Release Notes

v9 - Polyglot

August 6, 2026
  • Rebuilt from the inside out. The codebase was rewritten from plain JavaScript into TypeScript, with the domain logic moved into Scala and the heavier work handed to a native Rust module
  • A fourth language... Gleam now compiles alongside everything else, building the beginnings of a proper front-end. None of it is switched on yet - what you're looking at is still the hand-written JavaScript. It's groundwork for later
  • New home. Stigmi now lives on a machine I own, connected through a Cloudflare tunnel rather than exposed directly
  • To make up for all this, the stats page was massively updated to spew out a ton more info. See for yourself
  • Nothing much else. This release is almost entirely internal plumbing - the site looks and behaves the same as it did in v8. Timelines assemble a fair bit quicker, but uploads are tenfold slower, I guess?
(Stigmi might be open-sourced very soon)

v8 - Variables

August 1, 2026
  • Username and password changing. No idea how to explain this one

v7 - Opacity

July 16, 2026
  • Account deactivation. Accounts can now be deactivated, effectively made invisible, but reactivated at any time
  • More backgrounds. Backgrounds are now shown on the login/signup pages & account deactivated/deleted pages. The ability to show a random background everywhere might come soon
  • File size limits. The file size limit has been raised and unified to a single 50 MB limit instead of a ridiculous per-type limit

v6 - Security

July 14, 2026

Various security improvements

v5 - Workshopping

July 12, 2026
  • Landing page backgrounds. There are now 6 random background images, or 5 more, on the logged out welcome page
  • Optimizations. Client side JavaScript is now only loaded when it is needed
  • Other minor backend adjustments.

Stigmi might be getting a full modernized overhaul, I am not entirely sure who actually cares about larping as old Twitter

v4 - Salutations

July 11, 2026
  • Add a birthday to your profile. You can now add a birthday to your profile, year optional (all optional really) and also choose to show your current age.
  • Birthday notifications. Along with that, you can opt to notify your followers that it's your birthday. Still testing it...
  • Spam mitigation. Before this, if you mashed the Stig button very fast, it would create several Stigs. Mitigation for that has been implemented both client-side and server-side.
  • An icon. Stigmi now has an icon, a green dot. Maybe I might make a better one soon...
  • Terms of service. The terms of service have finally been written - please read them, they're pretty long and important.

v3 - Guarding up

July 5, 2026
  • Private your profile. You can now make your profile private, so only your followers can see your Stigs.
  • See favorited Stigs. You can now view all the Stigs a user has favorited. Access to that list can be changed generously: from everyone, to mutuals, to following/followers only, down to only you. By default, it is everyone.
  • Accounts can now get moderated, deleted, and reset. Stigmi mod applications opening soon.
  • Mobile. Stigmi now looks half-normal on mobile devices. Usable, at least.
  • Shrunken file size limits. Is this worth noting? Sorry for being a Discord, but the new file size limits are 2 MB for images and 15 MB for videos. There are two reasons: 1 - nobody uploaded a file anywhere near the new limits. 2 - because I said so. Still higher than Discord for video...
  • Help page. The help page now actually has content!
  • Added more bugs to fix later

v2 - Housewarming

July 2, 2026
  • You can now add media. This can be a video of up to 100 MB, an image of up to 2 MB, or an audio of also 2 MB. Go wild!
  • GIF picker. Along with that, a GIPHY GIF selector was added to the Stig composer.
  • Content warning / spoiler. Furthermore, add a cover for your media. This hides it behind a message of your own - that can be for sensitive content, spoilers, anything!
  • Know what's happening. An extremely crucial notifications page has been added!
  • Extended profile settings. You can now remove your avatar, purge your Stigs, delete your account, or download all of your data.
  • Know what's happened. Profiles now have stats shown, like following/followers and amount of Stigs. You can also see who follows who.

v1 - Hello

June 29, 2026

The first preview of Stigmi goes up, with posting Stigs, a phonebook, and not much else...

v0 - Inception

March 4, 2026

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