Version History
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Callouts & offline editing
- Callout blocks: info, success, warning and danger callouts now render in colour with a matching icon — in the reader and the visual editor, where you can also insert them
- Better tables: wide tables now scroll sideways instead of getting squeezed, with zebra striping for easier reading
- Offline editing (Pro): edit pages even without a connection — changes sync automatically once you’re back online
- Redesigned Settings: tidied into clear sections with a Pro overview right at the top
- Dutch: BookStax is now fully available in Dutch
- Anonymous, optional usage statistics: helps improve the app — no personal data, and you can turn it off any time in Settings
Make available offline
- Make available offline: download entire books and shelves — pages stay readable without a connection
- Offline full-text search: finds downloaded content even in airplane mode, including match previews
- Spotlight: pages saved offline show up in iOS search and open right in the app
- Manage in Settings: an overview of your offline content with storage size and easy removal
- Demo server: try BookStax without your own installation using the official BookStack demo server — with a step-by-step guide
- Editor: the Markdown/visual editor switcher now has its own row and no longer overlaps buttons
- Smaller improvements and bug fixes
Polish and more reliability
- Updated links: Website, Support and Privacy now go straight to bookstax.app
- More reliable premium unlock: The themes purchase was reworked — buying and restoring behave more cleanly, and the status is refreshed when you open the app
- “More apps for self-hosters”: The four sibling apps are now shown right inside the app with their real icons and App Store links
- Smaller improvements and bug fixes
Visual editor & flexible tags
- Visual editor: edit pages WYSIWYG — bold, headings, lists, tables, no Markdown syntax required
- Seamlessly switch between Write, Visual and Preview, the classic Markdown editor stays fully available
- Rename and delete tags on books and shelves directly
- Embedded videos on pages now play inside the app too
- Smaller improvements and bug fixes
New start: favorites, activity feed & mobile management
- New personalized Home view with favorites, recently opened and recently updated pages
- Favorites: a star button to pin items, includes a new Favorites widget
- Breadcrumb navigation: tap any path segment to jump straight back
- Activity feed straight from the BookStack audit log
- View, download and upload file and link attachments
- Mobile management: create, rename, move shelves, books and chapters right on iPhone
- Trash: restore individual items or empty the bin in one tap
- Tags per book and shelf with colored chips
- Premium features: three premium themes, custom accent color, multiple server profiles
Task lists, export & Face ID lock
- Checkable task lists: task boxes in the Reader are tappable, changes save immediately
- Export sheet: share pages, chapters and books as PDF, Markdown, plain text or HTML
- Smarter wiki links: internal BookStack links open the target page in-app
- Code blocks with syntax highlighting and a copy button
- Biometric app lock with configurable grace period
- Recycle Bin tab: restore or permanently delete items from one place
- Cross-promotion: a dedicated detail view for sibling apps
- Iris is the new default theme, theme selection now sticks across launches
Books section & AI in the editor
- All books at a glance: a dedicated Books section next to the shelves, including unassigned books
- AI right inside the editor: sparkles button in the editor toolbar for summarize, translate and improve
- Keyboard collapses reliably again
- More apps for self-hosters: a new section surfaces gyokuro, dock-g and Mobile MA
- Polish and bug fixes
Apple Intelligence in the editor
- Apple Intelligence in the editor: rephrase, shorten, proofread — straight inside BookStax
- Home Screen widget: shelves, books, pages and words at a glance, large size adds a 30-day history chart
- Share Extension for text and images: send from any app to BookStack
- Theme presets with custom typefaces: Standard, Reading, Coding, Writing
- More themes as a one-time in-app purchase
- Accessibility boost: VoiceOver, Dynamic Type, Reduce Motion, larger touch targets
- New Credits section linking back to BookStack and the open-source project
Reliable connection & web editor pages
- Fixes a sneaky bug where the server would suddenly refuse your API token after a few requests
- Pages created in BookStack’s web rich-text editor now open as editable Markdown on iPhone
- Clearer login feedback: a banner takes you straight to Settings to reconnect
- A “What’s New” screen after every update