v2.15.0
2026-10-21- New: Tidy up. Bookmarks imported before today could show web page code in their names, like "Stuff & Things" instead of "Stuff & Things". If yours do, your dashboard says so, shows you every change first, and fixes them when you press Fix, with Undo if you change your mind. It is done by plain code with a fixed list of replacements, not by AI: nothing about your library is sent anywhere, and the same text always gets the same fix. It changes only your own library, only when you press Fix. Full Access accounts only: in Encrypted mode the server cannot read your bookmarks, so there is nothing for it to fix
- Fixed: a bookmark saved in a folder in your browser now lands in that folder in TabbJam. It used to land in the Pool every time
- Fixed: the dashboard shows all your bookmarks, not just the first 200. A Show more button loads the next 200, and the tag counts cover your whole library, so a tag's number is the number of bookmarks it shows
- Fixed: the sidebar shows which folder is inside which, and Bulk Move lists full folder paths, so two folders with the same name can be told apart
- Fixed: imports store "&" as "&" instead of "&"
- Fixed: the dashboard scrolls like a normal page again, with the folders and the side panel staying in view
- Extension 2.15.0 (arrives with the Chrome Web Store update): bookmarks synced from TabbJam go into Other bookmarks, in a TabbJam folder, instead of onto your bookmarks bar; two spellings of the same address count as one bookmark; and a Fill in Dates button gives TabbJam the saved dates your browser kept, for bookmarks that show as Undated
v2.14.0
2026-10-07- Fixed: on some Linux browsers (found in Brave on Ubuntu) the Save window for the bookmarks backup closed the extension, and Connect then stayed greyed out every time you opened it again. The extension now remembers the backup as soon as the download starts
- New: a box to tick if you already have a backup of your bookmarks, so Connect does not wait for a download
- New: "Open in a tab" opens the same screen in a full tab, where a Save window cannot close it
- New: the extension's Options page (chrome://extensions, then TabbJam, Details, Extension options) opens the same Connect screen
v2.13.1
2026-10-02- The extension syncs every five minutes, as designed. A fault had it syncing about once a minute
- Each sync asks the server for less: three requests where there were five
- In Encrypted mode, an account with one browser now uploads its vault only when it has changed. With two browsers each still uploads on every sync, because a bookmark that arrives by sync gets a new date on the browser that receives it
- Connecting the extension no longer changes your account's sync mode. If you pick the other mode, it selects your account's and asks you to press Connect again
v2.13.0
2026-10-01- Removed collections and their public pages, the saved tab groups page, and the dead link checker. None of them did what this site said they did
- Removed from the extension: Save Groups, Save as Folders, and the background link check. The extension now contacts tabbjam.com and nothing else
- The last leftovers of the retired subscription are gone: the subscribe page and the payment webhook
- This site now describes the product as it is: Chrome, Edge and Brave only; new accounts start in Full Access mode; folders and deletions do not sync
- The privacy policy now lists Google (site icons) and Open-Meteo (weather), and the checksum stored beside an encrypted vault
v2.11.0
2026-07-24- Make a folder the way you'd expect — drag one bookmark onto another, give it a name, and both land inside. Drop a bookmark onto a folder tile to file it there
- Your folders now sit as tiles at the top of your bookmarks, each showing a glimpse of what's inside — click one to open it
- Previews stopped lying — small logos and icons are no longer stretched into a blur, and they now render at their own size instead
- More sites get a real preview image, and site icons are sharper
- Grab the headline ticker and drag it — flick to fly through the news, let go and it drifts again
v2.10.0
2026-07-14- For You — a feed that ranks your headlines by what you actually read, and tells you why it picked each one. Opening an item teaches it; dismissing one stops it coming back (self-host)
- Large libraries can be encrypted again — vaults past roughly a thousand bookmarks hit an internal limit and quietly stopped syncing
- Firefox works — the extension previously failed to start there at all
- Switching to Encrypted mode now clears everything readable from the server, not just your open tabs
- Bookmarks that aren't ordinary web links (files, bookmarklets) are no longer lost when a second device syncs
v2.9.0
2026-07-02- Command Center — a hand-arranged pin board at /board: drag bookmarks into folders and an order you choose, every drag autosaves
- Encrypted-mode boards, zero-knowledge — unlock with your sync passphrase and the board decrypts in your browser, rides inside your encrypted vault, and re-encrypts on every change; the server never sees a bookmark, a folder name, or your passphrase
- No third-party favicon lookups on the encrypted board — icons render locally so not even a favicon service learns your hostnames
- Extension v2.9.0 preserves your board and trash across syncs — update it before using the encrypted board (older extensions pause syncing, safely, until updated)
- Vault conflict-safety hardened — concurrent pushes from two devices can no longer overwrite each other
v2.8.2
2026-06-30- Privacy hardening — closed the remaining ways open-tab titles and URLs could reach the server in Encrypted mode (the 'Save as Folders' button and a stale-mode edge case). The server now refuses plaintext tab and bookmark data for zero-knowledge accounts as a backstop
- Switching to Encrypted mode now clears any open-tab records that were synced earlier in Full Access mode
- Your encrypted bookmark vault is now protected from a rare empty browser read at startup that could have overwritten it
