bearwave-mac/CHANGELOG.md

Changelog

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.

The format is based on Keep a Changelog, and this project follows a pre-release oriented variant of Semantic Versioning.

[v0.1.0-alpha.1] - 2026-06-25

First public alpha release of BearWave for macOS.

Added

• native macOS app built with SwiftUI and AVFoundation
• Radio Browser integration for:
  • Top
  • Germany
  • Netherlands
  • World
  • Search Results
• favorites, recents, and manual stations
• station folders for organizing saved stations
• menu bar controls
• mini player
• station detail panel
• explicit playback states:
  • connecting
  • buffering
  • playing
  • paused
  • stopped
  • failed
• stream metadata display through AVPlayerItemMetadataOutput
• station artwork and favicon caching
• German and English localization
• About panel with release version and custom BearWave artwork
• repository metadata files:
  • README.md
  • CHANGELOG.md
  • LICENSE
  • SECURITY.md
  • CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md

Changed

• aligned the macOS project back to a radio-first product direction
• reframed saved-station groups in the UI as folders
• improved README structure for forge/repository presentation
• set the visible app release version to v0.1.0-alpha.1

Removed

• podcast support
• podcast parser, views, models, store, and persistence paths
• podcast-specific playback controls and progress logic

Notes

• this release is currently unsigned
• this release is not notarized
• Gatekeeper may warn on first launch
• current release artifact is intended for early testers