v0.2.0

Yocto Lens v0.2.0

Yocto Lens is a terminal-based static analysis and style review tool for Yocto / OpenEmbedded metadata.

This release focuses on usability, CI integration, and improved analysis accuracy.

Highlights

Interactive Terminal Dashboard

• Modern terminal UI with Gruvbox Material inspired theme
• Dedicated Static Analysis and Style Check modes
• Improved findings inspector
• Fuzzy search support
• Enhanced navigation and filtering

Static Analysis Improvements

• Detection of:

  • AUTOREV usage
  • Floating SRCREV values
  • Hardcoded credentials
  • Layer configuration issues
  • Metadata consistency problems

Style Review Improvements

• Recipe naming checks
• Variable formatting validation
• License metadata validation
• Required variable checks
• General Yocto metadata style enforcement

Export & CI Support

• JSON report export
• SARIF export for CI/CD pipelines
• GitHub Actions integration
• Downloadable release binaries for Linux, macOS, and Windows

Reduced False Positives

• Improved handling of LAYERSERIES_COMPAT_<collection>
• Better reporting for unresolved .bbappend targets
• Improved license metadata validation for common Yocto patterns

User Experience

• New startup splash screen
• Improved dashboard layout
• Health mode enhancements
• Better visual presentation of findings

Installation

Download the appropriate binary from the release assets and run:

./yocto-lens <path-to-layer-or-workspace>

Example

./yocto-lens meta-custom

./yocto-lens /path/to/yocto-workspace

What's Next

Planned improvements include:

• Dependency graph visualization
• Layer relationship analysis
• Recipe quality scoring
• Enhanced license compliance reporting
• Additional CI integrations

Thanks to everyone who tested Yocto Lens and provided feedback.