v1.5.3

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Pick your platform from the Assets below:

Platform	Files
Windows	Noctis-v1.5.3-Setup.exe (installer) · Noctis-windows-x64.zip (portable)
macOS	Noctis-osx-arm64.dmg (Apple Silicon) · Noctis-osx-x64.dmg (Intel)
Linux	Noctis-x86_64.AppImage · Noctis-linux-x64.tar.gz · Noctis-linux-arm64.tar.gz
Self-hosted server	noctis-server-linux-x64.tar.gz · noctis-server-linux-arm64.tar.gz (see docs/SELF-HOSTING.md)

Running on macOS — the app isn't code-signed, so Gatekeeper quarantines it on first launch. After dragging Noctis into your Applications folder, clear the flag once in Terminal:

xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/Noctis.app

Then open Noctis normally.

What's Changed

Fixed

• Fixed dropped files lost after restart (queue now restores them)
• Fixed orphan database rows from dropped files
• Fixed removing last folder emptying library incorrectly
• Fixed page behind Settings not updating on library change
• Fixed Songs page empty or stale after folder changes
• Fixed audio cutting out mid-track on slow drives
• Fixed Previous button skipping two songs back
• Fixed Linux window blank after sleep (Wayland/NVIDIA)
• Fixed mini player tooltip placement swallowing first click
• Fixed animated artwork high RAM/CPU usage
• Fixed artist page freeze and black flashing covers
• Fixed audio stalls caused by logging on playback thread
• Fixed Liquid Glass redrawing every frame unnecessarily
• Fixed Plugins Install from File hover color
• Fixed EQ preset applying even when EQ turned off
• Fixed volume change when leaving a built-in EQ preset
• Fixed EQ preset returning after stop/restart with EQ off
• Fixed duplicate preset names differing only by capitalization
• Fixed white flicker on Wine when clicking a track

Added

• Added rectangle selection in queue popup
• Added Date Modified sort (Songs, Albums, Playlists, Folders)
• Added Ctrl+U shortcut to show/hide queue
• Added Clickable individual artists in player island credits
• Added Waveform seek bar (player bar and mini player)
• Added Idle queue pill setting (off by default)
• Added EQ on/off switch (Settings, player bar, mini player)
• Added EQ preset save/delete
• Added Per-song EQ preset selection in metadata editor
• Added Hover buttons on Other Versions/More By tiles

Improved

• Improved sidebar selected item styling (accent pill)
• Improved search box open/close animation
• Improved animated cover performance (shared decoder, ~520MB vs 3.7GB)
• Improved album cover thumbnail caching (88ms → 2.3ms load)
• Improved artist page Songs list virtualization
• Improved memory usage (menu icon caching, log batching, cache limits)
• Improved About page update status display
• Improved audio signal-path readout (shows EQ off/preset name)

Full Changelog: v1.5.2...v1.5.3