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Open Source macOS Scrobbler for Kitsu and AniList

Dev Log

Shukofukurou for macOS 3.5 Beta 1 Now Released

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As promised, Shukofukurou for macOS 3.5 Beta 1 is now available to the public. This release adds macOS Big Sur and Apple Silicon support and brings a bunch of new improvements. Believe it or not, it has been April 2020 when we last released a new version of Shukofukurou for macOS

Also, Shukofukurou for macOS now have a new icon as seen below.

The first beta can be downloaded can be downloaded here. Note that prerelease versions of Shukofukurou runs separately from the stable release.

The change log is below

This is the first public beta release, which contains support for macOS Big Sur and Apple Silicon
Requires macOS 10.11 or later
Shukofukurou Next builds run separately from the stable version

New Features

  • Add support for macOS Big Sur and tweaked main window interface for the new OS
  • Add native support for Apple Silicon (Apple M1) with Universal Binary 2
  • Redesigned App icon for macOS Big Sur
  • Add the ability to update start/finish dates for MyAnimeList anime and manga entries
  • Added Anime Blog Tracker and WordPress.com Reader for web links
  • Added ability to reauthorize AniList and MyAnimeList accounts without the need to removing and readding an account

Bug Fixes and Enhancements

  • Fixed issues with comments, number of rewatch/reread, and start/finish dates not populating for MyAnimeList anime and manga lists

Hachidori 3.3 Now Released

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At last, judging from the bug reports, Hachidori 3.3 is now stable enough to release as a stable release. Hachidori 3.3 brings improvements such as support for Hulu and Retrocrush stream detection, macOS Big Sur and Apple Silicon support.

Also, we have redesigned the icon to match the style of Big Sur. I am not a big fan of iOS icons being on Mac, but it seems everyone is heading in that direction.

Shukofukurou for macOS will also receive a redesigned icon as well when the beta becomes public very soon.

With that, everyone can now update to this release by checking for updates. The change log is below:

Hachidori 3.3 is now out with support for macOS Big Sur and native Apple Silicon (Apple M1) support. This release also contains some fixes and improvements as well.

MAL Updater OS X Users: To receive a new format license, upgrade to the latest version of MAL Updater OS X 2.4.x and open the about window. The license key will appear. Copy that and use it to register Hachidori

Hachidori requires macOS 10.11 El Capitan or later.

New Features

  • Added macOS Big Sur support
  • Redesigned App Icon for macOS Big Sur
  • Now Universal Binary 2 for Apple Silicon
  • Added stream detection support for RetroCrush and Hulu
  • Added contextual menu to download torrents and add automatic download torrent rules in the Torrent Browser
  • Start and End Dates for MyAnimeList can now be set automatically

Bug Fixes and Enhancements

  • Fix Preference Window for macOS Big Sur
  • Reverted DiscordSDK to the old DiscordRPC framework for now
  • Removed old Patreon Support (Patreon Licensing replaces this)
  • Fixed toolbar icons

Hachidori 3.3 Beta 2 Released

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Hachidori 3.3. Beta 2 is now available, which fixes some toolbar icons that didn’t appear properly. Also, most of the frameworks are recompiled with the final macOS 11 SDK.

Your can update to the latest beta by doing an update. Make sure Beta channel updates are enabled if you want to install this version. The change log is below. If you want to download the release manually, you can do so here.

This is the second beta release of Hachidori 3.3 Beta 1 with macOS 11 Big Sur and Apple Silicon Support.

MAL Updater OS X Users: To receive a new format license, upgrade to the latest version of MAL Updater OS X 2.4.x and open the about window. The license key will appear. Copy that and use it to register Hachidori

Hachidori requires macOS 10.11 El Capitan or later.

New Features

  • Added contextual menu to download torrents and add automatic download torrent rules in the Torrent Browser
  • Start and End Dates for MyAnimeList can now be set automatically

Bug Fixes and Enhancements

  • Fixed toolbar icons
  • Rebuilt all the frameworks to use the stable macOS 11 SDK

Hachidori 3.3 Beta 1 Released

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Hachidori 3.3 Beta 1 is now available to the public. This release adds macOS Big Sur and Apple Silicon support, Hulu and Retrocrush stream detection support, and more. You can now update to this beta build by enabling the “Check for prerelease builds” option in the preferences under Software Updates.

The Changelog is below:

This is the first beta release of Hachidori 3.3 Beta 1 with macOS 11 Big Sur and Apple Silicon Support.

MAL Updater OS X Users: To receive a new format license, upgrade to the latest version of MAL Updater OS X 2.4.x and open the about window. The license key will appear. Copy that and use it to register Hachidori

Hachidori requires macOS 10.11 El Capitan or later.

New Features

  • Added macOS Big Sur support
  • Now Universal Binary 2 for Apple Silicon
  • Added stream detection support for RetroCrush and Hulu

Bug Fixes and Enhancements

  • Fix Preference Window for macOS Big Sur
  • Reverted DiscordSDK to the old DiscordRPC framework for now
  • Removed old Patreon Support (Patreon Licensing replaces this)

Shukofukurou for iOS 2.1 Now Available

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Shukofukurou for iOS 2.1 is now available on the App Store. This release includes iOS 14 support, some bug fixes, prompt for score after completing a title and more. While the update is now approved, it should become available for all users in a few hours. The changelog is below.

This release adds iOS/iPadOS 14 support, fixes some bugs, adds Scrobble Share Extension support for Funimation and more.

New Features

  • iOS/iPadOS 14 Support
  • Added ability to scrobble using the scrobble share extension for Funimation (Safari and the App)
  • Added ability to filter for Airing/Publishing titles in the user’s library
  • App nows prompt the user to add a score when a user completes a title (can be turned off in the Settings)

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed Scrobbling Extension, which previously didn’t work for MyAnimeList users

Note that we are eventually developing a 2.2 release, which should happen sometime before mid 2021. Note that this app will not be available for Apple Silicon Macs when they release later this year. I feel that the user experience won’t be as good compared to the dedicated macOS app.

Shukofukurou and Hachidori is now in Alpha Preview

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For the past two months, time permitting since I have a full time job and this is my side job I do during the weekends, we have begun work on the next versions of Shukofukurou and Hachidori.

Shukofukurou 3.4 for macOS will be a minor release adding macOS Big Sur and Universal Binary 2 compatibility and adding features from the iOS version. Shukofukurou 2.1 for iOS will primarily add some quality of life improvements. As for Hachidori, it’s the same deal, but the addition of new legal streaming site support, macOS Big Sur/Universal Binary 2 support, and the ability to reauthorize accounts.

The next few months will be big as Apple is set to release the first few Macs with Apple Silicon. Currently, we have our apps ready for Apple Silicon aka ArchARM64. While we haven’t tested them yet since I don’t have a developer transition kit, I plan to get a Mac stat uses these new processors when they come out with a new Mac mini. The Mac mini will serve as a dedicated developer machine that I can remote into or use locally.

Currently, the alphas for the macOS version of Shukofukurou and Hachidori are available for Patrons only. Once the apps reaches beta, it will be available to everyone. Monthly donations/support allows me to cover the development costs of developing all three apps, primarily the domain name, hosting (including the web services the apps uses), and Apple Developer Program membership. Besides gaining access to precompiled prerelease builds by becoming a Patron, you also unlock all the donor features, read weekly developer updates on upcoming new features, gain free updates to major releases of Shukofukurou and Hachidori, and access to TestFlight for beta versions of Shukofukurou for iOS.

In short, we should have all the releases out for macOS and iOS out this fall. With that, thanks for the support thus far.