- Apr 28, 2026
- Date parsed from source:Apr 28, 2026
- First seen by Releasebot:Apr 29, 2026
0.11.6
Helium adds Zen mode by default and improves dark mode colors in a fresh UI-focused changelog update.
Changelog
f8de630e revision: bump to 6 (#1508)
d8f9af28 helium/ui/zen: enable zen mode option by default (#1507)
ce44c743 helium/ui: fix dark mode colors & refactor related patches (#1504)
5eea50a9 helium/ui: use darker colors in dark mode
257efc82 helium/ui/frame-background: remove useless header include & format
1ae83afc i18n: add new strings, update owners, fix notify script (#1448)
a2a555ec i18n: update owners file
0540940f ci: fix i18n notify pipeline
7bd090f5 i18n: add new strings
Original source - Apr 25, 2026
- Date parsed from source:Apr 25, 2026
- First seen by Releasebot:Apr 26, 2026
0.11.5
Helium adds Zen and UI improvements, including options to pin the top bar, new settings toggles and shortcuts, and a set of Windows UI fixes for better layout, tabs, and fullscreen behavior.
Changelog
be4a06e4 revision: bump to 5 (#1446)
Original source
229dab01 helium/settings: un-title case custom avatar tooltip (#1447)
be9a3327 helium/zen: add option to pin top bar, add toggles to settings (#1443)
5a10a373 helium/zen: add toggles for pinning top/side chrome to settings
a2193d7f helium/zen: add shortcut for pinning top toolbar
bff736c0 helium/ui: various fixes for improving UI on windows (#1445)
8de63a4f helium/ui: fix 2px ui crop on top on windows
d86fdf17 helium/ui/tabs: fix padding and center the favicon
a867a333 helium/ui/vertical: fix toolbar height on windows
cdbece53 helium/zen: fix division-by-zero when collapsing vts (#1441)
b4fd4a8e helium/zen: block caption button events when hidden (#1439)
a0780eb1 helium/ui/rounded-frame: hide the frame in fullscreen mode (#1436)
458bee8e utils/i18n: limit max number of workers to 32 (#1432) All of your release notes in one feed
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- Apr 24, 2026
- Date parsed from source:Apr 24, 2026
- First seen by Releasebot:Apr 25, 2026
0.11.4
Helium releases Chromium 147.0.7727.116 with refreshed patches, a broader translation rollout, custom profile avatars, and a major round of UI polish for rounded frames, zen mode, tabs, side panels, and status bubbles.
Changelog
99c9e18b revision: bump to 4 (#1431)
Original source
f669ff52 merge: update to chromium 147.0.7727.116 (#1427)
40d47da6 patches: refresh for chromium 147.0.7727.116
d8ced84d merge: update ungoogled-chromium to 147.0.7727.116
88102663 merge: second batch of translations (#1400)
8591b448 helium/ui: better content separation and consistent framing (#1408)
2b77669c helium/ui/status-bubble: fix text color refreshing on linux
64a8a047 helium/ui/zen-mode: don't draw a separator if VTS is floating
4864f101 helium/ui/zen-mode: don't paint toolbar items outside of frame on linux
b95aacd0 helium/ui/frame-background: replace old frame background in more places
18d41fef helium/ui/drop-target: use new frame styling with dynamic corners
b91da86c helium/ui/zen-mode: smooth slide animations, optimize corners better
69ce5c02 helium/ui/zen-mode: optimize for the rounded frame and dynamic corners
419f7fb6 helium/ui/tabs: unify split tabs style
aca8a005 helium/ui: style side panel to match web contents, fix layout separators
152d74a0 helium/ui/rounded-frame: use pref instead of flag, fix outline color
ae72b022 helium/ui: refactor frame, move mini toolbar removal into separate patch
39bf3f48 helium/ui: use frame radius helper, reduce radius in fullscreen
e4fe9b15 helium/ui: create a frame radius helper for best corners on every OS
3c1b040a helium/ui: add stroke to rounded frame, limit rounding to normal window
4207bd0e helium/ui: add a rounded webview frame with adaptive corners
