PeaZip 11.3.0 shipped today as a security-focused release from developer Giorgio Tani that the project explicitly recommends you upgrade to. The biggest change makes a master password mandatory for the built-in Password Manager, closing a hole where stored credentials went unprotected. It also brings improved ZPAQ handling for encrypted archives, a new "Open With" picker behind Shift+F12, two new Blue-themed looks, and updated 7z/p7zip and PEA backends. You can grab it now from GitHub and SourceForge, or via Flathub on Linux — just download from the official repos and verify the SHA-256 hashes.
VS Code 1.139.1 shipped on September 25, 2026 as a patch release, so the remote agent sessions and faster session lists you may have seen advertised had already arrived in 1.139. Only one of its four commits changes product behavior, fixing how managed settings behave when a server refresh fails. Before the patch, a failed refresh silently dropped enterprise policy controls for as long as the gap lasted, leaving restrictions quietly lifted every hour. The remaining three commits are release housekeeping: a version bump, a merge, and a skip for a flaky Linux test whose real fix sits on main.
Flyoobe 3.02.72, the free open-source Windows 11 setup companion, gets a Windows 7-inspired interface overhaul and a transparent, file-based changelog. The update moves settings into a single header, adds registry-based Windows Update and Phone Link rules, and fixes a cluster of high-DPI and multi-monitor bugs. Setup Actions give power users a safe way to extend the tool with small PowerShell jobs.
Visual Studio Code 1.139 bringing large agent session lists that load up to 12x faster by using a central catalog instead of scanning every database. The release extends Dev Container support to remote SSH, Tunnel, and WSL hosts so agents can build and test projects with the correct toolchain without duplication. Alongside those agent upgrades, VS Code adds a compact session view, in-place renaming, word wrap indicators, and smarter bracket auto-closing to smooth out everyday editing. The update is available now for Windows, macOS, and Linux, with an Insiders build already at v1.140 for early testers.
WSL Manager shipped v2.4.0 on September 20, adding backup and restore of WSL instances, a native Arm64 build, and a genuine AI consent gate. Its follow-up, v2.4.1, arrived just 17 minutes later as an automated patch that fixed tests, an analytics mock, and path handling before re-publishing the downloads. The free, open-source Flutter app lets you install, copy, move, and compact distros without touching wsl.exe, and now also drives native macOS VMs. The AI workspace, MCP server, and web dashboard are Pro-only under a one-time $14.99 fee that works on both platforms.
Flyoobe, the popular open-source Windows 11 setup and bloat-removal tool, released version 3.01 (build 3.01.53) today. This marks the first public drop of a completely rewritten core by solo developer Belim, who also rebranded the app back from FlyOOBE to Flyoobe. The biggest additions are a scriptable "Setup Actions" system built on PowerShell and a Windows 7-inspired interface redesign. However, the tool still can't bypass the POPCNT CPU requirement for Windows 11 24H2, and Microsoft doesn't guarantee updates on unsupported hardware.
FlyOOBE 3.0, the free open-source Windows setup assistant from developer Belim, launched with a deliberately leaner, more transparent approach. It replaces the old page-heavy interface with a native, signature-driven checklist driven by editable files like Flyoobe.ini and Bloatware.ini, letting users tweak settings granularly instead of one-click sweeps. The release adds portable setup recipes, a winget-powered installer, bloatware detection, and personalization controls, while keeping the isolated Flyby11 path for upgrading unsupported Windows 10 machines.
FluentCleaner 26.09.01 giving its Classic edition real command-line automation for batch files, PowerShell, and other tools. The release drops a "Mini mode" experiment, though maintainer Belim says it may return later as an add-on or plugin. Classic users can now run silently, target individual cleaner categories, and read results from an auto.log file.
WSL Manager 2.3.0 bringing experimental cloud deploys (Hetzner), Kubernetes cluster management, and "Playbooks as code" to the small open-source tool. All five experimental capabilities sit behind an opt-in switch in Settings so they won't disturb the stable core. The update also adds a global AI off switch, moves AI chat to the web dashboard, and runs entirely on credentials you bring yourself—no hosted AI service. The app stays free under GPL-3.0, with Pro as a one-time ~$14.99 purchase and a free Pro launch offer for the first 100 buyers.
NanaZip 7.0.1843.0 has been released today as the project's first rolling-release build, merging preview and stable into a single codebase with a new build-day-based versioning scheme. It syncs its core with 7-Zip mainline 26.03 and patches a wrong-password failure that broke every ZIP archive. Developer Kenji Mouri confirms the project runs part-time toward one major version a year, funded partly by a $99.99 Sponsor Edition whose only real perk is a button label.
