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26 Dec 2023

Happy Birthday, Zettlr!

  • Hendrik Erz
  • Announcements

Another year has passed, and today, Zettlr turns 6. This is quite an impressive age, and the year 2023 has seen a huge amount of improvements: We have released Zettlr 3.0, surpassed 1 million downloads, and caught up with the competition in terms of functionality. Read all on the achievements of 2023, and all our plans for 2024, in this year's birthday post!

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01 Sep 2023

Zettlr 3.0.0 Released

  • Hendrik Erz
  • Announcements, Releases

After 14 months of intensive development and testing, we are proud to present you the biggest update in the history of Zettlr. Read everything you need to know about this all-new version!

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09 Jan 2023

Zettlr 3.0 Public Beta

  • Hendrik Erz
  • Announcements, Releases

After half a year, it is time for an update of Zettlr. We've been working hard, and are looking forward to a great beta phase, before we can then finally release Zettlr 3.0 stable!

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26 Dec 2022

Happy Birthday, Zettlr!

  • Hendrik Erz
  • Announcements

It's December 26, so it's time for the yearly happy-birthday post! In this article, we'll take a look back on 2022 and offer a few insights into what 2023 will bring. Thanks for an amazing year, and thanks to our community for all their help!

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21 Dec 2022

Internationalization (i18n) for Zettlr

  • Hendrik Erz
  • Announcements, Guides

In this blog post, we explain why we switched away from Zettlr Translate, what the benefits of our new system -- gettext -- are, and how you can help Zettlr out by translating.

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02 Dec 2022

Retiring Zettlr Translate

  • Hendrik Erz
  • Announcements

Zettlr Translate is going to be retired at some point next year. In this article, I outline the reasons for that and how that will affect Zettlr going forward.

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26 Dec 2021

Happy Birthday, Zettlr!

  • Hendrik Erz
  • Announcements

As it is customary, on December 26, the anniversary of Zettlr's initial release, here is our wrap-up of 2021 and a preview on 2022. The most exciting news? We'll be making the community much more inclusive. So stay tuned, because we would love to have you become part of the team!

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15 Oct 2021

Zettlr 2.0.0 released

  • Hendrik Erz
  • Announcements, Releases

Zettlr 2.0 is finally a reality. Read all about the new features, the insane amount of fixes and small improvements, and a few shoutouts to important people around the Zettlr community who helped make all of this a reality!

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30 Sep 2021

This is a public announcement regarding Zettlr. Please read it in its entirety if you use Zettlr! Or, if you just want to see how quickly the internet can break down. In any case: No version of Zettlr can check for updates. As soon as a version is released that is capable of doing so again, please consult our official Twitter account and our GitHub repository.

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13 May 2021

Postmortem: Zettlr’s first Security Incident

  • Hendrik Erz
  • Announcements, Releases

Zettlr has received a security disclosure regarding a severe security issue that potentially affected many Zettlr users. In this postmortem, we explain what went wrong, when it went wrong, why it went wrong, and what we will do in order to prevent such incidents in the future.

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