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0.5.0 (2026-10-26)

Features

• add onboarding flow with model selection and permission setup (53ae76f)
• customizable hotkeys and cross-platform hotkey support (#1) (eea51d1)
• Models Library with safe downloads, redesigned UI, and multilingual fix (#18) (43c42c2), closes #5
• polished permissions onboarding inspired by Logi Options+ (e15a187)
• polished permissions onboarding inspired by Logi Options+ (#4) (e15a187)
• ui: tidy the Home Get started list (#20) (3e6ba69)

Bug Fixes

• add NSIS to PATH and fix Windows build output (61841ad)
• add portaudio DLL to PATH for Windows build (52d8080)
• add RequestAccessibilityPermissions stub for non-darwin platforms (cd24691)
• bundle PortAudio dylib in macOS app for self-contained distribution (3eef2fd)
• bundle PortAudio in Linux AppImage for self-contained distribution (9ccb6e1)
• copy PortAudio DLL before NSIS installer runs (84e9890)
• icon transparency and DMG layout (1619eda)
• include PortAudio DLL in Windows builds and reduce redundant macOS permission prompts (caa20c5)
• macos: use Metal for local transcription and pin the release toolchain (#15) (511de9b)
• persistent whisper worker, transcription readiness, and release hardening (#8) (dc13018)
• preserve crash diagnostics and retain macOS paste target (#10) (#16) (969033c)
• re-sign macOS app after bundling PortAudio to fix 'damaged' error (0ef6130)
• reap sound player children and stop whisper-server when Yap dies (#13) (0389bb2)
• resolve CI build failures for all platforms (620b195)
• resolve FUSE dependency issue for Ubuntu 24.04 AppImage build (afda1a1)
• show platform-correct hotkey labels in recording overlays (#19) (9a736ac)
• skip Windows build for now, release macOS and Linux only (c218145)
• windows: verify and harden the local transcription runtime (#14) (2593ac6)

Code Refactoring

• use dynamic version from package.json in settings footer (c9b2f92)

Documentation

• add documentation links to README (b2c505f)
• add polished README and MIT license (aaeeee2)
• rename to ApplauseWhisper (no space) (ed7e8e7)
• update README icon to ear design (09b9a69)
• use app icon PNG for README instead of SVG (8f2e775)
• use SVG icon with rounded background for README (53de6e7)

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