What's New

Rolling release notes for DopeChorus. New features, fixes, security hardening, and platform improvements — all in one place.

v0.17.0 June 25, 2026 Latest
Feature
Smart Suggestions — The right-click word box now ranks rhymes by how well they actually rhyme (phonetic scoring) and how naturally they fit, with a quality score on each — and biases toward your song's theme. 100% local, no AI, no credits.
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Smarter Rhyme Hints — The Tab-to-accept ghost hint on empty lines now suggests the most natural rhyme instead of just the shortest word.
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Streak Freeze — Miss a day? A freeze token automatically saves your writing streak. You start with one and earn another every 7 days — so a single off day no longer wipes your progress.
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Cliché Coaching — The Cliché Detector now suggests a concrete "fresher direction" for each tired phrase it flags, not just the flag.
UX
Trial Clarity — Your account page now shows exactly how long your free Pro trial has left, and richer in-app prompts explain what each Pro tool actually does.
Fix
Trial Access Fixes — Squashed several spots where trial members were shown free-tier limits (Hear Line, project/character caps) instead of the full Pro access they're entitled to.
v0.16.0 June 25, 2026
Feature
Free Full-Feature Trial — Every new account now starts as a full Pro trial — all premium tools and a generous pool of AI credits unlocked from your first session. When the trial ends you keep writing for free; nothing is ever locked behind you mid-song.
Feature
Share Links for Everyone — Project sharing is now free. Generate a public, read-only link to any song straight from File → Share Link and send your work anywhere — no account required to view.
Security
Signup Abuse Protection — New velocity checks stop trial farming from a single source without affecting normal sign-ups on shared or office networks.
v0.15.0 June 24, 2026
Feature
Hear Line — Free Previews — Free users now get lifetime preview tries of Hear Line (turn your lyrics into a real audio clip) before any upgrade prompt, instead of a hard paywall.
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Export as .txt and .lrc — Download your lyrics as plain text or timed .lrc files for karaoke and DAW workflows.
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Word Echoes — A new local panel that heat-maps overused words across your song so you can vary your vocabulary at a glance.
Security
Payment & Billing Hardening — Checkout now requires a confirmed payment before granting Pro, with a grace window so an in-flight card retry never interrupts a paying subscriber.
Fix
Atomic AI Credits — Reworked credit accounting to a single atomic reservation, closing a race where rapid actions could double-spend or mis-count credits. Failed requests now refund cleanly.
Fix
Autosave Reliability — Fixed a case where a failed or conflicting save could silently drop changes; conflicts are now detected and surfaced.
Perf
Faster Asset Delivery — Large bundles are now pre-compressed at maximum Brotli quality, and autocomplete no longer caches empty lookups.
v0.14.0 June 22, 2026
Feature
Rhyme-Scheme Colors, Always On — Color highlighting for rhyme groups is now decoupled from the inspector panel and on by default — toggle it any time from View → Rhyme Scheme.
UX
Tidier Analysis Menu — The long Analysis Tools list is now organized into themed sub-menus (Rhyme, Sound & Flow, Structure & Meter, Scoring & Quality) and works cleanly on mobile.
UX
Configurable Hear Line Clip Length — Set your preferred preview length in Account settings so 10-second clips end on a clean phrase instead of mid-word.
Fix
Rhyme Ghost Clarified — Rhyme Ghost hints are 100% local (no AI, no credits) and Match Highlights are now always on. Copy updated to make that clear.
v0.13.0 June 19, 2026
Feature
Hear Line — Turn your lyrics into a real, short audio clip powered by ElevenLabs. Pick a style (or let it auto-seed from your genre tags), play it in a themed audio player, and download the result.
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Theme Store — 73 colorful, app-wide themes across categories (including a new Cosmic set) with a live full-app preview before you apply.
Feature
Offline Rhyme Engine & Ghost Hints — A local CMU-dictionary rhyme engine powers instant rhyme suggestions and a "finish this rhyme" ghost hint on empty lines — free, with no AI or credits used.
