v1.6.0

FFkit for the WORLD - Welcome Linux and macOS!

Added

• Linux hardware encoding support with VAAPI.
• macOS platform support groundwork, including GPU detection and window integration.

Changed

• The job pipeline was refactored around a cleaner event layer and backend flow.
• Output handling was hardened to keep custom destinations and reduce path issues.
• Default output naming is now safer by default.
• Simple mode and command handling were cleaned up internally to support the new architecture.
• Settings, select controls, and placeholder hints were refined for better usability.
• A redesigned UX/UI elements and better update popup with clearer visuals.

Fixed

• Custom output destinations now survive conversion start.
• Failed jobs now surface the real ffmpeg error line.
• Output-path edge cases are handled more safely.

Known issues

• macOS traffic lights, macOS GPU detection, and Linux VAAPI still need real hardware verification.
• macOS builds are still unsigned / not notarized.
• Linux ffmpeg is still built from a nightly master snapshot.
• Linux QSV is not handled yet and falls back to software encoding.

v1.5.0

Batch processing, estimations and user presets !

Added

• File list & batch workflow: a new FileList view to manage multiple uploads, batch conversions and see per-file status.
• Size estimates and a batch progress view to preview expected output sizes before converting.
• Media info modal to inspect file metadata from the UI.
• Watermark support: add an image overlay with positioning options.
• Custom user presets: save and reuse encoding presets from the app.
• Update banner and size/estimate helpers to guide upgrade and packaging choices.

Changed

• SimpleMode & output model unified so user-chosen output destinations are preserved across flows.
• Extracted file-selection behavior into a reusable useFileSelection hook (enables FileList and cleaner file flows).
• IPC layer folded into domain services for tighter, less error-prone integration between frontend and backend.
• Lots of UI/UX polish around batch flows, SimpleMode integration and settings to support the new features.
• FFmpeg 8.1.2 update

Fixed

• Custom destination override no longer gets lost when starting a conversion.
• E2E/test baseline repairs and small reliability fixes around job handling and command dispatch.

v1.4.0

Hello, ready to Baguette?
(A smoother experience across translation, themes, and job workflow)

Added

• French translation, alongside English localization support.
• Audio waveform preview in Trim.
• System notifications when a job finishes.
• A new way to open Settings from anywhere in the app.
• A clearer installer interface.

Changed

• The loading, cancel, and completion views were redesigned.
• The job progress and result screens were refreshed for readability.
• Theme support was expanded to include light, dark, and system modes, with smoother transitions.
• The text animation on the home screen can now be disabled.
• Settings layout and controls were cleaned up and made easier to use.

Fixed

• Job completion and progress flow are more consistent.
• Theme switching and UI state handling are more reliable.

v1.3.2

A patch release fixing two visible bugs — wildly inaccurate progress/ETA and wrong output file extensions — plus a faster job start.

Fixed

• Progress and ETA were 1000× off. ffmpeg reports encode position in
  microseconds (under a misleadingly-named out_time_ms key); it was read as
  milliseconds. Now normalized correctly, so the progress bar and time-remaining
  are accurate.
• Output files now use the right extension. Each template declares the
  container it actually encodes, so "to WebM" produces .webm, "to MOV" .mov,
  audio extracts .mp3/.wav, GIF .gif, etc. — instead of everything being
  written as .mp4. (Stream-copy templates — strip audio/video, trim — still
  keep .mp4 to preserve prior behavior.)

Changed

• Internal cleanups: settings are loaded once at startup so get_settings is a
  pure read, and IPC calls were consolidated behind service wrappers — no
  user-facing behavior change.

v1.3.1

A patch release: smaller, version-pinned FFmpeg in the installer, plus CI fixes. No app behavior changes.

Changed

• Bundled FFmpeg is now pinned to the 8.1.1 "essentials" GPL build (from a rolling nightly), for a smaller and reproducible installer size. Covers the common codecs (x264/x265/VP8-9/AAC/Opus/…).

v1.3.0

The Settings screen was rebuilt for a cleaner !

Added

• Richer output-name patterns. The naming pattern now understands {date},
  {quality}, and {ext} on top of {name} — e.g. {name}-{quality}-{date}.

