Releases: GovTechSG/oobee-desktop
2025-09-16 Oobee Desktop
Release info
Oobee is available as a desktop app for Mac and Windows. The setup files can be downloaded under Assets
at the bottom of the page.
Installation Guide
- Refer to the Installation Guide for Windows and Mac.
What's New
Features
- Prevent Powershell-supported features from execution when Powershell blocked in #153
Improvements
- Handle redirects at URL Connectivity Check, add new error codes, Skipped Documents Are Omitted in Web Crawler by @younglim in GovTechSG/oobee#550
- Updated URL Connectivity Error Messages, check for Oobee Backend location relative to Frontend, speed up compile by omit squirrel distribution by @younglim in #165
- Routine update playwright@1.55.0 in Oobee for stability by @younglim in GovTechSG/oobee#549
- Updated dependencies in GovTechSG/oobee#551 #159 #164 #166
- Update Node to LTS 22.19.0 by @younglim in 0b429a9
Bug Fixes
- Bugfix to remove logic forcing 414px for custom width on mobile by @thehansong in #161
- Resolve zip corrupt due to missing await by @WilsonkwSheng in GovTechSG/oobee#548
- Local file scan throws uncaught exception if path is relative, race condition when scanning pdfs, QoL improvements by @younglim in GovTechSG/oobee#547
- URL Connectivity Check and Summary PDF should be headless, omit cloning Chrome/Edge profiles twice by @younglim in GovTechSG/oobee#553
- Windows file paths should not be considered invalid by @younglim in GovTechSG/oobee#555
Full Changelog: 0.10.65...0.10.68
2025-08-20 Oobee Desktop
Release info
Oobee is available as a desktop app for Mac and Windows. The setup files can be downloaded under Assets
at the bottom of the page.
Installation Guide
- Refer to the Installation Guide for Windows and Mac.
What's New
Features
- Prevent Powershell-supported features from execution when Powershell blocked in #153
Improvements
- Error logging for app when scan cannot be completed by @younglim in #158
- Source code review and hardening by @younglim in GovTechSG/oobee#541
- Move pdfs to sub-dir and cleanUp after. Remove unused imports by @younglim in GovTechSG/oobee#543
- New jsZip to zip files, proxy service to get proxy settings, resolve code 17 in getBrowserToRun by @younglim in GovTechSG/oobee#544
- Proxy Pac support, experimental flag disable file download by @younglim in GovTechSG/oobee#545
2025-08-12 Oobee Desktop
Release info
Oobee is available as a desktop app for Mac and Windows. The setup files can be downloaded under Assets
at the bottom of the page.
Installation Guide
- Refer to the Installation Guide for Windows and Mac.
What's New
Features
- Prevent Powershell-supported features from execution when Powershell blocked in #153
Improvements
- Clean up temporary files and log to storagePath in GovTechSG/oobee#537
- Remove Powershell requirement by using tar.exe and reg.exe on Windows in GovTechSG/oobee#539
- Updated URLs in About Modal in e98fc10
Bug fixes
- Fix purple ai regex not matching certain patterns in GovTechSG/oobee#534
- Resolve transient dependency flagged in GovTechSG/oobee#538
- Fix app crash due to outdated references and error log file in #155
2025-08-04 Oobee Desktop
Release info
Oobee is available as a desktop app for Mac and Windows. The setup files can be downloaded under Assets
at the bottom of the page.
Installation Guide
- Refer to the Installation Guide for Windows and Mac.
What's New
Features
- Allow user-only install as non-admin on Windows in #149
Improvements
- Single user data directory per scan to support concurrent scans in GovTechSG/oobee#521
- Replace blocked axios requests with Playwright (scan sitemap files, url check for pdf files, follow robots.txt) in GovTechSG/oobee#522
- Double mutation count to account for websites loading in GovTechSG/oobee#524
- Move basic auth to Authorization header in GovTechSG/oobee#525
- Process exit 1 when no pages can be scanned in GovTechSG/oobee#526
- Resolve inconsistent user data directory created and deleted in GovTechSG/oobee#527
- Multiple QOL improvements for engine reliability in GovTechSG/oobee#528
- Uses new system info v2 to avoid wmic dependency in GovTechSG/oobee#530
Bug Fixes
- Report hyperlink in Scan Completed not clickable in 10a6a64
2025-07-22 Oobee Desktop
Release info
Oobee is available as a desktop app for Mac and Windows. The setup files can be downloaded under Assets
at the bottom of the page.
Installation Guide
- Refer to the Installation Guide for Windows and Mac.
What's New
Features
- Adds reason for unscanned pages in report HTML
- Up to 41% faster with new concurrency algorithm
- Faster website crawls without the need to check page twice with axios
Bug fixes
- Fixes email clients and other app intent pop-ups when crawling websites and here
- Updates package version in transient dependencies and here
- Fixes axe-core inaccurately flagged elements as Must Fix < 24px target-size
- Fixes miscalculated WCAG Pass Percentage and broken link to WCAG 2.1.3 when scrollable-region-focusable rule findings
- Fix intermittent scan complete emits No pages were scanned on Windows app
2025-07-21 Oobee Desktop
Release info
Oobee is available as a desktop app for Mac and Windows. The setup files can be downloaded under Assets
at the bottom of the page.
Installation Guide
- Refer to the Installation Guide for Windows and Mac.
What's New
Features
Bug fixes
- Fixes email clients and other app intent pop-ups when crawling websites and here
- Updates package version in transient dependencies and here
- Fixes axe-core inaccurately flagged elements as Must Fix < 24px target-size
- Fixes miscalculated WCAG Pass Percentage and broken link to WCAG 2.1.3 when scrollable-region-focusable rule findings
- Fix intermittent scan complete emits No pages were scanned on Windows app
2025-07-19 Oobee Desktop
Release info
Oobee is available as a desktop app for Mac and Windows. The setup files can be downloaded under Assets
at the bottom of the page.
Installation Guide
- Refer to the Installation Guide for Windows and Mac.
What's New
Features
Bug fixes
2025-06-05 Oobee Desktop
Release info
Oobee is available as a desktop app for Mac and Windows. The setup files can be downloaded under Assets
at the bottom of the page.
Installation Guide
- Refer to the Installation Guide for Windows and Mac.
What's New
Bug fixes
- Fix first launch issue on Windows
2025-05-23 Oobee Desktop
Release info
Oobee is available as a desktop app for Mac and Windows. The setup files can be downloaded under Assets
at the bottom of the page.
Installation Guide
- Refer to the Installation Guide for Windows and Mac.
What's New
Improvements
- Copywriting changes for status code descriptions
- Moves build and signing to GitHub-hosted actions runners for reliability (macOS)
- SHA256 hashes of zipped release files
Bug fixes
- Incorrect WCAG success criteria links for 1.3.5, 2.1.1 and 3.1.2
2025-05-20 Oobee Desktop
Release info
Oobee is available as a desktop app for Mac and Windows. The setup files can be downloaded under Assets
at the bottom of the page.
Installation Guide
- Refer to the Installation Guide for Windows and Mac.
What's New
Improvements
- Type safety improvements
- Sentry.io logging for better app telemetry