📄 PDF Toolkit v1.4.0 Release Notes
Release Date: January 29, 2026
✨ Major Update: Cross-Platform User Data Handling
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📂 Logs and Configuration Now in User Data Folder
- On Windows: stored in
C:\Users\<User>\AppData\Local\.pdf-toolkit\ - On macOS: stored in
~/Library/Application Support/.pdf-toolkit/ - On Linux: stored in
$XDG_DATA_HOME/.pdf-toolkit/or~/.local/share/.pdf-toolkit/if XDG not set - Reduces clutter in project directories and avoids requiring admin permissions for logs/config.
- On Windows: stored in
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⚡ Minor Improvements
- Ensures all logs (
user_activity.log,errors.ndjson) and user preferences (user_config/) are created inside the platform-specific user data folder. - Improves cross-platform compatibility and consistent file management.
- Ensures all logs (
🐞 Bug Fixes and Improvements
- Internal refactor of
core/utils.pyfor cleaner OS-specific path handling. - Minor updates in
config/to point logging and preferences to new locations. - No functional changes to core PDF operations, fully backward compatible.
🚀 How to Install and Use
- Download the ZIP from the GitHub release page.
- Extract and run the executable as usual.
- Logs and preferences are automatically stored in the correct user-data folder.
📦 Download
Get the latest release here: Download PDF-Toolkit v1.4.0
📝 License
This project is licensed under the MIT License.