Changelog
What changed in each release of our tools. Newest first.
Nodio
v0.6.9 This release adds a recycle bin that keeps deleted content restorable for 30 days and lets Time-Lapse follow activity across all canvas levels, plus a quick-edit timeline and many canvas fixes.
64 changes · 2 new · 27 improvements · 35 fixes
What changed
New
- Recycle bin: deleted notes, groups and canvas objects stay restorable for 30 days
- Time-Lapse can follow activity across all canvas levels, flying into sub-canvases as it goes
Improvements
- Timeline quick edit: drag work packages on the time axis to shift or resize their dates
- PDF notes show their first page as a preview on canvas cards and as a Kanban cover
- Ctrl+Z undoes an entire approved AI package in one step, including edits and deletions
- One mode bar to switch between Select, Multi, Connect, Group and Sketch, with Escape to exit
- Kanban boards can show the whole project, a level and below, or only the current level
- Note properties on the canvas and the editor’s metadata column now show the same fields
- … and 21 more
Bug fixes
- Fixed: sketches, shapes and other canvas objects can be deleted again
- Fixed: opening a project with several connections no longer crashes the canvas
- Fixed: Ctrl+Z after drawing a sketch or shape now undoes that object first
- Fixed: the timeline no longer jumps back to today when a card changes
- Fixed: PDFs with JPEG 2000 images render their pages and thumbnails again
- Fixed: the Kanban board and timeline show new or updated cards immediately
- … and 29 more
v0.6.8 This release rebuilds the dashboard analytics into a clearer view, makes long pickers searchable and lets web exports navigate sub-canvases. The About and Privacy pages now describe Nodio more accurately.
32 changes · 26 improvements · 6 fixes
What changed
Improvements
- Web export: sub-canvases are now navigable, with a path bar and a link for every level
- Project dashboard analytics rebuilt around one lead metric, with clearly labelled tiles and charts
- Long dropdowns became searchable pickers: type to filter, use arrow keys and Enter to select
- Windows installer can download Whisper models and Piper voices during setup for offline use
- Privacy page states plainly what leaves your machine, including a new Limits section
- Export Center: pick several view folders at once from a checkbox list with counts
- … and 20 more
Bug fixes
- Fixed: editing a group’s properties no longer crashes the app
- Fixed: the project switcher opens as its own menu instead of being cut off in the title bar
- Fixed: suggestion lists are no longer cut off at dialog edges, and Enter no longer saves the dialog
- Fixed: a group can no longer be dropped into a sub-canvas that lies inside that same group
- Fixed: the chevron in the “assign to group” field no longer jumps on hover
- Fixed: the dashboard preview shows only the top canvas level instead of stacking all levels
v0.6.7 This release makes the canvas easier to start with and the AI assistant easier to control: a start card on empty canvases, visible skills, one-step approval and undo for changes, and new accessibility settings.
36 changes · 6 new · 22 improvements · 8 fixes
What changed
New
- Start card on an empty canvas with an AI prompt, suggestions and quick actions to get going
- Accessibility settings: reduce motion and turn off single-key shortcuts
- AI assistant shows nine skills as tiles; picking one fills in a matching opening line
- Note type picker on the toolbar’s Node button that remembers your last choice per project
- Project menu in the header that gathers project, accessibility and help actions in one place
- The start card and other entry points open the AI assistant with a prefilled, editable prompt
Improvements
- AI assistant: approve a whole package of planned changes at once, previewed as one sketch
- AI assistant: stop a reply mid-answer and keep the text written so far
- Ctrl+Z undoes everything an approved assistant package created, in one step
- Drag a note card from anywhere on the card, not just its narrow border
- Right-click empty canvas for a context menu; snap to grid and alignment guides help when moving items
- AI model list is loaded live from the provider when you open the model picker
- … and 16 more
Bug fixes
- Fixed: the bug assistant no longer reports a false hang right after startup
- Fixed: opening the Views tab in the Export Center no longer crashes
- Fixed: saving a dialog no longer triggers a false “Discard changes?” prompt
- Fixed: Time-Lapse now ends exactly on your current canvas, with no missing notes or groups
- Fixed: the slideshow bar and graph search no longer overlap in focus mode
- Fixed: the minimap and align switches in the canvas view menu display correctly
- … and 2 more
v0.6.6 This release fixes several friction points during first launch and guided onboarding reported from beta testing — including a tour that could hang while scrolling, a blocked window, and a lost color scheme choice.
