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@SSC-STUDIO SSC-STUDIO released this 06 Jul 06:16
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GitHub Release Notes — v5.0.0-preview.20260706001

🎉 Universal Device Toolkit v5.0.0 Preview

Download:

  • 📦 Full Installer: UniversalDeviceToolkitSetup-Full.exe (recommended)
  • 🌐 Online Installer: UniversalDeviceToolkitSetup-Online.exe (smaller download)

✨ What's New

🔌 Plugin Extensions Overhaul

  • Hot-reload support — modify plugins without restarting UDT
  • Sandbox isolation for plugin safety
  • Dependency resolution and version management
  • Plugin UI capability resolver (plugins can now expose UI)

🧪 Testing & Quality Assurance

  • 2300+ unit tests passing (0 failures!)
  • FlaUI + WinRT OCR automated UI tests — base infrastructure ready
  • Fixed 7 pre-existing test failures
  • Global hook leak fixed — no more system stutter after app exit 🎯

🌍 Internationalization

  • 25+ languages supported
  • Simplified Chinese (zh-Hans) translation completed
  • Community-driven translation system

🎨 UI/UX Improvements

  • Dashboard layout customizations now persisted
  • Theme applied immediately on startup (no more dark flash)
  • Larger default typography for high-DPI
  • Smoother page transitions and button feedback
  • Card subtitle text no longer overflows

🐛 Bug Fixes

  • Update flow no longer falls back to GitHub (installer filename pattern fixed)
  • External links now open correctly (Win32Exception fixed)
  • Settings page crash on open (missing ColorPicker.Models.dll) fixed
  • Language selector and main window no longer pop up simultaneously
  • Windows Optimization checkboxes now surface apply failures via snackbar

💡 Why UDT?

UDT Lenovo Vantage
Background service None Required
Telemetry / account None Required
Open source Yes (GPL-3.0) No
Plugin support Yes No
Memory usage < 50 MB 200+ MB

🆕 For Developers

Plugin Development

See CONTRIBUTING.md for plugin development guide.

Running Tests

# Unit tests (2343 tests, < 3 min)
dotnet test UniversalDeviceToolkit.Tests/UniversalDeviceToolkit.Tests.csproj -c Debug

# FlaUI tests (requires admin + desktop session)
.\run_flaui_tests_admin.ps1

Building from Source

dotnet build UniversalDeviceToolkit.WPF/UniversalDeviceToolkit.WPF.csproj -c Release

📊 By the Numbers

  • ⭐ 18 stars → Help us reach 100! Star this repo if UDT helps you
  • 🍴 Fork-friendly GPL-3.0 license
  • 🧪 2343 tests (2323 passing, 20 skipped)
  • 🌍 25+ languages
  • 📦 Available on winget + GitHub Releases

🔗 Links

💡 Want to Contribute?

  • 🌍 Translators wanted — help localize UDT to your language
  • 🔌 Plugin developers — build extensions for niche hardware
  • 🧪 Testers — run FlaUI tests on your hardware
  • ⭐ Star this repo — help more people discover UDT!

UDT = Your PC, Your Rules.

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