v1.3.0

Musik v1.3.0

This release restores complete YouTube audio streaming and track downloading
following recent YouTube player API and bot-detection changes, integrating
modern stream extraction and self-contained binary bundling.

Highlights

• Restored reliable YouTube audio playback with dedicated yt-dlp integration
  for MPV, eliminating HTTP 403 Forbidden and VideoUnavailableException errors.
• Enhanced audio track downloading with real-time percentage progress reporting
  and automatic stream resolution.
• Added automatic tool discovery and background bootstrapping for external
  streaming dependencies.
• Updated YoutubeExplode to 6.6.1 for updated metadata, search, and playlist
  parsing.
• Bundled yt-dlp into the release installer package for a 100% self-contained
  out-of-the-box setup.

Interface and reliability

• Maintained smooth IPC-based volume control, seeking, and pause/resume during
  online stream playback.
• Retained offline local music library support, lyrics synchronization, and JSON
  settings backup/restore.
• Improved fallback mechanisms for streaming and track downloading.

Updating

Existing installed copies can update with:

musik update

New users can download and run Musik-Setup.exe from this release.

Windows notice

The installer is not currently code-signed. Windows SmartScreen may show an
unknown-publisher warning. SHA-256 checksums are included with the release.

v1.2.0

Musik v1.2.0

This release turns Musik into a fuller online and offline music library while
keeping its responsive, keyboard-first terminal experience.

Highlights

• Added live, automatically refreshing playback progress.
• Added lyrics with free LRCLIB lookup, local caching, scrolling, and manual
  paste/edit fallback.
• Added individual audio downloads with progress display and safe partial-file
  cleanup.
• Added an offline Local Music library with recursive folder scanning and a
  configurable saved directory.
• Added persistent playlists: import YouTube playlists, create and revisit
  custom playlists, delete playlists, and add online or local tracks with A.
• Added one-file JSON export and import for favorites, history, player settings,
  sessions, lyrics, local-library configuration, and playlists.

Interface and reliability

• Fixed initial terminal sizing so the first frame uses the real viewport.
• Reduced flicker while scrolling lyrics and navigating playlists.
• Restored the complete dashboard cleanly after downloads and secondary pages.
• Kept online playback isolated from local-file playback for smooth queue
  behavior in both modes.

Updating

Existing installed copies can update with:

musik update

New users can download and run Musik-Setup.exe from this release.

Windows notice

The installer is not currently code-signed. Windows SmartScreen may show an
unknown-publisher warning. SHA-256 checksums are included with the release.

v1.1.0

Musik v1.1.0

This release expands and stabilizes theming across the complete terminal UI.

Highlights

• Added Blue as the default theme.
• Retained Spotify and introduced a warmer SoundCloud-inspired palette.
• Applied the selected theme consistently to the dashboard, navigation panels,
  track lists, search, notices, player, progress bars, volume, and mixed-color
  title.
• Continued remembering the selected theme between sessions.
• Centralized dashboard rendering through the shared themed canvas.

Smaller standalone package

• Disabled ReadyToRun precompilation to remove unnecessary native-code overhead.
• Enabled compression for the bundled single-file application.
• Musik remains self-contained and does not require .NET to be installed.

Installation

Download and run Musik-Setup.exe. Existing installations can update with:

musik update

Open a new terminal after installing or updating.

Windows notice

The installer is not currently code-signed. Windows SmartScreen may show an
unknown-publisher warning. SHA-256 checksums are included with the release.

v1.0.0

Musik v1.0.0

The first public release of Musik, a keyboard-driven YouTube music player for
the Windows terminal.

Highlights

• Keyboard-first search and playback
• Favorites and persistent recently played history
• Automatic queues, looping, shuffle, next, and previous
• Pause, resume, volume, seeking, and session restoration
• Spotify and SoundCloud terminal themes
• Responsive low-flicker terminal interface
• Self-contained Windows x64 installer with bundled mpv
• musik command registration and musik update support
• The musik command stays attached to the terminal that invoked it

Installation

Download and run Musik-Setup.exe. Open a new terminal after installation and
run:

musik

The installer is currently unsigned, so Windows SmartScreen may display a
warning until a code-signing certificate is added.