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The first version of WipeFreeSpace (called "e2wipefreespace" then), 0.1, was completed on 2007-03-24.
It wasn't on SourceForge from the beginning, but nevertheless, March the 24th can be considered WipeFreeSpace's "birthday".
Since its creation, it gained support for more filesystems and functionalities, and also some small popularity.
It got even included in a bunch of OS distributions, which you can see e.g. here: https://repology.org/project/wipefreespace/versions
Helping users keep their privacy for 18 years and counting!

WipeFreeSpaceGUI2 version 1.2 has just been released.

Added support for the --order option in WipeFreeSpace.
Added unit tests for all the classes (current coverage: 63% with GUI, 31% in headless mode).
Many code improvements, simplifications, fixes and refactorings.
UI improvements and fixes.
Improvements in the build system.
Updates in documentation.

The "Tickets" tool has been recreated, hopefully this time for good.

The project ticket tool has disappeared again (only "Tickets" are impacted, "Bugs" are in place).
I've reported this to SF.

After a long break, WipeFreeSpace version 3.0 has just been released.
Wiping orders are introduced: by block and by pattern.
Portability updates - WipeFreeSpace now compiles on Solaris/SunOS and should compile without patching on ArchLinux.
Many fixes and code quality updates.
Improvements in unit tests and measuring test coverage.

According to the ChangeLog file, the very first version of WipeFreeSpace (called "e2wipefreespace" then), 0.1, was created on 2007-03-24.
It wasn't on SourceForge from the beginning, but nevertheless, March the 24th is WipeFreeSpace's "birthday".
Helping users keep their privacy for 17 years now!
Not much happening recently regarding to new releases, but a few things going on "in the background".

According to the ChangeLog file, the very first version of WipeFreeSpace (called "e2wipefreespace" then), 0.1, was created on 2007-03-24.
It wasn't on SourceForge from the beginning, but nevertheless, March the 24th is WipeFreeSpace's "birthday".
The program has undergone significant changes during its lifetime, and it's been helping users keep their privacy for 16 years now!

The problem with disappearing "Tickets" seems to be resolved now.

There seems to be some temporary problem with project Tickets: they disappear after a few days after being created ("Bugs" seem not to be affected).
I've reported this to SF.

WipeFreeSpace has been checked by Codacy and got the "A" grade. Current status:

WipeFreeSpace 2.6 has just been released.
Important portability updates: WipeFreeSpace now compiles also on FreeBSD and macOS (as provided by Travis CI): https://app.travis-ci.com/github/bogdro/wipefreespace.
Fixed a potential compilation error.
Enabled GCC advanced code analysis.
Progress bar fixed.
Other small updates.
As usual, check the ChangeLog file for more information.

WipeFreeSpace has been uploaded to a test repository on GitHub, has passed a build on their system and a code security check.

I'm proud to announce that WipeFreeSpace has recently achieved the "Community Choice" Achievement Badge for a grand total of 10 000 downloads (all files in all versions).
This is possible thanks to users like you! Try it and spread the word.

According to the ChangeLog file, the very first version of WipeFreeSpace (called "e2wipefreespace" then), 0.1, was created on 2007-03-24.
It wasn't on SourceForge from the beginning (my projects need to have at least a few versions and a forseeable future to be promoted to SF), but nevertheless March the 24th is WipeFreeSpace's "birthday".
The program has undergone significant changes during its lifetime and it's been helping users keep their privacy for 15 years!

WipeFreeSpaceGUI2 version 1.0 has just been released.
It is an almost-complete rewrite of the original GUI, keeping some of the logic, but this time not using any frameworks, just pure Java. More portable, and can be developed further (unlike the previous version).
The UI has been re-arranged and new, hand-made icons (Inkscape again) have been introduced, just to mention the visual changes. Many, many refactorings, simplifications, fixes and other improvements have been made "under the hood", both in the code and in the build system.
The new GUI has all the functionalities of the previous version + support for WipeFreeSpace options that have been introduced since the last old GUI version was released.
WipeFreeSpaceGUI2 still does require WipeFreeSpace to do the actual wiping.
Get the new GUI at https://sourceforge.net/projects/wipefreespace/files/WipeFreeSpaceGUI2/1.0/ and enjoy!

The documentation in the TeXinfo format (which normally is only inside the packages) has been converted to HTML and provided on the project website at https://wipefreespace.sourceforge.io/docs/ for convenience. This documentation should provide more information to current and potential users.
Remember that the most up-to-date documentation is always in the software package.

As a result of SF's encouragement to using icons, I've decided to do some experiments with the Inkscape program.
I chose Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) because I wanted the icon to be scalable to any size without losing quality and the only way to achieve that is with vector graphics.
The icon may be "tuned" or even fully changed later, but for now you can enjoy the current looks on the project page on SF and on the WipeFreeSpace's homepage at https://wipefreespace.sourceforge.io/ (both in the content and as the site icon). These icons are in the PNG format (another open standard), because this is what SF allows here, but the source is still SVG.

The WipeFreeSpace's website (https://wipefreespace.sourceforge.io/) got a content listing at the top. The order of the sections has also been changed to hopefully provide information in the most important order (which is subjective for the reader).

Encouraged by SF, I've decided to launch blogs for my software hosted here (as of now: IMYplay, LibHideIP, LibNetBlock, LibSecRm, JYMAG and WipeFreeSpace).
The blog will be a place where I will announce noteworthy changes to WipeFreeSpace or its website, and new releases.
Remeber that the first place that gets notifed of a new release is ... the release page on SF (called "Files"), so be sure to watch that one as a first source of information on new releases. The page also has a data feed!