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All notable changes to Scratch Tabs are documented here. We follow semantic versioning and keep this changelog updated with every release.

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v1.3.0

Latest
August 28, 2025

🎉 Rich text editing

Rich text supporting images, tables, lists and more

✨ New Features

  • Rich text editing - Images: Paste and resize images
  • Rich text editing - Style: Create tables, lists, links
  • Rich text editing - Code: Code blocks with highlighting
  • Rich text editing - Content: Convert standard editor content to rich text or import content from other tabs

🐛 Fixed

  • JSON Smart View scroll-to from tree node now working at any nested level
  • Can undo a "From sample" action
  • Format detection issues - now more reliable

v1.2.0

Release
August 15, 2025

🎉 Properties and INI Smart View

Smart View for Properties and INI formats

✨ New Features

  • Smart View for Properties: Validate, edit, convert Properties with a dedicated builder
  • Smart View for INI: Validate, edit, convert INI with a dedicated builder
  • CSV Smart View: Search capabilities
  • CSV Smart View: Shift cells to the right where columns are missing

🔧 Technical Highlights

  • Improved JSON, CSV and R auto detection algorithms

🐛 Fixed

  • JSON Smart View replicating content across multiple tabs

v1.1.0

Release
August 11, 2025

🎉 Curl command builder

Smart View for Curl commands and various other bug fixes

✨ New Features

  • Smart View for Curl: A feature rich Curl command builder

🔧 Technical Highlights

  • Improved JSON, Csv and R auto detection algorithms
  • Search JSON by path OR content
  • Fix broken JSON option
  • Search formats (Github request #2)
  • CTRL+Click for tab close without confirmation (Github request #2)
  • Middle mouse click for tab close without confirmation (Github request #2)
  • Larger clickable area for close button (Github request #2)

🐛 Fixed

  • JSON Smart View replicating content across multiple tabs
  • Do not kebab-case already kebab-cased JSON property

v1.0.0

Release
August 6, 2025

🎉 Initial Public Release

The first stable release of Scratch Tabs, bringing a comprehensive suite of developer tools directly to your browser.

✨ New Features

  • 50+ Developer Tools: JSON editor, JWT decoder, Regex tester, Word count, and more
  • Multi-tab Workspace: Organize your work with persistent tabs and split-view support
  • Smart Format Detection: Automatic recognition and formatting of JSON, YAML, Markdown, CSV, and other common formats
  • Smart Views: Take your editing to the next level with Smart Views, support for JSON, YAML, Markdown, HTML and CSV
  • Offline AI Summarization: Client-side text summarization using WebAssembly (experimental)
  • Advanced Diff Tool: Side-by-side comparison with syntax highlighting
  • Workspace Management: Save, export, and import entire workspaces
  • Privacy-First Design: 100% client-side processing, zero data collection

🔧 Technical Highlights

  • Built with React 18 and TypeScript for reliability and performance
  • Monaco Editor integration for advanced code editing capabilities
  • IndexedDB for persistent local storage
  • Service Worker support for process intensive tasks

v0.9.0-beta

Beta
July 20, 2025

🧪 Beta Release

Feature-complete beta release with extensive testing and polish.

🆕 Added

  • REST client with environment variables and request history
  • JWT token decoder, verifier, and signer with multiple algorithms
  • Advanced JSON transformation tools with jq-like syntax
  • Batch text processing
  • CSV Smart View providing extended capabilities
  • Password and UUID generators with customizable options

🔄 Improved

  • Enhanced tab management with drag-and-drop reordering
  • Better error handling and user feedback
  • Improved keyboard shortcuts and accessibility
  • Performance optimizations for large files

🐛 Fixed

  • Memory leaks when switching between multiple tabs
  • Incorrect syntax highlighting for certain file types
  • Issues with workspace export containing special characters
  • Mobile layout problems on smaller screens

v0.8.0-alpha

Alpha
May 5, 2025

🚀 Alpha Release

Initial alpha release with core functionality and architecture foundation.

🆕 Added

  • Core tab-based interface with workspace support
  • Basic JSON formatter and validator
  • Text editor with syntax highlighting for 20+ languages
  • Local storage persistence for tabs and settings
  • Import/export functionality for individual tabs

🏗️ Architecture

  • Established plugin-based tablet system for extensibility
  • Implemented privacy-first design principles
  • Set up development toolchain with TypeScript and Vite
  • Created comprehensive testing framework

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