Fixes issue with Content Blocker lists being enabled/disabled correctly.
✨ Material You! Personalize Hermit with your own color schemes.
? Brand New Share Screen: Share links from other apps to open in Hermit Lite Apps. Lots of tiny improvements in the sharing experience.
? Improved Reader Settings: Customize fonts, colors, and text zoom for Reader Mode directly within it. Share any content while reading.
Bug fix: Text Zoom settings now correctly apply to each Lite App.
Bug fix: Share targets in the Share screen sometimes used to come up empty.
✨ Lots of design updates for a fresh, modern look.
— Updated for Android 13 Tiramisu
— Optimized for tablets & large displays
— Bug fixed: Opening certain links clicked in other apps would load the home page of a Lite App instead of the clicked link.
Hermit is a browser, it’s in the app name! Don’t just post reviews saying it’s a browser! ? https://hermit.chimbori.com/features/compare
— ? Block tracking parameters from URLs! (Premium feature)
— Download and use higher-quality icons wherever available
— Auto-discover feeds when adding new Lite Apps
— Tablet-optimized layouts for many screens
— Downloads: New fixes for mis-configured servers that send blank filenames
Hermit is a browser, it’s in the app name! Don’t just post reviews saying it’s a browser! ? https://hermit.chimbori.com/features/compare
- Better support for Gesture Navigation: Turn off Swipe Gestures & Bottom Toolbar in the app.
— Early Access Program has been terminated: https://hermit.chimbori.com/early-access
— Downloads: Better support for correcting/fixing filenames & extensions from a wider variety of servers.
Hermit is a browser, it’s in the app name! Don’t just post reviews saying it’s a browser! ?
— Early Access Program has been terminated: Everyone hates subscriptions!
Read more for how to cancel your subscription: https://hermit.chimbori.com/early-access
— Downloads: Better support for correcting/fixing filenames & extensions from a wider variety of servers.
See why Hermit is better than traditional browsers & native apps: https://hermit.chimbori.com/features/compare
Hermit is a browser, it’s in the app name! Don’t just post reviews saying it’s a browser! ?
- Everyone hates subscriptions, and we’re terminating the Early Access Program.
Read more: https://hermit.chimbori.com/early-access
Hermit is a browser, it’s in the app name! Don’t just post reviews saying it’s a browser! ?
- Better support for correcting/fixing filenames & extensions from a wider variety of servers.
Hermit is better than traditional browsers & native apps, see why: https://hermit.chimbori.com/features/compare
Hermit is a browser, it’s in the app name! Don’t just post reviews saying it’s a browser! ?
- Beta channel re-opened: Settings → About → Join Beta
- More details shown in Content Blocker config: especially if there was a failure updating block lists.
Hermit is better than traditional browsers & native apps, see why: https://hermit.chimbori.com/features/compare
Hermit is a browser, it’s in the app name! Don’t just post reviews saying it’s a browser! ?
- Beta channel re-opened: Settings → About → Join Beta
- More details shown in Content Blocker config: especially if there was a failure updating block lists.
Hermit is better than traditional browsers & native apps, see why: https://hermit.chimbori.com/features/compare
This is a browser, it’s in the app name! Don’t post reviews saying it’s a browser.
Unique features not available in any Android browsers:
• Better than Native Apps: Tiny. Battery-saving. In-built Ad Blocker.
• Better than Traditional Browsers: Lite Apps open in their own window, not a new tab each time
• Sandboxes: Isolated Containers with Multiple Profiles/Accounts
• Ideal for privacy-invasive social sites
Read more at https://hermit.chimbori.com/blog
• ? Brand New Dark Mode for Android Q, R and S users!
• ? New Ad Blocker block list: Turn it on: App → Settings → Content Blocker → Additional Adware and Malware. (if you don’t see it, press the ? button)
• Sandboxes: Isolated Containers with Multiple Profiles, now available to all Premium users!
• Read more at https://hermit.chimbori.com/blog
• Sandboxes: Isolated Containers with Multiple Profiles, now available to all Premium users!
• WebView Crash Protection: Recover from WebView crashes gracefully
• Notifies when WebView, Hermit, or Unlocker needs an update
• Android S Compatibility
• Read more at https://hermit.chimbori.com/blog
• Sandboxes: Isolated Containers with Multiple Profiles, now available to all Premium users!
• WebView Crash Protection: Recover from WebView crashes gracefully
• Notifies when WebView, Hermit, or Unlocker needs an update
• Android S Compatibility
• Read more at https://hermit.chimbori.com/blog
• Sandboxes: Isolated Containers with Multiple Profiles, now available to all Premium users!
