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All notable changes to this project will be documented on this page, separated by product name.

TipLink

1.9.018/03/2026

  • Actions - New Delay Action.
  • Actions - New Random Number Action.
  • Actions - Fixed using placeholders with number global variables.
  • Security - Handling for new terms + privacy policy flow.
  • Security - Support for terms + privacy policy updates in-app.
  • Security - General API support updates + background license validation changes.

1.8.317/03/2026

  • Platforms (Joystick.TV) - Improvements to defend against platform-level socket disconnect affecting event subscriptions.
  • Stream Overlay - Improvements to prevent caching overlays within OBS + graceful reconnection from cold start.
  • General - Updated cleanup for background on close to prevent orphaned processes.
  • Alerts - Actions are now included in the placeholder selection menu.
  • Integrations (Pishock + OpenShock) - Onboarding flow updated to include device testing step + vendor warning.
  • Integrations (Pishock + OpenShock) - Device test option provided in the platform account settings modal.

1.8.116/03/2026

  • Platforms (Chaturbate) - Fixed handling for alert conditions preventing set-up.
  • General - Added missing event types & fixed incorrect references to placeholder selection menu.

1.8.216/03/2026

  • Platforms (Twitch EventSub) - Fix for re-auth flow not triggering.
  • Platforms (Twitch EventSub) - Graceful handling for failed topic subscriptions.
  • Platforms (Twitch EventSub) - Clear messaging for partial topic subscription failures.

1.8.013/03/2026

  • TipLink Goals - When a goal reaches at least 100%, a completion event is triggered.
  • TipLink Goals - Added Exceed and Loop modes for goal completion behaviour.
  • Actions - New: Write to Text File.
  • Platforms (Twitch) - Hype Train Progression Events.
  • Dynamic placeholders can use mathematical equations with number values.
  • Test tool to generate fake events using custom data.
  • Platforms - New: Chaturbate (Beta) integration.
  • Actions (Stream Overlay) - Option to randomize option order.
  • Platforms (Joystick.TV) - Graceful unexpected disconnect management.
  • Platforms (Twitch) - Hype Train Events use V2 API.

1.7.610/03/2026

  • Platforms (Throne) - Added support for using edge case Twitch uuid's.
  • Actions - Fix placeholder context for goal updates.

1.7.508/03/2026

  • Platforms (Joystick.TV) - Chat message evaluation.
  • Actions (Stream Overlay) - Random spinner action processing for edge case failures.
  • Alerts - Goal values can be used as triggers for Alerts.

1.7.427/02/2026

  • Platforms (PiShock) - Fixed event processing for Beep actions.

1.7.326/02/2026

  • Stream Overlay - Add oEmbed support for gifs in chat overlay.
  • Stream Overlay - Chat widget has "generic" mode turning all chat badges to twitch badges (fallback to generic SVG image).
  • Stream Overlay - Added Random Spinner widget.
  • Stream Overlay - Added Random Spinner Menu widget.
  • Stream Overlay - Added Tip Menu Widget with Live Reactivity.
  • Stream Overlay - Chat widget will respond appropriately to deleted messages or cleared chats for supported platforms.
  • Stream Overlay - Canvas size and title is now managed within the editor interface.
  • Stream Overlay - Widgets are highlighted when selected in the editor interface.
  • Stream Overlay - New sidebar in editor interface to manage widgets, with controls to move forward/back on z-index, duplicate, configure, and delete compatible widgets.
  • Actions (OBS Studio) - Optionally ensure OBS is on a specific scene before switching.
  • Actions - New actions for countdown clocks, showing/ hiding overlay widgets.
  • General - Event processing queue can be paused temporarily via the settings page.
  • General - Chat message storage limits are now handled separately.
  • General - Events pending evaluation or being processed are excluded from memory clean-up.

1.7.214/02/2026

  • Platforms (Joystick.TV) - Added support for Chat Message events.
  • Platforms (Joystick.TV) - All events can be optionally excluded.

1.7.112/02/2026

  • Platforms (Fansly) - Support follower notifications.
  • Activity - Show a notification when an event fails to process, clicking the notification takes you to the Event Details modal.
  • Actions (PiShock) - Added toggle to revert back to the Legacy API for devices which aren't upgraded to V3 yet, or are unable to do so.
  • General - Periodically check for updates while the software is open in addition to existing startup checks.
  • General - When new versions are available, a prompt will appear in the app title bar.
  • General - "About" page redesigned, including a "Check for updates" button.

