1.4.3 Aug 10, 2026

1.4.3

New Features

Added collapsible Home sections (all six fold to header)
Added animated section collapse/expand transitions
Added mini player search suggestions (random library slice)

Improvements

Improved Developer Mode logging (DebugLogger now enabled)
Improved stall detection window
Improved crash diagnostics with pre-error context ring
Improved Linux compositor detection for transparency
Improved search clearing (immediate refill instead of debounce)

Bug Fixes

Fixed mini player Queue missing explicit badge
Fixed mini player menu unreadable in light theme
Fixed mini player dark wedges at corners on Linux
Fixed silent tracks on Linux/macOS

1.4.2 Aug 10, 2026

1.4.2

New Features

Added sort playlists by release date
Added Oldest/Newest Release for smart playlists
Added mini player form morphing animations
Added Lossless/Hi-Res badge on mini player
Added full-bleed artwork on Large-icon form
Added full-bleed artwork on Lyrics form
Added Queue/Search/Volume expand downward
Added persistent Lyrics toggle in menu
Added Explicit badge on search results

Improvements

Improved mini player menu theming (follows app theme)
Improved mini player drawer styling (liquid glass)
Improved mini player corner badge design
Improved form transitions with easing
Improved window glide on form jumps
Improved Discord profile artwork caching
Improved artwork versioning for cache busting
Improved mini player layout consistency

Bug Fixes

Fixed false "did not shut down cleanly" banner
Fixed Add Songs picker hiding matches past 100
Fixed mini player menu completely dead
Fixed mini player menu drag bug
Fixed mini player close button overlapping resize
Fixed heart button misaligned in Bar form
Fixed heart glyph off-center in disc
Fixed frosted band not blurring properly
Fixed frost crop mismatched with artwork
Fixed dark wedges at menu corners
Fixed Lyrics view with no way out
Fixed Queue covering player instead of opening

1.4.1 Aug 8, 2026

1.4.1

New Features

Added close button to lyrics side panel (hover-reveal)
Added macOS menu bar (Settings, Playback commands)
Added macOS Now Playing support (touch bar, Control Center, media keys)
Added Mini player size and position persistence
Added Mini Player Opacity slider in Settings

Improvements

Improved music server error messages (specific causes named)
Improved scroll motion frame-rate independence
Improved mini player card translucency and blur
Improved mini player artwork sizing
Improved mini player button styling and spacing

Bug Fixes

Fixed tracks occasionally playing with no audio until manually skipped
Fixed track-start volume reassert latching onto wrong session
Fixed saving metadata on playing track interrupting playback
Fixed favorite heart riding too high on multi-line rows
Fixed Explicit badge pushed out by long titles
Fixed close button overlapping artwork
Fixed close button and menu disc too close together
Fixed heart glyph off-center in its disc
Fixed window geometry never persisting on restart
Fixed wheel smooth-scroll velocity ripple
Fixed glide fighting scrollbar thumb during manual scroll

1.4.0 Aug 6, 2026

1.4.0

New Features

Added BETA badges for Liquid Glass and Song Transitions
Added dedicated Close/Clear row in Queue popup
Added frosted buttons for Liquid Glass mode

Improvements

Improved Music Server form layout (fixed width, better scrolling)
Improved server section header label
Improved empty-library message wording and positioning
Improved server type switching (clears form on change)

Bug Fixes

Fixed now-playing track row rendered as blank white bar
Fixed album and playlist description dialogs blank in light mode
Fixed Jellyfin "Couldn't reach the server" on bare addresses

1.3.9 Aug 6, 2026

1.3.9

New Features

Added Home search redirect to Songs
Added Fullscreen Lyrics Focus toggle
Added Sidebar auto-hide in fullscreen lyrics
Added Artist page Songs section (top songs)
Added Merge Featured Artists From Titles toggle
Added Dedicated Mini Player button
Added Settings Join Split Words toggle
Added ELRC multi-singer duet lyrics
Added Jellyfin and Navidrome streaming support
Added Artwork on Songs page with thumbnails
Added Explicit badge on suggested rail rows
Added Rebuilt mini player (resizable, multiple forms)
Added Mini player lyrics form with karaoke
Added Mini player library search
Added Mini player queue preview
Added Mini player volume controls
Added Mini player size-driven form morphing
Added Written By composer credits
Added Crash-surviving logs in Developer Mode
Added Latest release pill in version manager
Added Apple Music catalogue search for artwork
Added Typed album name search for artwork
Added Select all in Add Songs playlist picker
Added Rebuilt playlist description dialog
Added Rebuilt album description dialog
Added Explicit badge on playlist rows
Added Animated artwork scraper improvements

Improvements

Improved breathing room for cover/track-info block
Improved Focus-mode centering on lyrics page
Improved Apple-style seek slider behavior
Improved transport click animations
Improved shuffle/repeat active highlighting
Improved search pill morph animation
Improved Settings appearance tab UI
Improved Music Server settings form
Improved View Options sheet functionality
Improved Albums sort with A-Z option
Improved Lyrics auto-follow seek behavior
Improved Ctrl+F search pill toggle
Improved Metadata editor load timing
Improved Library performance for large collections
Improved Queue page virtualization
Improved Server albums grid virtualization
Improved EqVisualizer performance gating
Improved Lyrics timer efficiency
Improved favorite heart state sync
Improved crash logging and crash recovery
Improved music server error messages
Improved transport button press feedback
Improved mini player window sizing
Improved mini player button consistency

Bug Fixes

Fixed search pill floating over other apps on Linux
Fixed volume flyout floating over apps
Fixed orphaned search pill in Cover Flow
Fixed lyrics scroll-anchor coordinate bug
Fixed Spacebar stopped pausing after clicking
Fixed AutoMix never firing on near-end seeks
Fixed playlist scroll stutter
Fixed Songs row titles rendering misaligned
Fixed playlist titles overflowing into columns
Fixed Settings stall on navigation
Fixed Timestamp Lyrics tab lag
Fixed Home collection rebuilds on every visit
Fixed now-playing row not following accent color
Fixed EQ bars invisible in certain themes
Fixed album-detail view leak
Fixed Animated Artwork not finding albums
Fixed metadata editor tag write on playing track
Fixed Jellyfin token leak in debug logs
Fixed artwork downloads hanging on stalled server
Fixed Collapse Album Editions toggle lag
Fixed Settings toggle lag on Albums/Artists
Fixed lyrics back button disabled
Fixed Search pill sticky without text
Fixed AutoMix stranding volume state
Fixed track-end double-advance during crossfade
Fixed Pause not serialized through playback lock
Fixed duplicate stale comments

1.3.8 Jul 31, 2026

1.3.8

New Features

Added Buy Me a Coffee Sponsor button
Added SQLite journal for ratings/playcounts
Added lazy per-track lyrics store

Improvements

Improved karaoke sweep continuity across word boundaries
Improved held-note emphasis glow with bell envelope
Improved library.json file size
Improved memory usage
Improved view rebuild performance when hidden
Improved search key caching

