✨ Highlights

Glues in the Browser

Glues now ships a first-class web build powered by Ratzilla, letting the full TUI run inside modern browsers.

• Try it instantly at https://gluesql.org/glues, or build locally via the documented trunk serve --release workflow.

• Added a dedicated tui/web target and documented the trunk serve --release workflow plus a hosted demo link.

• The web entry menu now offers Instant, IndexedDB (with namespace prompt), and Proxy backends, persisting selections across sessions.

• Browser builds gained clipboard sync for yank operations, smoother font and IME handling, IndexedDB help inside the in-app guide, and the latest Ratzilla 0.2 runtime.
  PRs: #215, #222, #231, #216, #217, #236, #232, #239, #237, #251

Secure Remote Proxy and Tokens

Remote-first workflows are now much easier to host and lock down.

• Introduced an HTTP proxy server binary that wraps the core backend and exposes the same API the TUI uses locally.
• Added a Proxy option to the entry menu that remembers the last URL and guides users through connecting from both native and web builds.
• Optional bearer-token authentication protects remote proxy instances, with masked input and clear warnings when a token is not configured.
  PRs: #213, #240

Runtime Theme Switching and Visual Polish

Themes can now be explored live without restarting, and the UI picks up several contrast improvements.

• Added an in-app Theme dialog that applies palettes instantly and persists the selection for native and web builds.
• Retired the CLI --theme flag in favor of the runtime selector, refreshed the Pastel palette, and aligned icons and selections with theme accents.
• Improved inactive tree highlights so unfocused panes remain legible.
  PRs: #219, #225, #224, #229, #230, #248

redb Storage Backend

For local notebooks that should live in a single portable file, Glues now supports redb.

• Added a redb option to the entry menu with persisted path prompts and matching snapshots.
• Documented how the backend fits alongside Instant, Local, Git, MongoDB, and Proxy storage.
  PR: #235

🛠 Other Improvements

• Letter-based shortcuts in the entry menu speed up storage selection across native and web builds. PR: #218
• Escaping a notebook now routes through a quit menu that distinguishes returning to the entry screen from exiting Glues entirely (web builds hide the exit option). PR: #220
• The empty notebook message now points newcomers toward creating their first note or directory, plus refreshed web help and README guidance. PRs: #233, #236, #232
• Upgraded GlueSQL integrations and simplified backend plumbing for more reliable storage conversions. PRs: #212, #242, #243
• Pruned unused dependencies and replaced brittle unwrap calls with intent-revealing expect messages. PRs: #223, #228

🐞 Bug Fixes

• Prevent directory reopening from skipping breadcrumb refreshes after closing and reopening tabs. PR: #246
• Avoid repeatedly expanding already open ancestors when issuing open_all, which keeps large notebooks responsive. PR: #247
• Restored IME focus in the web build after toggling DevTools and eliminated proxy flicker during background refreshes. PRs: #237, #217

🧪 Testing and Tooling

• Built a dedicated in-process TUI harness with extensive snapshot coverage for entry, notebook, gateway, visual, and scroll flows, dramatically increasing regression protection. PRs: #193, #197, #198, #199, #200, #201, #202, #203, #204, #205, #206, #207, #208, #209, #234
• Automated coverage collection, reporting, and lcov export in CI, while ignoring docs-only changes to keep signal high. PRs: #204, #205, #206, #207, #245
• Accelerated Trunk setup for web builds, added manual deploy hooks, and bumped the workspace toolchain to Rust 1.90 for upcoming Cargo features. PRs: #221, #226, #249

🔄 Patch Additions in v0.8.1

• Align workspace crate metadata and publish new READMEs so crates.io documentation stays accurate. PRs: #252, #253
• Add the “Prepare Release” GitHub Action and follow-up refinements for release automation. PRs: #254, #255, #259

🔗 Full Changelog

v0.7.0...v0.8.1

Glues v0.7.0 – Release Notes

✨ Highlights

Unified Theme Engine

Glues now drives every UI color through a central Theme system.

