Release Notes & Binaries
Changelog & Version Archive
See what's new in every desktop release, verify cryptographic checksums, or download earlier builds.
v2.4.0 Current Stable
Released: October 14, 2026 What's New:
- ✓ Local LLM Batch Meta Generator: Direct integration with Ollama for zero-cost, 100% private title and meta description generation.
- ✓ Chromium 128 Engine Upgrade: Faster JavaScript execution for heavy React and Vue SPAs with 20% lower CPU usage.
- ✓ Core Web Vitals Snapshot: Added local INP, LCP, and CLS estimates to the export table.
Performance Improvements & Fixes:
- • Reduced local SQLite memory footprint by 35% during 100,000+ URL audits.
- • Fixed canonical tag loop false positives when URLs contain trailing query parameters.
- • Improved Windows 11 high-DPI scaling on 4K multi-monitor setups.
v2.3.2 Patch Release
Released: August 28, 2026 • Added visual redirect chain diagram tracing intermediate 301/302 hops.
• Fixed Excel export column formatting for multi-line JSON-LD schema blocks.
• Upgraded SQLite local database encryption for enterprise storage compliance.
v2.2.0 Feature Release
Released: June 15, 2026 • Native compilation for Apple Silicon M3 & M4 chipsets with hardware-accelerated regex parsing.
• Added custom robots.txt override toggle for auditing unlaunched pre-production sites.
• Introduced streaming CSV write pipeline to prevent memory leaks during 500k+ page audits.
Cryptographic Verification & Checksums
To verify that your downloaded binary has not been tampered with, run the corresponding command in your system shell:
Windows (PowerShell): CheapCrawler-Setup-2.4.0-x64.exe
Get-FileHash .\CheapCrawler-Setup-2.4.0-x64.exe -Algorithm SHA256
Expected: 8f4e2b9c71d04e3a9182c4b5d6e7f8091a2b3c4d5e6f708192a3b4c53a19d701
macOS / Linux (Terminal): CheapCrawler-2.4.0-arm64.dmg
shasum -a 256 CheapCrawler-2.4.0-arm64.dmg
Expected: 4c91a0e852f19b2d63748596a1b2c3d4e5f60718293a4b5c6d7e8f907e82c104