Bug Fixes

Fixed wrong-song lyrics fetching
Fixed instrumental tracks showing wrong lyrics
Fixed Remove Lyrics not working after restart
Fixed try alternate choice not sticking
Fixed manual save clobbering existing files
Fixed offline showing wrong error message
Fixed Unknown Artist placeholder sent as query
Fixed sidecar/cache race conditions
Fixed slow-word stutter in karaoke
Fixed hard edge on CJK characters
Fixed held-note emphasis firing on almost every lyric
Fixed emphasis glow snapping and freezing

1.3.7 Jul 30, 2026

1.3.7

New Features

Added Flowing Lyrics Background toggle in Settings

Bug Fixes

Fixed Folders view scrambled song order
Fixed subfolder ordering
Fixed lost folders upon restarting

1.3.6 Jul 28, 2026

1.3.6

New Features

Added Removed Tracks restore in Settings
Added WMA/ASF format support
Added raw AAC (ADTS) format support
Added OGA format support
Added flowing-light lyrics background
Added fullscreen mode (F11 toggle)

Improvements

Improved context menu entry renamed to "Metadata"

Bug Fixes

Fixed Settings not persisting on restart
Fixed profile picture flashing red
Fixed Ratings/ReplayGain not written to WMA files
Fixed Recycle-Bin removal splitting albums
Fixed theme editor preview not matching real UI
Fixed volume flyout stuck-open bug

1.3.5 Jul 26, 2026

1.3.5

Improvements

Improved import pill notifications (now shows relocations)

Bug Fixes

Fixed dropped files stealing other albums' artwork
Fixed Move to Recycle Bin appearing to do nothing
Fixed dropped files being moved into album folders
Fixed wrong artwork never self-healing

1.3.4 Jul 25, 2026

1.3.4

Improvements

Improved fresh-install defaults
Improved Reset to Defaults consistency
Improved Exclusive Mode explanation in settings
Improved signal path display accuracy
Other bug fixes and Improvements

Bug Fixes

Fixed Delete track jumping to artist page
Fixed drag-drop import silently losing files
Fixed lyrics scrolling at song end
Fixed Discord artwork showing placeholder
Fixed lyrics panel overlapping lines
Fixed external open tracks missing artwork
Fixed lyrics not following backward seeks
Fixed player bar pill shrinking on lyrics open
Fixed white accent making buttons unreadable
Fixed no fresh install showing Lossless badge
Fixed Bit-perfect badge never showing
Fixed ListenBrainz scrobbling toggle not enabling
Fixed Discord relay not republishing while paused

1.3.3 Jul 25, 2026

1.3.3

New Features

Added app-wide smooth wheel scrolling
Added library.json corruption quarantine
Added settings.json corruption recovery
Added launch-at-login failure reporting
Added Clear Queue confirmation
Added LRC editor backup file
Added auto-follow pause on scrollbar drag/touch

Improvements

Improved library.json file size
Improved Statistics/Home/Wrap artist grouping consistency
Improved repeat/shuffle/mute persistence
Improved Escape closes topmost surface
Improved window position validation
Improved tray tooltip with current track
Improved Discord reconnect handling
Improved clip export cancellation with progress
Improved startup instrumentation

Bug Fixes

Fixed Exclusive Mode crashes
Fixed audio dropout
Fixed lyrics page/panel track-change flicker
Fixed volume slider going dead
Fixed Exclusive Mode gain applied twice
Fixed queue popup dead on macOS/Linux
Fixed Repeat All dropping tracks past 50
Fixed Settings saves silently reverting
Fixed Reset Settings half-reset
Fixed Statistics tab always reading 0 playlists
Fixed corrupt settings.json overwriting itself
Fixed launch-at-login toggle staying ON
Fixed Clear Artwork Cache deleting everything
Fixed AutoMix stale seek offset
Fixed LRC editor replacing complete sidecars
Fixed Wrap freezing partial year as permanent record
Fixed Artist tab blocking on File.Exists
Fixed library handlers being un-unsubscribable
Fixed Tray/SMTC/MPRIS not existing until library loaded
Fixed start minimized showing window
Fixed single-instance mutex squatted
Fixed MPRIS not recovering from D-Bus restart
Fixed color picker fringing and caret issues
Fixed Home Top Artists showing placeholders
Fixed scroll stutter on wheel notches
Fixed offline music folder wiping library
Fixed AutoMix dropping tracks past 50
Fixed path-traversal in tag values
Fixed auto-organize racing issues
Fixed LRC sidecar deletion on transient load failure
Fixed playlist drag-drop off-by-one
Fixed M3U file:// decoding

1.3.2 Jul 24, 2026

1.3.2

New Features

Added Windows media flyout timeline
Added Open with Noctis file association
Added MPRIS Seeked signal support
Added Album tiles show release year
Added Year subtitles to More By Artist and Favorites
Added row hearts on fully-favorited albums
Added favorite heart fade-grow animation
Added Navidrome salted-token auth
Added remote-source password encryption
Added Loon relay security hardening
Added Updater hardening
Added Single-instance pipe ACL
Added OpenUrl scheme allowlist

Improvements

Improved fullscreen lyrics backdrop rendering
Improved player-bar lyrics button (instant open)
Improved Settings tab animation
Improved Metadata editor tab animation
Improved Lyrics intro dots
Improved library tab row styling
Improved favorite heart state sync

Bug Fixes

Fixed Exclusive Mode dead silence
Fixed search pill floating over apps while minimized
Fixed fullscreen lyrics page low fps
Fixed Queue/history lost on every update
Fixed Folders view permanently stale
Fixed view leaks in multiple pages
Fixed batch metadata finder auto-applying low-confidence tags
Fixed native crash risk in audio player disposal
Fixed Repeat One trapping on same track
Fixed Un-shuffle re-queuing already-played tracks
Fixed Equalizer use-after-free
Fixed concurrent JSON saves corrupting library.json
Fixed removing tracks auto-trashing app files
Fixed Symlink/junction loops hanging library scans
Fixed artwork saves wiping back covers/booklets
Fixed offline cache truncating good files
Fixed stats View All Stats back arrow
Fixed View All Stats open flicker
Fixed startup crash
Fixed Top Artist circles clipped
Fixed Album favorites not reflected in Cover Flow/Collage
Fixed player-bar favorite not persisting
Fixed favorite hearts not updating in real time
Fixed Search lyrics auto-search
Fixed karaoke MP4 export sweep mismatching preview
Fixed M3U8 imports from VLC/foobar

1.3.1 Jul 20, 2026

1.3.1

New Features

Added volume slider revamp (slimmer, drag bubble with %, wheel ±5%, unmute-on-adjust)
Added Home page revamp (ranked top-songs chart with drag-to-export)
Added Songs summary line ("2,144 songs · 138 hours") and quality filter chips
Added Folders header summary ("2,144 items · 61.2 GB")
Added Playlist page revamp (inline title rename, date added, album run headers, multi-select action bar, suggested songs rail)
Added cross-view Back/Forward navigation history
Added Synced Lyrics copy button in metadata editor
Added Queue popup revamp (larger art, fixed blur, clean header)
Added Custom Theme editor revamp (pill-style inputs, consolidated color card, live preview)
Added Apple Music-style background vocals/adlibs (TTML x-bg, ELRC parenthetical folding)
Added lyrics depth-of-field blur (neighbors 4px, far lines 10px)
Added Lyrics panel text size increase (20→25px)
Added Lyrics panel cascade stagger animation (synced with page)

