v0.20 brings a major UI overhaul and improves the overall experience across all modules.
The app now features a unified design for M3U, Xtream, and Stalker, along with a new dashboard that shifts the focus from playlists to content. Navigation, favorites, and search have been reworked to be more consistent and intuitive.
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✨ Highlights
- Unified UI across all modules (M3U, Xtream, Stalker)
- New Dashboard as a content-first starting point
- Reworked Favorites & Recently Viewed
- New Command Palette (
Cmd/Ctrl + K)
🧭 Dashboard & Navigation
- New dashboard screen with basic widgets
- Content-oriented start instead of playlist-first approach
- Configurable:
- Can be disabled
- Choose startup view (default vs last opened)
- Consistent look & feel across all playlists
- Scope-aware search depending on current view
🎛 UI & Settings
- Reworked settings page
- App follows system theme by default
- New UI customization options:
- Toggle dashboard visibility
- Toggle external player bar
- External player bar:
- Control player directly from the app
- Can be hidden in settings
⭐ Favorites & History
- Reworked Favorites and Recently Viewed:
- Channel sorting
- Drag & drop support
- Integrated EPG view
- Fully integrated across all modules
📂 Playlist Management
- Reworked “Add Playlist” dialog:
- Unified dialog with tabs (M3U / Xtream / Stalker)
- Xtream: option to clear form
- Fixed drag & drop import for M3U files
🔎 Search & Discovery
- Consistent category search across all modules
- Xtream:
- Category search
- Preserve hidden categories after refresh
📦 Module Improvements
M3U
- Fully redesigned layout:
- Two-column layout for categories & channels
- Groups view replaces accordions
- Improved consistency:
- Sorting
- Category management
- Channel info dialog available via context menu
Xtream
- Improved account information dialog
Stalker
- EPG support for Live TV
- Channel sorting
⚡ System & Platform
- macOS version is now signed
- Fixed Flatpak version (Linux)
🛠 Other Improvements
- Fixed playback position saving when using VLC
- Fixed M3U drag & drop issues from file system
- Improved account information dialog (Xtream)
- General UI consistency improvements across modules
Full Changelog: v0.19.0...v0.20.0