Changed

• Settings completely redesigned for a cleaner look that matches the rest of
  the app. The whole screen was restyled: every row now carries an explanatory
  subtitle, native OS dropdowns were replaced with custom styled menus, max
  concurrent jobs uses a −/+ stepper, default quality is a segmented icon
  picker, the running version and live update status are shown inline, and the
  save button spans the full width.
• Quieter visual language overall — selected states moved from accent-colored
  highlights to neutral surface tones; the command editor gained a $ prompt.

Fixed

• Updater artifacts are generated (createUpdaterArtifacts: true), so the
  signed manifest the in-app updater needs is produced at release time.

v1.2.0

Adds a working in-app updater and surfaces which hardware encoder will be used, on top of a large internal rewrite.

Added

• In-app updater. A "Check for updates" action in Settings checks GitHub
  Releases, verifies the download's Ed25519 signature, shows download progress,
  installs in place, and relaunches.
• Frameless custom window with native-style minimize / maximize / close
  controls.

Changed

• Documented the bundled FFmpeg build (FFmpeg 8.1, GPL) in
  docs/bundled-binaries.md.
• Large internal rearchitecture to React context + a services layer (jobs,
  settings, files, updates) and an extracted backend progress reader — no
  user-facing behavior change, but more stable state and progress handling.

Known issues

• Release builds are still Windows (NSIS) only: the bundle config lists all
  targets, but CI builds on windows-latest, so macOS/Linux installers are not
  produced.

v1.1.0

Run and manage several conversions at once, with hardware encoders detected correctly and a more consistent interface.

Added

• Multiple concurrent jobs with a job dock — previously only one job was
  tracked at a time. Background jobs are listed and can be dismissed/cleared.
• Encoder badge showing the active hardware encoder and whether it was
  probe-confirmed or kept based on detected GPU hardware (introduced with the
  1.0.1 codec patch).
• Command-replacement confirmation — prompts before discarding a command you
  edited by hand when you apply a different preset.
• Template parameter panel — dedicated inputs for templates that need values
  (e.g. trim start/end, target framerate).

Changed

• Many small visual-consistency changes: colors and borders unified into a
  single design-token palette, refreshed iOS app icons, and the brand fonts
  (PP Mori / Sirba) committed into the build with additional weights.

Fixed

• Hardware encoders wrongly reported as unavailable. Detection previously
  relied only on a synthetic probe encode, which could fail on capable systems
  (notably NVENC). It is now backed by GPU-presence detection, so an encoder is
  kept when the matching GPU is found.
• Closed two event-listener race conditions (file drag-drop and job progress
  events) that could drop events or leak listeners.

Initial release

Graduates from the 0.9.0 beta with categorized presets and real-time encode progress.

Added

• Categorized feature templates — Compress, Convert, Resize, Extract, Edit —
  replacing the beta's flat list.
• Animated job progress with phase-aware status words
  (Probing → analysis → planning → encoding → finishing → Done).
• Live encode stats — percentage, estimated time remaining, frames per
  second, and output file size.

Changed

• Reworked Simple and Advanced mode layouts, styling, and command generation.

Known issues

• Shipped under the internal version string 0.1.0; the displayed version was
  not aligned to 1.x until 1.1.0.

Beta

The foundation: a two-mode GUI over a bundled FFmpeg, with one-click presets, hardware-encoder probing, drag-and-drop, and live job progress.

Added

• Simple and Advanced modes — one-click presets, or edit the underlying
  FFmpeg command directly.
• Bundled FFmpeg — ships as a sidecar binary inside the app; no system
  install or PATH changes required.
• One-click feature templates — compress (H.264/H.265), convert
  (MP4/WebM/MOV), extract audio (MP3/WAV), resize (1080p/720p/480p), trim,
  change framerate, make GIF, strip audio/video.
• Quality presets — Low, Medium, Lossless.
• Hardware-encoder probing for NVENC, QSV, AMF, VideoToolbox, and VAAPI
  (H.264 / HEVC), with automatic best-encoder selection.
• Drag-and-drop file loading.
• Brand typography (PP Mori / Sirba) and the core dark theme.
• Media probing, live job progress, and persisted settings.

Known issues

• Encoder detection relied solely on probe encodes and could report a present
  GPU encoder as unavailable (fixed in 1.1.0).
• Feature templates were a single flat list with no category grouping (added in
  1.0.0) OS and Windows only.