Improvements

Improved lyrics panel animations to match full lyrics page
Improved lyrics panel spacing and layout (Apple Music style)
Improved Home hover polish (lift, play button, avatar ring)
Improved top bar organization across sections
Improved dialog animations and sizing
Improved Playlists view cleanup
Improved animated cover quality labels and error handling

Bug Fixes

Fixed seek audio dropout (now ducks to −12dB instead of muting)
Fixed session-volume hardening on restore failure
Fixed Developer Mode log box scrolling the page
Fixed static artwork flash before animated covers
Fixed Add Songs dialog long-title overflow
Fixed theme editor color swatch clipping on hover
Fixed theme editor invisible Dark/Light pills
Fixed ELRC line-change jump-then-pause
Fixed ELRC per-word start stall
Fixed TTML background-only paragraphs being dropped
Fixed ELRC last-word emphasis glow miscomputed
Fixed lyric sort instability (equal-timestamp lines reordering)
Fixed animated cover downloads silently failing (24MB cap misuse)
Fixed animated cover Remove/Replace doing nothing
Fixed animated cover looping over "No track playing"
Fixed volume percentage bubble clipping
Fixed player bar marquee gap
Fixed custom theme mode toggle flipping on click
Fixed saving non-active custom theme force-activating it
Fixed search pill floating over other apps when minimized
Fixed cross-view Back/Forward wiping navigation history
Fixed Queue popup double-click closing the panel

1.3.0 Jul 17, 2026

1.3.0

New Features

Added persistent search pill (stays open while browsing)
Added Ctrl+F to open/refocus search from anywhere

Bug Fixes

Fixed Watch Folders not removing deleted albums
Fixed playback error cascade and crash
Fixed macOS audio corruption
Fixed Synced Lyrics clipping in metadata editor

1.2.9 Jul 15, 2026

1.2.9

New Features

Added folder search jump-to and highlight
Added file-readiness gate for Watch-Folders importer

Improvements

Improved folder search to keep track numbers
Improved album tile sizing in the More by Artist view

Bug Fixes

Fixed stale search in Folders tab
Fixed drop-imported tracks not appearing in Folders
Fixed folder selection lost after adding track
Fixed row-number clipping in Folders

1.2.8 Jul 15, 2026

1.2.8

New Features

Added TTML lyrics support (.ttml sidecars with word/syllable timing)
Added Folder context menu in Folders tab (Play, Shuffle, Add to Queue, etc)
Added Developer Mode in Settings (version manager, debug logs)
Added Version Manager (fetch, view, install/rollback releases)
Added one-click release install and download
Added release warnings in version manager
Added Debug Logs service with export

Improvements

Improved Albums and Quality filters UI
Improved Songs top bar button styling (ghost pill)
Improved sidebar search flyout animation
Improved Settings modal animation
Improved Metadata editor layout and styling
Improved Add to Playlist dialog animation and flow
Improved About tab (version copy, update button naming)
Improved Artwork search popup styling
Improved delete confirmation dialogs
Improved Artwork and Animated artwork tabs
Improved Folders page button hierarchy
Improved Lyrics page Search button styling
Improved Playlists "New" flyout layout
Improved Playlist creation dialog styling

Bug Fixes

Fixed Albums section release-type and quality filters (converted to dropdowns)
Fixed ReplayGain Pre-amp slider disabled state
Fixed taskbar thumbnail toolbar icons invisible in Windows Light mode
Fixed seek-while-paused starting playback
Fixed MPRIS on Linux (property replies were malformed)
Fixed sidebar scrollbar appearing on Arch
Fixed Synced Lyrics toggle not showing visual change
Fixed Artwork search dropping correct albums
Fixed static-art flash for animated covers
Fixed lyrics scroll micro-stutter
Fixed Artists page press-drag highlight

1.2.7 Jul 12, 2026

1.2.7

New Features

Added MPRIS support for Linux (hardware media keys, media widgets, playerctl)
Added Playlist export (.m3u8 format)
Added Playlist import (.m3u/.m3u8 support)

Improvements

Improved setting description for file tag rewrites (warns sync tools see changes)
Improved import dialog copy to mention M3U

Bug Fixes

Fixed Linux "starts muted" issue
Fixed intermittent silent tracks on Linux

1.2.6 Jul 11, 2026

1.2.6

New Features

Added Folders view click-navigation (track title opens album, artist opens discography)
Added scroll-position restore in Folders

Improvements

Improved startup speed
Improved share card export quality
Improved share card artwork resolution
Improved share video encode quality
Improved share lyrics dialog status UI

Bug Fixes

Fixed natural-end fallback timer stall at track end
Fixed double-tap guard in Folders
Fixed long words cut off at right on lyrics page
Fixed grainy share card exports
Fixed hover highlight box on lyric lines

1.2.5 Jul 11, 2026

1.2.5

New Features

Added two new share-card layouts selectable in Card options
Added .txt plain-lyrics sidecar to recycle bin on track removal

Improvements

Improved artwork color extraction (DeriveVibrantColor) — pixels vote into hue buckets, weighted by chroma, stays true to cover tone
Improved Auto color consistency — lyrics page Solid·Auto, share dialog Auto swatch, and rendered card now use exact same hex
Improved karaoke smoothness in share video — bumped 24 → 60 fps with JPEG compression for speed
Improved live preview repaint rate from 30 → 60 Hz
Improved social safe areas — 9:16 content centered in reels-safe band, 1:1 side padding widened for grid crop
Improved Share Lyrics dialog layout — background pills and swatch strip collapsed into Background dropdown
Improved Card options flyout with Layout row and expanded pill summary
Improved "A" swatch glyph centering with optical nudge

Bug Fixes

Fixed Timestamp Lyrics tab silently losing first manual timing pass on plain-lyrics tracks
Fixed "Reset" play count applying instantly even on Cancel
Fixed multi-select rename-by-pattern orphaning .lrc/.txt lyric sidecars
Fixed start/stop time parsing bare numbers as days instead of seconds
Fixed ELRC karaoke last word of a line snapping to lit instead of sweeping (now bounded by the next line's start on start-tag-only lyrics)
Fixed animated artwork lag on all platforms (reverted frame-push throttle)
Fixed remove-tracks recycle failure when track is currently playing
Fixed drop import silently doing nothing when folder contains no audio files

1.2.4 Jul 10, 2026

1.2.4

New Features

Added lyrics side panel rebuilt (Apple Music style, overlay on right)
Added word-by-word karaoke in side panel sharing lyrics page rendering
Added line-click seeking in lyrics panel
Added auto-follow in panel (pauses 4s on manual scroll)
Added panel toggle from playback bar menu
Added mutual exclusion between panel and queue popup
Added update-available badge in Settings About tab
Added update badge next to update button in About card
Added HttpSafety helper with byte caps for all external responses (4 MB text / 24 MB image / 256 MB animated)
Added raster magic-byte validation for downloaded artwork

