5.2.3 is a DJ hardware and metadata reliability release. Denon DJ setups now
connect to every player and all-in-one on the network at once, so multi-player
rigs work with or without a Denon mixer, and discovery reaches machines with
more than one network interface. Icecast track data is read far more reliably:
metadata split across network reads is no longer dropped, a track no longer
inherits the previous track's artist, and Traktor broadcasts in particular
behave much better. What's Now Playing also now checks whether this computer's
certificate authorities can still verify the music services it fetches from and
falls back to a bundled set when they cannot, fixing artwork and biographies
that silently stopped arriving on older machines.

Running the Intel build on Apple Silicon: the first launch can take several
minutes with no window and no progress.

You only need the zip file for your platform.

See the full changelog for details.

5.2.2 is primarily a security and polish release. It patches several
denial-of-service vulnerabilities in bundled network libraries, fixes a stale
template list in the preview window, and adds a "Receive pre-release updates"
checkbox in General settings so you can opt in to future previews without
waiting for the stable release. djay Pro users with large libraries will also
notice faster track lookups and better performance.

See the full changelog for details.

5.2.2 is primarily a security and polish release. It patches several
denial-of-service vulnerabilities in bundled network libraries, fixes a stale
template list in the preview window, and adds a "Receive pre-release updates"
checkbox in General settings so you can opt in to future previews without
waiting for the stable release. djay Pro users with large libraries will also
notice faster track lookups.

Updates from preview1:

• More security fixes
• Another pass at working on djay pro

5.2.2 is primarily a security and polish release. It patches several
denial-of-service vulnerabilities in bundled network libraries, fixes a stale
template list in the preview window, and adds a "Receive pre-release updates"
checkbox in General settings so you can opt in to future previews without
waiting for the stable release. djay Pro users with large libraries will also
notice faster track lookups.

5.2.1 is a reliability release with djay Pro feature additions.

Highlights:

• Album cover art now sourced from Discogs and fanart.tv in addition to MusicBrainz's Cover Art Archive
• djay Pro (macOS and Windows): BPM, key, deck number, ISRC in track metadata; configurable analysis delay and deck skip; and more
• Smarter MusicBrainz album selection (canonical studio albums preferred over compilations and reissues)
• Misc fixes: Discord invite link, sleep/wake recovery, EarShot cover art truncation

See the full changelog for details.

The big additions this release: WNP EarShot support. Vinyl decks, standalone CDJs, and analog mixers can now feed track data via Shazam-based audio identification. The OBS Scene Collection exporter generates a ready-to-import OBS scene file in one click, no manual source configuration needed.

42 browser overlay templates are now included, with 8 new WebGL and animated effects templates.

Twitch and Kick bots can now automatically update your stream title on each track change. The entire settings UI has been overhauled for consistency, and the tray icon now follows your OS light/dark scheme automatically.

See the CHANGELOG.md for all fixes and details.

macOS and Windows binaries are now signed. Twitch stream titles can now update automatically when a new track plays. EarShot is now a first-class input source with "Always Accept" mode for vinyl, CDJs, and analog mixers. The tray icon and settings now follows your OS dark/light mode. Cover art from EarShot is now fetched automatically if it is sent. The Kick bot no longer requires a restart after completing browser OAuth. Doc images updates. Twitch broadcaster login should stick around after exit.

Known issues: Linux MPRIS2 is still very noisy.

8 new overlay templates including WebGL effects (vinyl, spectrum, hologram, wave, particles, cube), a fanart slideshow, and frosted glass. New "Export for OBS..." menu generates a ready-to-import scene collection. Settings screens now have a live template preview with a "Use This Template" button.

VirtualDJ now pulls metadata from the local library database and correctly converts BPM. Bug fixes for M4A metadata, OAuth on non-standard ports, en-dash filenames, and duplicate chart submissions.

Tenor GIF support removed; use Klipy instead. Python 3.10 dropped (3.11+ required, 3.14 supported). Installer is larger than 5.1.0 due to the embedded browser engine in the preview window.

New:

djay Pro support, a Twitch Guess Game for your audience, and Last.fm as a metadata source. Serato users get major bugfixes and improvements. Discord can now post to channels with cover art. Linux users get native binary builds for the first time.

