# Xournal++ changelog

> Handwritten notes and PDF annotation.

- Vendor: Xournal++
- Category: Productivity
- Platforms: Desktop
- Official site: https://xournalpp.github.io
- Tracked by: What's New (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/xournalpp)
- Harvested from: GitHub (xournalpp/xournalpp)
- Entries below: 10 (newest first)

What's New is an index, not a publisher: every entry below links to the vendor's own release notes, which are the authoritative source. Entries are labelled where they are hand-curated sample data, pre-releases, or drawn from a secondary source such as a developer blog.

## Releases

### v1.3.6 — Xournal++ 1.3.6

- Date: 2026-07-14
- Version: v1.3.6
- Original notes: https://github.com/xournalpp/xournalpp/releases/tag/v1.3.6
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/xournalpp/releases/v1.3.6
- Labels: Platforms: Desktop

- **fixed** — Several issues with button configuration
- **added** — Mutex locks for lua write functions
- **changed** — Updated Debian dependency for libxml2
- **added** — Ubuntu 26.04 (resolute) build target
- **fixed** — Enable/disable copy/cut actions when selecting text in TextEdition
- **fixed** — Data-race related segfault in RenderJob::renderToBuffer()
- **fixed** — System default audio device resolving to null device instead of default
- **fixed** — Compilation warnings
- **fixed** — Several issues with the Add Pdf Page dialog
- **changed** — Updated translations

This is a new minor version of Xournal++ with bug fixes and improvements from the community.

  * Fixed several issues with button configuration
  * Added mutex locks for lua write functions
  * Updated Debian dependency for libxml2
  * Added Ubuntu 26.04 (resolute) build target
  * Fixed enable/disable copy/cut actions when selecting text in TextEdition
  * Fixed data-race related segfault in RenderJob::renderToBuffer()
  * Fixed "System default" audio device resolving to null device instead of default
  * Fixed compilation warnings
  * Fixed several issues with the "Add Pdf Page" dialog
  * Updated translations

See https://github.com/xournalpp/xournalpp/blob/v1.3.6/CHANGELOG.md for a more detailled list of changes.

### v1.3.5 — Xournal++ 1.3.5

- Date: 2026-06-08
- Version: v1.3.5
- Original notes: https://github.com/xournalpp/xournalpp/releases/tag/v1.3.5
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/xournalpp/releases/v1.3.5
- Labels: Platforms: Desktop

- **fixed** — Crash when exiting after playing sound
- **fixed** — Button-to-tools configuration issues
- **fixed** — Crash involving page background selection
- **added** — Multidevice support for X11 palm rejection
- **changed** — Reduced PDF cache retention for off-screen pages
- **fixed** — Moving display when selecting Fit to Screen
- **fixed** — Disabled Merge layer menu entry
- **fixed** — Concurrency crash when using layers
- **changed** — Improved setting up environment on MacOS
- **fixed** — Typos in some displayed strings
- **fixed** — Missing background display when missing PDF page
- **added** — Georgian translations

This is a new minor version of Xournal++ with bug fixes and improvements from the community.

  * Fixed crash when exiting after playing sound
  * Fixed some button-to-tools configuration issues
  * Fixed crash involving page background selection
  * Added multidevice support for X11 palm rejection
  * Reduced PDF cache retention for off-screen pages
  * Fixed moving display when selecting "Fit to Screen"
  * Fixed disabled "Merge layer" menu entry
  * Fixed a concurrency crash when using layers
  * Improved setting up environment on MacOS
  * Fixed typos in some displayed strings
  * Fixed "Missing background" display when missing PDF page
  * Bumped dependency versions on MacOS and Windows
  * Added Georgian translations
  * Updated translations

See https://github.com/xournalpp/xournalpp/blob/v1.3.5/CHANGELOG.md for a more detailled list of changes.

### v1.3.4 — Xournal++ 1.3.4

- Date: 2026-03-29
- Version: v1.3.4
- Original notes: https://github.com/xournalpp/xournalpp/releases/tag/v1.3.4
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/xournalpp/releases/v1.3.4
- Labels: Platforms: Desktop

- **fixed** — Fixed a crash when invoking the floating toolbox with the Laser pointer on
- **fixed** — Fixed sometimes missing page numbers in sidebar
- **changed** — Improved scrolling/zooming performances
- **fixed** — Fixed URI activations on Windows
- **changed** — Make default Plugins compatible with Lua 5.5
- **changed** — Updated translations

This is a new minor version of Xournal++ with bug fixes and improvements from the community.

