Changelog

What’s new in Hibira

New features, improvements and fixes in each release, newest first.

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v0.1.5

  • NewEach plan includes a monthly allowance of outbound data (2 GB on Free), shown on the overview with alerts at 80% and 100%.
  • NewPush notifications: each plan includes a daily notification allowance (10 per push subscriber, shared by all apps in the account), and delivery takes turns across apps so one app’s big broadcast no longer delays the others.
  • NewA public /version endpoint, and the status page shows which server version each region runs.
  • ImprovedStatus page uptime is counted from when tracking started, so earlier days no longer show as missing.
  • ImprovedPlan limits for connections, daily messages and push subscribers now apply to your whole account, shared by all of its apps.
  • ImprovedA full server refuses new connections with error 4100 so clients retry on another, instead of dropping the ones it has.
  • ImprovedWhen your plan’s connection limit goes down, the newest connections above it are closed a few at a time.
  • ImprovedA simpler homepage; billing questions moved to the pricing page.
  • ImprovedUpdated Terms (3.1 and 3.9 to 3.11) and Privacy Policy.

v0.1.4

  • NewTwo-factor sign-in with an authenticator app and backup codes.
  • NewSee where your account is signed in and sign out other devices; get an email when a new device signs in.
  • NewAn activity log of who changed what in your account, in Settings and on its own page, with filters by type and app.
  • NewChoose how long an old secret keeps working when you rotate it, or end that early. Webhooks carry the previous signature meanwhile.
  • NewBrowser notifications for usage alerts, service status, payments and failing webhooks, turned on per browser in Settings.
  • ImprovedYour apps have their own tab, between Overview and Plan & billing.
  • ImprovedPublic pages load faster on repeat visits and work offline.
  • ImprovedUpdated Terms, Privacy Policy and DPA, and a notice under Japan’s Specified Commercial Transactions Act.
  • ImprovedThe site footer explains the name Hikibi: a coined name from 響 (hibiki, “to resound”).

v0.1.3

  • NewAdd realtime to any web page with one script tag: live visitor counts, event feeds and toasts, no build step.
  • NewAn app setting to send subscriber counts (subscription_count) on public and private channels, also in the API and the MCP server.
  • NewA full push notifications guide: APNs, FCM and Web Push credentials, client setup, server code, testing and troubleshooting.
  • NewA blog, in all five languages.
  • ImprovedPricing and other public pages show their content sooner on first load.
  • ImprovedOn phones: create apps in a dialog, filter your apps, and app page tabs that follow as you scroll.
  • FixedOn phones: menu spacing, and sign-in pages fill the screen.

v0.1.2

  • NewCache channels, and the cache_miss webhook.
  • NewUser authentication (pusher:signin) and sending events to a user.
  • NewTerminate a user’s connections from your server.
  • NewWatchlists: online and offline events for the users each user follows.
  • Newsubscription_count webhooks.
  • NewWeb push notification SDK: @hikibi/push-web on npm.
  • NewChannel browser and per-app error counts on the app page.
  • NewA public page about the MCP server for AI agents, and this changelog.
  • ImprovedThe status page checks and shows every region.
  • ImprovedThe footer shows live system status, and /.well-known/security.txt says how to report a security issue.
  • ImprovedThe pricing page says what counts as a message: only the events you publish.
  • FixedOn phones: the menu closes when you tap outside it, and the language switch updates the whole page.

v0.1.1

  • NewMCP server: let AI agents such as Claude Code, Cursor and VS Code set up and debug your apps.
  • NewRedesigned emails in your language, and new notices when a webhook keeps failing or your plan changes.
  • New@hikibi/large-presence on npm, for presence channels with up to 100,000 members.
  • ImprovedEvery public page has its own address in each language, such as /ja/pricing.
  • FixedLayout fixes on phones, and a faster first page load.

v0.1.0

  • NewPublic beta: Pusher-compatible WebSockets hosted in Hong Kong, with a free plan.
  • NewPublic, private, presence and end-to-end encrypted channels, client events and the HTTP API.
  • NewWebhooks for channel, member and client events.
  • NewPush notifications with a Beams-compatible API.
  • NewLive overview and debug console for each app.
  • NewIntegration guides for 12 libraries and frameworks.
  • NewThe site and portal in English, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Japanese and Korean.

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