• WebView Crash Protection: Recover from WebView crashes gracefully
• Notifies when WebView, Hermit, or Unlocker needs an update
• Android S Compatibility
• Read more at https://hermit.chimbori.com/blog
• Notifies when Android System WebView needs an update.
• Notifies when Hermit Unlocker needs an update.
• Show up to 25 ungrouped notifications (up from 10).
Introducing Sandboxes: Isolated Containers with Multiple Profiles! (Early Access Feature)
• Separate work accounts from personal accounts.
• Create a separate sandboxed environment for privacy-invasive sites.
• Automatic app updates offered via Google Play.
• Supports loading SVG and Data URIs as Lite App icons.
• New UI to manage Scriptlets within the app (critical app update required to migrate older scripts to new location)
Introducing Sandboxes: Isolated Containers with Multiple Profiles! (Early Access Feature)
• Separate work accounts from personal accounts.
• Create a separate sandboxed environment for privacy-invasive sites.
• New UI to manage Scriptlets within the app (external directory is no longer supported)
• Downloads & Backup/Restore features use new Android APIs
• Added Dark Mode workaround for Instagram videos
• Bug fix: Can select multiple files even after cancelling the file picker once
Introducing Sandboxes: Isolated Containers with Multiple Profiles! (Early Access Feature)
• Separate work accounts from personal accounts.
• Create a separate sandboxed environment for privacy-invasive sites.
• New UI to manage Scriptlets within the app (external directory is no longer supported)
• Downloads & Backup/Restore features use new Android APIs
• Added Dark Mode workaround for Instagram videos
• Bug fix: Can select multiple files even after cancelling the file picker once
Introducing Sandboxes: Isolated Containers with Multiple Profiles! (Early Access Feature)
• Separate work accounts from personal accounts.
• Create a separate sandboxed environment for privacy-invasive sites.
Introducing Sandboxes: Isolated Containers with Multiple Profiles! (Early Access Feature)
• Separate your work accounts from personal accounts.
• Create a separate sandboxed environment for privacy-invasive sites.
• Use multiple accounts, all active at the same time, in the same browser.
• Use Incognito Mode for sites that offer preferential treatment to first-time users (e.g. free access to paywalled content).
Send Feedback: https://chimbori.app/send-feedback
- Reorganized Settings for each Lite App & Main App. Clearer, easy to navigate, better looking
- Got Premium for cheap many years ago? Happy with 5+ years of updates? Got Play Store credit & want to show your support? Tips accepted with gratitude! ? (in Settings)
- Always set a custom user agent for all requests: some feeds require it
- Set Dark Mode correctly
- Correctly open newly-created Lite Apps from URLs
- Reorganized Settings for each Lite App & Main App. Clearer, easy to navigate, better looking
- Got Premium for cheap many years ago? Happy with 5+ years of updates? Got Play Store credit & want to show your support? Tips accepted with gratitude! ? (in Settings)
- Always set a custom user agent for all requests: some feeds require it
- Set Dark Mode correctly
- Correctly open newly-created Lite Apps from URLs
- Reorganized Settings for each Lite App & Main App. Clearer, easy to navigate, better looking
- Got Premium for cheap many years ago? Happy with 5+ years of updates? Got Play Store credit & want to show your support? Tips accepted with gratitude! ? (in Settings)
- Always set a custom user agent for all requests: some feeds require it
- Set Dark Mode correctly
- Correctly open newly-created Lite Apps from URLs
- Reorganized Settings for each Lite App & Main App. Clearer, easy to navigate, better looking
- Got Premium for cheap many years ago? Happy with 5+ years of updates? Got Play Store credit & want to show your support? Tips accepted with gratitude! ? (in Settings)
- Always set a custom user agent for all requests: some feeds require it
- Set Dark Mode correctly
- Correctly open newly-created Lite Apps from URLs
- Reorganized Settings for each Lite App & Main App. Clearer, easy to navigate, better looking
- Got Premium for cheap many years ago? Happy with 5+ years of updates? Got Play Store credit & want to show your support? Tips accepted with gratitude! ? (in Settings)
- Always set a custom user agent for all requests: some feeds require it
- Set Dark Mode correctly
- Correctly open newly-created Lite Apps from URLs
✨ Huge Improvements to Dark Mode: try the new & improved Dark Mode!
? “Page blocked” alerts auto-dismiss in 3 sec + can turn off permanently
? Better handling of the Back button when switching between Lite Apps
Also:
✨ ENABLE AS DEFAULT BROWSER is Out of Early Access
✨ CONTENT BLOCKER CUSTOMIZATION is New in Early Access
✨ Gestures in Frameless Mode: swipe in from bottom of left/right edge to open drawers
✨ Huge Improvements to Dark Mode: try the new & improved Dark Mode!