77 changes · 13 new · 27 improvements · 37 fixes
What changed
New
- Offline read-aloud (Piper)
- Linux & cross-platform
- Sub-canvas navigation enabled
- AI & MCP — sub-canvas tree
- Time-lapse per canvas level
- Export Center — pick canvas
- … and 7 more
Improvements
- Portal node fixed at origin (sub-canvas)
- Portal appearance selectable
- Portal color per project
- Portal size per project
- Fantasy portal as oval
- Portal glow without stray ring
- … and 21 more
Bug fixes
- Guided project creation no longer gets stuck
- Back button in the tour
- Project is created reliably
- Window controls stay reachable
- Color scheme choice is preserved
- Offline read-aloud (Piper) works reliably
- … and 31 more
v0.6.5 The main navigation is more compact by default: List view lives in the top bar, and the second World canvas / List / Board strip under the header is off.
58 changes · 39 improvements · 19 fixes
What changed
Improvements
- Navigation — compact default
- Navigation — configurable
- Interactive tutorial — extended
- Editor — toolbar (industry-standard layout)
- Workspace — consistent buttons
- Kanban quest — six steps
- … and 33 more
Bug fixes
- Kanban — Manage board
- Help — Tutorials
- Canvas — group selection
- Canvas — update loop
- Kanban — move card
- Editor — underline
- … and 13 more
v0.6.4 External MCP clients and the built-in AI assistant now have clearer guidance for creating graph connections via nodio_create_connection — not by editing notes.
71 changes · 44 improvements · 27 fixes
What changed
Improvements
- MCP — connection guidance on connect
- New tool nodio_list_connection_types
- New tool nodio_upsert_connection_type_def
- AI assistant
- @-mentions — custom connection types
- Project overview — project ID
- … and 38 more
Bug fixes
- MCP popout — no scrollbar flash
- MCP console — export icon
- World Canvas — card size with tables
- World Canvas — connection labels above groups
- World Canvas — viewport across route changes
- Canvas objects — rotation with frame
- … and 21 more
v0.6.3 When confirming write actions from the AI assistant or external MCP clients, Nodio now shows a preview of the planned change — not just raw JSON.
21 changes · 1 new · 13 improvements · 7 fixes
What changed
New
- MCP console in the server panel
Improvements
- Assistant confirmation with preview
- MCP approvals under parallel writes
- MCP hints against duplicates
- MCP auto-approve (Off / Session / Always)
- MCP confirm fallback polling
- MCP popout resizes with content
- … and 7 more
Bug fixes
- Invisible MCP approvals
- Canvas after MCP groups/connections
- Left connection anchors
- Canvas flickering fixed
- Notes disappearing inside groups
- Level of detail (LOD) calmed down
- … and 1 more
v0.6.2 Patch 0.6.2 restores the three bundled project templates (GDD, Sprint, Security Concept) in built and installed releases — visible in the “New project” template gallery.
4 changes · 2 improvements · 2 fixes
What changed
Improvements
- Release notes
- Kanban: add notes from the board
Bug fixes
- Project templates in shipped builds
- Release notes window
v0.6.1 Hotfix 0.6.1 fixes an auto-updater issue where beta users were incorrectly offered an older stable version as an update, and stops the Auto Bug Watcher from opening falsely when the app runs in the background.
4 changes · 4 fixes
What changed
Bug fixes
- Auto-updater — no downgrade
- Technical
- Auto Bug Watcher — no false alarms in the background
- Technical
v0.6.0 Version 0.6.0 bundles the large incremental update (canvas, editor, journal, Kanban, Live-Write, AI assistant with Whisper dictation, and more) with the built-in MCP server (Model Context Protocol).