Improvements

Improved lyrics panel type size (20px) and spacing
Improved distant lines visibility in panel (visible but de-focused)
Improved panel background to mirror lyrics page exactly (artwork or solid/gradient)
Improved songs search performance (query normalization hoisted)
Improved security hardening with external response validation
Improved code health (removed 328 lines of dead code)
Improved share-lyrics karaoke card parity with lyrics page (held-note glow, dim levels)

Bug Fixes

Fixed lyrics page broken on resize (narrow mode redesigned, content no longer clipped)
Fixed genre showing as leading dot when tag is missing
Fixed EQ visualizer frozen bars on recycled now-playing row
Fixed volume flyout border not drawing
Fixed theme editor hex labels in custom themes
Fixed locale bug on comma-decimal locales (French/German) in converters
Fixed E (explicit) badge tinted by now-playing highlight
Fixed lyrics page blank after tabbing back into app
Fixed next-track intro cut on gapless playback (Windows)
Fixed EQ bars freezing at track start
Fixed lyrics panel text clipping at right edge
Fixed empty "gradient void" at panel bottom
Fixed share-lyrics karaoke video preview letterbox (now hugs card aspect)
Fixed empty space inside share card with artwork background

1.2.3 Jul 8, 2026

1.2.3

New Features

Added main player track title clickable to view album
Added live track population during library scan (progressive fill)
Added live album art during library scan
Added live scan counter showing current progress
Added DSD support (.dsf/.dff files with metadata)
Added "Auto" background in Share Lyrics color picker (derives from artwork)
Added card-options dropdown in Share Lyrics (1:1 / 9:16 · Auto / White / Black · Sync)
Added delete-from-disk on "Remove from Library" (Apple Music-style 3-way prompt)
Added per-platform trash support (Windows Recycle Bin, macOS Trash, Linux)
Added Spotify-style lyric share cards with vibrant background color
Added selectable lyric weight in share cards (semibold default)
Added scan checkpoint on exit / resume on next launch
Added DSD library support (.dff DSDIFF reader)
Added codec badges for lossy audio (AAC / MP3 / OPUS / OGG / WMA)
Added Windows media overlay (SMTC) integration with media keys support
Added Tray menu playback controls (Play/Pause, Next, Previous)
Added track numbers to Folders Section (right-aligned with perfect digit alignment)
Added Explicit "E" badge in Folders Section
Added animated EQ indicator on now-playing row in Folders
Added Collapse Album Editions setting
Added Player Bar Opacity slider in Settings
Added hover to expand sidebar toggle in Settings
Added Restore last played track on startup toggle
Added Back + Search icons to sidebar (relocated from top bar)
Added Search pill flyout animation
Added Now Playing track highlight in all views (accent red text)
Added right-click context menu for songs in Folders view
Added Folder expansion state preservation
Added Held-note emphasis (words sung ≥1s swell with soft glow)
Added Cascading scroll in lyrics (lines settle top-down)
Added Active-line zoom in word-synced lyrics
Added drag-drop import progress indicator with live status
Added real-time library fill-in during drop imports (~1.5s batches)
Added Karaoke word-sweep in Share Lyrics MP4 export
Added "Karaoke video" toggle in card-options
Added per-script font fallback for CJK lyrics on share cards
Added Esc key to deselect across all multi-select views

Improvements

Improved scrollbar styling and behavior across the app
Improved autoscroll with velocity physics (px/second, linear-to-quadratic curve)
Improved album edition handling and representative album selection
Improved playback bar readability with adjustable background opacity
Improved Settings integration for sidebar and album edition preferences
Improved code maintainability (consolidated album title normalization)
Improved UI dialog launching and removed duplicate implementations
Improved streaming file enumeration (no up-front .ToList(), progressive processing)
Improved scan parallelism (capped at min(ProcessorCount, 8) with env override)
Improved album art cache now exact-match and cheaper
Improved web remote request buffering
Improved metadata scanning speed (ffprobe hang prevention)
Improved memory growth (proper native memory reporting for album art)
Improved song search across all views
Improved UI startup load time (offloaded cache restore to background thread)
Improved side panel font zoom consistency on word-timed lyrics
Improved per-word lift and line lift animation
Improved album grid artwork sharpness (768px decode vs 512px)

Bug Fixes

Fixed playback being too quiet (EQ preamp issue from v1.2.2)
Fixed gapless playback volume blip between tracks
Fixed audio glitch when scrubbing during library scan
Fixed scan progress flooding the UI
Fixed library scan taking forever with lossy files
Fixed album art not showing until scan completed
Fixed app state not saving on exit (queue, history, scrobbles)
Fixed album art cache evicting wrong images
Fixed intermittent crashes when removing library tracks during refresh
Fixed potential crash on quit during track load
Fixed rating/artwork tag writes corrupting playback on macOS/Linux
Fixed duplicate-remover silently hiding files
Fixed seek bar/lyrics freezing after seeking during track transition
Fixed very short tracks stalling the queue
Fixed folder tree scrollbar jumping when selecting folders
Fixed EQ indicator color and positioning on now-playing row
Fixed SMTC session not registering on Windows
Fixed SMTC artwork not showing
Fixed app losing multi-selected albums when scrolling
Fixed context menus clipping off-screen at bottom
Fixed word-sweep stutter in lyrics (trailing whitespace issue)
Fixed held-note glow clipping in word-synced lyrics
Fixed text shearing on line-final words in lyrics
Fixed Esc key behavior (now clears selection consistently)
Fixed custom EQ dropping volume ~12 dB when boosted
Fixed ~1s audio cut when dragging/resetting EQ
Fixed split-second cut at start of next track (AutoMix cleanup)
Fixed CJK characters rendering as boxes in share cards
Fixed card-options flyout shifting left on toggle
Fixed albums showing placeholder art in grid but real art in detail
Fixed album tiles losing selection on scroll
Fixed import progress freezing the UI
Fixed dropped files losing folder artwork
Fixed per-play library save stalling UI
Fixed drag-drop import freezing the whole app
Fixed invisible wall clipping in lyrics view
Fixed phantom 1-star ratings on new imports
Fixed EQ visualizer freezing after pause
Fixed non-playing rows rendering unreadable when scrolled
Fixed previously-played track staying highlighted
Fixed now-playing track not visible in Folders view
Fixed RunLibraryScan no-opping when scan already active
Fixed removing a folder not dropping its tracks
Fixed memory explosion (18+ GB from SetEqualizer NRE loop)
Fixed Single Instance behavior (taskbar launch now surfaces existing window)
Fixed LastFm and ListenBrainz tokens stored as plain text
Fixed filename-based argument injection in ffprobe reader

