Release History

NovaDL Changelog

Keep track of updates, security hotfixes, performance gains, and new capabilities implemented in NovaDL.

v0.1.4 Latest Release August 5, 2026
✨ New Features & Improvements
  • Dynamic Directory Structure: All downloads are now strictly organized within a master NovaDL folder. Inside, the app automatically sorts your files into Videos, Torrents, and Watchers directories, ensuring your media remains centralized and easy to manage, regardless of your chosen download path!
  • Creator Watcher Folders: When your watcher subscriptions run, the downloaded files are now placed directly in NovaDL/Watchers/[Watcher Name], keeping each content creator neatly sorted into their own subfolder.
  • Download Page Tabs: Added dedicated Active and Completed tabs to the Downloads page, making it much easier to separate your finished items from those currently downloading.
  • Fresh Start Option: Added a new "Clear App Data" feature to quickly reset the application to a clean state if needed.
  • Playlist Numbering: Added a new toggle to number playlist items sequentially so they stay in order.
🛠 Bug Fixes & Stability
  • Playlist Downloads: Fixed a major bug that was interfering with robust playlist downloading (resolving an issue where the app incorrectly flagged pre-flight file conflicts).
  • Library Thumbnails: Fixed an issue where thumbnails were not rendering correctly for media items in the Library view.
🎨 UI & Polish
  • Cosmetic Overhaul: Implemented multiple visual tweaks to the interface, including compacting the download list rows so you can see more items at once.
  • Action Buttons: Standardized the action buttons into modern, color-coded, rounded icons (e.g., Red for Stop/Cancel, Blue for Pause/Resume).
v0.1.3 Previous Release July 31, 2026
Bug Fixes & Stability Improvements
  • Browser Reliability: Fixed a critical bug where closing the Bookmarks (Favorites) or History windows would accidentally close the entire active browser tab, leaving a blank screen.
  • Multi-Window Fixes: Resolved an issue where closing external pop-up dialogs (like the File Conflict or Torrent Selection windows) was unintentionally shutting down the main application process.
  • Crash Prevention: Added safety checks to background browser tasks to prevent the app from throwing unhandled exceptions if a tab is closed while a page is still loading.
  • Settings Wiring: Performed a comprehensive audit of the application settings to ensure all configurable options on the Settings page are properly applying their values across the app.
v0.1.1 Previous Release July 29, 2026
Added
  • Auto-Updater System: Automatic background and manual update checks.
  • Configurable Auto-Check Frequency: Settings options for Every startup, Daily, Weekly, Monthly, and Disabled.
  • Application Updates Settings Panel: Dedicated card in Settings and Check for Updates button in About page.
  • Custom Speed Limits: Added Custom... dialog to the speed limit dropdown allowing custom speed entries in KB/s or MB/s.
  • Strict Tab Categorization: Added dedicated category column (watcher, video, audio, screenshot, other) in SQLite database to isolate Watcher downloads from main Video library.
Fixed
  • Speed Limiter Engine Enforcements: Fixed --limit-rate for yt-dlp and --max-download-limit for aria2c bandwidth limits.
  • Progress Bar Duplications: Removed duplicated download size and speed text from download list progress tiles.
  • Nested Navigator Dialog Freeze: Resolved root navigator popping issue so update dialogs and loading indicators dismiss cleanly.
  • Skip This Version Action: Ensured Skip This Version button is always available on update dialogs.
v0.0.1 Initial Release July 20, 2026
Added
  • Built-in Browser: Embedded WebView browser with adblock, video extractor, and floating media detector.
  • Turbo Downloads: Accelerated multi-threaded segmented downloads powered by yt-dlp and aria2c.
  • Smart Subscriptions / Watchers: Automated RSS and channel update tracking.
  • Deep Customization: Modern dark themes, glassmorphism, accent color selection, and typography customization.
  • Pop-out Download Prompts: Windows native external download prompt dialogs.