1.7.010/02/2026

  • Platforms - Added OBS Studio integration via WebSocket, including events and actions.
  • Platforms - Added TikTok Live integration (beta).
  • Platforms - Added YouTube Live integration (beta).
  • Features - Added Global Variables. Supports boolean, number, and text data types. Can persist across restarts or reset on launch. Usable as dynamic placeholders.
  • Features - Added Goals. Goals can be paused or set to expire at a specific date. Includes a dedicated stream overlay widget and dynamic placeholder support.
  • Features - Added Custom Widgets for stream overlays. Construct widgets from HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and variable mappings. Supports import/export of widget content.
  • Features - Added Dynamic Placeholders context menu. Appears as a "+" button on supported text inputs. Browse all available placeholders by platform event and category.
  • Actions - Added Keyboard Combinations action. Simulate key presses in response to events.
  • Actions - Added Trigger Sound action.
  • Actions - Added Global Variable actions to set, update, and manipulate variables in response to events.
  • Actions - Added Goal actions to increment goal progress in response to events.
  • Actions - Added OBS Studio actions.
  • Stream Overlay - Added default Text widget. Supports Google Fonts, text colour, stroke, background, opacity, animations, and file monitoring for live changes.
  • Stream Overlay - Added default Image widget. Supports local image and GIF files with fit, opacity, and border radius options.
  • Stream Overlay - Added default Video widget. Supports local video files with mute, loop, autoplay, and volume controls.
  • Stream Overlay - Added default Browser widget. Embed any URL source with sandbox security, cache-bust refresh, and auto-refresh interval.
  • Stream Overlay - Added Chat widget with customizable style, display options, message expiry time, and support for duplicate instances per canvas.
  • Stream Overlay - Added Goal Bar widget with customizable bar width, colours, font size, and display options.
  • Stream Overlay - Custom widgets can now be placed directly on overlay canvases.
  • Stream Overlay - Persistent widgets now receive live event data, enabling widgets like leaderboards.
  • Stream Overlay - Editor now includes a dropdown menu for adding new widgets.
  • Stream Overlay - Widgets now display an HTML preview to illustrate their type.
  • Combined Chat - Added support for 7TV, FFZ, and BTTV emotes.
  • Combined Chat - Added filtering by platform and specific connected account.
  • Combined Chat - Added support for Fansly embedded message GIFs.
  • Combined Chat - Added chat styling options: padding, text scale, background colour, alternating row colours, and accent line colours.
  • Combined Chat - Added time format toggle (12h / 24h).
  • Combined Chat - Added toggles for embeds, links, individual emote providers, platform icons, and chat badges.
  • Combined Chat - Added platform-specific chat badge icons for Twitch, Kick, and Fansly.
  • Combined Chat - Added custom highlighting for messages by platform and by chat badge role.
  • Activity Feed - Added event type filtering, display settings, colour customization, compact mode, and platform highlighting.
  • Platforms (Joystick.tv) - Chat message action now includes a channel selector for connected channels.
  • Platforms (Fansly) - Profile image now refreshes on each connection to prevent stale avatar URLs.
  • Platforms (Kick) - Fixed emotes not rendering in combined chat and overlay chat widget.
  • Platforms (Twitch) - Fixed native emotes using incorrect CDN domain in combined chat popout.

1.6.004/02/2026

  • Actions (PiShock) - API implementation updated to use ps.pishock.com after recent deprecation announcement for do.pishock.com.

1.5.1301/02/2026

  • Platforms (Twitch - Your Channel) - Migrated to new connection library.

1.5.1231/01/2026

  • Alerts - Multiple actions with the same type in advanced mode respect account selections from other modals.
  • Security - Stability improvements for handling encrypted license keys after licensing API migration.
  • Security - Patreon login popup window closure is gracefully handled during license activation.

1.5.1026/01/2026

  • Platforms (Kick) - Added support for Channel Points Redemptions.
  • Platforms (Kick) - Founders are now entitled to conditions requiring subscribers.
  • Platforms (Kick) - Broadcasters are now entitled to conditions requiring subscriber, founder, vip, and og badges.
  • Events - Backend improvements to conditions requiring no maximum for integer comparisons.

