1.5.0
These capabilities are available in the current Direct / development build. Mac App Store follows the version that is actually listed.New
- Awesome lists: browse Starcat curated and custom public Awesome sources in Explore, with background parsing and refresh — Awesome
- Multiple Agent runtimes (Direct): switch built-in Loop, Codex App Server, and DeepSeek Harness — Runtime setup
- In-house similar-repo recommendations (Direct): new recommendation pipeline behind the same entry — Similar repos
- Public Star data contribution: off by default; optionally contribute public repo IDs and Star times anonymously — Privacy
- Open repository docs in the app: README Markdown links to the same repo can open in a separate window — Repository detail
- README video: play GitHub README videos with native controls on the detail page
- Security advisories and Release assets: Insights shows advisories, GHSA / CVE, and the latest Release assets — Insights
- Richer notification threads: Issue / PR state, library filters, pasted images, labels, and event stream — Activity
Improvements
- Agent Workspace timeline shows thinking summaries, tool calls, errors, and artifacts
- Empty notification pane, local Issue comment / event cache, and per-thread drafts
- Toolbar can show official GitHub status
1.4.0
GitHub notifications in Activity, plus knowledge-base indexing and Explore refinements. Online services were upgraded: update to 1.4.0; older builds can still show local cache, but live refresh, recommendations, Discovery, Wiki, and sharing no longer work.New
- GitHub notification inbox: mentions, review requests, assignments, discussions, releases, and security alerts in Activity, with Unread / Mentions / Reviews / Issues / PRs filters — Activity
- Issue / PR threads: read the opening post and comments, write or preview a reply, mark Done without closing the issue, and jump to GitHub or the repository in Starcat
- AI comment drafts: generate a reply from the thread, or polish text you already typed; the reply follows the thread language
- Thread translation: segmented or full translation of the opening post and comments; titles, repository names, and the composer stay original
- Local CLI inference (Direct): knowledge-base RAG can use Codex CLI or Claude Code CLI — RAG workspace
Improvements
- Long thinking stays responsive in knowledge Q&A and repository chat — RAG workspace, AI chat
- Semantic search and knowledge-base index status, prefetch, pause, Meilisearch / Qdrant test, and Chinese infix matching — Index management, Semantic search
- README translation can follow the app UI language and skip same-language paragraphs — README translation
- Explore offline cache and first-launch category counts — Explore overview
- Direct: CodebaseMemory detects a local official install instead of bundling a large executable — Integrations
Fixes
- Query planning timeline waits until planning finishes
- Embedding cancel no longer reports a network error
- Global filter panel opens without a noticeable delay
1.3.0
My Projects, library-wide and repository insights, macOS desktop widgets, reusable insight context for AI / RAG, and desktop launcher integrations.New
- My Projects: browse personal, organization, and collaborator repositories; GitHub App unlocks authorized private / Internal projects alongside public ones — My Projects
- App Store update check: detects a new version on launch or re-activation; Check for Updates opens the Mac App Store — Install
- My Insights: organization progress, tech distribution, status, and action items across Stars or Knowledge Base, with drill-down lists — Insights
- Repository Insights: Star growth, collaboration, commits, contributors, releases, health, community, and security signals
- Insight context: reuse generated insights in AI summary, repo chat, and RAG as removable read-only XML context
- macOS widgets: Starcat Focus, Rediscovery, Release Watch, Collection Trend — Desktop widgets
- Desktop launchers: Alfred, uTools, and Raycast search local Stars and GitHub — Desktop launchers
Improvements
- Insight aggregates feed RAG knowledge-base answers — Insights
- RAG prompt settings: compare / copy read-only defaults; clearer Markdown templates — AI configuration
- Custom prompt diagnostics for supported placeholders (no silent rewriting)
- First-run onboarding polish (screenshots, welcome audio, card hierarchy) — Quickstart
Fixes
- Share card theme controls use full click targets
- RAG citations show real snippets for keyword-hit metadata and library stats without requiring vectors — Citations
1.2.0
Stability, usability, and visual polish: 18 UI languages, pinning, share links, shortcuts, and richer README features.New
- 18 UI languages: English, Simplified / Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, German, French, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Italian, Russian, Dutch, Polish, Ukrainian, Turkish, Vietnamese, Indonesian, Arabic — General settings
- Repository pinning in Manage (Pin / Unpin, most-recently-pinned first, corner badge) — Repository list
- Share links that open Starcat and locate the repository — Share links
- Customizable shortcuts: Search Center, list search, refresh, RAG workspace, current-repo AI (master + per-action toggles) — Shortcuts
- README Mermaid diagrams with local rendering and source fallback
- README translation modes: segmented bilingual by default; full mode replaces visible text while keeping structure — README translation
Improvements
- Tag popover, Pro sidebar username gradient, Starred / Explore navigation hierarchy
- Faster README translation (smaller first batch, concurrency, segment cache, resume)
- Personal notes: AI generate / refine from README with Markdown preview
- AI sharing reuses existing summaries; cancel / regenerate links
- Knowledge-base chunk cards show update time and approximate token counts
Fixes
- Knowledge Base entry reliability (no-response, restore after minimize, empty-library gate timing)
1.1.0
Local-first, explainable RAG knowledge base plus performance and macOS UX work.Highlights
- Full RAG workspace: multi-repo context, streaming answers, citations, groups / pins, history and drafts
- Hybrid retrieval: vectors, bilingual keywords, metadata, Wiki, RepoContext; optional rerank, live GitHub context, external search
- Index management: batch Star ingest, README fill, chunk edit / exclude, rebuild, health checks
- Explainable execution UI and local AI usage dashboard (no prompt/answer body stored)
- Global Star-status filters and AI-summary indicators
1.0.0
Initial public release: native three-column Stars manager, sync, tags/notes/status, search, Explore/Weekly/Activity, Release tracking, BYOK AI, health signals, share cards, App Store + Direct.How updates arrive
See Install. Feedback: Support.