Plover: all versions and old releases

# Plover v5.4.2

## ⚠️ Important Notice

Version 5 updates the graphical interface library from PyQt5 to PySide6, which means graphical plugins need to be migrated.
Please check the [Unsupported Plugins List](https://github.com/openstenoproject/plover_plugins_registry/blob/master/unsupported.json) before installing this version.

## Installation

To install Plover, please follow the [Installation Guide](https://plover.wiki/index.php/Installation_Guide) on our wiki.

## Changelog

### Features

No significant changes.

### Bugfixes

#### macOS

• Fix crash when clicking the menu bar icon on macOS 27. (#1874)

### API

No significant changes.

## Release History

For a detailed list of changes in this and all previous versions, see [NEWS.md](https://github.com/openstenoproject/plover/blob/v5.4.2/NEWS.md).

# Plover v5.4.1

## ⚠️ Important Notice

Version 5 updates the graphical interface library from PyQt5 to PySide6, which means graphical plugins need to be migrated.
Please check the [Unsupported Plugins List](https://github.com/openstenoproject/plover_plugins_registry/blob/master/unsupported.json) before installing this version.

## Installation

To install Plover, please follow the [Installation Guide](https://plover.wiki/index.php/Installation_Guide) on our wiki.

## Changelog

### Features

No significant changes.

### Bugfixes

#### Core

• Fix RTF dictionary export failing on characters outside code page 1252; they are now escaped with the RTF `\uN` control word. (#1705)
• Treat unbound keys as no-op. (#1850)

#### User Interface

• Fix `_pythonToCppCopy：Cannot copy-convert <set> to C++` warnings on startup. (#1854)
• Fix the Traditional Chinese translation never loading on case-sensitive filesystems. (#1859)
• Fix a crash when showing an error dialog during a failed startup. (#1863)

### API

No significant changes.

## Release History

For a detailed list of changes in this and all previous versions, see [NEWS.md](https://github.com/openstenoproject/plover/blob/v5.4.1/NEWS.md).

Plover 4.0.2
Plover is going through a huge overhaul to make for a better experience for our users, and developers, too.
> Warning: Version 4 is a major change and the configuration file it creates is not compatible with Plover 3 or earlier. Please backup your plover.cfg
Installation Guide
Read the Installation Guide to see which file you need to download.
v4.0.2 (2025-06-05)
Features
No significant changes.
Bugfixes
Linux
- When inputting Unicode with uinput the code now uses space to finalize the Unicode character instead of enter. (#1731)
API
No significant changes.

Plover 4.0.1
Plover is going through a huge overhaul to make for a better experience for our users, and developers, too.
> Warning: Version 4 is a major change and the configuration file it creates is not compatible with Plover 3 or earlier. Please backup your plover.cfg
Installation Guide
Read the Installation Guide to see which file you need to download.
v4.0.1 (2025-04-22)
Features
No significant changes.
Bugfixes
Linux
- Downgrade CI for building Linux AppImage to Ubuntu 22.04 to build against GLIBC 2.35. (#1717)
API
No significant changes.

Plover 4.0.0
Plover is going through a huge overhaul to make for a better experience for our users, and developers, too.
> Warning: Version 4 is a major change and the configuration file it creates is not compatible with Plover 3 or earlier. Please backup your plover.cfg
Installation Guide
Read the Installation Guide to see which file you need to download.
v4.0.0 (2025-02-18)
Features
- Same as v4.0.0rc5
- See NEWS.md for the features included in the v4.0.0.dev and v4.0.0rc versions.