1.5.916/01/2026

  • Platforms - Added support for Throne (beta) integration.
  • Platforms - Added support for BuyMeACoffee (beta) integration.
  • Platforms - Removed "Connect to" text from platform connection buttons.
  • Alerts - Text evaluation now correctly respects case sensitivity when enabled.

1.5.814/01/2026

  • General - Backend infrastructure updates for stability & performance.
  • Platforms (Twitch IRC) - Fixed missing value index for Cheer (bits) events.
  • Platforms (Kofi Beta) - Amount is also saved as value for proper event handling.
  • Platforms (Kofi Beta) - Reinforced connection methods to prevent unexpected failures.
  • Platforms (Kofi Beta) - Alert pattern string can be changed from configuration modal.
  • Platforms (PiShock) - Updated error messaging when a URL is provided for share code & API key fields.

1.5.509/01/2026

  • General - Improved some page speed load times.
  • General - Rate limits are now persistent between software restarts (stored in memory).
  • General - Copyright notice year corrected.
  • Activity - Event row entries are more compact.
  • Activity - Event rows include username on applicable events.
  • Activity - Recent events feed on home page respects chat message visibility.
  • Activity - Fixed pagination breaking in edge cases while switching chat message visibility.
  • Activity - An easy to understand summary is now shown for each event while inspecting details.
  • Alerts - Fix edge case where ignored/disabled tags didn't update in the editor.
  • Alerts - Implement new action: "Trigger Alert".
  • Alerts - Implement new platform type to only trigger manually or by other alerts.
  • Actions - Chat message actions can send a random chat message from a preset list with variable chance weights.
  • Actions - Individual actions can be set a "chance" percentage to trigger.
  • Actions - Individual rate limits for specific actions without affecting an entire alert.
  • Actions (OpenShock) - Implement random device selection.
  • Platforms (Fansly) - Fix for whitelist checks being validated when not enabled.
  • Platforms (Fansly) - Fix for subscriber tier checks being validated when not enabled.

1.5.407/01/2026

  • Actions (Joystick.TV) - Implemented Chat Message Action.
  • Actions (Twitch) - Implemented Chat Message Action.
  • Platforms (Fansly) - Added moderator condition for chat message event triggers.
  • Platforms (Twitch) - When connected accounts lack specific required scopes, re-authorization will be automatically prompted.
  • Security - General changes to system logging for sessions.
  • Alerts (Fansly) - Fixed edge case issue affecting subscription tier checks.
  • Alerts (VRChat Parameters) - Fixed width of configuration pane.
  • Alerts - Added username whitelist & blacklist conditions for events.
  • Alerts - Rate limit countdown can be accessed via variables (e.g. {{ rate_limit.cooldown_time }}).
  • Alerts - When conditions are met but an alert is rate-limited, actions can be configured to trigger.

1.5.301/01/2026

  • General - Change wording in auto-updater prompt.
  • Actions (VRChat OSC) - Fix edge case processing issue.
  • Actions (VRChat OSC) - Fix issue affecting parameter type detection for value inputs.
  • Actions (Fansly Chat Message) - Fixed edge case preventing usage from legacy content.
  • Actions - Display proper title when migrating actions from standard to advanced mode.
  • Actions - Resolve conflict between standard mode and advanced mode modals.

1.5.131/12/2025

  • Actions (OSC) - Removed receiving OSC port for VRChat actions to prevent port conflicts.
  • Actions (OSC) - Updated OSC handler.
  • Actions (OSC) - New Action: Custom OSC Message.
  • Actions (HTTP Request) - New Action: Custom HTTP Request.
  • Platforms (Webhooks) - Implement custom webhook server & handling for event ingress.
  • Events - Support receiving events via custom webhooks.
  • Events - Fixed filter for chat messages not functioning in edge cases.
  • Alerts - Fixed edge case where dynamic data dropdowns would remain empty for a prolonged period.
  • General - Performance & maintenance improvements.

1.5.231/12/2025

  • General - Updated validation for accounts when importing/exporting backups.
  • Alerts - Resolved edge case issue affecting dynamic data dropdowns.