1.2.2 Jun 25, 2026

1.2.2

New Features

Added repeat controls to the playback bar
Added Mini Player volume controls with animated popout slider
Added Linux AppImage in-app update support
Added launch at login support for Windows, macOS, and Linux
Added optional start minimized to tray at login
Added macOS and Linux audio keep-alive support
Added metadata save loading indicator

Improvements

Improved animated artwork saving performance
Improved cross-platform update detection and installer selection
Improved audio keep-alive reliability across supported platforms
Improved metadata save feedback with loading indicators
Improved Mini Player volume controls and animations
Improved startup settings with launch at login and tray options

Bug Fixes

Fixed playback restarting when clicking empty areas of the seek bar
Fixed animated artwork causing the app to freeze while saving
Fixed macOS installer launch failures during updates
Fixed seek clicks and audio pops during playback
Fixed playback not resuming after seeking from the end of a track
Fixed brief full-volume playback when changing tracks
Fixed audio interruptions when saving metadata on macOS
Fixed AutoMix cleanup crashes
Fixed EQ Flat and Reset loudness inconsistencies
Fixed macOS album description overlay alignment
Fixed track-start audio clipping

1.2.1 Jun 23, 2026

1.2.1

Bug Fixes

Fixed a startup crash where the app failed to launch with a "resource could not be found" error, caused by case-mismatched icon references

1.2.0 Jun 23, 2026

1.2.0

New Features

Added Settings tabs for General, Appearance, Audio, Library, Integrations, and About
Added 5-star ratings and Not Liked support with metadata persistence
Added weighted shuffle that deprioritizes disliked tracks
Added a compact Mini Player with playback controls and always-on-top support
Added Mini Player text animation settings
Added listening statistics with Overview, Quality Report, and Play History tabs
Added persistent play history tracking
Added Appears On and Similar Artists sections
Added parametric equalizer with fully customizable EQ bands
Added WASAPI Exclusive Mode support
Added gapless playback
Added signal path and audio quality indicator
Added BPM and musical key analysis
Added Song Transitions settings with AutoMix and Crossfade modes
Added Track Radio for generating endless similar-track queues
Added smarter shuffle with recently-played track avoidance
Added Snooze for a Month support for tracks
Added continuous media folder watching with automatic library updates
Added automatic file organization tools with undo support
Added duplicate finder tools
Added metadata finder with AcoustID and MusicBrainz support
Added playlist import support for Exportify, TuneMyMusic, CSV, and JSON files
Added lyric snapshot share cards
Added Noctis Wrap listening recaps with share card exports
Added Ctrl+K command palette
Added playlist folders and starred playlists
Added sleep timer and Stop After Current Track support
Added system tray support
Added LAN web remote controls
Added time-aware Home recommendations
Added synced lyrics editing tools
Added Deezer metadata integration
Added Search Metadata workflow with review-before-apply support
Added timestamp lyrics editing tab in the metadata editor
Added enhanced word-by-word ELRC lyric support
Added Cover Collage mode with expanded layouts and animated artwork support
Added folder-drop playlist creation prompts
Added Add Songs dialog for playlists
Added sortable playlist views
Added metadata auto-matching and metadata review tools
Added Lyrics share card redesign with playback synchronization
Added active sleep timer indicators
Added Apple Music-style queue redesign
Added expanded Cover Collage layouts with up to 32 covers

Improvements

Improved playback bar layout and controls
Improved queue design and usability
Improved playlist detail page design and performance
Improved Home recommendations and content deduplication
Improved artist, album, playlist, and folder navigation workflows
Improved metadata editing workflows and review tools
Improved search performance and consistency across the library
Improved Cover Flow and Cover Collage experiences
Improved theme-aware menus, tooltips, and popups
Improved Mini Player visuals, controls, and animations
Improved Lyrics page readability and editing tools
Improved Settings organization, descriptions, and styling
Improved package manager update awareness and install-source handling
Removed the Listen Later feature
Removed the waveform seekbar feature
Removed the Artist Detail page
Removed obsolete metadata, playlist, and artist-related code paths

Bug Fixes

Fixed lyrics page resizing, scrolling, fullscreen, and animation issues
Fixed album and favorites ordering inconsistencies
Fixed Discord Rich Presence synchronization issues
Fixed animated artwork freezes and metadata save performance issues
Fixed multi-track metadata editing and album-wide metadata persistence issues
Fixed stale statistics and artist navigation issues
Fixed playlist drag-and-drop data loss when filters were active
Fixed metadata matching failures for deluxe and anniversary editions
Fixed search behavior for punctuation, accents, and special characters
Fixed updater issues across Windows, macOS, and package manager installs
Fixed library grouping issues for compilation albums
Fixed playlist search, sorting, and navigation issues
Fixed context menu inconsistencies across the app
Fixed ReplayGain, crossfade, and audio transition issues
Fixed Lyrics page crashes and active-line positioning issues
Fixed album artwork handling and representative artwork selection
Fixed multiple Settings persistence and UI issues

1.1.14 Jun 3, 2026

1.1.14

Improvements

Improved Discord Rich Presence reliability during reconnects
Improved artwork caching behavior to prevent stale artwork from being reused after disconnects

Bug Fixes

Fixed Discord Rich Presence not clearing immediately when disabled
Fixed cover artwork reverting to the Noctis logo during temporary artwork lookup failures
Fixed missing or stale Discord Rich Presence artwork after relay reconnections

1.1.13 Jun 1, 2026

1.1.13

New Features

Added Hover to expand sidebar toggle in Settings
Added app-wide middle-mouse autoscroll support
Added automatic dismissal for the Lyrics color picker
Added Collapse Album Editions setting
Added Player Bar Opacity slider in Settings

Improvements

Improved scrollbar styling and behavior across the app
Improved autoscroll speed, visuals, and indicator alignment
Improved album edition handling and representative album selection
Improved playback bar readability with adjustable background opacity
Improved Settings integration for sidebar behavior and album edition preferences
Improved code maintainability by consolidating album title normalization logic
Improved dialog launching logic and removed duplicate implementations

Bug Fixes

Fixed invisible context menus blocking input after closing
Fixed Favorites sidebar heart icon alignment
Fixed Scan ReplayGain menu labels in related album sections
Fixed readability issues on the Lyrics page with light album artwork
Fixed artist discographies incorrectly including featured appearances
Fixed scrollbar positioning in Songs, Artists, Playlists, Favorites, and Folders views
Fixed Settings scrollbar hover artifacts
Fixed Lyrics color picker staying open indefinitely
Fixed profile name field remaining focused after pressing Enter
Fixed album edition grouping for versioned releases

1.1.12 Jun 1, 2026

1.1.12

New Features

Added inline validation and error messages for ListenBrainz authentication
Added click-away focus behavior for the ListenBrainz token field
Added multi-track metadata editing support across all major library views
Added Apple Music-style multi-select metadata editor with Mixed value support
Added Ctrl+A multi-select support in album track lists
Added rename-by-pattern support to the metadata editor
Added audio converter support for MP3, M4A, AAC, Opus, OGG, WMA, FLAC, ALAC, WAV, AIFF, and WavPack
Added bit-depth selection for supported lossless formats
Added option to import converted files back into the library
Added media kind editing support in Metadata Editor
Added ReplayGain scan status indicators for previously scanned tracks
Added real ffmpeg validation with version detection
Added Enter-to-validate support for ffmpeg paths
Added ReplayGain album actions to related album sections
Added update-available badge to the Settings sidebar icon
Added mouse back and forward navigation support
Added ListenBrainz integration and account management support
Added release type detection and filtering support for albums
Added release type override controls in Metadata Editor
Added hover-open submenu behavior for Sort By menus

