v0.5.0

Changelog

All notable changes to Cerebra will be documented here.

[Unreleased]

[0.5.0] - 2026-04-13

Added

• FTS5 full-text search across notes
• Lucide icons replacing all emoji usage throughout the UI
• Scrollable sidebar and back button navigation
• ESLint and Prettier with lint/format scripts
• Date formatting utility (dateFormat.ts)

Changed

• Rewrote IPC layer with structured error handling across all handlers
• Replaced any types in all IPC handlers with proper input types
• Converted require() calls in electron/main.ts to await import()
• Optimized all database queries across notes, folders, sticky notes, and settings repositories
• Eliminated redundant DB queries; frontend now filters in-memory where appropriate
• Consolidated frontend services into hooks, removing standalone service files
• Refactored app.tsx and all modal/card components for cleaner structure
• Upgraded moduleResolution to node16 in electron and backend tsconfigs
• Cleaned up comments across all source files

Fixed

• Packaged app not displaying UI — replaced NODE_ENV check with app.isPackaged
• Frontend path resolution in packaged build pointing to wrong directory
• useFolders.remove refetching entire folder list on delete
• FTS5 parse errors returning a crash instead of empty results
• Unused catch bindings across hooks and backend repositories
• Removed General tab from settings (redundant)
• Simplified About section in settings

[0.1.0] - 2026-03-22

Added

• Initial database setup with SQLite
• Notes and folders CRUD operations
• Sticky notes CRUD operations
• Settings management
• Dark mode
• Persistent tabs
• Input validation and error handling across all database repositories
• WAL mode for better database performance
• Graceful database shutdown