What Is New in Gitalchemy (Autumn 2026)

Gitalchemy changes with GitLab and with the people who use it. This page replaces the 2024 preview, which listed plans rather than shipped work. Everything below is in the app today, on Android. The changes merged since are in what is new in the next release.

The Home screen: the To-Do row sits first in the Workspace card, with the pending count beside it.

The To-Do screen uses GitLab's own words

The screen is called To-Do List, the tab on a phone is called To-Do, and the first row of the Home screen is called To-Do as well, so no two places give the same list a different name. Each row marks a single item as done, and Mark all done clears the rest. The name follows GitLab, which calls these items to-dos. Read more in Notification Management.

Issues show their child Tasks

An issue that has been split into GitLab Tasks now shows them on the issue screen itself, in a read-only Tasks section. Each task carries its state, its title and its assignees, and a count such as 1 of 3 done answers the question a colleague is about to ask you. GitLab Tasks on Android covers the details.

Merge request tabs scroll on a narrow phone

The Changes, Commits and Pipelines tabs used to overflow the screen at phone widths, and the last one was clipped. The row scrolls sideways now, so all three labels and their counts stay reachable on the smallest phone the app supports.

Diffs that read on a phone

Diffs can be shown side by side, comments can be folded or hidden, and the exact words that changed are highlighted. Long lines scroll sideways instead of wrapping.

The Home screen counts what you choose

The Home rows show counts, opening each row opens the list that count described, and a Home page counts setting on the Settings screen chooses what they measure. It defaults to what is waiting on you, and can count what you created instead. The screen also refreshes itself and pulls down to refresh.

Notifications on a fresh Android install

The app asks for the notification permission that Android 13 and up requires, and its Settings screen offers a button when the permission was refused. A first run records what is already pending instead of reading out the backlog, so the first notification is about something new.

Smaller changes

• The app is spelled Gitalchemy everywhere. The Android package id stays com.thomas.pedot.gitlalchemy, so existing installs keep updating.
• Edit Project opens a working edit screen instead of a blank page.
• Submit Feedback opens the in-app issue form rather than a browser tab.
• A Buy me a coffee link supports the project from the profile screen.
• Icon-only buttons carry labels, so a screen reader can name them.