- Replace Qwen-specific copy with multi-engine messaging across hero, meta, and features
- Add GitHub star count fetched server-side via /api/stars with Spacedrive-style navbar badge
- Replace 'Why Voicebox exists' section with model cards for all 4 TTS engines
- Enable Linux download card (was 'Coming soon')
- Update GPU support copy to include ROCm, Intel Arc, DirectML
- Add Voice Creator section with animated 3-tab UI (upload, mic, system audio) and waveform background
- Make ControlUI responsive: horizontal scroll cards on mobile, stacked layout, scroll-to-active profile
- Fix iOS Safari audio autoplay (unlock AudioContext on user gesture)
- Fix hero logo square background with mix-blend-lighten
- Remove generation length green coloring, use gray with accent highlights
- Comment out grain overlay (visible tile seams)
- Remove player close button, stack waveform above controls on mobile
- Fixed-height profile cards (143px) with space between badges and buttons
Generations now return immediately with a 'generating' status and appear
in history right away. TTS runs in a serial background queue to avoid
GPU contention. Users can kick off multiple generations without blocking.
- Async POST /generate creates DB record immediately, queues TTS work
- Serial generation queue prevents concurrent GPU access (Metal/CUDA/CPU)
- SSE endpoint GET /generate/{id}/status for real-time completion tracking
- Retry endpoint POST /generate/{id}/retry for failed generations
- Store engine and model_size on generation records for retry support
- History cards show animated loader (react-loaders) for generating/playing
- Failed generations show retry button instead of actions menu
- Model downloads happen inline in the queue instead of rejecting with 202
- Stale 'generating' records marked as failed on server startup
- Autoplay on generate setting (default: on)
- Show engine name on generation cards
- Remove sidebar generation spinner
- Checkbox alignment fix in settings
- Add model folder migration with byte-level progress tracking (backend + UI)
- Custom models directory support via VOICEBOX_MODELS_DIR env var passed to sidecar
- Hardcoded model descriptions displayed in model detail cards
- Open model folder button in storage location row
- Remove 'not downloaded' badge from model cards
- Fix server settings scroll offset for audio player
- Fix shell open permission to allow file paths
- Add normalize toggle to generation settings
Cherry-picked and adapted from PR #89 and #214:
- Linux audio capture via PulseAudio/PipeWire monitor sources (cpal)
- AMD ROCm GPU support: HSA_OVERRIDE_GFX_VERSION env var, ROCm detection
- Whisper Turbo model (openai/whisper-large-v3-turbo) in all endpoints
- Cleaner Whisper language handling via generate_kwargs
- tauri::async_runtime::spawn fix to prevent panic on app shutdown
- Enable Linux (ubuntu-22.04) in release CI matrix
- New ChatterboxTTSBackend wrapping ChatterboxMultilingualTTS (ResembleAI/chatterbox)
- Supports 23 languages including Hebrew, forces CPU on macOS (MPS issue)
- Monkey-patches torch.load for CPU loading, forces eager attention for compatibility
- trim_tts_output utility cuts trailing silence/hallucination from Chatterbox output
- Full engine integration: /generate, /generate/stream, model status/download/delete
- Hebrew (he) added to supported languages in frontend and backend validation
- Single flat model dropdown extended with Chatterbox option in both generation UIs
- ModelManagement UI groups LuxTTS and Chatterbox under 'Other Voice Models' section
Add the ability to download a CUDA-enabled backend binary (~2.4 GB) and
swap it in via a backend-only restart, solving the #1 user pain point
(19 open 'GPU not detected' issues caused by GitHub's 2 GB asset limit).
