⚡ Neika v0.7.0 — Dynamic Island & Performance Update
Major release focused on zero-footprint window management, 120 FPS buttery-smooth spring physics, system-level click pass-through, smart focus restoration, custom glassmorphism modals, and Apple Siri-style live audio visualizer.
🚀 What's New in v0.7.0:
- 🌊 Apple Siri-Style Live Audio Visualizer:
- Replaced text badges with a 5-bar reactive GPU CSS soundwave visualizer (
WaveVisualizer) for idle, thinking, speaking, and listening states.
- Replaced text badges with a 5-bar reactive GPU CSS soundwave visualizer (
- 🎮 Fullscreen Auto-Hide:
- Automatically hides Neika during full-screen games, movies, or F11 browser mode (
GetForegroundWindow+GetMonitorInfoW). Toggleable via Settings -> Window.
- Automatically hides Neika during full-screen games, movies, or F11 browser mode (
- 🔄 Smart Focus Restoration:
- Automatically yields OS keyboard focus (
SetForegroundWindow) back to your previous application (VS Code, Chrome, Games, Desktop) when collapsing.
- Automatically yields OS keyboard focus (
- 🖼️ Custom Glassmorphism Modals:
- Added custom image drag-and-drop picker with screenshot paste (
Ctrl+V) and preview. - Added custom reset confirmation dialog replacing native browser popups.
- Added custom image drag-and-drop picker with screenshot paste (
- ⚡ 3x Performance & Memory Optimization:
- Reduced RAM usage from ~30 MB back down to ~10–12 MB by converting animations to pure GPU CSS keyframes.
- Debounced color picker persistence (150ms) and live 120 FPS CSS variable updates.
- 🛡️ 100% Click Pass-Through & Zero Phantom Clicks:
- Combined Win32
WS_EX_TRANSPARENT, DWM cache flushing (SWP_FRAMECHANGED), and Tauri's nativeset_ignore_cursor_events.
- Combined Win32
📥 Download & Installation Options
Choose the installer or binary format that best fits your workflow:
| Artifact File | Format | Description |
|---|---|---|
📦 Neika_0.7.0_x64-setup.exe |
NSIS Setup (Recommended) | Standard Windows installer with setup wizard, desktop shortcut, and uninstaller. |
🛠️ Neika_0.7.0_x64_en-US.msi |
MSI Package | Windows Installer package for enterprise or system-wide deployment. |
🚀 neika.exe |
Portable Standalone | Executable binary. Run directly without installation. |
⚙️ Quick Configuration
- Download and launch your preferred package above.
- Open Neika Settings (Ctrl + ,).
- Enter your free API keys for Google Gemini and Groq under the AI tab.
Made with ❤️ by Alexia Winchester / Neika Dev
Full Changelog: https://github.com/alexiaWvinchester/Neika/commits/v0.7.0