Also:

Faster startup, security fixes, improved reliability on Windows, and a documentation overhaul.

Note:

Last binary release for macOS 10 and macOS 12.

This is a rebuild of preview5 plus two bug fixes. Unless something major pops up, this release will get rebuilt as 5.1.0 in a week or two.

• macOS

  • This is the last release with pre-built binaries for macOS 11 (Intel) and macOS 12 (Apple Silicon)

• Major New Features

  • djay Pro
    • Added basic support for djay Pro
  • Guess Game
    • Add a new Twitch chat-based guessing game for your audience
    • System tray toggle to enable or disable the game at runtime
    • Viewers guess the current track via configurable Twitch chat commands
    • Leaderboards, scoring, and personal stats available via chat
    • Real-time OBS overlay support to display game state on stream
    • Support for seeing the current game and leaderboards from the whatsnowplaying.com website
  • Last.fm
    • Added support for Last.fm as a source for track metadata

• Minor New Features

  • Support Klipy as an alternative to the EOLing Tenor
    • Klipy is preferred when both API keys are configured
  • Add support for autodiscovery using Bonjour/Zeroconf for Remote Output and for
    some upcoming feature support
  • Add a new /v1/status webserver endpoint
  • Requests now support reporting 'for @ user'
  • Direct link to your version's documentation from the menu bar/system tray

• General Bug Fixes

  • Major speedup of program launch
  • Configuration files can now be exported and imported for portability across systems
    • The exporting machine's home directory is recorded in the config file so paths are
      automatically remapped to the importing machine's home directory
    • Paths that do not exist on the importing system are skipped gracefully, with a
      warnings file generated listing what needs to be manually reconfigured
    • Stale legacy configuration keys from old versions are automatically cleaned up on upgrade
  • Smarter upgrade logic
    • Should do a better job of helping you get the correct zip file
    • Linux users now receive correct upgrade notifications
  • Found an issue where in some cases changed templates would always trigger an 'update'
    on program launch despite the .new file actually being correct.
  • Web server template assets (including vendor libraries and guessing game files) now load correctly
  • Fixed an issue where Qt SVG support was sometimes unavailable on Windows
  • Respinning a request that doesn't have a playlist assigned no longer crashes parts of the system
  • Major documentation overhaul
  • Minor graphics cleanup

• Artist Extras

  • Artist biographies are now deduplicated per session. The same bio will not be shown twice
    during a stream. This can be disabled in settings.
  • Last.fm and TheAudioDB can now be used for album art lookup
  • TheAudioDB basic features no longer require an API key

• Discord

  • Bot Mode and Rich Presence are now independently toggled
  • Bot Mode can now post to a channel with cover art

• Denon

  • Fixed a crash on certain network environments during device discovery

• Kick and Twitch

  • Twitch accounts will now be automatically linked to your Charts profile at startup
    • A warning is shown if the account is already linked to a different Charts profile
  • Token refreshes for Kick and Twitch would sometimes get lost
  • Twitch and Kick OAuth authentication status is now more accurately reflected in the Settings panel
    • The panel now shows the actual account name(s) associated with authenticated tokens
    • Stale authentication state from a previous session is cleared on startup

• Serato

  • Add artist-based library query support for Serato 4
    • Search entire library or selected playlists/crates for artist tracks
    • Enhanced crate search and metadata querying capabilities
  • Track filename resolution now works correctly using location ID and portable ID mapping
  • All Serato library database files are now auto-discovered. Manual path configuration
    is no longer needed
  • Changes to better detect when the latest track is playing
  • Better support for tracks from streaming services
  • Optionally disable tracking of played status

• Traktor

  • partially corrupted XML library files no longer cause a complete import failure;
    parsing continues with whatever data was successfully read

• VirtualDJ

  • partially corrupted XML library files no longer cause a complete import failure;
    parsing continues with whatever data was successfully read

• Linux

  • Linux binary builds are now available

• Developer Stuff

  • Dependency updates
  • Test fixes
  • Update years to 2026
  • Getting closer to supporting Python 3.14
  • Reduced binary build size by removing unnecessary metadata files
  • Rewrote the developer docs and improved builder.sh, including the ability to create Linux
    executables.