Latest Windows release
v0.6.53 — 2026-11-06
Changes
- Include messenger chat language profiles in settings synchronization: Telegram Desktop, Telegram Web K in Chrome, Teams and saved inactive Viber profiles. Manual export/import continues to include them. Viber recognition remains disabled.
- Merge profiles by application and chat name. Independent chat changes merge; conflicting language lists and deletion versus editing of the same chat use the existing per-setting conflict choices. Preserve each profile's language order and propagate deletions.
- Preserve saved profile IDs when a layout is missing on a PC; switching skips unavailable layouts and falls back to the global cycle if none remain. Keep this PC's layouts keeps the global layout cycle and shortcuts local while chat profiles still synchronize.
- Preserve local chat profiles when downloading older shared settings that do not contain the chat field. An explicit empty chat map from the new version removes profiles. Update every synchronizing PC before sharing the new format.
- Retain the Arc (U) screenshot tool from v0.6.52.
Validation
Passed 126 sync checks (18 new checks for chat profiles), 674 chat-profile checks, 568 input checks, 332 native checks, dictionary equivalence (140,939 words), wheel, StayHere, Utilities, screenshot UI/save/registration, 54 updater checks and updater progress checks. Chat sync checks cover upload/download, older-profile migration, independent merges, persisted conflict resolution, deletion, Unicode names, layout order, missing layouts, partial synchronization and malformed data rejection. Published assets, versions, checksums, update selection and bilingual Wiki pages are verified during publication.
Upgrade and compatibility
Choose Update in the tray menu. Legacy v0.3.0–v0.4.1 clients first receive the v0.4.2 compatibility bridge, then the current full release. v0.2.3 and earlier require manual installation.
For manual installation, exit KSwitcher, close its configurator and screenshot editors, and extract the entire ZIP into its installation folder. Keep personal data/, customized dictionaries and your own tools. Keep the three KSwitcher executables together; StayHere runs independently.
Update every synchronizing PC to v0.6.51 or newer before sharing application-specific snippets. Older versions do not understand application restrictions and may treat scoped snippets as global. Keep a backup before downgrading. Settings with Telegram Web profiles require v0.6.51 or newer. Chat profiles now synchronize from v0.6.53. Update every synchronizing PC to v0.6.53 or newer before syncing: older clients reject the chat-profile field. Synchronization stores application names, visible chat names and language IDs on your configured OpenBao server. No message contents are included.
Download KSwitcher-win-x64.zip with SHA256SUMS.txt. The package contains no personal settings, credentials or clipboard history.
Publish stable release-vX.Y.Z tags matching the executable version. Keep v0.4.2 as the last legacy tag.