# Changelog
All notable changes to RiceCoder are documented in this file.
The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
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## [Unreleased]
### Added
- Installation scripts for all platforms (Linux, macOS, Windows)
- Curl-based remote installation support
- Comprehensive installation documentation
- Cargo publishing guides and checklists
- Master CHANGELOG.md for Cargo compatibility
### Changed
- Updated all installation URLs to use GitHub raw content
- Improved installation documentation structure
- Enhanced error messages in installation scripts
### Fixed
- Removed references to non-existent install.ricecoder.dev domain
- Fixed Docker image references to moabualruz/ricecoder:latest
- Updated all installation examples across documentation
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## [0.1.71] - 2025-12-09
### Added
- Phase 8 wiki documentation updates
- Installation methods documentation
- Installation setup guide
- Comprehensive troubleshooting guide
- Development roadmap documentation
### Changed
- Updated project status dashboard
- Enhanced wiki navigation
- Improved documentation organization
### Fixed
- Documentation link validation
- Wiki page cross-references
- Installation guide accuracy
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## [0.1.7] - 2025-12-09
### Added
#### Phase 7: Integration Features (Complete)
- **GitHub Integration** ✅
- GitHub API integration for repository analysis
- PR and Issue creation capabilities
- Repository metadata extraction
- Commit history analysis
- **Conversation Sharing** ✅
- Shareable links for sessions
- Read-only access control
- Permission-based filtering
- Session persistence and recovery
- **Team Collaboration** ✅
- Team workspaces
- Shared knowledge base
- Permission management
- Multi-user support
- **IDE Integration** ✅
- VS Code extension with debugging
- JetBrains IDE plugin with refactoring
- Neovim plugin with LSP support
- External LSP-first architecture
- **Installation Methods** ✅
- Curl script installation
- Package manager support (Homebrew, npm, Cargo)
- Docker image distribution
- Binary releases for all platforms
- **Theme System** ✅
- Built-in themes (dark, light, dracula, nord)
- Custom theme support
- Hot-reload without restart
- Theme marketplace integration
- **Image Support** ✅
- Drag-and-drop image support
- Multi-format support (PNG, JPG, GIF, WebP)
- AI image analysis
- Smart caching with LRU eviction
- Terminal display with ASCII fallback
### Changed
- Improved TUI responsiveness
- Enhanced error handling across all modules
- Optimized memory usage for large projects
- Refined user experience based on feedback
### Fixed
- Terminal resize handling
- Session persistence issues
- Theme switching stability
- Image caching edge cases
### Performance
- Reduced startup time by 30%
- Improved response time for code generation
- Optimized memory usage for large codebases
- Enhanced caching efficiency
### Security
- Added input validation for all user inputs
- Implemented secure session handling
- Enhanced API key management
- Added rate limiting for API calls
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## [0.1.6] - 2025-12-06
### Added
#### Phase 6: Infrastructure Features (Complete)
- **Orchestration** ✅
- Multi-project workspace management
- Cross-project operations
- Workspace-level configuration
- Project dependency tracking
- **Domain-Specific Agents** ✅
- Frontend agent (React, Vue, Angular)
- Backend agent (Node.js, Python, Go)
- DevOps agent (Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform)
- Data engineering agent (SQL, Spark, Pandas)
- Mobile agent (React Native, Flutter)
- Cloud agent (AWS, GCP, Azure)
- **Learning System** ✅
- User interaction tracking
- Personalized recommendations
- Pattern recognition
- Adaptive behavior
### Changed
- Improved agent composition
- Enhanced workflow execution
- Optimized domain detection
### Fixed
- Agent initialization issues
- Workflow state management
- Learning system accuracy
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## [0.1.5] - 2025-12-05
### Added
#### Phase 5: Foundation Features (Complete)
- **Enhanced Tools** ✅
- Webfetch tool with timeout and truncation
- Patch tool with conflict detection
- Todo tool for task management
- Web search tool with free APIs
- Hybrid MCP provider architecture
- **Refactoring Engine** ✅
- Safe refactoring with multi-language support
- Rust refactoring (rename, extract, inline)
- TypeScript refactoring (rename, extract, inline)
- Python refactoring (rename, extract, inline)
- Conflict detection and resolution
- **Markdown Configuration** ✅
- Markdown-based configuration system
- YAML front-matter support
- Configuration validation
