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JonKazama-Hellion 705c7d3116 Bump to 0.2.0 with the webinterface-removal changelog
Project version goes from 0.1.2 to 0.2.0 — a minor bump rather than a
patch because the webinterface removal is a behavioural change for
anyone who relied on it. csproj, plugin manifest yaml and the
custom-repo repo.json are all moved over together so the Dalamud
plugin list, the manifest and the download links agree.

The yaml description picks up a leading paragraph that names the
removal up front; pre-installation users see it in the Dalamud
plugin browser. Both yaml and repo.json gain a 0.2.0 changelog block
that explains the audit context, lists every concrete code change
and reassures that the privacy filter, retention sweep, first-run
wizard and exporter are untouched. Older changelog entries are
preserved in chronological order behind it.

repo.json AssemblyVersion and TestingAssemblyVersion go to 0.2.0.0
and the three download links point at v0.2.0/latest.zip; the tag
itself is created by hand alongside the GitHub release.

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name: Hellion Chat
author: JonKazama-Hellion
punchline: Chat 2 with privacy controls aligned to EU, US and JP rules
description: |-
Hellion Chat is built on top of Chat 2 with one removal and a stack
of privacy controls on top. The /chat2 command, tabs, channel
filters, RGB colours, emotes, screenshot mode, IPC integration and
the chat replacement window itself work the same. The optional
webinterface that Chat 2 ships is intentionally not part of this
fork because it could not be hardened to the privacy guarantees
Hellion Chat makes by default.
On top of that, Hellion Chat adds privacy and data-handling controls
designed to align with the modern data protection rules that apply
across the EU, the United States and Japan. By default only your own
conversations are stored; messages from strangers, NPCs and system
spam stay out of the database. Retention windows are configurable per
channel, history can be wiped retroactively, and stored data can be
exported on demand.
Key additions on top of Chat 2:
- Channel whitelist with a Privacy-First default
- Per-channel retention with a daily background sweep
- Retroactive cleanup with a Ctrl+Shift confirm
- Export to Markdown, JSON or CSV
- First-run wizard with three preset profiles (Privacy-First, Casual,
Full History)
- Bilingual UI (English and German) with live language switching
- Independent plugin state — own config file and database directory,
so Hellion Chat does not share state with the upstream plugin
Based on Chat 2 by Infi and Anna, licensed under EUPL-1.2.
repo_url: https://github.com/JonKazama-Hellion/HellionChat
accepts_feedback: true
tags:
- Social
- UI
- Chat
- Replacement
- Privacy
changelog: |-
**Hellion Chat 0.2.0 — Webinterface removed**
Following an internal security and consistency audit the upstream
webinterface has been removed in its entirety. Hardening it to the
privacy guarantees Hellion Chat makes by default would have meant
rewriting the auth flow (the upstream code uses a five-digit
numeric code from System.Random), changing the default bind address
(currently every interface), reworking cookie handling and adding
the privacy filter to the live message stream that the webinterface
was broadcasting around it. The cumulative cost did not match the
niche use case for a fork that wants less network surface, not more.
What changed in this release:
- Settings tab "Webinterface" is gone, the corresponding
Configuration fields (WebinterfaceEnabled / AutoStart / Password /
Port / AuthStore / MaxLinesToSend) are dropped and stale entries
fall out of the JSON on the next save automatically
- The whole ChatTwo/Http tree, the bundled Svelte frontend in
websiteBuild.zip and the WebinterfaceUtil helper are deleted
- Watson.Lite (the HTTP server) and Newtonsoft.Json (only used by
the webinterface JSON wire format) are removed from the
package references
- DbViewer's "Chat2 JSON Export" button is dropped because it
serialised the database into the webinterface message protocol;
the Privacy tab's MessageExporter (Markdown, JSON, CSV with
channel and date filters) covers the same ground without the
proprietary shape
- About tab notes the absence so users coming from Chat 2 do not
look for it
- Configuration version bumps from 7 to 8 with a one-shot
notification (EN + DE)
No changes to the privacy filter, retention sweep, first-run wizard
or export pipeline. Existing chat history is preserved.
Based on Chat 2 1.35.3 (upstream Infiziert90/ChatTwo, EUPL-1.2).
**Hellion Chat 0.1.2 — About tab rebrand, DBViewer polish**
- About tab now shows Hellion-specific maintainer, license, EU/US/JP
disclaimer and SQUARE ENIX disclaimer instead of the inherited
Chat 2 contact info; original ChatTwo translator credits stay
visible under a clearly labelled upstream tree node
- Localization clarified: Hellion-specific German strings are
maintained by the fork maintainer, the Crowdin contributor list
only covers the inherited upstream strings
- Cherry-picked DBViewer UI improvements from upstream Chat 2
(auto-scroll-reset on page change, tooltips on date reset,
folder export, page arrows, localized export-running messages)
- README rewritten in the Hellion project style with a tech-stack
table, architecture tree, database column list, install guide,
upstream-sync workflow notes and project-status checklist
**Hellion Chat 0.1.1 — Packaging and migration fixes**
- Plugin icon now ships inside the bundle, so the Hellion logo
renders locally in the Dalamud plugin list once installed (the
previous release relied only on the remote IconUrl)
- Plugin icon downsampled from 1024×1024 to 256×256 to match the
rendered size; loads faster and caches better
- Migration from upstream Chat 2 is more robust: each file move is
wrapped individually, a locked SQLite database no longer aborts
the rest of the migration, and a warning notification fires when
any file is held open (with a hint to disable Chat 2 and restart
the game)
- README ships a step-by-step migration guide (fresh install versus
coming from Chat 2) and a troubleshooting section with manual
recovery commands for Linux and Windows
**Hellion Chat 0.1.0 — Initial fork release**
Privacy
- Channel whitelist filter in MessageStore.UpsertMessage with a
Privacy-First default (own conversations only)
- Per-channel retention with a 24-hour idempotent background sweep
- Retroactive cleanup with a Ctrl+Shift confirm and VACUUM
- Export to Markdown / JSON / CSV via Dalamud's file dialog
Onboarding
- First-run wizard with three profiles: Privacy-First / Casual /
Full History
- Configuration migration that seeds defaults on update
- One-shot migration from upstream Chat 2's pluginConfigs layout
- Migrate3 idempotency recovery for half-migrated databases
Look & feel
- Localized UI (English and German) with live language switching
- Industrial HUD theme with cyan-teal action accents, slate-violet
tabs, amber active highlights and a window-opacity slider
Based on Chat 2 1.35.3 (upstream Infiziert90/ChatTwo, EUPL-1.2).