? “Page blocked” alerts auto-dismiss in 3 sec + can turn off permanently
? Better handling of the Back button when switching between Lite Apps
Also:
✨ ENABLE AS DEFAULT BROWSER is Out of Early Access
✨ CONTENT BLOCKER CUSTOMIZATION is New in Early Access
✨ Gestures in Frameless Mode: swipe in from bottom of left/right edge to open drawers
• ✨ Out of Early Access: ENABLE AS DEFAULT BROWSER available to everyone!
• ✨ New in Early Access: CONTENT BLOCKER CUSTOMIZATION
• ⚡ Gestures in Frameless Mode: swipe in from bottom of left/right edge to open drawers
• ⚡ Easier to jump into Browser mode from Standalone Reader mode
• ⚡ Scriptlets can stay open in Quick Settings drawer if left open
• ? “Page blocked” alerts auto-dismiss in 3 sec + can turn off permanently
• ? Fixed bug with adding Bookmarks and Integrations
— ? Internal improvements.
— ✨ Enable as Default Browser feature out of Early Access, now available to everyone! Your most-requested feature is finally here.
— ✨ Customize the Content Blocker to pick & choose what to block — New Early Access Program feature.
- ? Bug fix: The keyboard no longer shows up on certain devices when opening the app.
— ✨ Better-polished drag-&-drop in Launcher UI, bookmarks & other integrations
— ✨ Relaxed restrictions on Incognito Mode: more websites work correctly (used to be much stricter than other browsers)
- ? 2+ Lite Apps for the same domain now open in the correct one (fixed for Android R Beta)
- ? In-app billing & notification-related toasts no longer show up randomly
ICYMI:
- ✨ New Early Access Feature: “Enable as default browser.” Your most-requested feature is finally here!
— ✨ Better-polished drag-&-drop in Launcher UI, bookmarks & other integrations
— ✨ Relaxed restrictions on Incognito Mode: more websites work correctly (used to be much stricter than other browsers)
- ? 2+ Lite Apps for the same domain now open in the correct one (fixed for Android R Beta)
- ? In-app billing & notification-related toasts no longer show up randomly
ICYMI:
- ✨ New Early Access Feature: “Enable as default browser.” Your most-requested feature is finally here!
— ✨ New Early Access Feature: “Enable as default browser.” Your most-requested feature is finally here!
— ?️ All links open in Incognito Mode by default if there’s no corresponding Lite App already present.
— ? This version is a major rewrite of the app: 100% Kotlin + several changes to make future feature development faster.
- ? Bug fix: The notifications toast does not show up randomly.
— ✨ New Early Access Feature: “Enable as default browser.” Your most-requested feature is finally here!
— ?️ All links open in Incognito Mode by default if there’s no corresponding Lite App already present.
— ? This version is a major rewrite of the app: 100% Kotlin + several changes to make future feature development faster.
- ? Bug fix: The notifications toast does not show up randomly.
— ✨ New Early Access Feature: “Enable as default browser.” Your most-requested feature is finally here!
— ?️ All links open in Incognito Mode by default if there’s no corresponding Lite App already present.
— ? This version is a major rewrite of the app: 100% Kotlin + several changes to make future feature development faster.
— ✨ New Early Access Feature: “Enable as default browser.” Your most-requested feature is finally here!
— ?️ All links open in Incognito Mode by default if there’s no corresponding Lite App already present.
— ? This version is a major rewrite of the app: 100% Kotlin + several changes to make future feature development faster.
— ?“Save Passwords” menu in Settings → Privacy → Save Passwords.
• On new phones, it opens AutoFill settings on your phone.
• On older phones, it provides detailed information about why saving passwords has been blocked by Google.
— Reorganized some settings menu items for easier discoverability of features.
? New UI for main screen! Search Bar at the bottom for easy access + lesser used features moved to top.
? “Tags” feature available to all Premium users (out of Early Access)
? Create a Lite App from anywhere: see the Quick Settings menu
⚡ Several improvements to startup performance.
? New workaround for Google Play related issues experienced by some users
? Fixes for Android 10 compatibility around Scriptlets & Fonts
? New UI for main screen! Search Bar at the bottom for easy access + lesser used features moved to top.
? “Tags” feature available to all Premium users (out of Early Access)
? Create a Lite App from anywhere: see the Quick Settings menu
⚡ Several improvements to startup performance.
