AI leads with nine releases, Nostr seven, privacy and Bitcoin four each
Twenty-eight releases today, heavy on AI infrastructure. Nine AI items include llama.cpp 0.4.0 adding Qwen3.8-Flash-Next support, Anthropic SDK 0.124.0 with workspace ID and compliance reporting, and LangChain-core 1.6.2 with async tool support. Nostr shipped seven: Sprout Buzz Desktop 0.5.22, Amber 6.6.1 fixing permission parsing, Sidecar 1.12.0 improving relay handling, Mostro daemon and mobile updates, Zap Store 1.1.2, and Jumble 26.9.2. Bitcoin had four releases including JoinMarket-NG 0.39.0 with privacy hardening, Cake Wallet 6.4.4 adding hardware wallet capabilities, Cashu TS 3.7.2 dual-licensing under MIT or Apache-2.0, and Bull Bitcoin 6.13.4. Privacy saw Signal Android 8.26.2 redesign the media editor for tablets, Bitwarden iOS 2026.8.1, XMRPod 0.1.18 adding Monero podcast search, LibreTube nightly, and a Tuta blog post on Dropbox. Self-hosting yielded Immich 3.2.0-rc.3, rclone 1.75.1, and two StartOS registry and tunnel updates. OpenAI announced GPT-6 Astra.
Bitcoin
- JoinMarket-NG 0.39.0. Bug fixes, security hardening, and privacy improvements; privacy-focused operators should review the changelog.
- Cake Wallet 6.4.4. Adds hardware wallet capabilities for Bitcoin, deeper Solana NFT integration, improved Monero sync status.
- Bull Bitcoin 6.13.4. Internal release for debugging swap issues.
- Cashu TS 3.7.2. Dual-licensed under MIT or Apache-2.0; updates noble-scure dependencies.
Nostr
- Sprout Buzz Desktop 0.5.22. Wraps message tables within available pane and hardens smoke tests.
- Amber 6.6.1. Fixes permission list parsing when a permission lacks a kind field; rejected signer requests now return request ID.
- Sidecar 1.12.0. Improves relay knowledge, unknown relay handling, and failure messaging.
- Mostro 0.18.7. Cap in-flight payouts per destination and node-wide; Bound the total timelock of a payout route, not just the last hop.
- Mostro Mobile 1.4.2. Order message history by event time and drop late setup messages (468dc22d); Persist pending range-order child sessions across isolates and restarts (4a4e2acf).
- Zap Store 1.1.2. App info now shows Android installer package ID; rejects tampered Nostr events with mismatched IDs.
- Jumble 26.9.2. Displays favorite relay lists from kind 10012 events.
Privacy
- Signal Android 8.26.2. Media editor redesigned for tablets and foldables.
- XMRPod 0.1.18. Adds search for Monero-enabled podcasts via XMRChat creator pages.
- Bitwarden iOS Password Manager 2026.8.1. Improved account security, fixed premium upgrade prompts, various under-the-hood fixes.
- LibreTube Nightly 04-09-2026. Nightly build from 04-09-2026; includes features and fixes before official release.
- Is Dropbox secure to use for confidential documents in 2026. It’s no surprise you’re wondering whether Dropbox is secure and safe - after all, it has had its fair share of security scandals.
Self-hosting
- Immich 3.2.0-rc.3. Release candidate, not stable; test before production.
- StartOS start-registry 1.1.0. Registries can now declare a description.
- rclone 1.75.1. This is the v1.75.1 release of rclone; Full details of the changes can be found in the changelog.
- StartOS start-tunnel 1.3.0. Devices can request SNI hostname routes over UPnP, not only PCP.
AI
- Asta Autodiscovery 1.0.1. Published to PyPI: asta-autodiscovery 1.0.1 Release notes, including breaking changes: CHANGELOG.md
- Kimi Code 0.41.0. 3423 b199e33 Thanks @RealKai42 !
- opencode 1.18.29. Fixes OAuth model filtering for integer GPT versions; gpt-6-astra now shows for OpenAI subscription users.
- langchain-core== 1.6.2. Adds async tools support and avoids mutation in certain code paths.
- llama.cpp 0.4.0. Adds Qwen3.8-Flash-Next and Nemotron-3-Puzzle support, on-demand tensor reading, per-slot context limits, video input, GGML 0.23.0 with sparse attention and RDMA.
- Anthropic Sdk Typescript 0.124.0. Adds Claude Tag category and user breakdowns to usage reports, workspace ID support, named types for compliance settings.
- Deepseek Harness 0.1.3-alpha.1. Web:,, @CreatixChu; HTTP PROXY HTTPS PROXY ALL PROXY NO PROXY @LegGasai.
- Mistral Vibe 2.25.0. Adds /skills browser with search and filter; shared skills sync on session start.
- GPT-6 Astra: A new generation of intelligence. Introducing GPT-6 Astra, our most intelligent and aligned model yet, with state-of-the-art capabilities across computer use, coding, cybersecurity, and science.
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