Changelog

The big one: PolarHQ is now a real office suite. Sheets, Docs, and Slides ship as full-screen, Google-parity editors, with genuine Microsoft and Google file interop.

Added

• Full-screen editors for Sheets, Docs, and Slides — each opens in its own tab with a menu bar, toolbar, and (for Sheets) a formula bar.
• Office import — open .xlsx, .docx, and .pptx files directly.
• Office export — save documents back out to the Microsoft formats.
• Open Office files from Drive — double-click an .xls/.docx/.pptx in the file browser and the right editor launches.
• Correct file-type icons per document type across Drive.

Improved

• Rebuilt the spreadsheet grid on Glide Data Grid (canvas) — smooth scrolling, real resize, right-click menus, copy/paste, and a correct fill handle.
• Spreadsheets default to 1,000 rows with a button to add more, matching Google Sheets.
• Migrated all maps to mapcn for consistent, reliable rendering.
• Rebuilt the marketing site to match the app's dark theme.

Fixed

• Undo/redo in Sheets after the grid rebuild.
• Column dropdowns no longer scroll the sheet to the bottom.
• Spreadsheet text selection no longer triggers on drag-fill.

A focused round of fixes for the new iOS client, mostly about making the library complete and the timeline correct.

Fixed

• Paginate the full photo library — earlier builds capped at a single page.
• Sort photos by parsed capture date across mixed-precision timestamps, so mobile matches the web.
• Persist login and E2E keys reliably in the Keychain (with a UserDefaults fallback).
• Send the Origin header so better-auth accepts native sign-in.
• Surface the real sign-in error (status, URL, and server message) instead of a generic failure.

Improved

• Refresh upload thumbnails immediately after capture.
• Broadcast photos.asset.changed on upload so other clients update live.

PolarHQ goes mobile. A native SwiftUI client for iOS 26, built on a libsodium core that matches the web's encryption byte-for-byte.

Added

• Native iOS client (SwiftUI) — server setup, bearer auth, and an app-launcher home screen.
• OrbitCrypto — a Swift libsodium module with JS parity test vectors; E2E unlock and decrypted Photos thumbnails on-device.
• Immersive Photos library — Liquid Glass chrome, pinch-to-zoom across Years / Months / All, and an Apple-style photo viewer with filmstrip and action bar.
• Drive on iOS — Files-app-style folder browsing with decrypted names and types, plus rename / delete / new folder.
• Device & session management — see and revoke every signed-in client.
• Live sync — Photos and Drive changes broadcast across web and mobile in real time.

Improved

• Bearer-token auth enabled for native clients.
• OrbitCrypto compiles cleanly under Swift 6 strict concurrency.

Photos grows up: non-destructive editing and Immich-style stacks.

Added

• In-depth photo editor with non-destructive before/after stacking — your original is never overwritten.
• Photo stacks (collections) — group related shots behind a single cover with a count.
• Copy image to clipboard straight from the lightbox.
• Remember the lightbox details-panel preference between sessions.

Improved

• Continuous-flow layout so sparse days share a row instead of each taking a lonely line.
• HEIC + Apple Live Photo upload support.
• Client-side EXIF metadata with a location map in the details panel.

Fixed

• Use the correct nucleo duplicate icon for the lightbox copy action.
• Center day labels and harden map sizing.

Dozens of small fixes that make the Photos grid feel solid.

Added

• Selection keybinds with on-screen keyboard hints in the quick-actions bar.
• NumberFlow selection count that animates as you select.
• Videos play on hover in the grid.

Fixed

• Stop runaway scroll and stabilise pagination.
• Virtualization range now updates on scroll — no more grid gaps.
• Drag-select works from the empty grid margins (right and below).
• Inset selection ring with a white check, no focus-ring overlap.
• Square-grid corner rounding and continuous-flow row math.

The first public alpha. The foundation of the whole suite: an encrypted library with Photos and Drive on top.

Added

• End-to-end encryption — a Proton-style single-password model with libsodium; the server only ever stores ciphertext.
• Photos — a virtualized, continuous-flow library with encrypted thumbnails.
• Drive — folders, uploads, versioning, and trash, with encrypted filenames and bytes.
• Drive ↔ Photos shared storage — one stored object, two apps, zero duplication.
• Admin console — users, apps, per-user limits, groups, roles, branding, and an audit log.

Notes

• This is alpha software under active development. Keep your recovery code somewhere safe — without your password, encrypted data cannot be recovered.