? New workaround for Google Play related issues experienced by some users
? Fixes for Android 10 compatibility around Scriptlets & Fonts
— Launch Lite Apps from an APK! See sample: https://github.com/chimbori/hermit-lite-app-apk-sample
— Added Polish and Traditional Chinese (Taiwan) translations.
— Upgraded Google Play Billing Library: If you see any issues with Premium / Early Access, please email through the app.
— New UI for creating a new Lite App by URL
— Ready for Android 10: uses the new “foreground-only” location permission in location-aware Lite Apps, e.g. Facebook Check-In, Uber, FourSquare, TripAdvisor.
? 14.1: List View is back! Now it’s easier to delete Lite Apps as well
? Tags! Organize your Lite Apps better with tags
? Grid View is now default for everyone, out of Early Access
⚡ Keep Lite Apps in RAM longer
⚡ Open & Install Native Apps: new privacy settings
⚡ Search icon back in the toolbar
? Correctly opens links from notifications
? Fixed some notifications issues
Details at https://hermit.chimbori.com/changes
? 14.1: List View is back! Now it’s easier to delete Lite Apps as well
? Tags! Organize your Lite Apps better with tags
? Grid View is now default for everyone, out of Early Access
⚡ Keep Lite Apps in RAM longer
⚡ Open & Install Native Apps: new privacy settings
⚡ Search icon back in the toolbar
? Correctly opens links from notifications
? Fixed some notifications issues
Details at https://hermit.chimbori.com/changes
? 14.1: List View is back! Now it’s easier to delete Lite Apps as well
? Tags! Organize your Lite Apps better with tags
? Grid View is now default for everyone, out of Early Access
⚡ Keep Lite Apps in RAM longer
⚡ Open & Install Native Apps: new privacy settings
⚡ Search icon back in the toolbar
? Correctly opens links from notifications
Details at https://hermit.chimbori.com/changes
? Tags! Organize your Lite Apps better with tags
? Grid View is now default for everyone, out of Early Access
? Removing Lite Apps is now under Lite App > Settings > Theme
⚡ Keep Lite Apps in RAM longer
⚡ Open & Install Native Apps: new privacy settings
⚡ Search icon back in the toolbar
? Correctly opens links from notifications
Details at https://hermit.chimbori.com/changes
Early Access Program features:
— Custom User Agents
— Print web pages to PDF or to a printer
— Desktop Mode toggle in Quick Settings
And also:
— Reader Mode toolbar button instead of “pill” button
— Black is the new Orange! More subtle color scheme for the bottom bar
— Better tooltips
Bug Fixes:
— Improvements to making purchases through the app
— ⚡ New: “Clean up Lite Apps” option in settings if you have duplicate or missing Lite Apps
— ⚙️ Major changes to app core: sets it up for many more feature-packed releases in the future!
— ⚡ New: “Customize” button available directly on each notification
— ? More reliable opening of links from notifications
— ⚡ Simplified Create UI in “Create Your Own”
Curious what changed? Migrated to SDK 28, AndroidX, LiveData, RxJava, JSON, and overall performance optimizations.
Please accept our apologies for the issues with the previous release: some users have reported not being able to see all their Lite Apps.
Note that NO DATA LOSS has occurred, it is simply not being _displayed_ correctly.
We are working on a fix. Meanwhile, please update to this version immediately which fixes some issues (but not all), while we continue to investigate. Thanks for your patience, we appreciate it!
Please accept our apologies for the issues with the previous release: some users have reported not being able to see all their Lite Apps.
Note that NO DATA LOSS has occurred, it is simply not being _displayed_ correctly.
We are working on a fix. Meanwhile, please update to this version immediately which fixes some issues (but not all), while we continue to investigate.
Thanks for your patience, we appreciate it!
— Grid View & Searchbox for Lite Apps, now in Early Access!
— Scriptlets and Reader App available to all Premium users (out of Early Access)
— Larger icons on launcher home screen
— Improved Spanish translation (gracias, Damian Llobera!)
— Added Russian & Myanmar translations
— Don’t automatically fetch notifications when a new Lite App is imported
— Grid View & Searchbox for Lite Apps, now in Early Access!
— Scriptlets and Reader App available to all Premium users (out of Early Access)
— Larger icons on launcher home screen
— Improved Spanish translation (gracias, Damian Llobera!)
— Added Russian & Myanmar translations
— Don’t automatically fetch notifications when a new Lite App is imported
— Grid View & Searchbox for Lite Apps, now in Early Access!
— Scriptlets and Reader App available to all Premium users (out of Early Access)
— Larger icons on launcher home screen
— Added Russian translation
— Updated Arabic translation
— Don’t automatically fetch notifications when a new Lite App is imported
? Use Unlimited Lite Apps without paying for Premium!