1.5.027/12/2025

  • Alerts - Ignored event types are visible when setting up
  • Alerts - Implemented Advanced Mode.
  • Alerts - Actions can be triggered in sequence or all at once.
  • Alerts - Duplicate actions can exist within the same alert(s).
  • Alerts - Default alert type is now "advanced" - toggle in configuration page.
  • Alerts - Wider form content is better scaled to fit the available space.
  • Events - A warning is displayed when chat messages are hidden from view.
  • Events - Preference for visible/hidden chat messages is persistent.
  • Security - Exported content can be password encrypted.
  • Security - Application encryption is validated more reliably on launch.
  • Security - When rate limited in edge cases, the software will show a dedicated page with instructions.
  • Platforms - Better messaging when validation issues occur during configuration.
  • General - Homepage layout updated.
  • General - Toast notifications are styled to dark mode.
  • General - Styling improvements for modal windows.
  • General - Prevent typing focus loss in edge cases.
  • General - Performance improvements.
  • General - More appealing loading state for pages with lots of dynamic data.

1.4.118/12/2025

  • General improvements to license validation during software updates.
  • System - All processes close gracefully.
  • System - Modal windows scroll with the application.
  • System - Loading splash screen now reflects more intuitive status messages.
  • Alert Sets - Filtering and display of alert sets in the Alerts list.
  • Alert Sets - Edge case affecting typing new set names.
  • Alerts - All alert sets are now properly displayed and can be filtered.
  • Alerts - Resolved edge case where typing was not properly recognized.
  • Alerts - List of alerts is now displayed in a more compact layout.

1.4.015/12/2025

  • Alerts - Drag-and-drop support for changing priority of alerts.
  • Actions (PiShock & OpenShock) - Optionally repeat shock actions to your desired number of loops with a custom delay between each.
  • Platforms - Improvements to platform configuration modal to catch edge cases.
  • Actions (PiShock & OpenShock) - Typing support for dynamic intensity & duration.
  • Actions (PiShock & OpenShock) - Dynamic intensity & duration enforces min/max value when plotting new points.

1.3.2126/11/2025

  • Actions (VRChat OSC) - Support multiple states per parameter with custom delays (including delays from PiShock/OpenShock action durations).
  • Actions (VRChat OSC) - Dropdown for avatar parameters now supports searching.
  • Actions - Dropdowns loading dynamic options correctly handle empty sets.
  • Actions - Dropdown menu options gracefully close when unfocused.

1.3.326/11/2025

  • Actions (Stream Overlay) - Support for `column-reverse` and `row-reverse` when formatting text with media.
  • Actions (Stream Overlay) - More robust handling to prevent websocket disconnects.
  • Actions (Stream Overlay) - Enforce hiding media controls.
  • Actions (Stream Overlay) - Enforce resizing media to alert widget size.
  • Actions (Stream Overlay) - Reinforce media audio playback in OBS.

1.3.125/11/2025

  • Platforms (Fansly) - Number precision issue affecting subscription tier conditions.
  • General improvements for quality assurance & maintenance.

1.3.024/11/2025

  • Alerts - General and User-specific Rate Limiting is now available per Alert. Configure custom behaviour when an event is rate-limited!
  • Platforms (Fansly) - Loading custom subscription tiers for conditional logic.
  • Platforms (Fansly) - Incorrectly reported action failures when sending chat messages.
  • General improvements for quality assurance & maintenance.

1.2.123/11/2025

  • Platforms (Twitch EventSub & IRC) - Improve handling for expired authentication tokens.
  • General improvements for quality assurance & maintenance.

1.2.021/11/2025

  • Alerts - Performance improvements for alert edit page.
  • Alerts - Dynamic lists now load properly during broad page state updates.
  • Alerts - Google Fonts show their own styling in selection list.
  • Actions (Stream Overlay) - Resolved issue with custom media alert duration.
  • Actions (Stream Overlay) - Resolved issue with rendering Google Fonts.
  • Actions (Stream Overlay) - Improved OBS silent error handling.
  • Actions (Stream Overlay) - Overlay port conflicts now fallback to other ports.
  • Actions (Stream Overlay) - Stream Overlay server errors are now more informative.
  • Settings - Status panel for Stream Overlay server & connections.