  * Fixed a crash when invoking the floating toolbox with the Laser pointer on
  * Fixed sometimes missing page numbers in sidebar
  * Improved scrolling/zooming performances
  * Windows: Fixed URI activations
  * Make default Plugins compatible with Lua 5.5
  * Updated translations

See https://github.com/xournalpp/xournalpp/blob/v1.3.4/CHANGELOG.md for a more detailled list of changes.

### v1.3.3 — Xournal++ 1.3.3

- Date: 2026-02-28
- Version: v1.3.3
- Original notes: https://github.com/xournalpp/xournalpp/releases/tag/v1.3.3
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/xournalpp/releases/v1.3.3
- Labels: Platforms: Desktop

- **fixed** — Fix undo/redo crash with automatic page insertion
- **changed** — Silent errors when parsing some files are no longer silent
- **fixed** — Fix more UTF-8 conversion issues
- **fixed** — Report failure to open recent files
- **fixed** — Fix rendering of single-dot strokes
- **fixed** — Fix horizontal alignment of pages
- **fixed** — Fix toolbar item "Draw line" being wrongly enabled
- **changed** — Improve zoom/scroll responsivity
- **changed** — Updated translations

This is a new patch version of Xournal++ with bug fixes and improvements from the community.

  * Fix undo/redo crash with automatic page insertion
  * Silent errors when parsing some files are no longer silent
  * Fix more UTF-8 conversion issues
  * Report failure to open recent files
  * Fix rendering of single-dot strokes
  * Fix horizontal alignment of pages
  * Fix toolbar item "Draw line" being wrongly enabled
  * Improve zoom/scroll responsivity
  * Updated translations

See https://github.com/xournalpp/xournalpp/blob/v1.3.3/CHANGELOG.md for a more detailled list of changes.

### v1.3.2 — Xournal++ 1.3.2

- Date: 2026-02-03
- Version: v1.3.2
- Original notes: https://github.com/xournalpp/xournalpp/releases/tag/v1.3.2
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/xournalpp/releases/v1.3.2
- Labels: Platforms: Desktop

- **fixed** — Fix sidebar layout when resizing and changing tab
- **fixed** — Fix graph/dotted backgrounds
- **fixed** — Restore new page behaviour with PDF background
- **fixed** — Fix crashes on Windows (UTF-8 conversion and when missing background)
- **fixed** — Fix crash on Clipboard IO error
- **changed** — Make Plugin openFile API comply with forceOpen parameter
- **fixed** — Fix CLI behaviour on error
- **changed** — Restore GtkSourceView support
- **fixed** — Fix recoloring when light color is lighter
- **fixed** — Fix image orientation on Drag-n-Drop pasting
- **fixed** — Fix crashes when using touchscreen in Setting->Input panel
- **changed** — Update translations

This is a new patch version of Xournal++ with bug fixes and improvements from the community.

  * Fix sidebar layout when resizing and changing tab
  * Fix graph/dotted backgrounds
  * Restore new page behaviour with PDF background
  * Fix crashes on Windows (UTF-8 conversion and when missing background)
  * Fix crash on Clipboard IO error
  * Make Plugin openFile API comply with forceOpen parameter
  * Fix CLI behaviour on error
  * Restore GtkSourceView support
  * Fix recoloring when light color is lighter
  * Fix image orientation on Drag-n-Drop pasting
  * Fix crashes when using touchscreen in Setting->Input panel
  * Updated translations

See https://github.com/xournalpp/xournalpp/blob/v1.3.2/CHANGELOG.md for a more detailled list of changes.

### v1.3.1 — Xournal++ 1.3.1

- Date: 2025-12-21
- Version: v1.3.1
- Original notes: https://github.com/xournalpp/xournalpp/releases/tag/v1.3.1
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/xournalpp/releases/v1.3.1
- Labels: Platforms: Desktop

- **fixed** — Restored the rendering of graph backgrounds used before the 1.3.0 release
- **fixed** — Fixed image loading on Windows
- **fixed** — Fixed clipboard pasting
- **fixed** — Fixed crashes related to saving text nodes and automatic page addition

This is a new patch version of Xournal++ with bug fixes and improvements from the community.

* Restored the rendering of graph backgrounds used before the 1.3.0 release
* Fixed image loading on Windows
* Fixed clipboard pasting
* Fixed crashes related to saving text nodes and automatic page addition

See https://github.com/xournalpp/xournalpp/blob/v1.3.1/CHANGELOG.md for a more detailled list of changes.

