduino IDE to change install location
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4/3/2021 Updated Update Buddy to show a update notification like pi-apps
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4/5/2021 Added Turbo Scratch app
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4/6/2021 Added WeChat app and bumped Github-CLI version
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4/7/2021 Bumped Discord version to renamed "WebCord"
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4/8/2021 Added new api script, improved icons, faster preloading. Updated whatsapp + stackedit. Added Bongo Cam and OpenSCAD apps.
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4/9/2021 Display user count for apps and squarify icons
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4/10/2021 Added flameshot, Processing IDE, Scratch 2 (with flash player fixes), Heros 2 and Linux Mint's Web Apps
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4/12/2021 Added AstroMenace app
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4/13/2021 Added Lego Digital Designer app and changed Wine to add extra menu sortcuts
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4/14-15-20/2021 Changed pkg-install to use dummy debs for depends to let APT handle depend issues
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4/24/2021 Forced updater to not update Wine and Steam on Twister OS
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5/3/2021 Added PiSafe app
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5/4/2021 Added blockpi and Windows Screensavers apps, numerous changes to api script and removed up/down buttons in GUI
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5/5/2021 Added Drawing app and updated install/uninstall GUI icons
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5/6/2021 Updated trash icon
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5/7/2021 Add Chiaki app and fixed terminal title when multi-installing apps
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5/9/2021 Added qterminal support to pi-apps and fix Wine precompiled kernel
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5/14/2021 Fixed update-exclusion and preload-daemon. Also added icon for disabled apps and made piKiss 32-bit only
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5/19/2021 Fixed Box86 multiarch on 64-bit
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5/24/2021 Allowed selecting apps to update in updater and added more api functions.
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6/19/2021 Updater MCPI Modded to v2.x and use APT repo instead of pi-apps updates to allow for faster package updates
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6/21/2021 Added 1.17 support to MC Java