1.1.020/11/2025

  • Actions (PiShock & OpenShock) - Fixed display of duration in Alerts page
  • Actions (Stream Overlay) - Fixed a configurable option disappearing unexpectedly during set-up.
  • Platforms (Ko-Fi Beta) - Updated error messaging when set-up fails.
  • Alerts - The Alerts page can now be filtered using Alert Sets.

1.0.911/11/2025

  • Kick (Beta) - Updated connection set-up to support new platform security updates.

1.0.828/10/2025

  • Actions (Twitch) - Support for messages in Cheer (bits) events.
  • Actions (Twitch) - Support for messages in Channel Point Reward Redemption events.
  • Alerts - Alerts can be quickly duplicated.
  • Alert Sets - Arrange alerts into sets that can be mass enabled or disabled.
  • Added failover licensing server pathing.
  • Added warning when licensing server is unreachable.
  • Forms - Enforce placeholder syntax in form fields.

1.0.724/09/2025

  • Actions (Discord) - Fixed webhook requests containing invalid metadata.

1.0.623/09/2025

  • Actions (PiShock) - Randomly operate devices from your list of selected shockers, with minimum/ maximum options.
  • Events - Added support for manually testing with a custom event value/ donation amount and username.

1.0.522/09/2025

  • Platforms - Support for Twitch Charity Campaign Donation events.

1.0.408/09/2025

  • Platforms - Updated PiShock handling to support undocumented change to API success responses.

1.0.304/09/2025

  • Platforms - PiShock actions can be configured to delay after a shock/ vibrate is processed, to help self-resolve slow API responses from the provider.

1.0.206/08/2025

  • Platforms - Improved debugging for Twitch EventSub connections.

1.0.104/08/2025

  • Overlays - changes to enforce transpant background in OBS for some users.

1.0.030/07/2025

  • Kick integration support.
  • Ko-fi integration support.
  • Joystick.TV integration support.
  • Twitch IRC integration support (listen for events from other channels you don't own).
  • Twitch EventSub Integration Overhaul.
  • Fansly Integration Overhaul.
  • StreamElements Integration Overhaul.
  • Streamlabs Integration Overhaul.
  • OpenShock Integration Overhaul.
  • PiShock Integration Overhaul.
  • Licensing - Subscription billing available via Patreon (including 7-day free trial).
  • Licensing - Gumroad, Jinxxy, and Payhip stores offer full licenses (no recurring charge).
  • EULA & Privacy Policy Updated.
  • Platforms - Accounts can auto-connect when the software starts - optional.
  • Platforms - Multiple accounts from the same platform can be used at once.
  • Platforms - Exclude specific events from being recorded - optional (chat messages are excluded by default).
  • Platforms - PiShock & OpenShock automatically import devices from your account.
  • Actions - Button to manually test all actions in a given Alert.
  • Actions - New System Process Killer (close a program on your computer when the alert triggers).
  • Actions - Overhauled VRChat Avatar Parameter Integration - Pick from a list of cached avatars and available parameters.
  • Actions - Fansly Chat Messages can be sent by different accounts, and can be set to 'Private' mode.
  • Actions - Can include information from other simultaneous actions (e.g. PiShock intensity % in a stream chat message)
  • Overlays - Added text controls including Google Fonts support, weight, size, position, and alignment.
  • Overlays - Added formatting tools to change the layout and position of text and media.
  • Overlays - Added animation options for alerts (start/end animations are separate choices).
  • Overlays - Produce multiple canvases, each with customized size and widget options.
  • Overlays - New widget drag/drop editor for resizing widgets in your canvas.
  • Overlays - New connection indicator messages with helpful instructions.
  • Application - Memory management tools.
  • Application - Custom VRChat Settings.
  • Application - Custom OSC Settings Port/ Address Settings (separate from VRChat).
  • Application - Custom Stream Overlay Port Settings.
  • Documentation overhauled for the release of TipLink.
  • Complete interface overhaul for TipLink.
  • Complete backend overhaul for TipLink.
  • Alerts - Individual alerts can be exported, instead of all.
  • Actions - PiShock/ OpenShock Dynamic Intensity & Duration has a graph view for easier management.
  • Platforms - Accounts are tested when connected to make sure they work.
  • Overlays - Complete overhaul of Local Stream Overlays.
  • Activity - Changed event status messages to be clearer.
  • Activity - Events activity feed is paginated, and can be filtered.
  • Activity - Raw event details can be quickly exported using the 'Copy' button.
  • Activity - Replayed and Test events are clearly marked in the activity feed.
  • Activity - Replayed events produce a new event for easier tracking.
  • Activity - Updated return page after account connection for some platforms.
  • New API to handle secure license activation.
  • Improved encryption of locally-stored platform credentials.
  • TipLink Desktop & TipLink Lite will be deprecated upon full release of TipLink.

