Latest: v1.6.0 · Jul 7, 2026

What's new.

Every shipped change to FFkit. Newest first — older builds stay available on GitHub.

GitHub releases

v1.6.0

July 7, 2026

FFkit for the WORLD - Welcome Linux and macOS!

Added

Linux hardware encoding support with VAAPI.
macOS platform support groundwork, including GPU detection and window integration.

Changed

The job pipeline was refactored around a cleaner event layer and backend flow.
Output handling was hardened to keep custom destinations and reduce path issues.
Default output naming is now safer by default.
Simple mode and command handling were cleaned up internally to support the new architecture.
Settings, select controls, and placeholder hints were refined for better usability.
A redesigned UX/UI elements and better update popup with clearer visuals.

Fixed

Custom output destinations now survive conversion start.
Failed jobs now surface the real ffmpeg error line.
Output-path edge cases are handled more safely.

Known issues

macOS traffic lights, macOS GPU detection, and Linux VAAPI still need real hardware verification.
macOS builds are still unsigned / not notarized.
Linux ffmpeg is still built from a nightly master snapshot.
Linux QSV is not handled yet and falls back to software encoding.

v1.5.0

July 1, 2026

Batch processing, estimations and user presets !

Added

File list & batch workflow: a new FileList view to manage multiple uploads, batch conversions and see per-file status.
Size estimates and a batch progress view to preview expected output sizes before converting.
Media info modal to inspect file metadata from the UI.
Watermark support: add an image overlay with positioning options.
Custom user presets: save and reuse encoding presets from the app.
Update banner and size/estimate helpers to guide upgrade and packaging choices.

Changed

SimpleMode & output model unified so user-chosen output destinations are preserved across flows.
Extracted file-selection behavior into a reusable useFileSelection hook (enables FileList and cleaner file flows).
IPC layer folded into domain services for tighter, less error-prone integration between frontend and backend.
Lots of UI/UX polish around batch flows, SimpleMode integration and settings to support the new features.
FFmpeg 8.1.2 update

Fixed

Custom destination override no longer gets lost when starting a conversion.
E2E/test baseline repairs and small reliability fixes around job handling and command dispatch.

v1.4.0

June 14, 2026

Hello, ready to Baguette? (A smoother experience across translation, themes, and job workflow)

Added

French translation, alongside English localization support.
Audio waveform preview in Trim.
System notifications when a job finishes.
A new way to open Settings from anywhere in the app.
A clearer installer interface.

Changed

The loading, cancel, and completion views were redesigned.
The job progress and result screens were refreshed for readability.
Theme support was expanded to include light, dark, and system modes, with smoother transitions.
The text animation on the home screen can now be disabled.
Settings layout and controls were cleaned up and made easier to use.

Fixed

Job completion and progress flow are more consistent.
Theme switching and UI state handling are more reliable.

v1.3.2

June 7, 2026

A patch release fixing two visible bugs — wildly inaccurate progress/ETA and wrong output file extensions — plus a faster job start.

Fixed

Progress and ETA were 1000× off. ffmpeg reports encode position in microseconds (under a misleadingly-named out_time_ms key); it was read as milliseconds. Now normalized correctly, so the progress bar and time-remaining are accurate.
Output files now use the right extension. Each template declares the container it actually encodes, so "to WebM" produces .webm, "to MOV" .mov, audio extracts .mp3/.wav, GIF .gif, etc. — instead of everything being written as .mp4. (Stream-copy templates — strip audio/video, trim — still keep .mp4 to preserve prior behavior.)

Changed

Internal cleanups: settings are loaded once at startup so get_settings is a pure read, and IPC calls were consolidated behind service wrappers — no user-facing behavior change.

v1.3.1

June 6, 2026

A patch release: smaller, version-pinned FFmpeg in the installer, plus CI fixes. No app behavior changes.

Changed

Bundled FFmpeg is now pinned to the 8.1.1 "essentials" GPL build (from a rolling nightly), for a smaller and reproducible installer size. Covers the common codecs (x264/x265/VP8-9/AAC/Opus/…).

v1.3.0

June 6, 2026

The Settings screen was rebuilt for a cleaner !

Added

Richer output-name patterns. The naming pattern now understands {date}, {quality}, and {ext} on top of {name} — e.g. {name}-{quality}-{date}.

