Sparkle v0.6.0

0.6.0 — 2026-10-29

• Add a compact mini player with synchronized lyrics, playback and seek controls, scrollable volume, and an optional always-on-top mode.
• Customize Discord presence with editable metadata and lyric templates, artwork and progress controls, and a live track preview.
• Fix seeks at both ends of the progress bar and prevent delayed playback events or command replies from overwriting newer playback state.
• Improve queue paging, large track lists, and navigation so stale requests cannot replace the current view or queue.
• Keep player artwork visible between track changes and show cached artwork immediately when rows return.
• Repair lyric display and refresh, reuse unchanged audio fingerprints during full library scans, and restore Windows taskbar icons.
• Add local playback diagnostic captures and history-recorder health in Settings, with clearer command outcomes, device recovery diagnostics, and crash-recovery listen endings.
• Keep listening history without an automatic retention limit; expire diagnostic events after seven days and omit them from new library backups.
• Upgrade desktop, audio, storage, and updater dependencies while preserving existing audio identities and refreshing bundled license notices.
• Streamline build and release checks, reuse verified Windows packages, and expand playback, browser, and audio-identity regression coverage.

Windows x64 setup. Creates a Start menu shortcut.

Upgrading from an older MSI: close Sparkle, uninstall the MSI, then run this setup. Your library data stays in the same app-data directory. In-app updates require this setup version.

Sparkle v0.5.0

What's Changed

• fix: preserve library metadata and improve lyrics and artist artwork by @doabell in #19
• fix: improve UI consistency across motion, hover, and themes by @doabell in #20
• ci: split PR checks, coverage, and release by @doabell in #18
• feat: add Velopack setup, manual updates, and offline license notices by @doabell in #21

Full Changelog: v0.4.0...v0.5.0

Sparkle v0.4.0

What's Changed

• fix: lead synced lyric transitions into timestamps by @doabell in #14
• fix: stabilize lyrics and player transitions by @doabell in #15
• feat: add now-playing layouts and unify app appearance by @doabell in #16
• test: add TypeScript and Rust coverage gates by @doabell in #17

Full Changelog: v0.3.0...v0.4.0

Sparkle v0.3.0

Sparkle 0.3.0 adds loudness normalization and a clearer, more consistent Settings experience.

Highlights

• Sound Check normalization with Scan and Rescan controls.
• Reorganized Settings with dedicated Diagnostics and Licenses sections.
• Improved playback recovery, diagnostics, and failure logging.
• Fixed synchronized lyrics behavior and isolated development data.
• Updated application and development dependencies.

See the changelog for details.

Sparkle v0.2.0

What's Changed

• chore(licensing): add third-party notices and debug attribution by @doabell in #2
• Remove N/P keyboard shortcuts by @doabell in #3
• feat(discord): add configurable S3-compatible artwork storage by @doabell in #4
• feat(discord): preserve artwork cache across stores by @doabell in #5
• fix: harden playback, library, and accessibility behavior by @doabell in #6

Full Changelog: v0.1.0...v0.2.0

Sparkle v0.1.0

Sparkle, local-first music player for Windows.