Visual Studio Code 1.138 launched today, pushing Microsoft's Agent Host architecture into everyday use. The update lets agent sessions run inside local Dev Containers, jump between the ChatGPT app and VS Code, and switch between Copilot and ChatGPT subscriptions mid-conversation. Microsoft also added session hygiene features like auto-archiving merged sessions, a completion confetti animation, and badges that flag sessions needing attention. Not everything lands immediately, since much of it sits behind Preview toggles and settings, so it's worth knowing before you expect the full stack on launch.
Devolutions shipped UniGetUI v2026.3.0 on September 15, 2026, its biggest feature release under the company's ownership in a while. The headline updates let you schedule four heavy background tasks—update checks, auto-updates, and local and cloud backups, on independent schedules, plus mark individual packages for automatic updates instead of applying it globally. It also brings real zero-footprint portable mode, expanded Start Menu shortcut controls, and security hardening against PowerShell injection and path-traversal attacks. You can download it from the Microsoft Store, WinGet, Scoop, Chocolatey, or the GitHub Releases page, with Windows, Linux, and macOS builds compiled with NativeAOT.
Open Shell Menu 4.4.201, a pre-release build published September 15, 2026, bundles two changes both from first-time contributors. The headline update is a wide-ranging accessibility overhaul that improves screen-reader support, keyboard navigation, and High-Contrast display across all three components. A smaller addition lets users horizontally offset the Start button, solving an alignment problem that Windows 11 users with custom skins have long complained about. The release arrives while the stable channel remains at 4.4.198, reflecting a busy, ongoing update cadence for the beloved Classic Shell successor.
WSL Manager 2.1.0 introducing a schema-driven interface that lets AI runtimes like OpenClaw and OpenCode describe their own settings directly from the UI. The update also rewires dashboard routing for non-Windows hosts, fixing persistent loopback mismatches while keeping the MCP server exposed for external AI agents. Core distro management remains free under GPL-3.0, but the AI workspaces and dynamic configuration tools require a one-time Pro purchase. You can grab the release via winget install Bostrot.WSLManager, the Microsoft Store, or the direct .exe installer, though Trenkel warns that the AI configuration feature is still in beta.
WSL Manager 2.0.3 just landed, patching a Microsoft Store pricing bug that accidentally listed the Pro app as free across 240 markets and resolving a silent GitHub API rate-limit crash that broke the community scripts browser. The update also thaws silently frozen distro download URLs and introduces a dozen read-only MCP tools for Kubernetes, Docker, and cloud server management. Eric Trenkel has added a proper Korean locale declaration to the Store metadata, tightened the CI pipeline with stricter pricing guardrails, and fixed Flutter SDK compatibility issues.
Visual Studio Code 1.137 launched today, introducing the Agent Host architecture and an open protocol to decouple AI sessions from workspaces so they can survive folder closures and run remotely over SSH. The update rolls out scheduled Automations for recurring tasks, an experimental Voice Mode for hands-free agent interaction, and tighter GitHub Issues and Pull Request integration directly inside the Agents window. While the heavy agent features target power users already running AI workflows daily, the new architecture provides the portable, protocol-defined lifecycle necessary to make autonomous coding agents practical.
Microsoft released Visual Studio Code 1.136.2, delivering quick patches for two distinct issues introduced just days ago in the 1.136 feature drop. The update resolves a session state bug where Copilot Agent Host sessions would remain stuck in an "In Progress" state after subagent completion, alongside a regression fix for the tab close button that could accidentally trigger "Close Others." These refinements build on the 1.136 release's major architectural shift toward agent orchestration, which introduced the open Agent Host Protocol and experimental features like Agent Merge for automating pull request reviews. Developers can install the patch immediately via the auto-update mechanism or manually from the official downloads page to ensure their multi-root agent sessions behave correctly.
Eric Trenkel has released WSL Manager 2.0.0, expanding the popular Flutter-based Linux distro manager to Apple Silicon with native virtual machine support. The update introduces a Pro-tier AI workspace and chat assistant that operates as a tool-calling agent, alongside a built-in Model Context Protocol server for external AI integrations. The release also delivers major reliability fixes for child-process leaks, UTF-16LE decoding, and WinGet installations.
NanaZip 7.0 launched today, marking a major shift as the popular Windows archive tool abandons traditional versioning for a rolling release model that shares a single codebase between stable and preview builds. The new build syncs the core engine to 7-Zip mainline 26.03 and updates its BLAKE3 hash implementation to 1.8.7 to patch supply-chain security risks tied to a compromised crates.io maintainer. Built with a C++ core and modern C#/XAML Islands UI, the utility now ships in two distinct flavors: an MSIX-based Modern edition with full Windows integration, and a portable Classic variant still in development for headless environments. Maintainer Kenji Mouri aims for roughly one major stable release per year, focusing the project's long-term research on read-only support for developer formats and a custom K7FS archive structure designed for corruption recovery.
Microsoft has shipped Visual Studio Code 1.136.1 as a hotfix release. The update addresses updated default prompts identified during the release candidate phase.
