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Neko Next - Release Notes

Version 1.2.0 - December 2025

🎉 What's New

This release includes significant bug fixes and stability improvements! After the initial 1.0.0 release, we've addressed critical issues reported by users and enhanced the overall experience.

🐛 Bug Fixes

Fixed System Tray Icon Display

  • Issue: System tray showed an empty tile instead of the cat icon on Windows
  • Fix: Converted system tray icon from PNG to proper ICO format
    • Windows system tray requires .ico format, not .png
    • Added proper icon.ico file with error handling
    • System tray now displays the cute cat icon correctly! 🐱

Fixed Auto-Wake on Primary Monitor

  • Issue: When "Stay on Primary" was enabled, the cat wouldn't wake up when mouse returned to the primary monitor
  • Fix: Reordered logic in the Update() function to check monitor state before early returns
    • The wake-up logic was previously unreachable when the cat was sleeping
    • Now correctly detects when mouse returns to primary monitor and wakes the cat
    • Automatically unchecks the "Sleep" menu item when auto-waking

📚 Documentation

  • Updated README.md with comprehensive feature list
  • Improved installation instructions
  • Added credits and contribution guidelines

🔧 Technical Details

Files Modified:

  • main.go - Fixed system tray icon loading and sleep/wake logic
  • assets/icon.ico - Added proper Windows icon format
  • README.md - Complete rewrite for Neko Next features

Code Improvements:

  • Better error handling for system tray icon loading
  • More reliable primary monitor detection and wake-up behavior
  • Cleaner separation of manual sleep toggle vs automatic sleep behavior

Version 1.0.0 - December 2025

🚀 Initial Release

First public release of Neko Next - an enhanced fork of the classic desktop cat!

✨ Features

System Tray Integration

  • System tray icon with convenient dropdown menu
  • Easy access to all settings without command-line flags

Cat Controls

  • Sleep Toggle - Manually put Neko to sleep or wake them up
  • Teleport to Mouse - Instantly bring Neko to your cursor position
  • Stay on Primary - Automatically put Neko to sleep when your mouse leaves the primary monitor (Windows)

Customization Options

  • Click Through Mode - Let mouse clicks pass through Neko
  • Sound Toggle - Enable or disable Neko's sounds
  • Adjustable Speed
    • Slow (1x)
    • Normal (2x) - Default
    • Zoomies! (4x)
    • Ludicrous! (8x)
  • Adjustable Size
    • Small (1x)
    • Normal (2x) - Default
    • Big (3x)
  • Adjustable Opacity
    • Solid (100%) - Default
    • Ghost (50%)
    • Ninja (20%)

Quality of Life

  • Run on Startup - Automatically start Neko Next with Windows
  • Settings Persistence - All preferences saved to neko_settings.json
  • Settings are automatically restored on next launch

🔧 Technical Features

  • Built with Go 1.24+
  • Uses Ebitengine for rendering
  • Windows-specific optimizations
  • Global mouse position tracking
  • Multi-monitor support
  • Transparent window with configurable opacity

📝 Known Issues

  • Windows-only at this time
  • Requires CGO enabled for compilation

Upgrading

To upgrade from 1.0.0 to 1.2.0:

  1. Download the latest neko.exe from the Releases page
  2. Replace your existing neko.exe file
  3. Your settings in neko_settings.json will be preserved

Credits

Contributing

See CONTRIBUTING.md for guidelines on how to contribute to this project.

License

See LICENSE file for details.

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