Update on what happened across the GNOME project in the week from April 17 to April 24.GNOME Core Apps and LibrariesLibadwaita ↗Building blocks for modern GNOME apps using GTK4.Alice (she/her) 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 sayslibadwaita demo runs on android now, and apk files can be grabbed from CIAlice (she/her) 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 reportsAdwSidebar and AdwViewSwitcherSidebar now allow adding widgets above and below their content. This can be used to add things like account switchersThird Party ProjectsHaydn Trowell saysKotoba, a fast, fully offline Japanese–English dictionary, is now available on Flathub.Key features:Flexible search: Look up words using kanji, kana, rōmaji, or English meaningsResponsive results: Matches appear almost instantlyDetailed entries: Readings, meanings, example sentences, and usage notes where availableSmart conjugation handling: Recognizes inflected verb and adjective forms and maps them to their base entriesBookmarks: Save words to review laterFully offline: Works without an internet connectionGet it on Flathub: https://flathub.org/apps/net.trowell.kotobaAntonio Zugaldia saysStargate is a new Java and Kotlin library that gives JVM applications access to XDG Desktop Portals on Linux.Full coverage of the portal spec, including Global Shortcuts, Remote Desktop, Notification, and Settings.Adds system tray icon support via the XDG Status Notifier Item specification.Ships with a demo app built using Java GI, the GTK/GNOME Java bindings (come say hi at #java-gi:matrix.org).Available on Maven Central. More at https://github.com/zugaldia/stargate.Bilal Elmoussaoui reportsgoblint has received a lot of work lately. Supporting 22 new rules since the last update and a webpage displaying the list of the rules and the available per-rule configurations https://bilelmoussaoui.github.io/goblint/. The page can include an extensive documentation like the following https://bilelmoussaoui.github.io/goblint/#use_g_autoptr_inline_cleanup but that is the only rule having that for now.Jan-Michael Brummer reportsTake control of your health with Blood Pressure 1.0.0.Released just a month ago, this powerful yet easy-to-use app helps you track systolic and diastolic blood pressure as well as pulse with precision. Visualize your progress through clear, intuitive charts and gain valuable insights with in-depth statistics based on ESH/ESC guidelines.Log measurements effortlessly with date, time, and optional notes, explore your history at a glance, and benefit from comprehensive analysis designed to support better health decisions. It’s available on Flathub: https://flathub.org/en/apps/org.tabos.bloodpressureNathan Perlman saysAfter a few months of on-and-off development, Rewaita v1.1.2 has finally been released!For anyone who doesn’t know, Rewaita is a customization tool for applying colour schemes to Adwaita and GNOME.What’s new:Finally added proper Firefox support, and is also compatible with the Firefox Gnome Theme for those who use it.More customization options, including three more window control themes, and a new colour scheme (Gruvbox Hard).Now includes an option to force light text in the app overview, which might be useful to blur-my-shell users.Some quality of life improvements like a better user guide, and bug fixes with significantly less crashing.Added Chinese Simplified translations.Thanks to everyone who helped out with this release! Available on Flathub as always, as well as the AUR. More at https://github.com/swordpuffin/Rewaita.Solitaire ↗Play Patience GamesWill Warner reportsSolitaire 50.1 has been released!I want to thank everyone who contributed to this update. Firstly, to the translators who created translations for the app within the first two weeks of it being on Damned Lies. Second, to everyone who submitted and commented on issues, I appreciate your help.Here’s what changed:• Added translations: Brazilian Portuguese, Cornish, Kazakh, Serbian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Slovenian, Russian• Added categories to the desktop entry• Added all of the missing Aisleriot card themes except for Guyenne Classic• Fixed a bug where re-deals weren’t decremented upon undoing them• Fixed a bug that allowed one too many re-deals• Clarified the uses of the solver in the preferences• Added a ‘Display the Winnability Warning’ option to the preferences• Made the theme refresh when the theme selector dialog is closed• Adjusted the brand colors to not clash with the window colors• Added spacing between cards and margins for the playing area• Added a ‘New Game’ option to the ‘Impossible to win’ dialog• Added a fail-safe for GTK not handling drags correctly on X11Get it on FlathubPipeline ↗Follow your favorite video creators.schmiddi reportsPipeline version 4.0.0 was released this week! This release overhauls downloading videos. Instead of depending on an external program to download videos, Pipeline now has downloading videos built-in. This also includes watching downloaded videos directly in the application. Besides that, you can now inspect your watch history in the application. There were further minor additions and improvements, which you can read about in the changelog of this release.Note that this release also contains a breaking change for Pipeline users using external video players: By default, the Flatpak on Flathub does not have the permission to spawn external video players anymore. If you want to continue using external players instead of the built-in video player, you will to manually grant Pipeline this permission, as detailed in the preferences dialog of Pipeline or in this wiki page.Parabolic ↗Download web video and audio.Nick reportsParabolic V2026.4.0 is here!This release contains many bug fixes, new features and design improvements making Parabolic an even better app! This release also includes a new macOS version of Parabolic - expanding our userbase!A huge thank you to everyone who has tested and reported bugs throughout this development cycle. ❤️Here’s the full changelog:Added macOS app for the GNOME version of ParabolicAdded Windows portable version of ParabolicAdded the ability to toggle super resolution formats in Parabolic’s settingsAdded the ability to specify a preferred frame rate for video downloads in Parabolic’s settingsAdded the ability to toggle immediate audio or video downloads separatelyAdded the ability to automatically translate embedded metadata and chapters to the app’s language on supported sites. This can be turned off in Converter settingsAdded the ability to update deno from within the appAdded thumbnail image preview to add download dialog and downloads viewAdded failed filter to downloads viewAdded total duration label to playlist items viewImproved Parabolic’s startup time by using NativeAOT compilationImproved selection of playlist video formats when resolutions are specifiedImproved selection of playlist audio formats on Windows when bitrates are specifiedImproved cropping of audio thumbnailsImproved handling of long file names, they will now be truncated if too longRemoved unsupported cookie browsers on Windows. Manual txt files should be used insteadFixed an issue where download progress did not show correctlyFixed an issue where the preferred video codec was ignored when a preferred frame rate was also setFixed an issue where the exported M3U playlist file would contain duplicate entriesFixed an issue where credentials would not save on LinuxFixed an issue where batch files were unusable on Linux and macOSFixed an issue where uploading a cookies file did not work on WindowsFixed an issue where time frame downloads would not complete on WindowsFixed an issue where certain video formats would process infinitely on WindowsUpdated yt-dlpThat’s all for this week!See you next week, and be sure to stop by #thisweek:gnome.org with updates on your own projects!