lynx Releases

Major release with extensive features including element skills, linear gradient support, Android LynxTextService for native text layout, memory pressure handling for JS runtimes, batched Canvas 2D command buffer, Frame intrinsic content size, and WebAssembly support. Includes significant DevTool improvements and platform-specific enhancements across Android, iOS, and Harmony.

May 26, 2026

A minor patch release focusing on CLI improvements and documentation updates. It specifically addresses the inclusion of saved image paths in JSON output and adds version information to the LTS documentation.

May 18, 2026

The major 1.0.0 release adds URL reporting after navigation actions and supports `filePath` in the `evaluate_script` tool. It also disables NetworkManager in DevTools and improves geolocation emulation accuracy.

May 18, 2026

Major feature release introducing MTS pre-execute support, unified logging system with FML deprecation, text selection capabilities, skity rendering on macOS, CEF webview extension, decoupled list implementation with batch rendering and animations, and N-API module improvements across all platforms.

Mar 31, 2026

Feb 21, 2026

Major feature release with platform gesture support, LynxService framework decoupling, PlatformRenderer abstraction for cross-platform UI rendering, extensive CSS improvements including inline variables and conic gradients, and FSP (First Stable Paint) tracing implementation across Android and iOS.

Jan 4, 2026

Patch release focused on bug fixes with some new features including global memory usage reporting, threshold-based memory reporting, and initial Markdown support for Harmony platform.

Dec 26, 2025

Nov 24, 2025

Feature release introducing TemplateBundle async decoding for Harmony, LynxModuleAndroid Authentication, LynxViewGroup support for iOS, and extensive embedded mode improvements.

Nov 17, 2025

Nov 15, 2025

This release introduces the DSQ (DeepSeek Quantization) format to reduce VRAM/RAM usage while maintaining model quality. It adds quantized versions of DeepSeek-OCR and PaddleOCR-VL with three precision tiers (Q4_K, Q6_K, Q8_0) and supports parallel loading of weights.

Nov 14, 2025

Nov 13, 2025

A bug fix release addressing a critical memory issue on Blackwell GPUs. The update prevents RoPE cache expansion from growing to excessive positions that caused memory overflow.

Nov 10, 2025

Adds a new PaddleOCR-VL backend selectable alongside DeepSeek-OCR. Features include model-aware prompts with bilingual feedback, lazy loading of weights, and unified sampling controls for CLI and Server.

Nov 9, 2025

Bug-fix release focused on stability improvements with Android 16KB alignment support, Harmony template security verification during lazy loading, and numerous fixes for text processing, memory management, and rendering issues across platforms.

Oct 9, 2025

Sep 17, 2025

Bug fix release addressing issues in version 3.4.0. Includes fixes for sticky node click events, list-item recycling, resource fetcher configuration, and various event handling issues. Also adds optimizations for LynxView lifecycle tracing and memory monitoring.

Sep 1, 2025

Sep 1, 2025

Major feature release introducing WGPU prototype, SimpleStyling renderer functions, ViewInfo for LynxEngine reuse, LynxEnginePool, comprehensive memory monitoring, and initial HarmonyOS platform support. Includes text layout optimizations and enhanced performance reporting.

Aug 25, 2025

Adds ASCII rendering support, custom monospace fonts, and various rendering improvements. The release also introduces tooltips that always show when set to 'near' and fixes sequence diagram actor overlap issues.

Aug 19, 2025