Starcat 1.9.0 brings smarter tag organization, more capable AI-agent workflows, and broader language support. • When starting with an empty tag library, Starcat can build a controlled taxonomy from all your starred repositories, then let you review assignments before anything is applied—no AI provider required. • Choose Jev or the on-device Laya engine for tag organization, with clearer suggestion sources, skip reasons, and batch progress. • MCP can now query repositories by tag, Star or Unstar repositories, and batch-edit tags and notes behind confirmation safeguards. Setup is easier with a ready-to-copy agent prompt. • App Store and Direct editions can share one protected local AI model store, reducing duplicate downloads and disk usage. • Also includes improved owner and repository navigation, pairing timestamps, and fixes for tag-organization windows, CLI pairing, GitHub Lists sync, and sidebar hover jitter.

New • Repository file download: Browse the file tree from repository details, preview source and images, then download selected files including Git LFS. • External Star alerts: While Starcat is active, detects Stars added through GitHub, a browser, or other tools, surfaces them as an avatar alert in All Repositories, and syncs them with one click. • Labs decision engine: Adds an optional, off-by-default TypeSafe Jev experiment. Manual GitHub Lists grouping and tag generation can reuse existing categories first; when new tags are allowed and needed, the configured LLM fills the gap. Includes separate setup and connection testing. Improvements • GitHub Lists grouping: When OAuth restrictions block remote writes for organization repositories, keeps their grouping locally with a clear status and supports retrying after authorization; batch updates now run concurrently for shorter waits. • Star history motion: Animates Insight charts and README Star-history cards the first time they enter view, with the total Star count updating in sync; Reduce Motion and image exports remain static. Fixes • README image loading: Works around intermittent GitHub camo proxy failures, falls back to Starcat's native Star-history card when an embedded card cannot load, and keeps a visible fallback for other failed README images.

Starcat 1.7.0 introduces Local AI as its headline: no API key, free to use, and enabled by default on first launch — summaries, tagging, and chat work out of the box. • Local AI: Built-in on-device models managed by category, with Hugging Face and ModelScope downloads; optional local reranker for Knowledge Base retrieval, model status and memory in the toolbar panel, and viewable, clearable run logs • Anthropic & CC Switch: Anthropic (Messages API) joins the provider list, with one-click import of existing CC Switch configurations • Search: The footer shows retrieval progress, semantic match scores, and vector coverage in real time; semantic recall now includes README content • Settings: Reorganized by frequency, with Notifications and Keyboard Shortcuts as separate pages • Translation: README adds System and Google translation services, with per-notification engine selection • Contributors: Repository details show a top-3 avatar row with the full list one click away • Insights: My Insights and activity cards redesigned, now open from Explore, Trending, Weekly, and Activity details • Forks: Grouped by ownership; your fork shows its upstream with one-click sync • Polish: Stars badges replace the green checkmark, private groups keep a persistent shield badge, and the language menu uses native names; fixes include AI panel cursor isolation and light-mode contrast issues

