Wednesday, October 28, 2026

Notecase Pro v5.0.1 desktop edition released

Notecase Pro v5.0.1 desktop edition has just been released.
Downloads are now available at https://www.notecasepro.com/download.php

This release brings a major improvements:
new file format imports (Markdown) and exports (EPUB), speedups when saving documents,
and deleting (large) note branches.

Other changes include:
- make Note Tree/Text item selection marking more gray when widget is not in focus
- also add 1px wide frame around currently focused widget (Note tree vs text widget)
- add import from Markdown document
- add export to EPUB format (with "Created by NoteCase Pro" in unregistered/trial mode markers)
- improve lock detection when using document both locally or from network shared folder
- improve Merge Document, Diff View window layouts
- support sorting by columns in Merge Document
- faster "Save as" operations (69% faster ncdb to ncd, 21% faster ncdb to ncdb operation)
- deleting notes/branches is 2-2.5x faster now
- ensure clipboard contents get stored when application exits
- fix: possible memory leak to some calls to sqlite C++ wrapper (in NoteCase .ncdb file format upgrade)

For detailed change list see help file or: https://www.notecasepro.com/history.php

Thursday, October 01, 2026

NoteCase Pro Desktop 4.9.8 / Android 1.2.7 released

Notecase Pro v4.9.8 desktop edition has just been released.
Downloads are now available at https://www.notecasepro.com/download.php

This release brings a major improvements,
many stability fixes to GTK4 port (beta), some major speedups when loading large documents,
long due upgrade to latest sqlite library version, headless (no GUI) running mode if you want to run an agent on your documents.

Other changes include:
- position the "New item" / "Rename item" window just beneath the currently selected tree row (preserves info context)
- option to start MCP server via command line parameters overriding MCP config
- Merge Document action is now >2x faster (same test file as above)
- store/restore window screen position/size for 29 different dialog windows that lacked this feature before
- make default sizes for many windows much bigger 
- add context menu in Merge window to allow removing all checked items from the result list
- fix: custom external image file editor may fail with "Error executing external editor!"
- fix: inserting the .svg picture should fail if the loader for this image format is missing
- new build targets Fedora 45 (GTK3 and GTK4) and Ubuntu 26.10 (GTK3)
- new Vietnamese translation submitted (work by Vu Anh Vu)

For detailed change list see help file or: https://www.notecasepro.com/history.php

The following build was removed: Mageia 9 (End of life).
The following package is now deprecated and will be removed unless you need it (contact me): Fedora 43.

Few missing builds will be added later today. 

NoteCase Pro for Android v1.2.7 has also been released. 

Changes in this release:
  - share a note or selected text with other applications
  - ability to print document, branch or a single node
  - tap to open hyperlink within note contents in external app
  - add a button in the toolbar to open the tag display
  - sqlite upgraded to latest version 3.53.4
  - fix: crash when loading a note having the embedded images with invalid insertion offsets
  - fix: changing the text color could cause app crash
  - fix: note save possibly skipped on app paused