EVE Preview Manager
Utility for EVE Online multiboxing with real-time previews and hotkeys
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com.evepreview.managerEVE Preview Manager is a lightweight utility designed to enhance the EVE Online multi-boxing experience.
Key features include:
- Live Previews: Real-time thumbnails of all running clients.
- Rapid Switching: Robust hotkey support to instantly switch focus between clients.
- Customization: Configurable font, borders, colors, size, opacity, and more
- Profiles: Save and load multiple configurations on the fly for different setups
NOTE: This application is not affiliated with CCP Games.
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Observed history
| App | Change | Version | When ↓ |
|---|---|---|---|
| updated | 1.9.0 | 27 Sept 2026 |
Upstream releases
Release notes supplied by the developer. These dates are not Flathub package publication times.
1.9.026 Sept 2026
New:
- Added group dragging for all visible previews using LMB+RMB.
- Added default preview position controls, screen picker, and reset for off-screen previews.
- Added dedicated cycling hotkeys for unidentified login-screen clients, with optional cycle-group inclusion.
- Added an option to show remembered character names on logged-out clients.
Fixed:
- Fixed minimize-on-switch and per-source exclusions when previews are disabled.
- Fixed an X11 compatibility issue that could prevent minimized clients from restoring when selected by hotkey or preview click.
- Fixed an evdev timing issue that could prevent hotkeys from focusing clients.
- Fixed cycling edge cases involving logged-out and unidentified clients.
- Fixed Toggle Skip when preview rendering is disabled.
- Fixed cases where previews appeared or remained hidden incorrectly after character, focus, or visibility-setting changes.
- Fixed hidden previews acting as invisible click targets.
- Fixed conflicts when a custom source and EVE character shared the same name.
- Fixed custom sources losing focus and resize tracking after redetection.
- Prevented title-only custom-source rules from recursively capturing EPM preview windows.
- Fixed client detection when EPM runs on a non-default X11 screen.
- Fixed automatic position saves that could overwrite unrelated unsaved edits or character settings.
- Prevented failed configuration loads from overwriting settings or leaving stale editor selections.
- Added validation to prevent duplicate profile and cycle-group names.
- Fixed malformed color handling and transparent text and border rendering.
- Hardened backup creation, validation, restoration, and deletion.
Other:
- Added graceful preview-daemon shutdown and startup recovery.
- Improved manager window and system-tray lifecycle reliability.
- Made configuration writes atomic.
- Added keyboard and mouse binding documentation.
- Updated dependencies, Rust tooling, Nix packaging, and CI checks.
1.8.01 Jun 2026
New:
- Added options to minimize the manager to the system tray and start the application minimized to the tray.
- Added window titles to thumbnail previews for window manager rule support, using the format "EPM Thumbnail - {Character Name}".
Fixed:
- Fixed an issue where the mouse could jump to 0,0 over the NeoCom while rapidly cycling between clients.
- Fixed an issue where logged-out clients could be detected as new windows when cycling with the minimize-clients feature enabled, causing previews to reset to their default position.
1.7.027 Feb 2026
New:
- Minimize Client Override: Per-character and per-source control to exclude specific clients from being minimized when using the "Minimize EVE Clients" feature.
- Preview Render Override: Per-character and per-source control to force preview rendering on or off, independent of the global preview rendering setting.
Fixed:
- Fixed hotkey cycling when previews are disabled entirely by decoupling hotkey authorization from thumbnail preview generation.
Other:
- Improved layout and usability of the Character Manager tab.
1.6.215 Jan 2026
Fixed:
- Resolved mouse detection issues in recently focused EVE clients by forcing a cursor state refresh after window activation
- Fixed previews flickering/redrawing when using the "Hide Thumbnails When EVE Loses Focus" option and cycling through clients
- Resolved an issue causing the configuration file to be saved excessively
- Improved window activation and focus reliability when using the "Minimize EVE Clients" option
Other:
- Optimized performance and stability with delta-based IPC for thumbnail updates and conditional font rebuilds, reducing input latency and focus thrashing when cycling clients at fast intervals