Changed

Settings completely redesigned for a cleaner look that matches the rest of the app. The whole screen was restyled: every row now carries an explanatory subtitle, native OS dropdowns were replaced with custom styled menus, max concurrent jobs uses a −/+ stepper, default quality is a segmented icon picker, the running version and live update status are shown inline, and the save button spans the full width.
Quieter visual language overall — selected states moved from accent-colored highlights to neutral surface tones; the command editor gained a $ prompt.

Fixed

Updater artifacts are generated (createUpdaterArtifacts: true), so the signed manifest the in-app updater needs is produced at release time.

v1.2.0

May 31, 2026

Adds a working in-app updater and surfaces which hardware encoder will be used, on top of a large internal rewrite.

Added

In-app updater. A "Check for updates" action in Settings checks GitHub Releases, verifies the download's Ed25519 signature, shows download progress, installs in place, and relaunches.
Frameless custom window with native-style minimize / maximize / close controls.

Changed

Documented the bundled FFmpeg build (FFmpeg 8.1, GPL) in docs/bundled-binaries.md.
Large internal rearchitecture to React context + a services layer (jobs, settings, files, updates) and an extracted backend progress reader — no user-facing behavior change, but more stable state and progress handling.

Known issues

Release builds are still Windows (NSIS) only: the bundle config lists all targets, but CI builds on windows-latest, so macOS/Linux installers are not produced.

v1.1.0

May 21, 2026

Run and manage several conversions at once, with hardware encoders detected correctly and a more consistent interface.

Added

Multiple concurrent jobs with a job dock — previously only one job was tracked at a time. Background jobs are listed and can be dismissed/cleared.
Encoder badge showing the active hardware encoder and whether it was probe-confirmed or kept based on detected GPU hardware (introduced with the 1.0.1 codec patch).
Command-replacement confirmation — prompts before discarding a command you edited by hand when you apply a different preset.
Template parameter panel — dedicated inputs for templates that need values (e.g. trim start/end, target framerate).

Changed

Many small visual-consistency changes: colors and borders unified into a single design-token palette, refreshed iOS app icons, and the brand fonts (PP Mori / Sirba) committed into the build with additional weights.

Fixed

Hardware encoders wrongly reported as unavailable. Detection previously relied only on a synthetic probe encode, which could fail on capable systems (notably NVENC). It is now backed by GPU-presence detection, so an encoder is kept when the matching GPU is found.
Closed two event-listener race conditions (file drag-drop and job progress events) that could drop events or leak listeners.

v1.0.0

May 18, 2026Initial release

Graduates from the 0.9.0 beta with categorized presets and real-time encode progress.

Added

Categorized feature templates — Compress, Convert, Resize, Extract, Edit — replacing the beta's flat list.
Animated job progress with phase-aware status words (Probing → analysis → planning → encoding → finishing → Done).
Live encode stats — percentage, estimated time remaining, frames per second, and output file size.

Changed

Reworked Simple and Advanced mode layouts, styling, and command generation.

Known issues

Shipped under the internal version string 0.1.0; the displayed version was not aligned to 1.x until 1.1.0.

v0.9.0

May 18, 2026Beta

The foundation: a two-mode GUI over a bundled FFmpeg, with one-click presets, hardware-encoder probing, drag-and-drop, and live job progress.

Added

Simple and Advanced modes — one-click presets, or edit the underlying FFmpeg command directly.
Bundled FFmpeg — ships as a sidecar binary inside the app; no system install or PATH changes required.
One-click feature templates — compress (H.264/H.265), convert (MP4/WebM/MOV), extract audio (MP3/WAV), resize (1080p/720p/480p), trim, change framerate, make GIF, strip audio/video.
Quality presets — Low, Medium, Lossless.
Hardware-encoder probing for NVENC, QSV, AMF, VideoToolbox, and VAAPI (H.264 / HEVC), with automatic best-encoder selection.
Drag-and-drop file loading.
Brand typography (PP Mori / Sirba) and the core dark theme.
Media probing, live job progress, and persisted settings.

Known issues

Encoder detection relied solely on probe encodes and could report a present GPU encoder as unavailable (fixed in 1.1.0).
Feature templates were a single flat list with no category grouping (added in 1.0.0) OS and Windows only.