• Palette switcher – choose a theme at launch with

  glues --theme <dark|light|pastel|sunrise|midnight|forest>

• 256-color vs. TrueColor
  • Dark / Light → tuned for 256-color (legacy) terminals.
  • Pastel, Sunrise, Midnight, Forest → full RGB palettes; best on true-color terminals.
• Internals were refactored so adding or tweaking palettes is now painless.

PRs:

• #140 – move color constants into a theme module
• #144 – --theme CLI option (Dark/Light)
• #145 – add Pastel + module re-org
• #147 – add Sunrise, Midnight, Forest

Smarter Keymap Dialog

Key bindings appear under logical group headings, making the help popup far easier to scan.
PR: #149

🛠 Other Improvements

• Proxy client/server layer (experimental) – run the TUI locally while delegating note ops to a remote Glues core.
  PR: #150

• Extensible storage backend – Db struct replaced by a CoreBackend trait.
  PR: #148

• Keymap rendering cleanup – unified return types and tighter TUI layout.
  PRs: #141, #154

• Visual & normal-mode refactor – huge state files split into focused modules.
  PRs: #151, #153

• Richer error variants – replaced Error::Wip, improved Error::Todo messages.
  PRs: #159, #160

• CI hygiene – every Codex run now enforces cargo clippy & cargo fmt.
  PR: #162

🐞 Bug Fixes

• Fixed tab cycling that sometimes skipped tabs.
  PR: #143

🔗 Full Changelog

v0.6.3...v0.7.0

What's Changed

• Leave gateway mode on inedible key events by @panarch in #132
• Clarify add failure messages by @panarch in #133
• Add missing delete mode shortcuts by @panarch in #134
• Support row deletion using j & k shortcuts by @panarch in #135
• Rename shortcuts method to keymap by @panarch in #136
• Fix shortcut keys for Git and MongoDB selection in entry menu by @panarch in #137
• Improve grammar in the path creation prompt by @panarch in #138

Full Changelog: v0.6.2...v0.6.3

What's Changed

• Add NoteTree select next(J) & prev(K) directory by @panarch in #128
• Fix keymap dialog not updating live with current TUI state by @panarch in #129

Full Changelog: v0.6.1...v0.6.2

What's Changed

• Change note_tree right boder style and color by @panarch in #118
• Add NoteTree sub state to core/ Notebook::InnerState by @panarch in #120
• Add NoteTreeTransition sub transition enum to NotebookTransition by @panarch in #121
• Split tui/ transitions into sub modules by @panarch in #122
• Rust 2024 edition by @panarch in #123
• Add select-last (G) key support to NoteTree by @panarch in #124
• Add expand(<) and shrink(>) width support to NoteTree by @panarch in #125
• Add select-first (gg) key support to NoteTree by @panarch in #126

Full Changelog: v0.6.0...v0.6.1

Hello everyone. I've been using Glues as my main note-taking app, and I'm pleased to share this update. Here's a brief look at what's new. Expect more improvements soon!

Main Highlights

Design Renewal

• 256-Color Support
  Switched from just 16 ANSI colors to 256 colors. Everything now looks way more vibrant and consistent, no matter which terminal you’re using.

• Better Note Tree Browser
  • Added Nerd Font icons for directories and notes, so it’s easier to see what’s what at a glance.
  • Directories get a neat yellow icon, and notes have dimmer icons for contrast.

• New Bottom Status Area
  • Shows Vim mode (Normal/Insert/Visual) on the bottom-left corner.
  • Displays a breadcrumb to let you know exactly where you are.
  • Hides the Vim mode label when no tabs are open—clean and simple.

Keymap Side Panel

• Press ? to toggle a handy panel on the right with all the key mappings.
• No more cramming everything into a single top row. Now you can open/close the panel anytime you want.

