Changelog

What changed in each release — the same notes the app shows when it updates.

v0.1.7

2026-08-06Latest

Quick Add Rule: create a routing rule for the site you're looking at — a new menu bar action grabs the page from your frontmost browser, suggests domain patterns to match, and saves the rule without opening the dashboard.
Block with REJECT: rules can now block traffic outright — REJECT is available as a policy when creating or editing rules, and imported rule sets that use REJECT are recognized too.

Rule changes apply instantly: edits to routing rules and policies now reach the running proxy right away — no need to stop and restart it.

The import and quick-add windows now size themselves to fit their content instead of clipping it.

2026-06-26

Tidier overview: the proxy control and the current-node card now sit side by side as two equal columns, so the top of the overview reads as one clean band instead of a tall stack.
Solid dashboard cards: content cards now use a solid native surface, so they read as proper raised cards instead of a flat gray panel.

The menu bar header no longer shows a misleading icon — the "linko" title now leads the row.
Large traffic rates in the menu bar no longer get cut off to an ellipsis ("42 byt…"); they now shrink to fit and show in full.

2026-06-15

Resume on relaunch: Linko now remembers whether the proxy was on and restores that state on the next launch — so a reboot or restart picks up the current mode automatically where you left off, without opening the menu.

2026-06-12

Manual nodes: add and edit your own nodes by hand and keep them saved in your profile — no subscription needed.
Import in any format: the import sheet now takes a subscription URL, a file, or pasted share links (ss, vmess, vless, trojan, hysteria2, tuic) and auto-detects the format — Clash YAML, Base64, or bare links — showing you what it recognized.
Inspect the running config: a node-list action opens the generated sing-box config.json so you can see exactly what the app is running.

Single-window control: the overview now drives everything — one card picks the proxy mode (system proxy or TUN) and starts or stops the tunnel, with a clear status pill. Settings moved into the same window as a sidebar pane.
Faster node picking from the menu bar: each group's nodes fly out to the right as a popover instead of stacking in one long inline list.
Simpler settings: trimmed to the options that matter day to day, with "Check for Updates" split out from "About".

The standalone Settings window (and its ⌘, shortcut) — settings now live in the dashboard, reachable from the sidebar gear or the menu bar.

2026-06-12

TUN global mode now works end to end: the tunnel connects, carries traffic, and loads sites reliably across browsers. Earlier builds could show "connected" yet leave pages hanging or failing to load.
Heavy pages that pull in many resources (YouTube, large sites) no longer drop connections partway through loading in Chrome.

2026-06-11

TUN global mode now actually carries traffic: DNS inside the tunnel works out of the box, so pages load instead of silently timing out.
Turning TUN off and immediately back on no longer leaves the switch stuck until you change proxy modes.
"Check for Updates" no longer fails with a configuration error — the updater settings now ship correctly inside the app.

2026-06-11

Turning on TUN global mode no longer fails with "Extension not found in App bundle" — the bundled system extension is now packaged so macOS can discover and install it, and the system approval prompt appears as expected.

2026-06-11

First public preview — a native macOS proxy client powered by the sing-box core.

System proxy mode: a one-click menu-bar toggle that configures the HTTP/SOCKS system proxy automatically.
Subscriptions and profiles: import and parse subscriptions, with lossless switching between multiple profiles.
Rule-based routing: full rule matching (domain / IP / process / logical) and policy groups (url-test / fallback / nested), with Surge and Clash rule import.
DNS management: sing-box 1.12+ typed-server DNS configuration, including a local hosts map.
More outbounds: WireGuard and SSH outbounds on top of the subscription transports.
Dashboard: overview, a connection list (search / filter / close / detail), live traffic and exportable logs, and per-application traffic stats.
Automatic profile switching by network: switch profiles by subnet or interface, with no location permission required.
linko:// URL scheme and CLI: scriptable control via on / off / toggle / mode / select / profile commands.
In-app auto-update through Sparkle 2, installing only EdDSA-signed update packages.
Launch at login and a pre-flight sing-box config check on startup.