### v1.3.0 — Xournal++ 1.3.0

- Date: 2025-12-11
- Version: v1.3.0
- Original notes: https://github.com/xournalpp/xournalpp/releases/tag/v1.3.0
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/xournalpp/releases/v1.3.0
- Labels: Platforms: Desktop

- **added** — PDF exports now preserve the background PDF's inner structure including hyperlinks and comments
- **added** — Color palette can now be selected in the preferences
- **added** — New graph background with periodically thicker lines
- **added** — New laser pointer tool for writing ephemeral strokes
- **added** — Allow use of an external editor for LaTeX entries
- **added** — Add possibility of recoloring the screen output for night mode or accessibility
- **added** — Add possibility of choosing the PDF marker opacity
- **added** — Configurable behaviour in fullscreen or presentation modes
- **added** — Allow optional scrolling beyond the page's edges
- **added** — Toolbars can now contain several instances of the same button
- **changed** — Grid snapping now follows the displayed grid for all background types
- **changed** — Major changes in the plugin interface

This is a new minor version of Xournal++ with many new features, bug fixes and improvements from the community.

  * PDF exports now preserves the background PDF's inner structure (hyperlink, comments, ...)
  * The color palette can now be selected in the preferences
  * Grid snapping now follows the displayed grid for all background types
  * New graph background with periodically thicker lines
  * New laser pointer tool, writing ephemeral strokes
  * Allow to use an external editor for LaTeX entries
  * Add the possibility of recoloring the screen output (e.g. for night mode or accessibility)
  * Add the possibility of choosing the PDF marker opacity
  * Configurable behaviour in fullscreen or presentation modes
  * Allow to optionally scroll beyond the page's edges
  * The toolbars can now contain several instances of the same button
  * Major changes in the plugin interface
  * Many smaller new features and bugfixes

See https://github.com/xournalpp/xournalpp/blob/v1.3.0/CHANGELOG.md for a more detailled list of changes.

### v1.2.10 — Xournal++ 1.2.10

- Date: 2025-12-07
- Version: v1.2.10
- Original notes: https://github.com/xournalpp/xournalpp/releases/tag/v1.2.10
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/xournalpp/releases/v1.2.10
- Labels: Platforms: Desktop

- **changed** — Updated translations
- **fixed** — Fix display bug when running release version after having run the development version
- **fixed** — Fix Clipboard pasting issues
- **fixed** — Fix attached attribute on document load
- **fixed** — Prevent export from mistakingly overriding the background PDF

This is a new minor version of Xournal++ with bug fixes and improvements from the community.

  * Updated translations 

See https://github.com/xournalpp/xournalpp/blob/v1.2.10/CHANGELOG.md for a more detailled list of changes.

Also includes changes from v1.2.9:
  * Fix display bug when running release version after having run the development version.
  * Fix Clipboard pasting issues.
  * Fix attached attribute on document load.
  * Prevent export from mistakingly overriding the background PDF.

### v1.2.8 — Xournal++ 1.2.8

- Date: 2025-09-02
- Version: v1.2.8
- Original notes: https://github.com/xournalpp/xournalpp/releases/tag/v1.2.8
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/xournalpp/releases/v1.2.8
- Labels: Platforms: Desktop

This is a new minor version of Xournal++ with bug fixes and improvements from the community.

  * Improved the behavior of the selection tools
  * Fixed various visual artifacts
  * Fixed some behavior of Mouse+Keyboard combo devices
  * Fixed filename extension stripping
  * Fixed CLI using relative paths
  * Fixed various crashes
  * Made using GtkSourceView and Plugins proper CMake options
  * Updated translations

See https://github.com/xournalpp/xournalpp/blob/v1.2.8/CHANGELOG.md for a more detailled list of changes.

MacOS users: After installing Xournal++, run the following command to remove quarantine:
xattr -c /Applications/Xournal++.app

### nightly — Automated nightly build

- Date: 2021-07-18
- Version: nightly
- Original notes: https://github.com/xournalpp/xournalpp/releases/tag/nightly
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/xournalpp/releases/nightly
- Labels: Pre-release; nightly; Platforms: Desktop

Automated nightly build

Last changes:
* 89bc8dbb45 Add text alignment and justify (#7594)
* 1d6c192db0 Fix link Alignment being saved as int
* 3a925303f2 Only add wrap field in return value of app.getTexts if text is wrapped
* b0dfd775d1 More careful document locking
* 3f0da1d15c Add Lua API app.C.Alignment_*
* a682a73fe8 Add Lua API app.addLinks
* c2008779be Add Lua API app.getLinks
* 96715a1169 Add "wrap" field to app.addTexts and app.getTexts
* 1e07554384 Clarify semantics of position of elements (#7613)
* 4f5b4ac039 Optimize spacer and separator icons
* d981a7d524 Treat toolbar separators like any other toolbar item
* 9fb8d27a37 Optimize font-button icons
* cac5314c9c Ensure font button in vertical toolbar do not take too much space
* 126e0a0c69 Rename Vertical space icon from "spacer" to "vertical-space"
* c24f696148 Merge branch 'release-1.3' into master