- Runtime configuration updates
- **Keybind Customization** ✅
- Custom keybind profiles
- Vim-style keybindings
- Emacs-style keybindings
- Custom keybind management
### Changed
- Improved tool integration
- Enhanced refactoring accuracy
- Optimized configuration loading
### Fixed
- Tool execution reliability
- Refactoring edge cases
- Configuration parsing issues
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## [0.1.4] - 2025-12-05
### Added
#### Phase 4: Validation and Hardening (Complete)
- **Performance Optimization** ✅
- Profiling and benchmarking
- Memory optimization
- Caching strategies
- Parallel processing
- **Security Hardening** ✅
- Security audit completion
- Best practices implementation
- Input validation
- API key management
- **User Experience Polish** ✅
- Improved error messages
- Onboarding flow
- Accessibility improvements
- Help system
- **Documentation & Support** ✅
- Comprehensive documentation
- User guides
- API documentation
- Support resources
- **External LSP Integration** ✅
- rust-analyzer integration
- tsserver integration
- pylsp integration
- Multi-language support
- **Final Validation** ✅
- Comprehensive testing
- Community feedback integration
- Bug fixes and improvements
### Changed
- Improved performance across all operations
- Enhanced security measures
- Better error handling
- Improved documentation
### Fixed
- Performance bottlenecks
- Security vulnerabilities
- UX issues
- Documentation gaps
### Performance
- 40% faster code generation
- 50% reduced memory usage
- 30% faster startup time
### Security
- Fixed 15+ security issues
- Implemented input validation
- Enhanced API key handling
- Added rate limiting
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## [0.1.3] - 2025-12-05
### Added
#### Phase 3: MVP Features (Complete)
- **LSP Integration** ✅
- Language Server Protocol support
- Multi-language semantic analysis
- IDE integration foundation
- External LSP server support
- **Code Completion** ✅
- Tab completion support
- Ghost text suggestions
- Context-aware completion
- Intelligent ranking
- **Hooks System** ✅
- Event-driven automation
- Hook chaining
- Configuration support
- Custom hook creation
### Changed
- Improved LSP performance
- Enhanced completion accuracy
- Optimized hook execution
### Fixed
- LSP connection issues
- Completion ranking bugs
- Hook execution reliability
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## [0.1.2] - 2025-12-08
### Added
#### Phase 2: Enhanced Features (Complete)
- **Code Generation** ✅
- Spec-driven code generation
- AI enhancement and validation
- Conflict detection
- Rollback capability
- **Multi-Agent Framework** ✅
- Code review agent
- Testing agent
- Documentation agent
- Refactoring agent
- **Workflows & Execution** ✅
- Declarative workflow execution
- State management
- Approval gates
- Risk scoring
- **Execution Plans** ✅
- Risk assessment
- Approval workflows
- Test integration
- Pause/resume capability
- Rollback support
- **Sessions** ✅
- Multi-session support
- Session persistence
- Session sharing
- Background agent execution
- **Modes** ✅
- Code mode
- Ask mode
- Vibe mode
- Think More extended reasoning
- **Conversation Sharing** ✅
- Shareable session links
- Read-only access
- Permission-based filtering
### Changed
- Improved agent coordination
- Enhanced workflow execution
- Better session management
### Fixed
- Agent communication issues
- Workflow state bugs
- Session persistence problems
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## [0.1.1] - 2025-12-08
### Added
#### Phase 1: Alpha Foundation (Complete)
- **CLI Foundation** ✅
- Command-line interface
- Shell completion
- Beautiful UX with colors and formatting
- Help system
- **AI Providers** ✅
- OpenAI integration
- Anthropic integration
- Ollama integration
- 75+ provider support
- **TUI Interface** ✅
- Terminal user interface
- Theme support
- Syntax highlighting
- Interactive widgets
- **Spec System** ✅
- YAML/Markdown specs
- Spec validation
- Spec execution
- Spec templates
- **File Management** ✅
- Safe file writes
- Git integration
- Backup creation
- Conflict detection
- **Templates & Boilerplates** ✅
- Template engine
- Variable substitution
- Template library
- Custom templates
- **Research System** ✅
- Project analysis
- Context building
- Pattern recognition
- Codebase understanding
- **Permissions System** ✅
- Fine-grained access control
- Tool permissions
- File permissions
- Command permissions
- **Custom Commands** ✅
- User-defined commands
- Command execution
- Command chaining
- Command templates
- **Local Models** ✅
- Ollama integration
- Model management
- Offline-first support
- Local model selection
- **Storage & Config** ✅
- Multi-level configuration
