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Starcat 1.0.0

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@dong4j dong4j released this 20 Aug 12:47
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v1.0.0
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Initial Starcat release for the Mac App Store.

Highlights

  • Manage GitHub stars in a native macOS three-column app.
  • Sign in with GitHub and sync starred repositories with progress, refresh, and rate-limit handling.
  • Browse repositories by all stars, tags, languages, smart collections, status, archived state, forks, and search.
  • Read repository details with metadata, README rendering, GitHub shortcuts, clone links, and unstar actions.
  • Organize repositories with tags, batch tagging, private notes, and reading or usage status.
  • Search locally across repository names, owners, descriptions, notes, and related metadata.
  • Explore GitHub Trending, weekly sources, recommendations, and repository activity.
  • Track repository releases, subscribe to repositories, review assets, and mark updates as read.
  • Use AI features with your own provider settings, including repository summaries, tag suggestions, chat, semantic search, README translation, and sharing support.
  • Review repository health signals, OpenSSF Scorecard information, Wiki context, and related insights.
  • Create and export share cards and repository collections.
  • Manage app settings, storage, diagnostics, open-source credits, themes, language, and interface preferences.
  • Use English and Simplified Chinese throughout the app.
  • Unlock Pro features through Apple in-app purchase.

New

  • Added Getting Started onboarding for sync, AI trials, project homepage, and knowledge base setup, with back navigation and manual replay support.
  • Added overlay state protection to prevent onboarding lockout after unexpected exits and refined share guidance placement.
  • Added Agent and RAG workbenches as independent system windows with floating pin control, collapsible sidebars, and inherited interface scale.
  • Added Agent plan and tool output display, expanded event model, and completed runtime event feedback loop.
  • Added similar repository recommendations, saved recommendation results, clearer recommendation cards, starred-repository indicators, and separate repository windows.
  • Added more GitHub sign-in choices, including browser-based sign-in, token sign-in, a clearer login chooser, and a visible authorization countdown.
  • Added repository code intelligence as a Pro feature, giving each repository its own analysis workspace, cached results, and a dedicated settings entry.
  • Added in-detail AI assistant entry, README AI summaries, summary caching, and smoother summary generation.
  • Added Browser Plugin workflow for GitHub pages, including local pairing, repository context, notes, tags, health data, Wiki context, recommendations, and Safari WebExtension support.
  • Added a getting started checklist to guide first-time setup and key actions.
  • Added Explore and discovery surfaces for trending, discovery, GitHub search, and ranked repository lists.
  • Added README background fetching and health score prefetching so repository details can feel ready sooner.
  • Added health score sorting, health color states, and OpenSSF Scorecard warmup for easier repository evaluation.
  • Added menu bar and macOS menu controls for quicker access to common actions.
  • Added service status badges, service health checks, and local operations tools for easier setup and troubleshooting.
  • Added interface size controls, release timeline paging, and release subscription counts in the sidebar.

Improvements

  • Refined Agent workbench audit visibility, reply styling, toolbar entry points, and title bar controls.
  • Refined first-sync and weekly page loading states with shared loading indicators.
  • Refined recommendation cards, recommendation caching, placement, starred-repository indicators, and Pro gating.
  • Refined README rendering with GitHub image handling, system-style scrollbars, and clear loading states.
  • Refined global search with keyboard shortcut, history, reliable focus behavior, and GitHub result pagination.
  • Refined GitHub Stars list handling, sidebar counts, language icons, and empty states.
  • Refined Activity and Weekly browsing with filters, fast counts, and detail loading states.
  • Refined sharing cards with multiple layouts, color options, profile details, and Pro-aware availability.
  • Refined Settings copy, storage actions, service configuration, and diagnostic log feedback.
  • Refined dark mode support across AI, health, search, sharing, and plugin-related screens.
  • Refined action icon patterns across toolbars, dangerous actions, common actions, tags, sidebars, and batch operations.
  • Refined internal diagnostics, telemetry safety, and developer-only controls without exposing unfinished features.
  • Fixed stable Agent default artifact selection on load.
  • Fixed stable RAG and workbench input handling for first-keystroke text entry.
  • Fixed RAG middle column message alignment and workbench title bar icon visibility.
  • Fixed Dock and menu bar reopening behavior after the main window is closed.
  • Fixed cursor behavior when overlays sit above README content or other interactive views.
  • Fixed AI summary generation for repositories whose GitHub names differ only by letter case.
  • Fixed automatic visible-content refresh after notes or tags are changed from external entry points.
  • Fixed stable recommended repository windows and README loading behavior.
  • Fixed README image support for nested folders and GitHub raw image paths.
  • Fixed global search focus timing and refined search result interactions.
  • Fixed storage reset completion states, unsigned-in storage scrolling, and settings layout edge cases.
  • Fixed language aggregation sorting for repositories with missing language data.
  • Fixed release-build-safe debug-only menu controls.
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