? New Material Design 2 Theming.
? Introducing the Early Access Program: Experience new features before everyone else. This is a new subscription option, read more why: https://hermit.chimbori.com/early-access
? Scriptlets: Like bookmarklets, but better! Google Translate, Web Lite, any custom ones!
? Standalone Reader: Read articles from any browser or app using Hermit’s article extraction technology.
? Use Unlimited Lite Apps without paying for Premium!
? New Material Design 2 Theming.
? Introducing the Early Access Program: Experience new features before everyone else. This is a new subscription option, read more why: https://hermit.chimbori.com/early-access
? Scriptlets: Like bookmarklets, but better! Google Translate, Web Lite, any custom ones!
? Standalone Reader: Read articles from any browser or app using Hermit’s article extraction technology.
? Use Unlimited Lite Apps without paying for Premium!
? New Material Design 2 Theming.
? Introducing the Early Access Program: Experience new features before everyone else. This is a new subscription option, read more why: https://hermit.chimbori.com/early-access
? Scriptlets: Like bookmarklets, but better! Google Translate, Web Lite, any custom ones!
? Standalone Reader: Read articles from any browser or app using Hermit’s article extraction technology.
Yay, we found a work-around for bugs originating in Android P Beta code! While we wait for the next Android P Beta release to fix the underlying regression, here’s a version of Hermit you can use today on Android P.
Note that Android P is Beta software and still contains many bugs. We will continue testing and doing the best we can to make Hermit work even on unstable operating system platforms. We pride ourselves on targeting the latest Android stable version, as we have for the last 3+ years.
New app icon! (so many of you told us you loved the Hermit Crab) —— To comply with international law (EU GDPR), we need to ask you to accept the Terms of Use to continue using the app. —— Use any external Download Manager —— Fixed “No Internet Connection” bug on KitKat —— Site Search accessible from the Quick Settings sidebar —— enable/disable Bookmarks without deleting them —— WebView fix for crbug.com/794020
Enjoy this hand-crafted artisanal organic non-GMO bug fix release that works around new bugs introduced in the latest Android WebView release from Google (M65).
? Opening the same Lite App again won’t re-launch it from scratch ? Better parsing for some RSS feeds ⚡ View more notifications ungrouped, & open them individually ☣ Block user-initiated clicks on suspected malware domains ⚡ Replace Picasso with Glide (internal)
Completely re-wrote Night Mode — 3 Free Lite Apps Forever, pick any three — Estimated Reading Time in Reader View – AutoFill supported — customize Screen Orientation for each Lite App — no more Custom Tabs when opening links in browser — Notification Channels are back! — Android Go — new 2017 TLDs — See the long list at https://hermit.chimbori.com/changes
Completely re-wrote Night Mode — 3 Free Lite Apps Forever, pick any three — Estimated Reading Time in Reader View – AutoFill supported — customize Screen Orientation for each Lite App — no more Custom Tabs when opening links in browser — Notification Channels are back! — Android Go — new 2017 TLDs — See the long list at https://hermit.chimbori.com/changes
Work-around for WebView bug introduced by Google in version 63: http://crbug.com/794020 (Back/forward navigation broken in Lite Apps)This is a critical hot-fix release, so all other pending changes, new features, and other bug fixes will be available only in the next release that follows our usual release cycle.
For feedback, please email us; reviews are not a good way to get help or report bugs. Thanks!— Lite App customizations correctly saved— Google acknowledged that Notification Channels on Oreo cause phone reboots. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ So temporarily removing Notification Channels until the next Android Oreo system update. https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/65650999— Google broke AMP Cache: we worked around it— Night Mode: temporarily disabled for main app— Added French translation!
Full list of New Features: https://hermit.chimbori.com/changes— Ready for Android O!— Notification Channels, New Shortcuts API: Sadly, icons are no longer as pretty; read https://hermit.chimbori.com/features/icons— Incognito Keyboard: URLs marked private by your keyboard— Indonesian and Italian— Alphabetical Sorting for Lite Apps— Keep screen on for full-screen videos— ???? Drag-to-reorder bug— ???? Opening keyboard in Full Screen no longer obscures page content
• Facebook Notifications, using a new feature called Web Monitors• Web Monitors: Track changes to any Web Page: https://hermit.chimbori.com/features/web-monitors• Quickly add many new Lite Apps at once• Pick custom icons while creating Lite Apps• Auto-Updates for all Lite Apps: get new features automatically• Sticky buttons in left drawer for Close, Customize, …• Special settings for Premium users• Faster startup time & performance improvementsSee https://hermit.chimbori.com/changes !
