Kiwix JS v4.3.0 Released on 2025-11-12

FEATURE: Complete overhaul of dark/light theme system with auto-detection of ZIM colour scheme and auto switching
FEATURE: Added a dark/light/auto theme button in the toolbar for quickly switching between colour schemes
FEATURE: Added intelligent theme switching for new ZIMs with built-in native Wikimedia dark theme
FEATURE: Added intelligent colour scheme detection and theme support for most Zimit ZIMs (experimental)
FEATURE: New directory refresh button for browsers that have File System Access API
FEATURE: Popovers now work when experimental libzim back end is enabled (in Configuration)
UPDATE: Major overhall of file/directory picking, loading and launching in all supported APIs
UPDATE: Popover colours now adapt intelligently to auto-switching of ZIM themes (Wikimedia ZIMs only)
UPDATE: Icons and branding of app
UPDATE: Make the search bar thinner so it occupies less screen real estate
UPDATE: Added Expert Setting in Configuration to opt out of content theme manipulation (for troubleshooting and testing)
FIX: Most inverted images and videos in Zimit ZIMs with applied dark theme
FIX: Populate list of archives when selecting multiple archives via File API
FIX: Relaunching of same archive in archive list combo box
FIX: Enter key can now be used to select first entry in search results
FIX: Gesture detection for sliding away toolbars on short pages
FIX: Noscript is now properly handled in Restricted mode
FIX: Update testing framework and fix several reliability issues in test script
FIX: Follow redirects correctly when using libzim to load articles and resources
FIX: Selection of correct iframe and setting tracking variables in libzim message channel
FIX: Erratic sliding toolbars when loading Zimit archives in libzim mode
DEV: Improve build script
DEV: Updates to tmp and form-data
DEV: Bump Vite to v6.4.1