53ff75eb helium/ui: restore side panel to original form
567d02d2 helium/ui: restore multi content borders and optimize them for helium
b4b060a3 helium/ui/status-bubble: redesign and refactor
6b900835 helium/ui: restore layout separators
79784c93 helium/ui/tabs: update tab strip colors, transparent tabs by default
d0ba605b helium/ui: use bright colors for the browser frame
67ea7682 i18n: deduplicate strings
da04702c i18n: untranslate do not track
9cbad6bf i18n: add Spanish (Latin America) (es-419) translation (#1285)
1594bc73 i18n: add Catalan (ca) translation (#1277)
d66528af i18n: add Hindi (hi) translation (#1296)
0eea8e66 i18n: add French (Canada) (fr-CA) translation (#1292)
f23a9e6f i18n: add German (de) translation (#1281)
3c33a6b8 i18n: add Khmer (km) translation (#1306)
f532f016 i18n: add Danish (da) translation (#1280)
2036f345 i18n: add Dutch (nl) translation (#1321)
d2c3aa41 i18n: add Hebrew (he) translation (#1295)
8d105f8c i18n: add French (fr) translation (#1291)
a2fb72f9 i18n: add Norwegian Bokmål (nb) translation (#1319)
6b19ea4e i18n: add Hungarian (hu) translation (#1298)
386150eb i18n: add Armenian (hy) translation (#1299)
1e21aad1 i18n: add Lao (lo) translation (#1310)
e67e8145 i18n: add Kyrgyz (ky) translation (#1309)
177d9c01 i18n: add Kannada (kn) translation (#1307)
1af0b6e7 i18n: add Galician (gl) translation (#1293)
90223b10 i18n: add Persian (fa) translation (#1288)
4ccd99fa i18n: add Greek (el) translation (#1282)
1a45aa12 i18n: add Bengali (bn) translation (#1275)
ea841981 i18n: add Bulgarian (bg) translation (#1274)
7e663390 i18n: add Azerbaijani (az) translation (#1272)
95d52281 i18n: add Georgian (ka) translation (#1304)
be3d15c7 i18n: add Gujarati (gu) translation (#1294)
b42072d4 i18n: add Mongolian (mn) translation (#1315)
dbb3920c i18n: add Nepali (ne) translation (#1320)
bec06c72 i18n: add Punjabi (pa) translation (#1323)
c7f63178 i18n: add Sinhala (si) translation (#1329)
d74e8d8f i18n: add Burmese (my) translation (#1318)
fd57953c i18n: add Telugu (te) translation (#1338)
81ef6ec4 i18n: add Swahili (sw) translation (#1336)
14244bc0 i18n: add Urdu (ur) translation (#1342)
f3852d83 i18n: add Uzbek (uz) translation (#1343)
a4d7bc81 i18n: add Indonesian (id) translation (#1300)
14ec637b i18n: add Belarusian (be) translation (#1273)
5e21690e helium/core: add support for custom profile avatars (#1131)
d74f54bb Update to Chromium 147.0.7727.116
88c00406 utils/i18n: factor out apply_translations() (#1407)
5085b577 helium/zen: keep top bar open for bubbles, delay mouse-exit collapse (#1397)
9dc3fd3a merge: first batch of translations (#1352)
407af114 i18n: clean up duplicated strings
12fd67f8 i18n: add Assamese (as) translation (#1271)
4f893d8c i18n: add Arabic (ar) translation (#1270)
037777da i18n: add Afrikaans (af) translation (#1268)
f8acdbd2 i18n: add Macedonian (mk) translation (#1313)
9dade902 i18n: add Bosnian (bs) translation (#1276)
18ce51bd i18n: add Latvian (lv) translation (#1312)
e6876c49 i18n: add Filipino (fil) translation (#1290)
d71606d9 i18n: add Kazakh (kk) translation (#1305)
d4adf3d4 i18n: add Malayalam (ml) translation (#1314)
c36117fa i18n: add Lithuanian (lt) translation (#1311)
b989152c i18n: add Portuguese (Portugal) (pt-PT) translation (#1326)
e01ab553 i18n: add Basque (eu) translation (#1287)
378d796d i18n: add Thai (th) translation (#1339)
0cfb8c7d i18n: add Welsh (cy) translation (#1279)
12530a36 i18n: add Portuguese (Brazil) (pt-BR) translation (#1325)
e539a62d i18n: add Tamil (ta) translation (#1337)
2fa3c60d i18n: add Odia (or) translation (#1322)
0f4be4b6 i18n: add Korean (ko) translation (#1308)
dffd782f i18n: add Icelandic (is) translation (#1301)
9e36d0ca i18n: add Slovenian (sl) translation (#1331)
