Changelog
What shipped in each Nowly release, written like a product changelog, not a spreadsheet.
Nowly ships as a browser extension, a desktop app, and a public library. Newest first.
2.6.0
Create presences without coding, account and public profile, and adjustable text size.
2.5.2
Discord-style activity card, stacked notifications and a fix for the stuck legal confirmation screen.
2.5.1
Firefox sidebar toggle, Discord connection after startup and live preview setting.
2.5.0.1
Firefox sidebar toggle fix.
2.5.0
Custom activity detection and sharing, announcements, Discord display and privacy.
2.4.1
Firefox sidebar toggle fix.
2.4.0
Create and share Discord activities with templates, images, timers and buttons. JSON import/export, customizable navigation and improved image management.
2.3.0
An optional Nowly account to sync your presences and settings between your browsers.
2.2.2
Safer Discord activity payloads, a clearer light theme, and quieter runtime logs.
2.2.1
Seasonal themes that dress the panel for the season, starting with Halloween in October, plus a small surprise from Nolo on the 31st.
2.2.0
A new extension interface with a richer library, presence details, better language controls, diagnostics, and onboarding.
2.1.2
Fixes active-user tracking after closing a tab, a delayed heartbeat alarm, and a background-initialization race.
2.1.1
Fixes the extension's active-user heartbeat, which could silently stop reporting a presence as active after the background service worker restarted.
2.1.0.1
Critical hotfix: the 2.1.0 build accidentally shipped with a local development API address instead of production, breaking the connection to Nowly's servers.
2.1.0
A rebuilt extension experience, Canary builds, and broader localization across the extension, website, and documentation.
2.0.0
A rebuilt nowly.me, public library, desktop and Canary downloads, legal pages, and Chrome plus Firefox.
1.4.0
Side panel rework with bottom navigation, in-panel library, pause and shortcuts, local zip install via nowly pack, presence artwork, and a dedicated changelog page after extension updates.
1.3.0
Typed presence language packs, global and per-presence Discord activity language controls, and stable 1.0 SDK and CLI releases.
1.2.1
Hotfix - removes leaked development environment variables from the production build and simplifies API configuration.
1.2.0
UI/UX overhaul of the extension with a redesigned player, native components, activity badge, snooze & planning, conditional debug panel, and settings reorganization.
1.1.0
The first maintenance release for Nowly, focused on update flows, active tracking, uninstall cleanup, docs cleanup, and release polish.
1.0.0
The first stable launch of Nowly, covering the browser extension, the desktop app, public library, and publishing workflow.