Helix 0.2.1

✨ What's New in v0.2.1

This release fixes the cross-platform build pipeline. Linux builds are now attached reliably, and the release includes a simple portable Linux tar.gz archive in addition to AppImage, .deb, and .rpm.

Features

• Cinematic ambient mode — Reactive full-app background that pulses with your music
• 7 visualizer modes — Bars, Wave, Mirror, Radial, Aurora, Grid, Tunnel
• Remote FFT visualization — YouTube and SoundCloud tracks feed real frequency data
• Volume persistence — Volume level is remembered across restarts
• Bilingual UI — English and Spanish

Platform Support for This Alpha

Platform	Formats	Status
Linux	.deb, .rpm, AppImage, .tar.gz	✅
Windows	MSI, NSIS installer, portable .exe	✅
macOS (Apple Silicon)	DMG	✅
macOS (Intel)	Deferred for this alpha	⏸

Checksums

Every binary has a corresponding .sha256 file. Verify downloads:

sha256sum -c Helix_0.2.1_amd64.tar.gz.sha256

Notes

• On Linux, .deb and .rpm are the recommended packages for this alpha
• AppImage is available, but may have graphics/runtime issues on some Wayland setups
• Windows installers are unsigned. Windows 11 may show a SmartScreen warning — click "More info -> Run anyway"
• yt-dlp is auto-downloaded on first run — no manual installation needed