Starcat 1.6.1 focuses on issues found after the 1.6.0 release across interface layout, filtering, search, and authorization, while refining macOS 26 Liquid Glass, Star history, and AI organization. Improvements - Native macOS 26 appearance: The main window, search, repository details, and AI and Knowledge Base workspaces now apply system Liquid Glass to toolbars, controls, and floating surfaces. - Star history data: Uses GitHub's official history as the sole data source, removing mixed legacy estimates and local snapshots for consistent charts and metrics. - Unified Search Center: Combines keyword and semantic retrieval in one entry, adopts the new search field, and keeps index status and refresh feedback visible. - Local search coverage: Search Center's local results include every repository already cached in the database, including unstarred My Projects and private repos. - Sidebar terminology: Clearly distinguishes Recently Starred from Recently Added to Knowledge Base and hides empty tags in the current category. Fixes - Main window and workspace layout: Fixes broken top gradients, leftover borders around repository AI controls, and misaligned or overflowing RAG and Agent toolbars and inspectors across window sizes. - Private repository access: Fixes concurrent GitHub App credential refresh and retry after 401 responses; private README and related files no longer fall back to anonymous access. - README Star history: Zero-star repositories no longer show stale summaries; history begins loading when README opens, with a stable skeleton even for short README content. - AI organization results: Empty tag output and invalid grouping results are no longer recorded as successful; unconfirmed tagging and grouping results survive relaunch for later review. - Multi-selection state: Entering multi-select no longer loses the currently selected repository. - Filter counts: Fixes flashing language counts and inconsistent tag totals in the Untagged scope. - Semantic search feedback: Restores search status and the index refresh action. - Agent sidebar performance: Fixes sustained lag after expanding the left sidebar. - AI model list freeze: Configuring large provider catalogs no longer freezes the main thread when toggling or expanding models; the list scrolls and loads in pages. - Empty README refresh: The footer refresh control stays available with no README, and reopening the repository queries GitHub again so a newly added README can appear. - Batch tag organization: Fixes empty tags returned for many untagged repositories during large batch runs. - Batch organization preflight: Starting with tags only no longer wrongly requires summary configuration; config errors name the affected task.

Starcat 1.6.0 focuses on performance, knowledge organization, and repository details. • Added README Star History and Star Journey to visualize repository growth from creation to today. • Added Owner profile cards and language distribution bars for richer repository context. • Added OrcaRouter as an AI provider and Firecrawl for web search. • Added dedicated privacy settings, GitHub sign-in scope disclosure, and categorized cache usage. • Improved batch AI organization, Smart Collections, Knowledge Base, RAG workspace, and sharing. • Improved launch performance, long-list scrolling, pagination, avatar caching, and high-frequency rendering. • Fixed fast-scroll pagination, AI workspace layout freezes, Chinese input handling, delayed Activity replies, theme refresh issues, and other interface problems.

Discovery and Search • New Awesome discovery lets you browse Starcat Picks and custom Awesome sources, search and filter repositories by source or section, and select repositories in bulk. • New macOS Spotlight search finds starred repositories and local notes, then opens the matching detail in Starcat. Organization and AI • Added GitHub Lists management and batch organization tools. • New batch AI workspace generates repository summaries, tags, and grouping suggestions in bulk, with review and adjustment before applying changes. • Configure automatic AI organization scopes and schedules to keep your library organized with less effort. Contributions and Activity • New GitHub contribution widgets show today’s activity, yearly heatmaps, contribution summaries, and activity breakdowns. • Activity now supports background updates and status filters. Issue, pull request, and Discussion workflows now support comment editing, quoted replies, image pasting, and Markdown previews. • Added an optional anonymous public Star data contribution setting to help improve recommendations. Reading and Repository Insights • README files now support in-page search, opening repository Markdown documents in separate windows, and playing supported video content. • View security advisories and release assets for a more complete repository overview. Polish and Fixes • Improved long-list pagination, AI task queues, desktop widgets, and tag and GitHub List editing. • Fixed issues with account data isolation, translation state, Star count synchronization, Activity detail state, and AI summary overlays.

Starcat 1.4.0 brings GitHub Notifications into Activity, so you can handle mentions, review requests, and Issue / PR threads without leaving the app. Important: Starcat's online services have been upgraded. Please update to 1.4.0 as soon as possible. Older versions can still show existing local cache, but online refresh, recommendations, Discovery, Wiki, and sharing will no longer be available. NEW • GitHub notification inbox: Review mentions, review requests, assignments, discussions, releases, and security alerts in Activity. Filter by Unread, Mentions, Reviews, Issues, PRs, and more; group by Today, Yesterday, This week, and Earlier. All also interleaves your own Stars, Unstars, and Forks. • Issue / PR threads: Open a notification to read the opening post and comments, write or preview a reply, and move to the previous or next item. Done matches GitHub Inbox and does not close the issue. Confirmed-open issues can be closed; closed issues can be reopened. • AI comment drafts: Generate a reply from the current thread, or polish text you already typed. The reply follows the thread language. • Thread translation: Translate the opening post and comments. Titles, repository names, and the composer stay original. Target language can follow the app UI. IMPROVED • Knowledge Q&A and repository AI chat stay responsive during long reasoning. • Settings show when the last AI-index prefetch finished, plus Meilisearch and Qdrant test results. • Semantic search and knowledge-base embedding progress are clearer, including current-model coverage and jump-to-shard from pending, failed, or expired cards. • Meilisearch keyword index syncs at the start of a knowledge-base rebuild, so search works before embeddings finish. Chinese infix matching is more reliable. • README translation can follow the app language, skip same-language paragraphs, and fade in new translations. • Activity counts move to the title-bar subtitle. Notification timelines preload the next page before you reach the bottom. FIXED • Query planning no longer shows the plan before planning actually finishes. • Pausing embedding no longer reports a network error or bounces the progress back. • The global filter panel opens without the previous delay. • Explore shows cached Discovery, Popular, and New Releases immediately when the service is unavailable, and restores category counts on first launch.

