What’s New at Chimbori ✨
Hermit 9 — Web Monitors & Sharing
- 🆕 Web Monitors — track changes to any Web Page, e.g. Facebook Notifications
- 🆕 Improved flow to add multiple Lite Apps at once: one-click for Lite Apps from Library, and many more options for Create Your Own (monogram, custom icon, colors, etc.)
- 🆕 Auto Update all Lite Apps from the Hermit Library (no action required to get new features in individual Lite Apps)
- 🆕 Allow sharing articles to native apps such as WhatsApp and SMS. (Note: installing new native apps is still blocked for your protection)
Hermit 8 — Reader Mode, Unlocker App
- New Unlocker App: Hermit Premium can now be purchased via a separate Unlocker App.
- 📖 Reader Mode: Read the Web the way you want: no ads, no navigation bars, no clutter.
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📰 Text Browser: Reader Mode in Hermit is not a dead end. Unlike many other browsers, you can switch between Reader Mode and Web Mode whenever you want.
Hermit 7 — Dark Mode, Custom Themes
- 🆕 Dark Mode: Reading in Hermit is now easier on the eyes at night.
- 🆕 Custom Themes in Dark Mode: Pick your own theme to style pages.
- 🆕 Quick Settings Tile on Nougat: Boss Key immediately closes all open Lite Apps.
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🆕 Launcher Shortcut Picker: Place your Lite Apps within your launcher in more places than before!
Hermit — Older Versions
- ⚡ Faster than Lite. Automatically load Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) instead of slow regular pages.
- 🆕 Lite App Widget. Use with launchers that have buggy icon behavior.
- 🆕 Find in Page
- 🆕 Share your Lite Apps with other Hermit fans!
- 🆕 Backup & Restore Lite Apps — even if you uninstall and reinstall Hermit.
- 🆕 Toggle JavaScript on or off per Lite App.