# Flox 1.8.3 just released!

**URL:** <https://discourse.flox.dev/t/flox-1-8-3-just-released/1228>\
**Category:** Announcements\
**Created:** [January 28, 2026, 1:17am UTC](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/flox-1-8-3-just-released/1228 "2026-01-28T01:17:49Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 28, 2026, 1:17am UTC](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/flox-1-8-3-just-released/1228/1 "2026-01-28T01:17:49Z")

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This release addresses several bugs and adds new improvements, including:

## Improvements

- LaunchDaemons on macOS are now signed and are associated with Flox in System Preferences. Items no longer show up as “sh - Item from unidentified developer.”
- Environments can now be initialized directly on FloxHub using `flox init --reference <owner/name>`.
- First-time users of `flox install` are guided to fetch or create their FloxHub-based default environment.
- Packages are downloaded in parallel when building environments, with the maximum number of concurrent downloads configurable via `FLOX_MAX_PARALLEL_DOWNLOADS`.
- Running `flox list -a` now displays installed outputs for each package.
- Activation messages now explicitly indicate whether the environment is ahead of, behind, or diverged from the upstream FloxHub state with specific action suggestions.
- Icons used in CLI output have been updated to use unicode characters instead of emojis.

## Fixes

- Running `flox install` during onboarding now correctly reuses existing FloxHub default environments instead of failing.
- Error messages when attempting to rename a FloxHub environment now provide the FloxHub URL and next steps.
- Running `flox pull` no longer signals divergence when the local environment is exclusively ahead of the remote state.

Notes and download links [here](https://github.com/flox/flox/releases/tag/v1.8.3).

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