Additional Improvements

• Tab Closing Tweaks: You can now close all tabs on the right or all on the left.
• Cleaner Tab Rendering: Removed the square brackets around editor tabs.
• “Saving…” Label Update: Redesigned for better visibility.
• OS Clipboard Integration: Yanked text goes straight to your system clipboard.
• Vim ‘a’ Command Fix: Properly inserts text at the end of a line.
• Rust Update: Bumped to version 1.84.
• Plus various refactoring and logging upgrades under the hood.

Hope you find these changes helpful! I’m loving it so far and will keep improving Glues for everyone. Enjoy!

What's Changed

• Fix note rename to apply changes to open tabs in TUI by @panarch in #96
• Implement breadcrumb support in tui editor by @panarch in #97
• Update tui/ editor to show vim mode at bottom left corner by @panarch in #98
• Remove surrounding borders in note tree & editor and leave only divid… by @panarch in #99
• Remove square bracket uses in editor tab rendering by @panarch in #100
• Apply Nerd Font icons to NoteTree by @panarch in #101
• Apply NerdFont to editor - tabs & bottom right status message by @panarch in #102
• Add tab close mode with closing all right tabs by @panarch in #103
• Add closing all left tabs (normal mode - tXh) by @panarch in #104
• Change NoteTree icon colors - directory to yellow & note to dimmed by @panarch in #105
• Replace colors - named ANSI colors to other indexed colors by @panarch in #106
• Move tab management including breadcrumb from tui/ to core/ by @panarch in #107
• Add logger to core module by @panarch in #108
• Make editor breadcrumb look better by @panarch in #109
• Update rust-toolchain rust version to 1.84 by @panarch in #110
• Update editor yank to set OS clipboard by @panarch in #111
• Update editor 'Saving...' bottom-right label design by @panarch in #112
• Hide Vim mode label in editor if no tabs open by @panarch in #113
• Fix 'a' behavior in Vim normal mode to stop at line end by @panarch in #114
• Split tui/transitions.rs into sub modules by @panarch in #115
• Implement Keymap side panel UI/UX by @panarch in #116
• Release v0.6.0 by @panarch in #117

Full Changelog: v0.5.5...v0.6.0

What's Changed

• Implement note & directory move functionality by @panarch in #94

Full Changelog: v0.5.4...v0.5.5

What's Changed

• Update Vim keymap dialog - add z mode description to normal keymap by @panarch in #89
• Run auto save before Ctrl+C app close triggered by @panarch in #90
• Implement move-tab-{prev|next} support with tH | tL shortcuts by @panarch in #91
• Trim trailing whitespace in content comparison to avoid unnecessary d… by @panarch in #92

Full Changelog: v0.5.3...v0.5.4

What's Changed

• Add {n}d{n2}$ support - 3d2$, d4$, .. by @panarch in #83
• Add de & db support to delete2 mode - 3d2e, d4b, .. by @panarch in #84
• Update gluesql version to v0.16.3 by @panarch in #85
• Bump gluesql-mongo-storage version to 0.16.3 by @panarch in #86
• Add z scroll support - zz, zt and zb by @panarch in #87

Full Changelog: v0.5.2...v0.5.3

What's Changed

• Update editor to instant save on tab close by @panarch in #72
• Fix not to crash on last tab closing by @panarch in #73
• Add Tab key support for toggling focus between note tree and editor by @panarch in #74
• Fix crash when switching focus to editor with Tab while root is closed by @panarch in #75
• Remove legacy traverse module in core by @panarch in #76
• Remove wildcard use in handle_notebook_transition match by @panarch in #77
• Add tilde(~) switch case support to vim normal & visual modes by @panarch in #78
• Add to_{upper|lower}case support to visual mode (u & U) by @panarch in #79
• Add dj & dl support - {n1}d{n2}{h | l} by @panarch in #80

Full Changelog: v0.5.1...v0.5.2