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Release history for Kynetra Browser. Latest release first. Current stable version: v0.1.0.

v0.1.0

CurrentJuly 6, 2026

Initial public release. Four native platform shells, a 30-icon cross-platform toolbar, the Rust core, MCP-first agent interop, security primitives, and the full marketing site.

Added

  • macOS native shell — SwiftUI + WKWebView + Rust core via UniFFI. Cold start under 250 ms on Apple silicon and Intel.
  • Windows native shell — Rust + windows-rs + WebView2. Mica material, per-monitor DPI v2 awareness.
  • Linux native shell — Rust + GTK4 + WebKitGTK 6.0. Adwaita-styled, glibc 2.35+.
  • Android native shell — Kotlin + Jetpack Compose + AndroidX WebView + UniFFI Kotlin bindings.
  • 30-icon Safari/Chrome-class toolbar identical across all four platforms: back, forward, reload/stop, home, sidebar, new-tab, tab-overview, vertical-tabs, security-badge, reader-mode, translate, zoom, voice-search, share, bookmark, bookmarks-panel, history, downloads, find-on-page, print, screenshot, picture-in-picture, cast, extensions, AI, incognito, split-view, profile, settings, overflow.
  • WebView pool across all platforms — no WebView recreate on tab switch; tab switching is sub-frame.
  • kynetra-core Rust crate — SQLite-backed storage and policy core with deterministic cross-platform semantics (moat #22).
  • MCP-first agent interop — first-class support for Claude, Cursor, Windsurf, and compatible agent frameworks (moat #11).
  • Permission broker with confirm-on-risk — every privileged action scope-checked, logged, and signed; high-risk verbs require explicit pre-authorization (moat #31).
  • Capability-based MCP tokens — token scopes enforced by the broker; a compromised agent token grants only what was inscribed (moat #37).
  • Cost budgets with hard caps — per-org and per-workflow AI spend budgets enforced by the router; surprise AI bills impossible by construction (moat #44).
  • Marketing site — dark-mode design system, hero section, platform moat showcase (/platform), download page with per-platform artifacts and SHA-256 checksums (/download).
  • Glean rebrand — structured-extraction engine previously referred to as 'scraping' is now Glean throughout copy, with compliance-forward positioning.
  • /legal/aup — Acceptable Use Policy page covering robots.txt enforcement, rate limiting, per-host concurrency defaults, and prohibited uses.
  • /legal/terms — this End-User License Agreement covering desktop + mobile software and cloud services.
  • /changelog — this page.

Security

  • HTTPS-only enforcement by default — the omnibox security badge downgrades all HTTP navigations and warns the user.
  • Identifiable User-Agent for Glean jobs — includes a contact URL as required by responsible-scraping practice.
  • Per-host concurrency caps and token-bucket rate limiter for Glean cloud runs — documented in the AUP and enforced at the runtime layer.

Known issues

  • Linux build requires system packages `libgtk-4-dev` and `libwebkitgtk-6.0-dev` to be installed before running the AppImage, .deb, or .rpm.
  • Translate, reader-mode, voice-search, cast, picture-in-picture, screenshot, and split-view toolbar buttons are wired to the toolbar layout but currently surface a 'Coming soon' modal on click — full implementations are in progress.

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