3a30eab6 i18n: add Croatian (hr) translation (#1297)
2e7a95fd i18n: add Malay (ms) translation (#1317)
2cb24455 i18n: add Spanish (es) translation (#1284)
ed128a3d i18n: add Estonian (et) translation (#1286)
be9a36f8 i18n: add Japanese (ja) translation (#1303)
ab91f25f i18n: add Albanian (sq) translation (#1332)
bad019b5 i18n: add Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn) translation (#1334)
4916f0e5 i18n: add Finnish (fi) translation (#1289)
8bf0059e i18n: add Amharic (am) translation (#1269)
a2f9bcb1 i18n: add Polish (pl) translation (#1324)
56ac86df i18n: add Romanian (ro) translation (#1327)
48cabdea i18n: add Marathi (mr) translation (#1316)
e4939fdf i18n: add Swedish (sv) translation (#1335)
b3a54ca1 i18n: add Chinese (Simplified) (zh-CN) translation (#1345)
ca5a83f9 i18n: add Chinese (Hong Kong) (zh-HK) translation (#1346)
a1f19027 i18n: add Ukrainian (uk) translation (#1341)
2002f79e i18n: add Zulu (zu) translation (#1348)
14b78221 i18n: add Serbian (sr) translation (#1333)
22c639a4 i18n: add Turkish (tr) translation (#1340)
4f9db87a i18n: add Vietnamese (vi) translation (#1344)
3465e695 i18n: add Chinese (Traditional) (zh-TW) translation (#1347)
580180d0 i18n: add Slovak (sk) translation (#1330)
8c806c4e i18n: add English (UK) (en-GB) translation (#1283)
d96848ea i18n: add Russian (ru) translation (#1328)
b5dd2680 i18n: add Czech (cs) translation (#1278)
51d60a2f i18n: add Italian (it) translation (#1302)
69c87d60 utils/clone: clone latest depot_tools instead of relying on DEPS (#1387) - Apr 16, 2026
- Date parsed from source:Apr 16, 2026
- First seen by Releasebot:Apr 16, 2026
0.11.3
Helium updates Chromium 147.0.7727.101 and fixes search bar and tab layout behavior.
Changelog
603b96d4 revision: bump to 3 (#1384)
9b214c03 helium/layout/vertical: remove leftover tab context menu option (#1383)
e24bdcf9 helium/ui/layout: restore tab strip NTB in compact layout (#1382)
376aa157 merge: update to chromium 147.0.7727.101 (#1379)
6c96742f patches: refresh for chromium 147.0.7727.101
2350d3e6 merge: update ungoogled-chromium to 147.0.7727.101
9805b326 Update to Chromium 147.0.7727.101
33f864e2 Fix search bar on new tab page for downstream disable-ai.patch users (#3729)
Original source - Apr 14, 2026
- Date parsed from source:Apr 14, 2026
- First seen by Releasebot:Apr 14, 2026
0.11.2
Helium fixes keyboard shortcuts, adds an i18n pipeline, and improves Windows Chrome import builds.
Changelog
551d5b2b revision: bump to 2 (#1359)
2d05bcea helium/core/keyboard-shortcuts: fix cmd+shift+c enabling (#1358)
b0395c7e devutils, utils: implement i18n pipeline (#1265)
2ddb659e brave/chrome-importer: fix build on windows (#1254)
Original source - Apr 11, 2026
- Date parsed from source:Apr 11, 2026
- First seen by Releasebot:Apr 11, 2026
0.11.1
Helium updates to Chromium 147.0.7727.55 and tweaks toolbar and flyover behavior.
Changelog
daa32b5d merge: update to chromium 147.0.7727.55 (#1237)
Original source
676d9c73 revision: reset to 1
cac00754 helium/core: disable side panel flyover animation
3de6ec1c helium/ui/layout/vertical: use same tween & duration in flyover
ea414ca1 helium/core: make sure that tab search is in toolbar
d75cbc86 helium/core/exclude-irrelevant-flags: update for m147
bff1779a ungoogled/prunned-binaries: don't null out ActorKeyedService
de9d0e0e patches: refresh for chromium 147.0.7727.55
2ffbca84 merge: update ungoogled-chromium to 147.0.7727.55
f20303e7 Update to Chromium 147.0.7727.55 - Apr 8, 2026
- Date parsed from source:Apr 8, 2026
- First seen by Releasebot:Apr 9, 2026
0.10.9
Helium adds a dynamic and vertical layout refresh with a minimal location bar, toolbar toggle controls, and Zen mode. This changelog also brings tab group, GTK, and build warning fixes plus layout refinements.
