BearWave 1.0.5

BearWave 1.0.5

Stability, security, and UI refactor release. Includes all changes from 1.0.4 plus CI fixes.

Security (1.0.4)

• Validate manual station URLs: only http:// and https:// schemes accepted
• Restrict notification cover art downloads to HTTPS URLs
• Add network transfer timeouts for ICY metadata, cover art, and notification fetches

Fixed

• Playback index for history, resume, and next/previous navigation
• Radio Browser API race where stale responses could overwrite newer results
• Error banner when cached station data is still available
• Search filter persisting across page changes and compact-mode debounce
• Stale list index after station list reload
• Wayland system tray menu via native QSystemTrayIcon
• MPRIS metadata publishing for desktop media widgets (e.g. PlasMusic)
• 1.0.5: Unit tests in headless CI/Docker (Qt offscreen + FFmpeg backend)

Changed

• Refactor Main.qml into reusable QML components and BearTheme singleton (~1800 → ~270 lines)
• Remove unused Kirigami, I18n, and CoreAddons dependencies
• Add backend unit tests for playback navigation and API race handling
• CI runs ctest and broader qmllint

Install

Arch (AUR): yay -S bearwave-git

Source build:

cmake -S . -B build -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
cmake --build build -j"$(nproc)"
cmake --install build --prefix "$HOME/.local"

Flatpak: see README

Full changelog: https://github.com/spalencsar/bearwave/blob/v1.0.5/CHANGELOG.md

BearWave 1.0.4 (git tag)

BearWave 1.0.4 — git tag release (retroactive)

This release documents the v1.0.4 git tag. It was created before CI was fully green and was not published on GitHub at the time.

Recommended install: use v1.0.5 instead (same changes + CI test fixes).

Included in this tag

See CHANGELOG 1.0.4:

• Security: manual URL validation (http/https), HTTPS cover downloads, network timeouts
• Fixed: playback navigation, API races, tray, MPRIS, search UX
• Changed: modular QML refactor, unit tests, dependency cleanup

v1.0.3

Added

• Dynamic World Categories dashboard showing country flags and popular genre tags.
• Dynamic country name localization mapping for German translation support.
• Local JSON caching for countries retrieved from the Radio Browser API.

Changed

• Optimized Categories view layout to prevent text clipping (dynamic grid columns and scroll margins).

BearWave v1.0.2

What's new in this release:

• Single Instance Check: Implemented a session DBus check at startup to ensure only one instance of the app runs at a time. Starting the app again will raise and focus the existing window.
• Wayland Crash Fix: Replaced blocking DBus calls with asynchronous pending calls to prevent segmentation faults and freezes under Wayland.
• Stream Metadata Improvements:
• Fixed a bug where QMediaPlayer metadata updates would overwrite and clear valid ICY stream metadata.
• Fixed a regex parsing issue that caused stream metadata to fail on song titles containing apostrophes.
• Fixed infinite loading of radio stations by introducing connection timeouts.
• Project License & Standards:
• Relicensed the project to GNU GPLv3 (GPL-3.0-or-later).
• Added SPDX license headers to all source files and OARS content rating metadata.

BearWave v1.0.1

What's new in this release:

• Automatic Online Search Fallback: Automatically switches to searching the online radio-browser.info database after a short typing pause (600ms) if no local matching station is found.
• Stream Details: Displays technical stream codec and bitrate badges directly in the player footer.
• Edit Custom Stations: Added support to edit manually added stations directly via a pencil icon (✏) in the UI.
• Desktop Notifications & Cover Art Caching: Song/metadata change notifications on the desktop now display matching cover art (or fallback to the station's favicon) using a localized cached directory.
• Mute Control: Click the speaker icon in the footer to mute/unmute audio playback.

BearWave v1.0.0-beta.1

First public beta release of BearWave.

BearWave is a KDE-focused desktop internet radio app for Linux, built with Qt 6, QML, KDE Frameworks, and Phonon. This beta is intended for testers, contributors, and technically comfortable Linux users.

Highlights

• Internet radio playback via the Radio Browser API
• Station browsing for Top, Germany, Netherlands, and quick world/genre filters
• Local search, sorting, favorites, and resume support
• MPRIS integration and system tray support
• German and English UI support via system locale
• Improved compact layout behavior
• Refined repository structure, branding, README, and CI

Platform status

• Primary target: Linux
• Primary desktop target: KDE Plasma
• Best-supported environment right now: Arch Linux
• Source-first release, no official Flatpak or AppImage yet

Known limitations

• Still in beta, not yet a final 1.0 release
• Broader distro support is not yet validated to the same standard
• Some desktop integration details may still need refinement

Recommended install paths

• Build from source
• Use the included PKGBUILD on Arch Linux

Feedback welcome

• Bug reports
• Plasma integration issues
• Playback regressions
• Distro-specific build and install problems
• UI issues in compact layouts