Gizmo Network Manager: version history

Versions from 1.0.3.1 on are 1.0.3 plus a build number; earlier ones are 1.0.2 plus a build number. To update, install the newer package over the old one with the same command you used the first time (see Download and install). Your settings and licence stay as they are. Your licence covers every 1.x.x version.

1.0.3.1 to 1.0.3.10 5 November 2026

• Clearer sharing notice. The note after sharing a folder no longer says "below", and now explains that some systems accept this computer's login password as it is while others need a separate share password, so pressing "Set share password" is only needed if signing in does not work.
• Computers you can link. The Link page now lists, underneath, the computers on your home network that have Gizmo Network Manager running but are not linked to this one yet. Pick one and press Link (an admin is asked first). It fills in the address, and if the link password is already typed it connects straight away; otherwise it says what to do next. The list refreshes by itself while the page is open, and there is a Look again button. Other devices without the program are still found the usual way on the Devices tab. Older builds answer this look-up by logging a harmless "not approved" notice.
• Link badge. Computers that are linked through Link now show a purple chain-link badge, on the map and in the Devices picture list, next to the trusted tick and the Wi-Fi badge. The Devices details also carry a purple "Linked" tag. This computer shows it once it is linked to any other.
• Device details. They now say "Linked: Yes" or "Linked: No" under "Trusted", and the "Link with this computer" button only appears for a computer that is not linked yet. The Linked tag no longer overlaps the Wi-Fi/Cabled tag in the Devices list.
• Fixed: the paragraph on the Licence & Activation page was cut off; the page now has room for it.
• Gizmo Shares remembers its sign-ins when started from its own icon. A program started from a panel launcher or desktop icon could lose the address of the desktop's password store, so it looked in an empty one and forgot (and could not keep) every sign-in. It now finds the store the usual way, so the sign-in saved from the main program is there when Gizmo Shares starts on its own, and a sign-in saved there is kept. New --check-keyring option on the command line says what the program can read from the password store.
• Tasks page. New picture icons on every task tile (a gear for Settings, Wi-Fi arcs for Wi-Fi Connection, a shield for Wi-Fi Defence, an Ethernet plug for Wired Connection, a key for Admin & Passwords, and so on). Shorter names: Net Access Control, Wi-Fi Connection, Net Troubleshooting and Shares Troubleshooting.
• Fixed: making the window bigger no longer shows the last opened task page sliding in at the right-hand side.
• Operations. Tasks has a new Operations column holding Settings, Appearance and Modules. Appearance (colours, buttons, folder look, map background) is now a page of its own instead of the bottom of Settings.
• Sync is now Link. The Sync tab, its page, the buttons, the Help guide and the messages now all say Link (the Link tab, the link password, the link port, Linked Computers). The page says plainly that Link only keeps your devices, the map and alerts in step between your computers and does not copy files, so it is not confused with file syncing.
• New version numbers. From here versions are 1.0.3.1 onwards.
• Modules page. A new Modules page under Tasks lists the modules that are installed. Gizmo Shares is the first, marked as included by default.

1.0.2.34 to 1.0.2.41 4 November 2026

• Transfers window. Pasting files in Gizmo Shares opens a small Transfers window. Each job shows the file or folder name, a progress bar, speed, time left, and Pause and Cancel buttons. Pause all and Cancel all are at the bottom. Two jobs run at a time and the others wait. A green arrow runs at the top right while files are moving, and the window follows your colour scheme.
• Keep browsing while files copy. The folder window is no longer locked while files come across from another computer. Press Paste in the folder you want and it pastes by itself the moment they arrive, on Ethernet and Wi-Fi alike.
• Paste only when there is something to paste. Paste is greyed out until something has been copied or cut. A cut pastes once; a copy can be pasted again.
• Properties. Right-click a file or folder and choose Properties at the bottom of the menu (or press Alt+Enter) to see its size, dates, type and place. Right-click empty space for the folder itself.
• Tabs. Gizmo Shares has up to three tabs above the address bar (Ctrl+T new, Ctrl+W close, Ctrl+Tab next).
• Back and Forward now follow you from one computer to another. Up still stops at the top of the current computer.
• About in the Gizmo Shares window shows its version and explains it is a module of Gizmo Network Manager.
• Menus. Both programs now appear under Accessories instead of Internet.
• Panel and tray. Installing adds the green Gizmo Shares folder to your panel (XFCE, GNOME and Cinnamon desktops) and starts the program quietly in the system tray, also at each login. You can turn that off in Settings.

1.0.2.33 3 November 2026

• Share password. When a shared folder needs people to sign in, a "Set share password" button on the Share a Folder page now sets the password for you. You no longer have to type a command in a terminal.
• Big files over Wi-Fi. Pressing Paste while files are still coming across from another computer no longer says to wait. It pastes by itself the moment they arrive.
• Faster copies. A copy from another computer is pasted from the files already fetched, so a large file is not sent over Wi-Fi twice.

1.0.2.32 30 October 2026

• First build with the live store: buying a licence, activating, deactivating and moving it to another computer all work.

1.0.2.27 to 1.0.2.31 late October 2026

• Licence & Activation page: says who processes the payment (Lemon Squeezy, a Stripe company), that you can pay by card or PayPal, and what shows on your card statement (LEMSQZY* CLASSICGIZMO).
• The licensed-details box is wider so "installs in use" and the offline-use note are no longer cut off.
• The Deactivate button is wider. A thank-you line replaces the trial text once you are licensed.

1.0.2.22 to 1.0.2.26 October 2026

• The Devices tab is sorted into fixed groups: Servers, Desktops, Laptops, HTPC, Printers & Scanners, Tablets, Phones, Consoles, Cameras, Doorbells, Speakers & TVs, Climate, Network Gear, Plugs and Lights, then your own groups, then Not in a group. Only Servers, Desktops, Laptops, HTPC and Printers & Scanners get a big picture card.
• "Computers" is now Desktops, and "Theatre Computer" is now HTPC. Climate is a new built-in group (heaters, air conditioners, thermostats and so on).
• New Digital radio picture.
• Copying files from another computer over Wi-Fi now tells you when they are ready to paste.
• Removing a group no longer shows the red question over the group's name.
• Settings, Appearance: a "Set to default" button puts the colours back to the standard look.
• The main router is listed under Network Gear on the Devices tab (the Map is unchanged).

1.0.2.9 to 1.0.2.21 October 2026

• The main window always opens on the Status page.
• Settings: add, rename and remove your own groups.
• Slim side scroll bars on long pages; menu words spaced evenly.
• Installing now puts the two desktop icons on each person's desktop, and removes them when you uninstall. A "Restore menu and desktop icons" button is in Settings.
• Device details show the operating system: exact for computers running this program, a marked guess for others. A device's own name is trusted over an old name in the router's list, and factory names such as LINUX are ignored.
• Computers sharing a map also share their hardware details, so each shows the others' exact operating system.
• Devices and Gizmo Shares lists are in alphabetical order (servers first in Gizmo Shares).
• A yellow folder colour for Gizmo Shares; a fresh install starts with the Green look, Pastel buttons, Silver pads and Yellow folders.
• The yellow Trial badge opens the Licence & Activation page.

Earlier builds were pre-release testing.

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