v3.6.0 - Smarter Workspace Navigation and Document Organisation

This release focuses on improving how users browse, organise, and manage content inside the workspace.

• Adds support for folders in documents, improves the project and document detail experience with dedicated detail pages and side panels, and refines the collection and workspace layouts for better readability and usability.
• Includes a searchable secondary sidebar, a full-width collection view, cleaner navigation flow, and a range of UI and behaviour fixes to make the app more consistent and easier to use.

Overall, makes the workspace more structured, more intuitive, and better suited for managing projects and documents efficiently.

v3.5.0 - A more flexible project workspace

This release makes projects and workspace content easier to navigate and manage.

• Project views are now visible tabs, with a dedicated picker for adding views and a per-view menu for removal.
• Workspace-wide Documents adds a shared place for guides and notes, alongside existing project-level documents.
• Navigation has been reorganised with an extensible secondary sidebar.
• Focus Timer has a dedicated page.

Full Changelog: v3.4.0...v3.5.0

v3.4.0 - Folder workspace and calendar improvements

This release introduces

• A dedicated folder workspace with search, sorting, list/grid views, and richer project cards, plus collapsible folders, folder-level project creation, and project pinning for faster organisation.
• Calendar improvements include day and week views, month/year navigation, cleaner controls, and better task/event layout. Also enhanced the date/time picker with more flexible selection behaviour.
• Improved duplicate handling, and added support for editable add-field tags.
• Additional workspace validation and UI polish make the experience smoother and more consistent across project management workflows.

Full Changelog: v3.3.0...v3.4.0

v3.3.0 - Polished workspace and richer demo

This release makes Beforework easier to explore and more comfortable to use, while reorganising key parts of the application for maintainability.

Highlights

• Explore the browser-based demo: Open a sample workspace directly, without connecting a folder first. The refreshed sample covers projects, multiple views, milestones, documents, related items, reminders, focus sessions, and more. Demo changes stay in that browser, and Reset demo restores the sample.
• Review items in a side panel: Item details now slide in from the right, giving descriptions, fields, comments, and activity more room while keeping the project in view. Other modal dialogs retain their existing behaviour.
• Clearer operation feedback: Startup has a dedicated loading state. Longer saves and workspace operations show a compact busy indicator, and Google Calendar sync displays its progress.
• More capable scheduling: Recurrence handling and date/time picker controls are organised into dedicated modules, with continued support for recurring calendar entries.
• CSV workflow improvements: CSV import and export functionality is separated into focused modules, with the import flow using reusable page templates.
• Easier local development: The source loader runs the application scripts in manifest order without requiring a production build for everyday local development. Production still builds a bundled, minified site.

Verification: 318 tests pass, and the production build succeeds.

Full Changelog: v3.2.0...v3.3.0

v3.2.0 Documents, Custom Currency Fields, and Smarter Filtering

This release adds project documents and expands field and filtering capabilities, alongside improvements to workspace reliability and everyday workflows.

• Project documents: Create and edit Markdown briefs and notes, preview content, start with a project brief, and export documents as .md files.
• More field options: Add configurable currency fields, and manage choices for single-select, multi-select, and priority fields with a dedicated editor.
• Improved filtering and search: Use faceted filters and searchable field selectors, with a more polished selection experience.
• Smoother project workflows: Access archive and CSV export actions from context menus, and remove redundant tag management controls.
• Reliability improvements: Centralised error handling and strengthen workspace validation and recovery.
• Build improvements: Bundle Primer locally as part of the site build.
• UI imrovements: Much cleaner UI improvements across the site

Full Changelog: v3.1.0...v3.2.0

v3.1.0 - Flexible Fields, Customisable Choices & Smarter Project Templates

This release makes project fields more flexible and improves the out-of-the-box project setup. You can now manage field choices more fully, while updated templates provide a more useful starting point for common workflows.