Improvements

Improved audio converter metadata preservation
Improved artwork embedding support across formats
Improved MP4 ReplayGain support during playback
Improved ffmpeg status feedback and error reporting
Improved converter and ReplayGain dialog status messages
Improved dialog layouts, button labels, and dropdown styling
Improved queue, context menu, and options menu animations
Improved volume popup open and close animations
Improved playback bar and Lyrics page accent styling
Improved GitHub and Discord button styling in Settings
Improved Settings layout by moving About to the top
Improved album and playlist context menu actions
Removed beta badges from audio tools and release type features
Removed legacy metadata editor and playlist menu code

Bug Fixes

Fixed Last.fm reconnect issues after cancelled authentication attempts
Fixed invisible EQ preset text when using light accent colors
Fixed ListenBrainz token field corner rendering issues
Fixed album metadata editing only updating a single track
Fixed album metadata opening the wrong editor mode
Fixed multi-selection persisting across navigation
Fixed multi-track metadata editing overwriting unchanged fields
Fixed Folders view not updating after media folder changes
Fixed artist name color inconsistencies on album pages
Fixed Genre and Equalizer dropdown mouse wheel scrolling
Fixed Album and Album Artist fields not showing Mixed values
Fixed lyrics not appearing in Metadata Editor tabs
Fixed artwork embedding during audio conversion
Fixed converter overwrite conflicts when source and destination match
Fixed Search Lyrics button visibility with light accent colors
Fixed ffmpeg status updates lagging behind path changes
Fixed Ctrl+A requiring an initial click before working
Fixed ReplayGain not applying on track start
Fixed ReplayGain tag writing issues across formats
Fixed incorrect ReplayGain loudness calculations
Fixed file-locking issues during ReplayGain scans
Fixed converter and scanner count reporting races
Fixed volume popup closing while dragging
Fixed context menu duplication during rapid clicks
Fixed player bar artist hover and click hit areas
Fixed filter pill hover clipping in Albums view
Fixed Scoop package publishing workflow
Fixed outdated Chocolatey package metadata and installer references

1.1.11 May 28, 2026

1.1.11

New Features

Added optional pre-release update support in Settings
Added Include pre-release updates toggle to the Settings About section

Improvements

Improved library safety by preventing internal album list mutations

Bug Fixes

Fixed updater incorrectly skipping valid Windows installer releases
Fixed pre-release version tags not being detected correctly
Fixed threading race condition in the artist album index
Fixed stale storage size values after library scans

1.1.10 May 27, 2026

1.1.10

New Features

Added temporary artwork folder size caching for faster Settings navigation
Added startup preloading for Songs, Albums, and Settings views
Added shared artwork caching across playback bar and album views

Improvements

Improved Settings modal startup performance
Improved storage information loading responsiveness
Increased Skia GPU resource cache size for smoother album artwork rendering
Improved album detail loading performance with optimized track collection updates
Deferred related album and artist sections for faster initial album page rendering
Moved album artwork loading work off the UI thread
Improved artist album lookup performance with indexed library queries
Improved Settings library statistics calculation performance
Improved artwork loading consistency with unified decode sizes
Reduced hover and press animation durations across the app
Removed outline rings from accent-colored buttons where unnecessary

Bug Fixes

Fixed active lyric line clipping on long lyrics

1.1.9 May 26, 2026

1.1.9

New Features

Added contrast-aware accent foreground support for better readability with light accent colors
Added Apple Music-style animated lyrics with per-word highlighting and smooth transitions
Added blur and scaling effects for synced lyrics
Added animated artwork-based lyrics page backgrounds
Added Artwork background mode alongside Solid and Gradient modes
Added Windows taskbar thumbnail toolbar controls for Shuffle and Favorite
Added hover-to-open submenu support across menus
Added batch metadata editor with multi-track editing support
Added rename-by-pattern support with live preview and conflict detection
Added audio converter with ffmpeg integration and format conversion support
Added ReplayGain scanner and playback support
Added ReplayGain settings and live volume adjustment support
Added release type detection and metadata support
Added ListenBrainz scrobbling integration
Added release-type sections to Artist Detail pages
Added release-type filtering in Library Albums view
Added release type override controls in Metadata Editor
Added ListenBrainz account integration in Settings
Added experimental feature badges across audio tools and metadata dialogs

Improvements

Improved accent-colored buttons, icons, toggles, and checkboxes across the app
Improved custom accent color picker layout and hover behavior in Settings
Improved queue popup readability and hover styling
Improved floating playback bar spacing across all major views
Improved album tile title layout consistency
Improved Lyrics panel layout, artist chip behavior, and readability
Improved Lyrics page background transitions and foreground readability
Improved Lossless badge icon styling
Improved taskbar toolbar icon visibility and consistency
Improved Lyrics panel alignment and spacing
Improved Favorites ordering so newly favorited items appear first
Improved playlist sorting and submenu hover behavior
Improved dialog layouts, button ordering, and pill-shaped controls
Improved Settings account card layouts and styling
Improved README feature list and documentation
Improved Bluetooth playback stability by restoring VLC cache defaults

Bug Fixes

Fixed invisible text and icons with light accent colors
Fixed queue popup text visibility in Light theme
Fixed content clipping behind the floating playback bar
Fixed album tile spacing inconsistencies
Fixed hover styling conflicts in queue rows
Fixed Lyrics page navigation flickering
Fixed unreadable Lyrics page timeline and metadata on light album covers
Fixed invisible labels in Lyrics background color picker
Fixed unreadable Remove Lyrics button styling in Metadata Editor
Fixed selection drift issues caused by recycled list containers
Fixed Search Lyrics button visibility with light accent colors
Fixed volume slider static and popping during drag

1.1.8 May 21, 2026

1.1.8

Improvements

Bug fixes and improvements

1.1.7 May 19, 2026

1.1.7

New Features

Added Apple Music URL and album ID support for animated artwork search
Added Search Lyrics button in Metadata Editor for synced lyrics lookup
Added Join Discord button in Settings
Added Discord server badge to README

Improvements

Simplified Settings scan progress text
Improved equalizer application performance and responsiveness
Simplified all Back button labels for consistency
Improved playback bar persistence when leaving Lyrics page
Restored compact playback bar behavior on Lyrics page
Improved animated artwork URL input behavior after covers are added
Improved synced lyrics search status visibility

