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title: Cwtch 1.14
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description: "Cwtch 1.14 is now available to download"
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slug: cwtch-1-14
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tags: [cwtch, cwtch-stable, release]
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image: /img/Themes_collage.png
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hide_table_of_contents: false
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toc_max_heading_level: 4
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authors:
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- name: Sarah Jamie Lewis
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title: Executive Director, Open Privacy Research Society
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image_url: /img/sarah.jpg
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---
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[Cwtch 1.14 is now available for download](https://cwtch.im/download)!
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Cwtch is a communication application (and associated libraries) that uses Tor v3 Onion Services to establish surveillance resistant channels between people. Cwtch has been designed to be
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secure, private, and resilient.
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You can download Cwtch from [https://cwtch.im/download](https://cwtch.im/download).
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Subscribe to our [RSS feed](/blog/rss.xml), [Atom feed](/blog/atom.xml), or [JSON feed](/blog/feed.json) to stay up to date, and get the latest on, all aspects of Cwtch development.
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Alternatively we also provide a [releases-only RSS feed](https://cwtch.im/releases/index.xml).
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## In This Release
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<figure>
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[![](/img/Themes_collage.png)](/img/Themes_collage.png)
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<figcaption>We have made many changes to Cwtch themeing in 1.14, including new Custom Themes</figcaption>
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</figure>
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A special thanks to the [amazing volunteer translators](https://docs.cwtch.im/docs/contribute/translate) and [testers](https://docs.cwtch.im/docs/contribute/testing) who made this release possible.
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- **New Features:**
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- **Custom Themes** - You can now load [custom themes](https://docs.cwtch.im/docs/contribute/themes) into Cwtch.
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- **Message View Backgrounds** - This release contains the first support for (optional) background images in the message view. Future releases will allow per-conversation images.
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- **Bug Fixes / Improvements:**
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- Fixed tor connectivity in newer Tails releases
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- Fixes in the Retry Plugin for better managing of a large number of contacts
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- Several UX improvements for font scaling, and styling
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- Fixed Android File Sharing Bug which prevent downloads of [non-previewed files](https://docs.cwtch.im/docs/settings/experiments/image-previews-and-profile-pictures).
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- Fixed Android File Sharing Bug that resulted in a UI reset triggered by a rate race condition between reconnection and new message arriving
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- Split Settings Pane into multiple tabs for easier navigation of options
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- Fixed contact row date time/localization inconsistency
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- Fixed contact row issue where `LANG` wasn't set on some linux systems
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- libCwtch now support older Mac releases (min 10.12)
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- Updates images and descriptions in the Windows Installer
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- **Accessibility / UX:**
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- Core translations for **Brazilian Portuguese**, **Danish** , **Dutch**, **French**, **German**, **Italian**, **Norwegian** , **Romanian** , **Russian**, **Polish**, **Slovak**, **Spanish**, **Swahili**, **Swedish**, **Turkish**, and **Welsh**
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- Partial translations for **Korean** (41%), **Japanese** (26%), , **Luxembourgish** (19%), **Greek** (15%), **Uzbek** (9%), and **Portuguese** (5%)
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- **Theme Refresh** - Many small adjustments to existing themes to make them more accessible
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## Reproducible Bindings
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Cwtch 1.14 is based on libCwtch version `libCwtch-autobindings-2024-02-12-11-04-v0.0.12`.
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The [repliqate scripts](https://docs.cwtch.im/blog/cwtch-bindings-reproducible#introducing-repliqate) to reproduce these bindings from source
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can be found at [https://git.openprivacy.ca/cwtch.im/repliqate-scripts/src/branch/main/cwtch-autobindings-v0.0.12](https://git.openprivacy.ca/cwtch.im/repliqate-scripts/src/branch/main/cwtch-autobindings-v0.0.12)
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<hr/>
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## Help us go further!
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We couldn't do what we do without all the wonderful community support we get, from [one-off donations](https://openprivacy.ca/donate) to [recurring support via Patreon](https://www.patreon.com/openprivacy).
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If you want to see us move faster on some of these goals and are in a position to, please [donate](https://openprivacy.ca/donate). If you happen to be at a company that wants to do more for the community and this aligns, please consider donating or sponsoring a developer.
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Donations of **$5 or more** can opt to receive stickers as a thank-you gift!
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For more information about donating to Open Privacy and claiming a thank you gift [please visit the Open Privacy Donate page](https://openprivacy.ca/donate/).
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![A Photo of Cwtch Stickers](/img/stickers-new.jpg)
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