Changelog
- b8dd21a0 revision: bump to 9 (#1212)
- b0aeb4e2 patches/helium: fix build warnings caused by helium patches (#1177)
- 07851e4f helium/ui/experiments: zen mode (#1158)
- 1dc7d3de helium/core: fix opening tabgroups when focused in a tabgroup (#1180)
- 1a13e62f helium/layout: fix for dynamic tab strip in gtk mode (#1194)
- 1495af69 helium/core/tab-cycling-mru, helium/ui/layout: format (#1189)
- 2c244e15 helium/ui/layout: dynamic layout, minimal location bar, refactor (#1164)
- e2abb5fb helium/layout/dynamic: set correct top area height
- 072a95d7 helium/layout/vertical: position under toolbar, remove top container
- 4419d8f3 helium/layout: add vertical toggle & new tab button to toolbar
- e6405c42 helium/layout/core: add IsVerticalLayout() and IsDynamicLayout()
- ae89e381 helium/layout: reduce max centered location bar width to 700
- 1d34cd53 helium/ui/layout: dynamic layout, minimal location bar, refactor
- 20715be7 lists: move onboarding to PRUNING_EXCLUDE_PATTERNS (#1178)
- e1a3c2d8 ci: check that domsub/pruning lists are up-to-date (#1173)
- Apr 1, 2026
- Date parsed from source:Apr 1, 2026
- First seen by Releasebot:Apr 1, 2026
0.10.8
Helium updates Chromium and adds a center address bar option plus UI and patch fixes.
Changelog
- 0df72e2f merge: update to chromium 146.0.7680.177 (#1167)
- c1b2b71c revision: bump to 8
- 6006b195 patches: refresh for chromium 146.0.7680.177
- b2218aab merge: update to chromium 146.0.7680.177
- ecd0ec03 Update to Chromium 146.0.7680.177
- 1d575452 helium/ui/layout: add an option to center the address bar (#871)
- bb25b166 helium/ui: don't antialias rects (#1148)
- 86922fac patches/ublock: compatify generate_file_list script (#1143)
- adc86f32 helium/ui: fill side panel resize area background (#1139)
- 451cb6a1 Bundle hyphenation patterns (#3697)
- Mar 24, 2026
- Date parsed from source:Mar 24, 2026
- First seen by Releasebot:Mar 25, 2026
0.10.7
Helium updates to Chromium 146.0.7680.164 with refreshed patches and maintenance fixes.
Changelog
- fbaf3670 merge: update to chromium 146.0.7680.164 (#1136)
- 3ff9bc33 revision: bump to 7
- a531ec29 patches: refresh for chromium 146.0.7680.164
- 7281eebd merge: update ungoogled-chromium to 146.0.7680.164
- fb8d233f Update to Chromium 146.0.7680.164
- 4662762d Move Glic/ScreenAI nullification into a separate patch (#3676)
- 84f7f68d utils/namesub: move add_grit_to_path inside do_substitution (#1120)
- Mar 19, 2026
- Date parsed from source:Mar 19, 2026
- First seen by Releasebot:Mar 19, 2026
0.10.6
Helium releases an updated Chromium-based build to 146.0.7680.153, refreshes patches, and aligns ungoogled-chromium. It adds a media controls UI preference and ships enhanced NameSub utilities with XML parsing, encoding tweaks, deduplication, and a new dry-run mode, plus a contributor guide.
Changelog
- b594c503 merge: update to chromium 146.0.7680.153 (#1114)
- 0db5e571 revision: bump to 6
- fbcd9193 patches: refresh for chromium 146.0.7680.153
- c94c8e00 merge: update ungoogled-chromium to 146.0.7680.153
- 119a30a7 helium/ui/toolbar-prefs: add media controls pref (#1063)
- 59a7c3f6 Update to Chromium 146.0.7680.153
- 03dbf0c3 helium/core/tab-hibernate: use EXTERNAL discard reason (#1111)
- 29622654 util/namesub: implement smarter name substitution via XML parsing (#913)
- 35865f6f utils/namesub: don't translate link to Chromium
- bdd511cf util/namesub: deduplicate colliding translation ids after substitution
- c463d8cf util/namesub: retain comments, include xml declaration, don't decode $
- 0f2b61fa util/namesub: unwrap file info from results for tarballing
- a8f3d7fb utils/namesub: set output encoding to unicode
- 4b6e671f util/namesub: rename ET import to xml
- 117687b2 util/namesub: implement .xtb id substitution
- 7ceed877 util/namesub: implement smarter name substitution via XML parsing
- f8db1905 util/namesub: fold is_sub*() logic into get_sub*_files()
- 35eccbba util/namesub: add grit to module loading path
- e40dd5ed util/namesub: introduce --dry-run
- 88539820 repo: add a contribution guide and reference it in readme (#1100)
- e9f72fe0 readme: refactor, update phrasing, and add new info (#1099)
- ca4022cd AGENTS: attempt to restrict ai slop spam (#1097)
- Mar 14, 2026
- Date parsed from source:Mar 14, 2026
- First seen by Releasebot:Mar 14, 2026
0.10.5
imputnet updates Chromium to 146.0.7680.80, delivering the latest browser engine improvements and stability fixes.
