Tiktok Chat Overlay

v1.1.0 Changelog

Added

• Standalone Windows desktop app — TiktokChat now runs as a floating, always-on-top overlay window via Electron, instead of requiring a browser tab
• Bundled Python backend (server.exe) via PyInstaller — no Python installation or dependencies required on the machine running the app
• Right-click context menu on the overlay with Refresh and Toggle DevTools options
• Follow events now get their own icon and render properly in the main chat feed alongside chat and gift messages (previously could be silently overwritten by join events)
• Like and join event columns now fade independently after a few seconds of inactivity, instead of both fading together
• Error-only debug logging for the desktop app, writing to %APPDATA%\tiktokchat\debug.log when something goes wrong (backend crash, missing files, etc.)

Changed

• Removed the join counter from the top stats bar (join events still show individually in the join feed)
• Desktop backend now runs with a hidden console window instead of a visible terminal
• Trimmed desktop app size by dropping unused language locales

Fixed

• Backend now shuts down cleanly on app close (previously a dead code path meant the TikTok connection was never gracefully stopped)
• Fixed a crash on startup in the packaged desktop build caused by a Werkzeug/Flask-SocketIO production-mode safety check
• Fixed the packaged desktop app failing to find its own template/static files

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