Starcat 1.3.0 brings My Projects, insights, and desktop widgets—plus tighter AI and Knowledge Base integration—to help you organize and rediscover repositories faster. What’s New • My Projects: Browse personal, organization, and collaboration repos (including authorized private/internal projects) • My Insights & Repository Insights: Track organization progress, tech mix, Star growth, collaboration, and health signals • Reuse insights in AI summaries, repo chat, and Knowledge Base answers • macOS widgets: Focus, Rediscovery, Release Watch, and Star Trend • Search local repos and GitHub from Alfred, uTools, and Raycast • Check for Mac App Store updates at launch Improvements & Fixes • Clearer RAG prompts and custom-template capability guidance • More complete Knowledge Base citations; more reliable share-card theme controls

Starcat 1.2.0 focuses on stability, usability, and a more polished interface. New: • Added an 18-language interface, including English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, German, French, Spanish, and more. • Added repository pinning with Pin / Unpin actions and most-recently-pinned ordering. • Added share links that open Starcat and locate the shared repository. • Added customizable shortcuts for search, refresh, Knowledge Base, and AI features. • Added local rendering for Mermaid diagrams in README files. • Added segmented bilingual and full README translation while preserving the original document structure. Improvements: • Faster README translation with incremental results, concurrent requests, per-segment caching, and resume support. • Refined tag selection, Starred and Explore navigation, and light/dark appearance. • Improved personal notes with README-based AI generation and refinement. • Improved AI sharing and Knowledge Base content management. Fixes: • Fixed occasional unresponsive Knowledge Base entry, window restoration after minimizing, and incorrect empty-library guidance while the index is still loading.

Starcat 1.1.0 turns saved repositories into a local-first, explainable RAG knowledge base. New: • A complete knowledge-base RAG workspace with multi-repository context, streaming answers, citations, conversation groups, pinning, history, and draft recovery. • Hybrid retrieval across vector and bilingual keyword search, repository metadata, Wiki, RepoContext, optional reranking, live GitHub context, and external search. • Knowledge-base browsing and index management with batch imports, README completion, chunk editing and exclusion, targeted rebuilds, and index health checks. • Explainable query plans, execution timelines, retrieval funnels, context budgets, historical replay, retrieval settings, and debug export. • A local AI usage dashboard for requests, tokens, latency, and failures without storing prompts or response content. Improved: • Large-library and long-conversation performance through bounded indexing, batched vector work, incremental persistence, caching, and limited prefetching. • RAG usability with resizable columns, loading skeletons, richer citation panels, stable scrolling, responsive typography, and copy actions. • AI settings, background jobs, Explore, Trending, Weekly, browser Companion workflows, and native macOS consistency. Fixed: • RAG scope isolation across account or repository switches, concurrent tasks, cancellations, and stale callbacks. • Retrieval and citation correctness for explicit scopes, private notes, bilingual keywords, Wiki content, excluded chunks, false citations, and no-evidence refusal. • Conversation restoration, compression, streaming timers, knowledge refresh, indexing consistency, GitHub sign-in, localization, layout, and accessibility issues.