Backend:
- cuda_download.py: download from R2 (primary) or GitHub split-parts
(fallback), SHA-256 verification, atomic writes, progress via SSE
- 4 new endpoints: GET/POST/DELETE /backend/cuda-*, GET cuda-progress
- server.py: --version flag, auto-detect variant from binary name
- build_binary.py: --cuda flag for CUDA PyInstaller builds
- split_binary.py: split large binaries into <2GB GitHub Release assets
- CI workflow for building CUDA binary
Tauri:
- restart_server command (stop -> wait -> start)
- start_server prefers CUDA binary from {data_dir}/backends/ if present
- Version mismatch check: runs --version before launching CUDA binary
Frontend:
- GpuAcceleration component: download, progress, restart, switch, delete
- API client + types for CUDA status and management
- Platform lifecycle: restartServer() on Tauri/Web
- Aggressive 1s health polling during restart for fast reconnection
Address CodeRabbit review feedback:
- Makefile: only set WEBKIT_DISABLE_DMABUF_RENDERER=1 when running on
Linux with an NVIDIA GPU detected via lspci
- main.rs: validate webview origin before auto-granting microphone
permission — only allow for trusted local origins (tauri://, localhost,
127.0.0.1)
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <[email protected]>
WebKitGTK denies getUserMedia by default. This adds webkit2gtk as a
Linux dependency and configures the webview to enable media streams
and auto-grant UserMediaPermissionRequest for microphone access.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <[email protected]>
- Rearranged imports for consistency in useModelDownloadToast hook.
- Improved logging in useModelDownloadToast for better debugging during download events.
- Updated progress calculation to handle cases where progress exceeds 100%.
- Enhanced toast notifications to reflect download completion and error states.
- Introduced throttling in ProgressManager to optimize SSE updates and prevent overwhelming clients.
- Added new test scripts for monitoring SSE events during model downloads, ensuring accurate progress reporting.
- Rearranged imports for consistency across components.
- Enhanced the ModelManagement component to include detailed logging for download actions and errors.
- Updated the ModelProgress component to connect to SSE only when actively downloading, preventing connection exhaustion.
- Added a downloading state to the model status to indicate ongoing downloads.
- Improved toast notifications for model downloads with completion and error callbacks.
- Refactored the useModelDownloadToast hook to support new callbacks for download completion and error handling.
- Updated backend model status to reflect downloading state during active downloads.
- Bumped version numbers for @voicebox/app, @voicebox/landing, @voicebox/tauri, and @voicebox/web to 0.1.11.
- Added a new `useAutoUpdater` hook to check for app updates on startup and notify users with toast messages.
- Enhanced `UpdateStatus` component to handle version retrieval errors more gracefully.
- Updated dependencies in `package.json` for Tauri plugins to support new update functionalities.
- Updated HistoryTable to implement infinite scrolling for loading history items dynamically.
- Introduced state management for accumulated history and total item count.
- Added Intersection Observer for triggering additional data fetches when scrolling.
- Implemented cache clearing functionality in the backend to manage voice prompt caches effectively.
- Improved loading indicators and user feedback for data fetching states.
- Refactored code for better readability and maintainability.
- Replaced direct Tauri API calls with a unified platform context across multiple components, enhancing code maintainability and readability.
- Removed the deprecated tauri.ts file, consolidating platform-related logic into the new PlatformContext.
- Updated components such as App, AudioPlayer, and ServerSettings to utilize the new platform context for lifecycle management and server interactions.
- Improved platform detection and handling for audio playback and system audio capture functionalities.
- Ensured consistent error handling and user feedback across the application when interacting with platform-specific features.
- Modified the file extension filters in useHistory.ts and useProfiles.ts to only allow 'zip' files, removing 'voicebox.zip' for a more streamlined export process.
- Added user-selected read-write permission in Entitlements.plist to enhance file handling capabilities.
- Updated README.md to highlight MLX backend performance improvements on Mac with Metal acceleration.
- Refined ProfileCard and ProfileForm components by optimizing imports and improving error handling for avatar uploads.
- Adjusted landing page content to better describe features, including a new multi-voice narrative editor and performance optimizations for different platforms.
- Bumped version to 0.1.11 in Cargo.lock to reflect recent changes.
- Updated hidden imports in build_binary.py to replace 'mlx_audio.asr' with 'mlx_audio.stt'.
- Enhanced model loading logic in MLX and PyTorch backends to ensure proper progress tracking during model downloads.