Highlights

• Manage choices from the field editor. Add, rename, hide, delete, and reorder choices for supported fields. Changes are staged and applied with the existing Save action.
• Customise Priority. Keep the built-in High, Medium, and Low choices as a starting point, then adapt the options to your project.
• Start projects with more relevant templates. The project-management template now opens in List view and includes a useful status flow, starter tags, and considered List/Table column ordering. Table and Calendar templates also include fields suited to their use.
• Use optional fields and cleaner layouts. The Group field can be added when needed, and List/Table columns remain aligned when Tags is absent.

Improvements and fixes

• Added field-level context actions and improved field editing and choice-management controls.
• Improved item-detail refresh behaviour after changes.
• Refined project action menus and item-field interfaces.
• Kept hidden choices and existing assignments consistent across fields, views, storage, and CSV import/export.
• Extracted project template definitions and builders into a dedicated module.
• Expanded automated coverage for field choices, templates, views, CSV handling, and project actions.

Full Changelog: v3.0.0...v3.1.0

v3.0.0 - Flexible Projects, Custom Fields & a More Modular Workspace

Beforework 3.0 brings a more flexible way to organise projects, alongside a major step toward a more maintainable app structure. Projects can now start clean and grow around the fields and views you choose, while existing workspace data is migrated to preserve established workflows.

What’s new

• Projects start with fewer assumptions. Tasks belong to the project and can be organised into optional groups. New blank projects don’t have to start with predefined groups or tags.
• Tags are now an optional custom field. Add Tags when a project needs them, then use tags with the existing pills, filters, bulk actions, and project views. Removing the field hides Tags without deleting the project’s saved tag data.
• More project-specific fields. Location and Schedule controls can be added when needed. Group is available as a field for organising Board columns, and field types can define how many instances a project can have.
• Custom fields are more extensible. Field types now have individual modules for their metadata and type-specific behaviour, including filtering, value handling, sorting, and export.
• Improved workspace compatibility. Existing workspaces are upgraded through schema migrations. Existing project tags remain available, and legacy Location and Schedule data is carried forward when those controls are migrated.
• Improved internal structure. Item workflows, workspace recovery, authentication-provider integration, and the project-view catalog have been separated into focused modules to make future changes easier to maintain.

Compatibility

Open an existing workspace in Beforework 3.0 to let the app migrate it automatically. The migration process creates a recovery backup before upgrading older workspace data. As with any major update, keeping a separate copy of important workspace files before opening them is recommended.

Validation

The production build succeeds. The automated test suite reports 224 passing tests and 2 known failures in the time-picker tests; those same two failures were also present at v2.7.0.

v2.7.0 - Workspace improvements and smarter project controls

This release focuses on a smoother, more flexible workspace experience across the app.

• Added the ability to hide/show projects in the overview
• Improved board, list, and table layouts for better readability and navigation
• Refined project, folder, and context menu interactions for a more compact workflow
• Added per-column filtering and column visibility controls
• Improved relation handling and item modal usability
• Added searchable app selection for easier workflow navigation
• Fixed calendar sync issues and stale index/workspace validation problems
• Updated styling and documentation for a cleaner, more polished experience
• Expanded automated test coverage around menus, modals, layouts, and validation logic

This release is primarily about improving productivity, clarity, and reliability in the project workspace while keeping the interface more consistent and easier to use.

Full Changelog: v2.6.0...v2.7.0

v2.6.0 - Markdown Descriptions & Item Details

This release adds Markdown support to item descriptions, including a formatting toolbar, live preview, task-list checkboxes, and the ability to copy Markdown. It also refines the subitems and item-details modal layouts, with improved spacing and a wider modal.

Full Changelog: v2.5.0...v2.6.0

v2.5.0 - Compact Sidebar, UI Refinements and Code Organisation

This release includes:

• Collapse the sidebar into a compact icon rail while keeping navigation, search, workspace switching, projects, and the focus timer accessible.
• Refine the time picker and select menus, and improve item details and List/Table consistency.
• Reorganise app features and styles into smaller modules without changing the existing workspace experience.

Full Changelog: v2.4.0...v2.5.0