vibetunnel/mac/CHANGELOG.md

Changelog

[1.0.0-beta.6] - 2025-07-02

✨ New Features

• Sleep Prevention - Mac now stays awake when VibeTunnel is running terminal sessions
• Dynamic Settings - Sleep prevention setting updates immediately without server restart
• Terminal Title Management - Enhanced terminal title updates with activity detection
• Prompt Pattern Detection - Optimized prompt detection with unified regex patterns and caching

🎨 UI Enhancements

New Menu Bar Design

• The menu bar dropdown now features a modern design with rounded corners only on the left and right sides, creating a more integrated appearance with the macOS menu bar
• The flat top and bottom borders make the dropdown feel like a natural extension of the menu bar while maintaining a contemporary aesthetic
• Enhanced shadow and visual layering for better depth perception

Improved Session Display

• Sessions now show cleaner, more readable information:
  • Process names are extracted from full paths (e.g., shows "python" instead of "/usr/bin/python")
  • Session names are displayed next to commands with a dash separator for better organization
  • Smart handling of shell commands - when running commands through shells like bash or zsh with -c, the actual command is shown instead of just "bash"
  • Long session names are intelligently truncated with ellipsis to prevent UI overflow

Faster Session Updates

• Session information now refreshes every second instead of every 3 seconds, providing more responsive feedback about session status

Better Visual Feedback

• Fixed menu bar button highlighting to properly indicate when the dropdown is open
• Improved hover states for session items with smoother transitions
• Enhanced button colors - the "Create" button now uses a darker green for better visibility and accessibility

🛠 Bug Fixes

Window Tracking Improvements

• Enhanced window focus functionality for terminal sessions, especially for Ghostty terminal
• Improved process tree traversal for more reliable window detection
• Better handling of tabs in terminals that use macOS standard tab system
• Fixed issues with window ID detection and matching

Form Styling

• Fixed corner radius on the new session dialog to match the overall design language
• Improved form field styling and spacing for better usability

Other Fixes

• Unicode Cursor Positioning - Fixed cursor positioning issues with Unicode characters
• Race Condition - Fixed sleep prevention race condition during server startup
• Memory Efficiency - Added input validation to prevent excessive memory usage on long inputs

🔧 Technical Improvements

State Management

• Button state management now uses proper state tracking instead of the deprecated highlight() method
• More reliable window visibility tracking
• Enhanced event monitoring for click-outside dismissal

Performance & Code Quality

• Performance - 45% faster prompt pattern detection with LRU caching
• Code Quality - Comprehensive test coverage for prompt detection utilities
• Documentation - Improved regex documentation for maintainability

[1.0.0-beta.5] - 2025-01-29

🎨 UI Improvements

• Version Display - Web interface now shows full version including beta suffix (e.g., v1.0.0-beta.5)
• Build Filtering - Cleaner build output by filtering non-actionable Xcode warnings
• Mobile Scrolling - Fixed scrolling issues on mobile web browsers

🔧 Infrastructure

• Single Source of Truth - Web version now automatically reads from package.json at build time
• Version Sync Validation - Build process validates version consistency between macOS and web
• CI Optimization - Tests only run when relevant files change (iOS/Mac/Web)
• E2E Test Suite - Comprehensive Playwright tests for web frontend reliability

🐛 Bug Fixes

• No-Auth Mode - Fixed authentication-related error messages when running with --no-auth
• Log Streaming - Fixed frontend log streaming in no-auth mode
• Test Reliability - Resolved flaky tests and improved test infrastructure

📝 Developer Experience

• Release Documentation - Enhanced release process documentation with version sync requirements
• Test Improvements - Better test fixtures, helpers, and debugging capabilities
• Error Suppression - Cleaner logs when running in development mode

[1.0.0-beta.4] - 2025-06-25

• We replaced HTTP Basic auth with System Login or SSH Keys for better security.
• Sessions now show exited terminals by default - no more hunting for terminated sessions
• Reorganized sidebar with cleaner, more compact header and better button placement
• Added user menu in sidebar for quick access to settings and logout
• Enhanced responsive design with better adaptation to different screen sizes
• Improved touch targets and spacing for mobile users
• Leverages View Transitions API for smoother animations with CSS fallbacks
• More intuitive default settings for better out-of-box experience

[1.0.0-beta.3] - 2025-06-23

There's too much to list! This is the version you've been waiting for.

• Redesigned, responsive, animated frontend.
• Improved terminal width spanning and layout optimization
• File-Picker to see files on-the-go.
• Creating new Terminals is now much more reliable.
• Added terminal font size adjustment in the settings dropdown
• Fresh new icon for Progressive Web App installations
• Refined bounce animations for a more subtle, professional feel
• Added retro CRT-style phosphor decay visual effect for closed terminals
• Fixed buffer aggregator message handling for smoother terminal updates
• Better support for shell aliases and improved debug logging
• Enhanced Unix socket server implementation for faster local communication
• Special handling for Warp terminal with custom enter key behavior
• New dock menu with quick actions when right-clicking the app icon
• More resilient vt command-line tool with better error handling
• Ensured vibetunnel server properly terminates when Mac app is killed

[1.0.0-beta.2] - 2025-06-19

🎨 Improvements

• Redesigned slick new web frontend
• Faster terminal rendering in the web frontend
• New Sessions spawn new Terminal windows. (This needs Applescript and Accessibility permissions)
• Enhanced font handling with system font priority
• Better async operations in PTY service for improved performance
• Improved window activation when showing the welcome and settings windows
• Preparations for Linux support

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Fixed window front order when dock icon is hidden
• Fixed PTY service enhancements with proper async operations
• Fixed race condition in session creation that caused frontend to open previous session

[1.0.0-beta.1] - 2025-06-17

🎉 First Public Beta Release

This is the first public beta release of VibeTunnel, ready for testing by early adopters.