Bug Fixes

Fixed Metadata Editor input borders in Light theme
Fixed stale album artwork and track info on Lyrics page after navigation
Fixed Lyrics page album navigation history behavior
Fixed Back navigation returning to incorrect pages from Lyrics view
Fixed View Album navigation consistency across playback controls
Fixed Lyrics button returning to incorrect pages
Fixed blank lyric flashes when returning to Lyrics page
Fixed playback bar shrinking behind Lyrics page
Fixed Lyrics page playback bar visibility state handling
Fixed equalizer dropdown shifting in Settings
Fixed Lyrics page View Album visual glitches
Fixed album-detail navigation state inconsistencies
Fixed delayed equalizer responsiveness during playback
Fixed 3-dot menu shifting on album-detail track rows
Fixed inconsistent timestamp spacing on Lyrics page
Fixed animated artwork preview clipping issues
Fixed README Home screenshot rendering on GitHub
Fixed Back button text clipping issues

1.1.6 May 19, 2026

1.1.6

New Features

Added custom user themes with live preview and theme editor
Added reusable color picker with HSV spectrum, hue slider, and hex input
Added Apple Music-style Artist Detail pages
Added MusicBrainz artist biography integration with local caching
Added Performer metadata field support
Added iTunes artwork search with multiple resolution options
Added animated artwork search and download support from Apple Music
Added Top Artists section on Home page
Added unified Add to Playlist dialog across the app
Added Library and Cover Flow toggle support on playlist pages
Added drag-to-reorder support for queue and playlists
Added standalone lyrics timeline slider with draggable seek
Added compact controls-only layout for Lyrics page
Added curated accent color presets with custom picker support
Added customizable profile avatar and display name support

Improvements

Moved playback bar to bottom with floating glass-style design
Redesigned Queue popup with sticky behavior and improved controls
Redesigned Lyrics page playback bar and controls
Improved Settings page organization and descriptions
Improved animated artwork descriptions and controls
Improved album artwork decoding quality
Improved favorites overlay sizing and placement
Improved album detail action button styling
Improved Metadata Editor layout, sizing, and controls
Improved runtime accent theming across the app
Improved artist image lookup accuracy
Improved Top Artists aggregation and rendering
Improved app-wide menu hover theming
Redesigned Settings modal with Apple Music-style layout
Improved metadata tab overflow behavior and scrolling
Improved Queue popup styling and spacing
Improved Songs, Library, and Favorites action buttons
Improved Sort menu layout and active-state behavior
Improved Shuffle icon appearance
Improved playlist dialog layouts and button consistency
Improved playlist cover artwork quality
Improved playback island glass styling
Improved compact volume popup animations and layout
Redesigned Lyrics side panel header and background styling
Improved Lyrics scrolling smoothness and easing
Improved Folders view button styling
Improved Light theme accent contrast across the app
Improved custom theme preview cards and dialogs
Improved custom theme switching and accent handling
Standardized dialog button layouts across the app
Improved artwork search behavior and feedback
Improved playlist scrolling and typography
Removed Paper theme and related assets
Removed Album page tint setting and related UI
Removed Transition Mode and AutoMix UI
Removed legacy playlist menu helper logic
Removed playlist drag-to-file export behavior
Removed redundant Metadata window border wrapper

Bug Fixes

Fixed album artwork flickering during track switches
Fixed Ctrl+A select-all behavior outside Albums view
Fixed Artist Detail page rendering issues
Fixed semantic red colors being tinted by accent themes
Fixed Settings toggles not updating live with accent changes
Fixed Lyrics page accent colors not updating correctly
Fixed artist image fallback behavior
Fixed unwanted click zoom animations on artist rows
Fixed empty Home section headers appearing without content
Fixed iTunes advisory dropdown clipping issues
Fixed artwork search returning incorrect results
Fixed animated artwork search failures on HLS-only sources
Fixed animated artwork preview not clearing after removal
Fixed metadata tab hover styling inconsistencies
Fixed metadata popup dropdown styling inconsistencies
Fixed metadata tab strip clipping and overflow artifacts
Fixed startup crash caused by invalid Panel.ZIndex values
Fixed artist clicks opening incorrect views
Fixed artist grouping behavior with collaborations
Fixed missing Top Artists images and refresh issues
Fixed playlist toggle disappearing after tile navigation
Fixed Cover Flow restoring incorrect views
Fixed Light theme toggle text visibility on Lyrics page
Fixed EQ preset loading issues after restart
Fixed theme switching overriding active accent colors
Fixed animated artwork popup not closing correctly
Fixed removed artwork reappearing after saving
Fixed track duration showing as 0:00 on some files
Fixed Lyrics page playback bar clipping issues
Fixed automated menu placement inconsistencies
Fixed nested submenu corner radius mismatches

1.1.5 May 11, 2026

1.1.5

New Features

Added package manager distribution support for Scoop, winget, and Chocolatey
Added animated artwork support with live preview in Metadata Editor
Added bitmap-rendered animated artwork playback for transparent windows and rounded corners
Added automated release publishing workflow for package managers

Improvements

Improved lyrics page album artwork quality on high DPI displays
Improved startup performance by removing unnecessary refreshes
Improved page loading with lazy-loaded content views
Improved animated artwork playback performance with shared LibVLC instance
Improved metadata popup tab overflow behavior and styling
Improved album and playlist description editing UI
Improved playback bar volume slider spacing and layout
Improved lyrics page volume slider animations
Improved Lyrics page playback bar actions and layout
Improved Metadata Editor lyrics tab layout
Improved More By Artist heading behavior
Improved explicit badge and favorite icon placement on Home page rows
Improved top player bar artist hover behavior
Simplified Search Lyrics button styling
Improved animated artwork preview layout in Metadata Editor
Improved animated artwork controls and preview sizing
Improved metadata popup scrolling and tab text behavior

Bug Fixes

Fixed animated artwork flickering and layout issues on album pages
Fixed animated artwork not updating after saving metadata
Fixed stray VLC popup windows during animated artwork playback
Fixed animated artwork preview flashing on tab switches
Fixed lyrics page volume slider and percentage label clipping
Fixed Album Detail page context menu behavior
Fixed metadata dialog tab strip overflow and underline rendering
Fixed metadata dialog live preview issues in transparent windows
Fixed album art animations only working during playback
Fixed context menu stuttering issues
Fixed Install & Restart updater behavior
Fixed top player bar Options menu jitter
Fixed Recently Played favorite badge logic
Fixed updater error handling and logging
Fixed macOS startup crash caused by Windows-only APIs
Fixed cross-platform update service behavior
Fixed blurry macOS dock icons
Fixed unsupported VLC arguments on macOS
Fixed macOS VLC plugin discovery and initialization issues
Fixed Linux libvlc loading issues
Fixed playback bar overlap issues
Fixed elapsed-time jump in compact player bar
Fixed player bar volume slider static noise
Fixed Songs section context menu positioning
Fixed hover and click animations on playback controls

1.1.4 May 6, 2026

1.1.4

New Features

Added portable archives for all supported platforms
Added macOS portable .zip app bundle packaging
Added Linux x64 portable .tar.gz packaging