- Improved error handling and context management for progress tracking in both backends.
- Bumped version to 0.1.10 in Cargo.lock to reflect recent changes.
- Added support for MLX backend on Apple Silicon, enabling optimized performance for TTS and STT tasks.
- Implemented platform detection to dynamically select between MLX and PyTorch based on the runtime environment.
- Updated build process to include MLX-specific dependencies and configurations for macOS.
- Refactored backend code to improve model loading and inference logic, accommodating backend-specific requirements.
- Enhanced documentation to clarify backend selection and performance benefits for different platforms.
- Streamlined installation instructions and troubleshooting guidance for MLX-related issues.
- Added support for MLX backend on Apple Silicon, enabling optimized performance for TTS and STT tasks.
- Updated release workflow to include MLX-specific dependencies and configurations for macOS platforms.
- Refactored backend code to dynamically select between MLX and PyTorch based on the runtime environment.
- Enhanced model loading and inference logic to accommodate backend-specific requirements, including updated model IDs and hidden imports.
- Improved health check and model status reporting to reflect the active backend type.
- Streamlined caching mechanisms to support both backend types, ensuring compatibility and performance.
- Created a new .npmrc file to enforce bun usage.
- Bumped version numbers for multiple packages to 0.1.9 in bun.lock.
- Added react-sound-visualizer dependency to enhance audio visualization features.
- Introduced convert:assets script in package.json for asset optimization.
- Updated CONTRIBUTING.md with instructions for converting assets to web formats.
- Added documentation files for API endpoints and developer guidelines in the docs directory.
- Updated CONTRIBUTING.md to include instructions for building with a local Qwen3-TTS development version, facilitating easier testing and development.
- Refactored FloatingGenerateBox component to streamline the rendering of text and instruct fields, improving code readability and maintainability.
- Added functionality to handle auto-resizing of text areas based on content changes, enhancing user experience.
- Improved event handling for keyboard interactions in StoryTrackEditor, allowing for play/pause functionality with the spacebar.
- Introduced a MiniSamplePlayer component in SampleList for better audio playback control, including play, pause, and seek features.
- Implemented sample update functionality in the backend, allowing users to edit reference text for audio samples, with appropriate error handling and user feedback.
- Added a new `/shutdown` endpoint to allow graceful server shutdown via HTTP.
- Implemented process tree management functions to handle child processes during shutdown on Windows.
- Updated the `stop_server` function to attempt graceful shutdown before forcefully terminating processes.
- Enhanced error handling and logging for shutdown operations.
- Replaced existing screenshot paths in README and landing page with new assets.
- Added additional screenshots to the landing page for enhanced visual representation.
- Updated version in Cargo.lock from 0.1.6 to 0.1.7.
- Updated StoryTrackEditor and StoryContent components to support trimming and splitting of story items.
- Introduced new API endpoints for trimming, splitting, and duplicating story items, enhancing item management capabilities.
- Refactored related hooks and state management to accommodate new functionalities.
- Improved data models to include trim start and end times for better audio playback control.
- Enhanced UI interactions for selecting and managing story items within the track editor.
Previously, running `bun run dev` would fail because Tauri requires
the sidecar binary to exist at compile time, even in development mode.
This forced developers to build the full PyInstaller binary before
they could start development.
This change introduces a streamlined dev workflow:
1. Add `scripts/setup-dev-sidecar.js` - Creates minimal placeholder
binaries that satisfy Tauri's compile-time check. Works cross-platform
(Windows PE stub, Unix shell script).
2. Update Rust code to gracefully handle dev mode - When the sidecar
fails to start, it checks if a manually-started server is already
running on the expected port and connects to it instead.
3. Update npm scripts - `bun run dev` now auto-runs the setup script,
and `dev:server` uses the correct port (17493).
4. Update CONTRIBUTING.md with clearer dev workflow documentation.
New development workflow:
Terminal 1: bun run dev:server
Terminal 2: bun run dev
The bundled binary is only required for production builds.
Jamie Pine