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+## v4.4.0-pre.1 - 2023-03-19 [Pre-release]
+
+[See the full changelog](https://github.com/thelounge/thelounge/compare/v4.3.1...v4.4.0-pre.1)
+
+This is a pre-release for v4.4.0 to offer latest changes without having to wait for a stable release.
+At this stage, features may still be added or modified until the first release candidate for this version gets released.
+
+This is mostly a developer focused release. Max, Eric and others rewrote the whole thing in typescript / vue3,
+which should make it much easier to add features and find bugs in the future. So huge kudos from the rest of the team!
+
+Besides that, there's the obvious grab bag of fixes, dependency updates and improvements.
+
+Please refer to the commit list given above for a complete list of changes, or wait for the stable release to get a thoroughly prepared change log entry.
+
+As with all pre-releases, this version requires explicit use of the `next` tag to be installed:
+
+```sh
+yarn global add thelounge@next
+```
+
 ## v4.3.1 - 2022-04-11
 
 For more details, [see the full changelog](https://github.com/thelounge/thelounge/compare/v4.3.0...v4.3.1) and [milestone](https://github.com/thelounge/thelounge/milestone/39?closed=1).