- New in-popup 'Re-enter passphrase' recovery — a second browser can resume encrypted sync by typing your passphrase, no full disconnect needed
v2.8.1
2026-06-29- Rediscover is smarter on self-host — it surfaces forgotten bookmarks related to what you've been reading lately
- New 'Local brain' setup guide in Help, linked from Settings and onboarding
- Cover-image card view for bookmarks — toggle between list and cards in the toolbar
v2.8.0
2026-06-29- Privacy, made true — tab sync is now disabled in Encrypted mode (open tabs can't be end-to-end encrypted), and your encryption passphrase is stored on your device only, never cloud-synced
- The local-brain moat is now on the landing page — meaning-search and resurfacing you run on your own hardware
- Firefox new-tab page opens your dashboard instead of the marketing page
- The retired PayPal webhook can no longer email payment confirmations for a free product
- Added Claude 4.8 Opus to the AI model picker
v2.7.8
2026-06-29- This changelog now shows the full release history — it had been stuck at v2.3.0
- The in-app version badge and settings footer now read the real version automatically, so they can't drift
v2.7.7
2026-06-29- Source-available — relicensed under the Business Source License 1.1
- Free, for real — Terms, Privacy, and pricing pages corrected: no trial, no subscription, no PayPal
v2.7.6
2026-06-29- Semantic search — find bookmarks by meaning, not just keywords, powered by your own local brain (self-hosted)
- A 'Smart' badge shows when results came back semantic; keyword search is the automatic fallback
- Build the search index from Settings; new bookmarks are embedded automatically
v2.7.5
2026-06-29- Dashboard widget toggles are live — show or hide Weather, RSS Ticker, Preview Panel, AI Organize, Bar Editor, and Profile Switcher
- Safe migration — your dashboard looks the same; the switches just respond now
v2.7.4
2026-06-29- Dedup-at-save — quick-add catches a page you already saved even when the URL isn't byte-identical, with an 'Already saved' toast and an Open button
v2.7.3
2026-06-29- Focus Timer and Notes now live in the dashboard right rail, each independently toggleable
- Rediscover gained an on/off toggle
v2.7.0
2026-06-29- Rediscover — a dashboard widget that resurfaces useful bookmarks you've forgotten (clicked before, untouched for 30+ days)
- Local Brain (Bowl) foundation — opt-in, read back from your own on-device brain; off by default, never leaves your machine
v2.6.0
2026-06-29- Feed your local brain — opt-in, the extension can mirror each sync into your own local brain so your browsing shows up in the Bowl (local-only)
v2.5.0
2026-06-29- TabbJam is now free — full access to everything, no credit card, no subscription, no tiers
v2.4.2
2026-06-29- Security hardening — SSRF guards on all server-side fetchers, mass-assignment fix, high-entropy share links, auth hygiene, and an extension XSS fix
v2.4.1
2026-06-29- Extension sync fixes — resolved the low-RAM lockup regression and a false 'Sync failed' on encrypted sync
v2.3.0
2026-04-02- Nested folders — up to 3 levels deep
- Per-folder sort modes — each folder remembers its own sort preference
- Drag-and-drop reorder — rearrange bookmarks and folders freely
- Save and restore layout — persist and reload your exact dashboard arrangement
- AI folder suggestions — AI recommends folder names based on your bookmarks
- Apply sort to all — propagate a sort mode to every folder at once
- Clipboard copy fix — copy URL now works reliably across all browsers
- Extension performance fix — reduced sync overhead on large bookmark sets
v2.1.0
2026-03-25- Bulk select — checkbox mode + shift+click range select with floating action bar
- RSS news ticker — scrolling headlines in the dashboard header, customizable feeds
- Preview panel — hover any bookmark to see og:image, description, and metadata
- Per-bookmark notes — inline note editor on each bookmark card
- Dead link health checker — opt-in background scanning from your browser (Settings toggle)
- Metadata fetch on hover — auto-fetches og:image and description for bookmarks missing previews
- Toolbar improvements — compact layout for smaller screens
- Enhanced aurora shimmer in both light and dark themes
v2.0.0
2026-03-25- Bookmark Profiles — switch between Work, Home, and custom contexts
- Visual Bookmark Bar Editor — drag-and-drop bar management with live preview
- Bookmark Pool — inbox for unfiled bookmarks with quick-assign
- Folder sort orders — alphabetical, created, most used, last used, custom
- Restore from Server — one-click browser bookmark replacement
- Click tracking for most-used and last-used sorting
- Per-profile bookmark bar layouts
v1.0.0
2026-03-24- Production-ready release
- Full Access sync mode — bidirectional browser-to-server sync
- Extension sync status with pulled/pushed counts
- Sync mode mismatch detection and user guidance
- Improved onboarding with step-by-step setup
- Token last-used tracking in settings
- Auto-backup before first sync (HTML download)
- Help page with extension setup guide
- Privacy policy and Terms of Service pages
- Version bump across all components
v0.2.0
2026-03-22- Folder organization with drag-and-drop
- Tag system for bookmarks
- Full-text search across all bookmarks
- Reading list with separate view
- Duplicate detection on import and add
- Drag-and-drop reordering
- Link previews with metadata extraction
- PWA support — install as desktop app
- Help docs and onboarding flow
- Light mode theme toggle
- Analytics dashboard for bookmark usage
- Email verification for new accounts
- Account deletion with full data wipe
- Keyboard shortcuts modal
- Changelog page
v0.1.0
2026-03-21- Initial launch
- Authentication with email/password
- Bookmark management — add, edit, delete, star
- End-to-end encrypted vault (AES-256-GCM, PBKDF2)
- AI organization panel (BYOK — Claude or GPT)
- Focus timer with Pomodoro sessions
- Scratchpad notes
- PayPal subscription billing ($10/year)
- Chrome, Edge, and Firefox browser extension scaffold
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