Project News

Official updates about builds, releases, and service status.

Latest Updates

Recent announcements from the OpenLyst team.

GitHub Access Revoked — Again. We're Building Our Own Infrastructure.

2026-02-21

We have once again been banned from GitHub. We are deeply disappointed in GitHub's continued hostile and arbitrary enforcement, which has repeatedly disrupted our ability to serve our users. We do not find their conduct acceptable. Downloads will be unavailable for a period while we address this. Rather than remain dependent on a platform that has proven unreliable and adversarial, we are building our own infrastructure so we can deliver our apps without being at the mercy of third-party gatekeepers. We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience.

Finar and Klit Join the Rust Roadmap

2026-02-20

Finar and Klit have both been rewritten as native apps, which is our main stack for now. They will come out any day now. We are super excited to show you these new apps — they are faster, smoother, less buggy and jank. We are still sad we had to leave Flutter, but it left us no other option; we just could not ruin apps, so they're native now.

We're Sorry — Staying on a Good Old Version

2026-02-19

We are sorry, but we would much rather users have a good experience with an old version than a new update with a terrible experience.

Spotify Support Canceled for Doudou

2026-02-18

Support for Spotify has been canceled for Doudou due to Spotify supporting I.E.E. and other MAGA US politics. We do not support those nazis.

DouDou v14.0.0 Released

2026-02-16

New UI for desktop and mobile, improved layouts, now playing screen, and more.

Our Path Forward

2026-02-15

This was one of the hardest decisions we've had to make. We are moving away from Flutter for future applications—Flutter's performance and design simply weren't meeting our standards. Some of our existing applications will be ported to our new native stack. Native will be the base for everything we build from here on, except for the main official website. Thank you for your understanding and support.

DouDou APK Updates Paused Until Further Notice

2026-02-15

We cannot update APKs for DouDou until further notice. We are working hard to fix this.

Signing Fixed + Finar 2.0.0

2026-02-13

Signing is now fixed. Finar has been updated to version 2.0.0.

Update: Downloads Fixed, Signing Still Broken

2026-02-12

We have fixed the download links. Signing is still broken, and we will fix it as soon as we can.

Known Issue: Downloads and Android Signing

2026-02-12

We are aware that downloads are currently not working and Android signing is also not working. We are doing our best to fix this as quickly as possible.

GitHub Account Update

2026-02-08

Hello, it's been a while. Although I no longer work here, I still love Openlyst and the project. GitHub recently banned my account—which hosted Openlyst builds—for using the global site in China. I have created a new account and will be fixing the Openlyst builds soon. Goodbye, hope to see you again. — Zhenxi

Upcoming Server Downtime - Relocation Notice

2026-01-18

HttpAnimations (Server Hoster/Lead Developer) will be relocating to rural China in about a month. As a result, the servers WILL go offline for approximately 1-2 days during the transition. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. In the meantime, you can always access our GitLab repository: https://gitlab.com/Openlyst

Goodbye Gitlab CI.

2026-01-12

We've moved CI from GitLab CI to GitHub Actions because build reliability and build times were better for us there. If GitLab CI improves, we're open to moving back later.

Finar Is Available

2025-12-25

Finar, our multi-platform Jellyfin client, is now on OpenLyst. Platform builds are added as they finish.

We're Moving to openlyst.ink!

2025-12-24

We are currently migrating all our services to our new home at https://openlyst.ink. Update your bookmarks!

RepStore - Alternative App Store Now Available

2025-12-07

Browse and install apps from AltStore-compatible repositories on Android and iOS*.

Docan Is Available

2025-12-07

Docan, our cross-platform AI chat app, is now available.

BaoBao Discontinued - Meet Klit!

2025-12-06

BaoBao is being retired in favor of Klit, our new e621 client.

DouDou v6.0.0 Released

2025-10-29

Doudou music player is now available across all platforms.

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