Changelog
- 99992f94 merge: update to chromium 146.0.7680.80 (#1081)
- 401d6552 revision: bump to 5
- 31c36068 merge: update ungoogled-chromium to 146.0.7680.80
- e5127c49 Update to Chromium 146.0.7680.80
- Mar 13, 2026
- Date parsed from source:Mar 13, 2026
- First seen by Releasebot:Mar 14, 2026
0.10.4
imputnet releases a version bump to 4 and a minor import fix for helium/arc-importer.
Changelog
- de81e865 revision: bump to 4 (#1077)
- 5ca845bc helium/arc-importer: add missing unordered_set import (#1076)
- Mar 13, 2026
- Date parsed from source:Mar 13, 2026
- First seen by Releasebot:Mar 14, 2026
0.10.3
imputnet releases Chromium update 146.0.7680.75 with arc data importer and a ⌘+S toggle for vertical tabs.
Changelog
- 3a0b0a49 merge: update to chromium 146.0.7680.75 (#1069)
- 83d35238 revision: bump to 3
- 46537de4 merge: update ungoogled-chromium to 146.0.7680.75
- 179d1b0a helium/core: add importer for arc-specific data (#1067)
- f6054174 helium/ui/layout: add a ⌘+S shortcut to toggle vertical tabs (#1071)
- 098ada2d helium/core/keyboard-shortcuts: update command state correctly (#1073)
- 5f57fd4d helium/ui/layout: remove experimental label from vertical layout (#1072)
- 60225cdd Update to Chromium 146.0.7680.75
- Mar 11, 2026
- Date parsed from source:Mar 11, 2026
- First seen by Releasebot:Mar 14, 2026
0.10.2
imputnet delivers a Chromium based update spree with a 2.0 bump, updating to Chromium 146.0.7680.71, uBlock 1.70.0, and multiple patches. UI tweaks include wallpaper button, side panel frame removal, color scheme and theme updates, and improved importer behavior. A clear release tone signals available improvements.
Changelog
- 396d021b revision: bump to 2 (#1064)
- a02357fc merge: update to chromium 146.0.7680.71 (#1061)
- 1f3ce33b deps: update ublock to 1.70.0 (#1062)
- 98a39bd8 patches: refresh for chromium 146.0.7680.71
- 0ab02308 merge: update ungoogled-chromium to 146.0.7680.71
- 72a18171 helium/core: fix zen importer on linux, reformat patch (#1051)
- 51a9f128 helium/ui/side-panel: remove the frame around side panels (#1054)
- 4bf1d444 Update to Chromium 146.0.7680.71
- 98349e03 helium/ui/customize: add change wallpaper button, fix visibility (#1053)
- 53176709 helium/ui: update default theme colors in views and webui (#1052)
- 11262be4 helium/ui/gray-default-theme: remove the broken theme option
- 04e5e237 helium/ui/color-scheme: update with new brand color
- 77639b83 helium/ui/selected-keyword: "Search <engine>" -> "<engine>" (#1058)
- 5726f537 Clarify Matrix room address in SUPPORT.md
- Mar 8, 2026
- Date parsed from source:Mar 8, 2026
- First seen by Releasebot:Mar 14, 2026
0.10.0
imputnet announces a release with Helium 0.10.0, Chromium bumps to 146.x and 145.x, onboarding updates, and refreshed branding assets.
Changelog
- a78275ad update: helium 0.10.0 (#1027)
- 9f6326c8 revision: reset to 0
- 146f20eb helium/core/exclude-flags: update for m146
- 728663c0 deps: update onboarding
- 032fefbb patches: update for chromium 146.0.7680.65
- 2beef48b merge: update ungoogled-chromium to 146.0.7680.65
- 07eb5e64 Update to Chromium 146.0.7680.65
- 4f5f8299 Update to Chromium 145.0.7632.159
- ca70c10c branding: update assets with new logo (#1007)
- 94dcccdb helium/ui: update helium logo in settings
- e5c8b6dd utils/generate_resources: convert input to RGBA
- 6881a552 resources: update assets with new branding