# BrowserBeast™ v1.0.1 Freeware Release Notes

## Release Summary

BrowserBeast™ v1.0.1 Freeware is a free Markdown-first browser capture extension for AI
users, researchers, writers, builders, and digital archivists.

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BrowserBeast v1.0.1 adds optional Full Review for the DesktopBeast companion
bundle while preserving v1.0 freeware capture/export behavior.

## Included In v1.0.1

- Full Render capture mode.
- Highlighted Text capture mode.
- Optional Open Full Review action for a larger local review tab.
- Markdown export.
- Plain text export.
- Human-readable metadata header.
- Evidence Envelope v0.1 structured metadata in Markdown exports.
- Advisory privacy signal warnings.
- Local, user-triggered workflow.
- Chrome/Chromium unpacked-extension package.

## Evidence Envelope v0.1

BrowserBeast™ v1.0.1 emits `evidence_envelope_version: "0.1"` in Markdown exports.

The envelope records artifact, source, content, privacy, validation, optional
identity, and link metadata.

Markdown remains the source-of-truth artifact.

## Deferred

- Optional PNG Visual Companion capture.
- Visible viewport screenshot companion files.
- Any full-page screenshot or stitching work.

## Not Included

- Automatic ArchiveBeast parsing or sync.
- PersonaVault runtime work.
- Hash chains.
- Embeddings.
- Trust scoring.
- Identity runtime logic.
- Background auto-capture.
- Cloud sync or account system.
- Automatic ArchiveBeast sync.

## DesktopBeast Companion Notes

BrowserBeast captures browser/web artifacts. DesktopBeast captures
desktop/application/window artifacts. BrowserBeast is included as a companion
extension inside the DesktopBeast ZIP and is loaded separately through Chrome or a
Chromium-based browser. ArchiveBeast Library can review BrowserBeast Markdown
captures when the Browser shelf is pointed at the folder containing those
captures.

## Release Posture

BrowserBeast™ v1.0.1 Freeware is ready for the DesktopBeast v1.0 EA RC2 bundle as
a Markdown-first extension with Evidence Envelope v0.1 structured metadata.
