Rinne
Rinne

v0.9.7

Public Release (Early Access)

Overview

Early Access update for Windows and Linux focused on local CLI activity history, improved desktop theme handling, clearer selection states, and bug fixes across CLI and desktop workflows.

Rinne remains local-first, with snapshots, save, diff, restore, extract, validate, notes, Spaces, autosave, autonote, fuse, repair, activity history, and maintenance tools.

Changes in v0.9.7

  • Added activity logging through rinne activity for reviewing and managing CLI command execution history.
  • Added the desktop Activity window for viewing activity status, entries, details, verification, pruning, clearing, and recording settings.
  • Added System, Dark, and Light theme selection.
  • Improved desktop theme colors, selection visibility, and consistency across windows and controls.
  • Fixed bugs found during CLI, GUI, activity logging, theme switching, and window-behavior testing.
Activity default

Activity recording is disabled by default. Enable it from the Activity window or by editing .rinne/activity/settings.json when command history is needed.

Core technology

  • Content-addressable storage (CAS): repeated content is reused instead of stored again.
  • Content-defined chunking: variable-size chunks help deduplication stay effective even when content shifts after edits.
  • Repair data: optional repair shards add recovery tolerance for some normal CAS object damage. This is not a substitute for an external backup.
  • BLAKE3-based hashing: fast hashing is used by core storage and the Activity hash chain.
  • Zstandard compression: stored chunks are compressed, with adjustable levels for speed or storage efficiency.
  • Tunable parallelism: worker parallelism can be adjusted for your machine and workload.

Details

  • Version: v0.9.7
  • Compatibility: As this is Early Access, internal formats and CLI output may change until v1.x.
  • Requirements: Windows 11 (x64) for Windows builds. Linux x64 packages are experimental and currently target Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and later.
  • Distribution: Windows x64 is Early Access. Linux x64 is also Early Access and remains Free.

Things to know

Windows and Linux builds are still Early Access. Linux Free packages are experimental and currently limited to Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and later.

Activity is a local, lightweight command history. It is not an external audit system, and its database should still be protected with normal workspace backups.

Repair data improves tolerance against some normal CAS object damage, but it does not replace backups. Keep normal backups for important work.

On some NAS/filesystems, mtime precision may be rounded, which can reduce save cache effectiveness.
If needed, consider save --full.

Details are in the sidebar.