242 changes
What changed
Minor improvements
- App settings
- Help sidebar
- Help — World Canvas
- Help — World Canvas
- Help — World Canvas
- Focus mode
- … and 3 more
Bugfixes
- Focus-mode AI composer no longer lets clicks pass through to the canvas
- PDF viewer worker version mismatch resolved
- React hook order in read pane fixed
- World canvas view missing import caused error on open
- AI chat no longer shows empty bubble alongside thinking indicator
- Setup wizard stacks above focus-mode UI again
- … and 10 more
MCP Server (Model Context Protocol)
- Embedded HTTP server
- Bearer token authentication
- 71 nodio_* tools
- Write-permission toggles
- Confirmation dialog
- Quick setup
- … and 24 more
General
- Start at system login
- Update channel (UI prep)
Canvas
- Viewport backdrop
- Undo & redo
- Multi-select mode
- Multi-select — bulk actions
- Connection storytelling
- Overlapping connections (hover)
- … and 23 more
Editor
- Smart paste
- Right-click mini-toolbar
- Dark mode readability
- Attachments sidebar
- Read split view
- Block references & paragraph links
- … and 10 more
Journal
- Periodic notes
- Journal hub
- Quarterly notes
- Mood tracker
- Word sprint
- Journal search
- … and 2 more
Kanban & Board
- Richer cards
- Quick-view drawer
- Interactive subtasks
- Tag colours
- Canvas card style
- Card aging
- … and 34 more
Export & Live-Write
- Live-Write export
- Readable filenames
- Export history
- Static web viewer
- PDF improvements
AI Assistant
- Focus-mode orb
- Chats per project
- Connection mode banner
- ElevenLabs voices
- Canvas refresh after tools
- AI activity dashboard
- … and 11 more
Projects & Navigation
- My Projects — cards or list
- Project switcher
- Dashboard administration
- Canvas preview
- Views thumbnails & order
- Unified miniature rows
- … and 7 more
AI assistant — access to help documentation
- New tools
- Skill app-help
- Language
- Technical
- Help & docs
Addendum — Custom connection types (development baseline package.json 0.6.0)
- Project dashboard → Templates & workflow → Connection types
- Semantics flags
- Constraints
- Import
- Delete blocked
- Project DB migration V48
- … and 19 more
Addendum — Bug Reporter Assistant (Beta)
- Modal redesign
- Header “New”
- Analyze → Submit
- AI analysis as Markdown
- Formulate reports, not fix issues
- Handoff prefilling
- … and 10 more
Addendum — Editor sidebar & planning metadata
- Planning column (editor)
- Date range calendar
- Comboboxes — open without pre-filter
- Read mode
- Help
Addendum — Help Center redesign
- Help window (?win=help)
- Topics tab
- Markdown
- Tech
- Tutorials
- Tutorials tab
v0.5.5 Version 0.5.5 is a large incremental update: richer canvas and board workflows, a full journal hub, Live-Write export, smarter search, and many quality-of-life fixes on the path to a stable release.
92 changes
What changed
Minor improvements
- App settings
- Help sidebar
- Focus mode
- Editor
Bugfixes
- Focus-mode AI composer no longer lets clicks pass through to the canvas
- PDF viewer worker version mismatch resolved
- React hook order in read pane fixed
- World canvas view missing import caused error on open
- AI chat no longer shows empty bubble alongside thinking indicator
- Setup wizard stacks above focus-mode UI again
- … and 4 more
Canvas
- Viewport backdrop
- Undo & redo
- Multi-select mode
- Multi-select — bulk actions
- Connection storytelling
- Connection strength
- … and 10 more
Editor
- Smart paste
- Right-click mini-toolbar
- Dark mode readability
- Attachments sidebar
- Read split view
- Block references & paragraph links
- … and 9 more
Journal
- Periodic notes
- Journal hub
- Quarterly notes
- Mood tracker
- Word sprint
- Journal search
- … and 2 more
Kanban & Board
- Richer cards
- Quick-view drawer
- Interactive subtasks
- Tag colours
- Canvas card style
- Card aging
- … and 3 more
Export & Live-Write
- Live-Write export
- Readable filenames
- Export history
- Static web viewer
- PDF improvements
AI Assistant
- Focus-mode orb
- Chats per project
- Connection mode banner
- ElevenLabs voices
- Canvas refresh after tools
- AI activity dashboard
- … and 9 more
Projects & Navigation
- My Projects — cards or list
- Project switcher
- Dashboard administration
- Canvas preview
- Views thumbnails & order
- Achievements
- … and 4 more
v0.5.0 Version 0.5.0 is Release Candidate 1 (RC1) on the path to a stable release.
v0.3.5 16 changes
What changed
Title bar
- Product logo removed from the system title bar
Navigation
- The top navigation bar no longer jumps when the canvas toolbar is shown or hidden
Editor & focus
- Focus mode
@-mentions & connections
- When you @-mention a note, you first pick the note, then the kind of connection
- Editing no longer creates conflicting connection lines in the text
Version history
- Version history
Connections overview
- The connections panel groups links by type and color
- The “Parent of” relationship has its own column so it’s easy to spot
Dashboard
- The preview on each project tile shows your canvas with connection lines
World canvas
- Connection lines are drawn above group areas so they stay readable and easy to click
- For images and text on the canvas
- Dragging connections
- Large groups
- List view
Views & saved views
- Views
World Canvas
- Canvas bookmarks