    TipLink is a ground-up rebuild of the software from scratch, and is not compatible with content from TipLink Desktop/ Lite.
    If you previously owned a TipLink Desktop/ Lite license and would like a discount on TipLink, please open a support ticket in our official Discord server.

    This changelog makes reference to key new changes/ features in comparison to TipLink Desktop's offerings.

TipLink Desktop [Deprecated]

1.5.015/04/2025

  • New documentation page is available for self-help!
  • Option to pick the platform for your license purchase.
  • Support for Gumroad & Payhip licenses.
  • License authentication improvements.

1.4.1206/04/2025

  • OpenShock/ PiShock - Actions now always use whole numbers for intensity/duration.

1.4.1126/03/2025

  • Twitch (Direct) - Minor fix for Gifted Subscription Handling.
  • Backend improvements.

1.4.1031/01/2025

  • Streamlabs - Support for Kick events.
  • Events - Ability to delete individual events via the "Inspect" button on the Events list.
  • More informative error messages.
  • System errors are now logged in your activity feed for later reference.
  • Events - Prevent duplicate events being registered when sent multiple times by a connected platform.
  • Local Overlay - "Error" would sometimes appear unexpectedly for local overlay alert actions. This has been fixed.
  • Events - Duplicate events causing unexpected behaviour has been resolved.

1.4.930/01/2025

  • Local Overlay - New settings to control text and image size.
  • Local Overlay - Force text wrapping within media: Lock text within media boundaries.
  • Local Overlay - Force Image to Maximum Frame Height: Force an image of any resolution to the maximum browser source height.
  • Alerts - Removed an experimental, non-functional feature from the interface.

1.4.829/01/2025

  • PiShock/ OpenShock - Dynamic Intensity now uses the dollar amount per 1% e.g. $10 = 1%, $5 = 1%
  • PiShock/ OpenShock - Dynamic Intensity no longer calculates using the percentage amount per dollar.
    This is a breaking change for alerts currently using Dynamic Intensity - your settings will not function the same as they did previously.

1.4.610/01/2025

  • Twitch (Direct) - Option to specify the number of gifted subs to trigger an alert.

1.4.509/01/2025

  • Twitch (Direct) - Support for capturing organic resubscriptions.
  • Minor interface bugs/ quality-of-life improvements.

1.4.431/12/2024

  • Alerts - Option to export/import existing alert configs.
  • Alerts - Optional delay configurable up to 10 minutes after each event alert is triggered.
  • PiShock/ OpenShock - Optional Dynamic Shock/ Vibrate Intensity and Duration in response to events.

1.4.305/12/2024

  • Local Overlay - Improved page instructions.
  • Local Overlay - Support for Gif, Video, and Image files.
  • Local Overlay - Support for changing Text options such as colour.
  • Local Overlay - Support for variable duration of visible alerts.
  • Twitch (All) - Cheers are now processed correctly when no chat keyword is set in your Alert.
  • Backend improvements, minor fixes, and updates.

1.4.110/06/2024

  • Alerts - Support for duplicating existing Alerts.
  • Twitch (Direct) - Added support for 19 new event triggers.
  • Settings - Twitch connected accounts are displayed clearly in the interface.
  • Improved activity feed messages when connecting/ disconnecting from a platform account.

1.2.031/05/2024

  • OSC - Support for Int, Float, and Bool messages to VRChat.
  • OpenShock - Minor update for links to OpenShock's website.
  • Minor fixes & performance improvements for the event processing queue.

1.1.026/04/2024

  • Twitch (Direct) integration.
  • Discord Webhooks/ OSC/ Fansly - Support for using received event details in message content.
  • General maintenance and fixes.

1.0.008/04/2024

  • Initial software release of TipLink Desktop.