✨ What's Included

• Complete terminal session proxying to web browsers
• Support for multiple concurrent sessions
• Real-time terminal rendering with full TTY support
• Secure password-protected dashboard
• Tailscale and ngrok integration for remote access
• Automatic updates via Sparkle framework
• Native macOS menu bar application

🐛 Bug Fixes Since Internal Testing

• Fixed visible circle spacer in menu (now uses Color.clear)
• Removed development files from app bundle
• Enhanced build process with automatic cleanup
• Fixed Sparkle API compatibility for v2.7.0

📝 Notes

• This is a beta release - please report any issues on GitHub
• Auto-update functionality is fully enabled
• All core features are stable and ready for daily use

✨ What's New Since Internal Testing

• Improved stability and performance
• Enhanced error handling for edge cases
• Refined UI/UX based on internal feedback
• Better session cleanup and resource management
• Optimized for macOS Sonoma and Sequoia

🐛 Known Issues

• Occasional connection drops with certain terminal applications
• Performance optimization needed for very long sessions
• Some terminal escape sequences may not render perfectly

📝 Notes

• This is a beta release - please report any issues on GitHub
• Auto-update functionality is fully enabled
• All core features are stable and ready for daily use

[1.0.0] - 2025-06-16

🎉 Initial Release

VibeTunnel is a native macOS application that proxies terminal sessions to web browsers, allowing you to monitor and control terminals from any device.

✨ Core Features

Terminal Management

• Terminal Session Proxying - Run any command with vt prefix to make it accessible via web browser
• Multiple Concurrent Sessions - Support for multiple terminal sessions running simultaneously
• Session Recording - All sessions automatically recorded in asciinema format for later playback
• Full TTY Support - Proper handling of terminal control sequences, colors, and special characters
• Interactive Commands - Support for interactive applications like vim, htop, and more
• Shell Integration - Direct shell access with vt --shell or vt -i

Web Interface

• Browser-Based Dashboard - Access all terminal sessions at http://localhost:4020
• Real-time Terminal Rendering - Live terminal output using asciinema player
• WebSocket Streaming - Low-latency real-time updates for terminal I/O
• Mobile Responsive - Fully functional on phones, tablets, and desktop browsers
• Session Management UI - Create, view, kill, and manage sessions from the web interface

Security & Access Control

• Password Protection - Optional password authentication for dashboard access
• Keychain Integration - Secure password storage using macOS Keychain
• Access Modes - Choose between localhost-only, network, or secure tunneling
• Basic Authentication - HTTP Basic Auth support for network access

Remote Access Options

• Tailscale Integration - Access VibeTunnel through your Tailscale network
• ngrok Support - Built-in ngrok tunneling for public access with authentication
• Network Mode - Local network access with IP-based connections

macOS Integration

• Menu Bar Application - Lives in the system menu bar with optional dock mode
• Launch at Login - Automatic startup with macOS
• Auto Updates - Sparkle framework integration for seamless updates
• Native Swift/SwiftUI - Built with modern macOS technologies
• Universal Binary - Native support for both Intel and Apple Silicon Macs

CLI Tool (vt)

• Command Wrapper - Prefix any command with vt to tunnel it
• Claude Integration - Special support for AI assistants with vt --claude and vt --claude-yolo
• Direct Execution - Bypass shell with vt -S for direct command execution
• Automatic Installation - CLI tool automatically installed to /usr/local/bin

Server Implementation

• Dual Server Architecture - Choose between Rust (default) or Swift server backends
• High Performance - Rust server for efficient TTY forwarding and process management
• RESTful APIs - Clean API design for session management
• Health Monitoring - Built-in health check endpoints

Developer Features

• Server Console - Debug view showing server logs and diagnostics
• Configurable Ports - Change server port from default 4020
• Session Cleanup - Automatic cleanup of stale sessions on startup
• Comprehensive Logging - Detailed logs for debugging

🛠️ Technical Details

• Minimum macOS Version: 14.0 (Sonoma)
• Architecture: Universal Binary (Intel + Apple Silicon)
• Languages: Swift 6.0, Rust, TypeScript
• UI Framework: SwiftUI
• Web Technologies: TypeScript, Tailwind CSS, WebSockets
• Build System: Xcode, Swift Package Manager, Cargo, npm

📦 Installation

• Download DMG from GitHub releases
• Drag VibeTunnel to Applications folder
• Launch from Applications or Spotlight
• CLI tool (vt) automatically installed on first launch

🚀 Quick Start

# Monitor AI agents
vt claude

# Run development servers  
vt npm run dev

# Watch long-running processes
vt python train_model.py

# Open interactive shell
vt --shell

👥 Contributors

Created by:

• @badlogic - Mario Zechner
• @mitsuhiko - Armin Ronacher
• @steipete - Peter Steinberger

📄 License

VibeTunnel is open source software licensed under the MIT License.

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Version History

Pre-release Development

The project went through extensive development before the 1.0.0 release, including:

• Initial TTY forwarding implementation using Rust
• macOS app foundation with SwiftUI
• Integration of asciinema format for session recording
• Web frontend development with real-time terminal rendering
• Hummingbird HTTP server implementation
• ngrok integration for secure tunneling
• Sparkle framework integration for auto-updates
• Comprehensive testing and bug fixes
• UI/UX refinements and mobile optimizations