Bug Fixes

Fixed terminal window opening alongside Noctis on Windows

1.1.3 May 6, 2026

1.1.3

New Features

Added portable archives alongside native installers for all supported platforms
Added macOS portable .zip app bundle packaging
Added Linux x64 portable .tar.gz packaging

Bug Fixes

Fixed terminal window opening alongside Noctis on Windows

1.1.2 May 6, 2026

1.1.2

New Features

Added full macOS support for Apple Silicon and Intel devices
Added full Linux support for x64 and ARM64 systems
Added GitHub Actions CI builds for all supported platforms
Added native macOS .dmg packaging support
Added Linux AppImage packaging support
Added Linux ARM64 tarball packaging
Added favorite heart overlay to Recently Played section

Improvements

Improved startup performance by removing unnecessary refreshes
Improved page loading with lazy-loaded content views
Improved album detail metadata alignment
Improved EQ visualizer placement in album detail view
Improved cross-platform build and packaging workflow
Improved icon generation pipeline across platforms
Improved VLC error handling with platform-specific messages
Expanded platform helper support for Linux functionality
Updated project configuration for multi-platform runtime support
Updated README with macOS and Linux installation instructions
Improved CI workflow documentation

Bug Fixes

Fixed macOS VLC initialization and plugin detection issues
Fixed unsupported VLC arguments on macOS
Fixed Linux libvlc loading issues
Fixed playback bar overlap issues
Fixed macOS startup crash caused by Windows-only APIs
Fixed cross-platform update service behavior
Fixed blurry dock icons on macOS and Linux
Fixed Install & Restart updater behavior
Fixed updater error handling and logging
Fixed Recently Played favorite badge behavior
Fixed top player bar Options menu jitter
Fixed Songs section context menu positioning
Fixed context menu stuttering issues

1.1.1 May 4, 2026

1.1.1

New Features

Added word-level karaoke lyrics with real-time highlighting
Added synced and plain lyrics toggle during playback
Added plain lyrics sidecar file support
Added Folders view for browsing library by folder hierarchy
Added global Cover Flow toggle accessible from any section
Added new Dark, Gray, Midnight, and Paper themes
Added advanced metadata editor with grouped sections and custom tags
Added Other Versions section on album pages
Added More By Artist section with dedicated page
Added featured artist profiles on playlist pages
Added per-track volume adjustment and EQ overrides
Added per-track start and stop time trimming
Added BPM, Work, and Movement metadata fields
Added Show Composer in All Views toggle
Added editable copyright metadata field
Added passive update notifications in Settings
Added custom pill-shaped sliders across the app
Added 2-line wrapping titles with inline explicit badges
Added smoother hover animations and faster interaction timings

Improvements

Improved lyrics synchronization performance
Improved LRCLIB caching behavior
Improved synced lyrics update cadence
Improved smooth scrolling behavior
Reduced page transition animation timings
Improved artwork prefetching during scrolling
Improved refresh synchronization to reduce UI flashing
Updated EQ visualizer with native renderer
Improved album section header alignment
Unified accent colors across the interface
Improved destructive action styling
Updated sidebar, menus, and dialogs with rounded pill styling
Improved ambient album tinting behavior
Refined playback island and top bar layout
Improved Lossless badge styling
Updated input field focus styling

Bug Fixes

Fixed track auto-advance reliability issues
Fixed stale playback callbacks causing incorrect queue advancing
Fixed album playback track ordering
Fixed volume slider static and playback update issues
Fixed audio output device switching
Fixed synced and plain lyrics toggle behavior
Fixed live lyrics reload behavior in Metadata Editor
Fixed synced to plain lyrics scroll mapping
Fixed plain and synced lyrics save separation
Fixed explicit advisory dropdown behavior
Fixed metadata styling inconsistencies
Fixed metadata file tab scrolling issues
Fixed album detail back navigation labels
Fixed scrolling teleporting and sidebar hover jumping
Fixed album and track title clipping issues
Fixed lyrics page volume slider clipping and layout shifting
Fixed top bar title clipping under action buttons
Fixed player bar artist text disappearing
Fixed context menu slowdowns and dead zones
Fixed album description editing behavior
Fixed album page tinting issues
Fixed artist discography ordering and scroll restoration
Fixed duplicated search highlighting text
Fixed Genre ComboBox scroll hijacking
Fixed confirmation dialog overlay coverage
Fixed theme migration persistence issues

1.1.0 Apr 2, 2026

1.1.0

New Features

Added collapsible icon-only sidebar with hover expansion
Added side lyrics panel for synced lyrics alongside any view
Added dynamic ambient album color backgrounds
Added Cover Flow view with smoother navigation
Added multi-select support across library views
Added Ctrl+A select all and deselect support
Added bulk actions for tracks and playlists
Added drag-and-drop playlist reordering
Added drag-and-drop file and folder importing
Added in-app update system in Settings
Added smooth scrolling animations across views
Added playlist artwork collage thumbnails
Added real-time sidebar updates for favorites and playlists
Added animated now-playing equalizer indicators
Added immersive sidebar toggle in Lyrics view
Added full-window album and playlist description popups
Added animated page transitions
Added animated settings toggles
Added pill-shaped buttons, dialogs, and sliders
Added scrolling titles in Cover Flow view

Improvements

Improved navigation speed with cached views
Improved artwork loading performance
Improved library save efficiency
Improved search performance for large libraries
Reduced playback startup latency
Redesigned sidebar layout and playback bar spacing
Improved context menu spacing and compactness
Improved Settings page layout and styling
Improved album sorting behavior
Newly imported albums now appear at the top of the grid

Bug Fixes

Fixed startup crash when toggling lyrics panel
Fixed scrolling jumps and teleporting issues
Fixed player bar artist name disappearing after track changes
Fixed cover art flickering during playback
Fixed Remove from Library deleting entire albums
Fixed deleted tracks continuing playback after removal
Fixed deleted files reappearing after rescans
Fixed playlist context menu crashes
Fixed incorrect track targeting in context menus
Fixed Add to Playlist submenu delay
Fixed lyrics panel staying open after playback ended
Fixed multiple light mode UI inconsistencies
Fixed Reset Settings issues with locked files and playlists
Fixed artwork cache memory leaks

1.0.2 Mar 20, 2026

1.0.2

New Features

Added text truncation for long track titles in menus
Added GitHub repository link to Settings

Improvements

Centered Favorites icon alignment in Songs view
Bug fixes and performance improvements

Bug Fixes

Fixed timeline flashing when skipping tracks
Fixed inconsistent volume changes during playback
Fixed playback bar overflow on smaller window sizes
Fixed inconsistent styling in Play menu items

1.0.1 Mar 19, 2026

1.0.1

New Features

Added descriptions to Settings cards for better clarity
Added separator lines to the Settings page

Improvements

Simplified scan status messages
Updated Songs list 3-dot menu accent color
Improved Songs list spacing and column alignment
Bug fixes and performance improvements

Bug Fixes

Fixed player bar overlapping top bar buttons during window resize

1.0.0 Mar 19, 2026

1.0.0

The beginning of Noctis

The first public build. Everything on this page started here.