Aktar changelog

Aktar 0.4.1: Default destination fix

Mon, 28 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT

A small update with one fix people ran into right after 0.4.0. If you're on 0.3.0 or later, Aktar offers it automatically.

Fixed: Set as Default in Settings → Destinations now shows the new default right away. Uploads already went to the right place, but Settings kept showing the old default. Settings saved with this mismatch are repaired on launch.
Improved: Changing the default destination no longer sends the Library's bucket browser back to the top of the bucket.
Improved: What's New in Settings → About opens this changelog, in your language.

Aktar 0.4.0: Browse your buckets

Mon, 28 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT

Until now, Aktar only knew about the files it uploaded itself. Aktar 0.4.0 opens up the whole bucket: every folder and every file, whoever put it there, right in the Library window.

New: Bucket browser in the Library: every folder and file in each destination's bucket, including files not uploaded with Aktar.
New: Search the whole bucket, or just the open folder and everything below it.
New: Temporary links valid for 1 hour, 1 day or 7 days, which also work for private buckets.
New: Upload into any folder, create folders, rename, move and delete files from the Library.
New: Opt-in local API for the Aktar Raycast extension (Settings → Integrations), limited to 127.0.0.1 and protected by a token kept in the Keychain.
New: aktar://library, aktar://settings and aktar://upload-clipboard links. Uploading the clipboard only works while Aktar is already running.
Fixed: Retrying a failed upload, or uploads queued for different destinations at once, go to the destination they were started for.
Fixed: A new upload's row in the Library no longer shows up clipped to half its height.
Fixed: Thumbnails keep the image's shape and orientation instead of being squashed into a square, and are sharper on Retina displays.

Aktar 0.3.0: Aktar speaks your language

Sun, 27 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT

Aktar 0.3.0 speaks the same eight languages as this website, keeps itself up to date, and finally has an icon that looks at home in the Dock.

New: Available in Turkish, German, French, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Japanese and Simplified Chinese.
New: Pick the app's language in Settings → General → Language, independent of your Mac's language.
New: Automatic updates: check for, download and install new versions from Settings → General → Updates.
New: About tab in Settings with the version and links to the website, source code, changelog and developer.
Fixed: The app icon follows the macOS icon shape instead of appearing as a black square inside a grey plate.

Aktar 0.2.0: Upload from anywhere

Sun, 27 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT

Press ⌃⇧⌘U in any app and whatever is on your clipboard, a screenshot or a file copied in Finder, is uploaded and its link is ready to paste. No need to open the menu bar panel first.

New: Global keyboard shortcut, ⌃⇧⌘U by default, that uploads the clipboard from any app without opening the panel.
New: Record your own shortcut or clear it in Settings → General.

Aktar 0.1.0: Hello, Aktar

Sat, 26 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT

The first public release. Aktar lives in your menu bar and uploads files to storage you already own, Amazon S3, Cloudflare R2, Backblaze B2, DigitalOcean Spaces, MinIO or any S3-compatible service, then puts the link on your clipboard. No account, no servers in between.

New: Upload from the menu bar by dragging files onto the panel, pasting with ⌘V or picking files.
New: Bring your own S3-compatible storage, with presets for Amazon S3, Cloudflare R2, Backblaze B2, DigitalOcean Spaces and MinIO.
New: Several destinations, switchable per upload.
New: Searchable upload history with thumbnails and previews for images, PDFs, text and Markdown.
New: Copy the link as a URL, Markdown, HTML or your own template.
New: Delete remote files right from the history.
New: Launch at login.