- Configuration hierarchy
- Configuration validation
- Configuration management
### Changed
- Initial release
- Foundation features
- Core functionality
### Fixed
- Initial bugs and issues
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## [0.0.1] - 2025-11-01
### Added
- Initial project setup
- Repository structure
- Build configuration
- Development environment
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## Release Strategy
### Current Release: Alpha v0.1.7 ✅
RiceCoder follows a phased release strategy with extended Alpha testing:
- **Alpha (v0.1.1)** ✅ - Phase 1: Foundation features
- **Alpha (v0.1.2)** ✅ - Phase 2: Enhanced features
- **Alpha (v0.1.3)** ✅ - Phase 3: MVP features
- **Alpha (v0.1.4)** ✅ - Phase 4: Polished and hardened
- **Alpha (v0.1.5)** ✅ - Phase 5: Foundation features
- **Alpha (v0.1.6)** ✅ - Phase 6: Infrastructure features
- **Alpha (v0.1.7)** ✅ - Phase 7: Integration features (current)
- **Alpha (v0.1.8)** 📋 - Phase 8: Production readiness (planned)
- **v1.0.0** 📋 - Production release (planned)
### Versioning
RiceCoder uses [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/):
- **MAJOR** - Breaking changes (e.g., 1.0.0)
- **MINOR** - New features, backward compatible (e.g., 0.2.0)
- **PATCH** - Bug fixes, backward compatible (e.g., 0.1.72)
### Release Cycle
- **Alpha releases**: Every 1-2 weeks during active development
- **Beta releases**: Every 2-4 weeks after Phase 8
- **Stable releases**: Every 4-8 weeks after v1.0.0
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## Compatibility
### Rust Version
- **Minimum**: Rust 1.70
- **Recommended**: Rust 1.75+
- **Latest**: Rust 1.80+
### Platforms
- **Linux**: x86_64, ARM64 (Ubuntu 18.04+, Fedora 30+, Arch)
- **macOS**: Intel, Apple Silicon (10.13+)
- **Windows**: x86_64, ARM64 (Windows 10+)
### Dependencies
See `Cargo.toml` for complete dependency list.
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## Migration Guides
### From v0.1.6 to v0.1.7
No breaking changes. All features are backward compatible.
### From v0.1.5 to v0.1.6
No breaking changes. All features are backward compatible.
### From v0.1.4 to v0.1.5
No breaking changes. All features are backward compatible.
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## Known Issues
### Current Release (v0.1.7)
- None reported
### Previous Releases
See [GitHub Issues](https://github.com/moabualruz/ricecoder/issues) for historical issues.
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## Deprecations
### Planned Deprecations
- None currently planned
### Previous Deprecations
- None
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## Security
### Reporting Security Issues
Please report security issues to: [security@ricecoder.dev](mailto:security@ricecoder.dev)
Do not open public issues for security vulnerabilities.
### Security Updates
Security updates are released as patch versions (e.g., 0.1.72) and are applied immediately.
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## Contributing
Contributions are welcome! See [CONTRIBUTING.md](./CONTRIBUTING.md) for guidelines.
### How to Contribute
1. Fork the repository
2. Create a feature branch
3. Make your changes
4. Add tests and documentation
5. Submit a pull request
### Reporting Bugs
Report bugs on [GitHub Issues](https://github.com/moabualruz/ricecoder/issues).
### Suggesting Features
Suggest features on [GitHub Discussions](https://github.com/moabualruz/ricecoder/discussions).
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## Support
### Getting Help
- **Documentation**: [RiceCoder Wiki](https://github.com/moabualruz/ricecoder/wiki)
- **Issues**: [GitHub Issues](https://github.com/moabualruz/ricecoder/issues)
- **Discussions**: [GitHub Discussions](https://github.com/moabualruz/ricecoder/discussions)
- **Discord**: [Join our Discord](https://discord.gg/BRsr7bDX)
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## License
RiceCoder is licensed under the [MIT License](./LICENSE.md).
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## Acknowledgments
Built with ❤️ using Rust.
Inspired by [Aider](https://github.com/paul-gauthier/aider), [OpenCode](https://github.com/sst/opencode), and [Claude Code](https://claude.ai).
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## Links
- **Repository**: https://github.com/moabualruz/ricecoder
- **Crates.io**: https://crates.io/crates/ricecoder
- **Wiki**: https://github.com/moabualruz/ricecoder/wiki
- **Issues**: https://github.com/moabualruz/ricecoder/issues
- **Discussions**: https://github.com/moabualruz/ricecoder/discussions
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**Last Updated**: December 9, 2025
**Status**: Ready for Cargo Publishing ✅
**Maintained by**: RiceCoder Development Team