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Focus Mode, Streaks & Milestones — A distraction-free writing mode (Mod+.), a daily writing-streak chip, and celebratory milestone toasts — all local and free.
Feature
Concept Roller, Cliché Detector & Singability — A blank-page idea generator, a local flag for overused songwriting phrases, and a "will it sing?" scoring panel.
Security
Server-Side Feature Gating — Feature tiers are now enforced on the server for sharing, PDF export, annotations, and version history — not just hidden in the UI.
v0.12.0 June 9, 2026
Feature
AI Continue (Ghostwriter) — Highlight any section and click ✨ Continue to have AI write the next 2–4 lines. Sends the full song as context with the highlighted selection so the AI stays on theme and continues from exactly where you left off.
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AI Song Critic — Full AI analysis of your lyrics. Get constructive feedback on flow, hooks, emotional impact, and suggestions to strengthen your writing. Access via Tools → AI Song Critic.
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AI Rewrite & Smart Rhyme — Right-click any line for AI-powered alternatives. Rewrite Line generates 3 creative rewrites. Smart Rhyme finds rhyming phrases that fit the context.
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AI Title Generator — Generate 5 creative song title ideas based on your lyrics content. Captures the theme, mood, and key phrases of your writing.
Feature
Fixed-Window AI Credits — AI usage now resets on a clean 4-hour window. The countdown starts when you first use a credit, and all credits restore at the end of the window. No more confusing sliding resets.
UX
Enhanced Feature Tour — The guided onboarding tour now covers all AI features: Continue, Rewrite & Rhyme, and Song Critic. 12 steps total (up from 9).
Fix
Undo Crash Fix — Fixed a RangeError: Mark decorations may not be empty crash when undoing AI insertions. Flash decorations now safely handle document-wide replacements.
Fix
AI Continue Insert Position — Continuation text now inserts after the highlighted selection (not at the bottom). Insert position is captured before the async request so it's stable even if you move the cursor while waiting.
v0.11.0 May 23, 2026
Feature
Real-Time Collaboration — WebSocket-based multi-user editing with live cursors, shared editing, and awareness states. Available now for Pro users.
Feature
Project Sharing — Generate secure, public read-only links for your projects. Share your work without risking unwanted edits.
Feature
Analytics Export — Extract deep writing telemetry including syllable patterns, rhyme density, and vocabulary metrics.
v0.10.0 May 23, 2026
Feature
Admin Export — Export your analytics and audit logs instantly to CSV or JSON formats.
Feature
Suno Intelligence Results — Dedicated inspector panel to view and navigate AI structural suggestions.
UX
JSON-LD SEO — Enhanced search engine visibility with structured data schemas across all public pages.
Fix
Mobile Layout Fixes — Resolved inspector padding, header clipping, and tablet layout overlaps.
v0.9.0 May 22, 2026
Feature
Syllable Target Mode — Set a per-line syllable target and get instant gutter feedback (green/yellow/red) as you write. Quick-set buttons for common targets (6, 8, 10, 12, 16). Pro feature.
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Sound Pattern Heatmap — New inspector panel showing per-line alliteration and assonance density with visual bars, color-coded intensity, and summary statistics.
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Per-Section Rhyme Quality — Breakdown of rhyme quality scores (perfect, near, slant) for each section with progress bars and breakdown dots.
Feature
Rhyme-Aware Line Swap — Alt+Arrow line reordering now warns when moving a line would break an existing rhyme pair, preserving your flow.
Perf
Sound Patterns Hardened — Alliteration detection fixed (stale /g regex state). Assonance upgraded to CMU dictionary-backed phoneme extraction for accurate vowel sound matching.
Perf
Performance Budget Enforcement — Analysis pipeline instrumented with strict 50ms latency targets. Keystroke profiling tracks editor responsiveness.
Fix
Alliteration Regex Corruption — Fixed critical bug where /g flag caused lastIndex state to leak across context lines, producing false positive highlights.
v0.8.0 May 22, 2026
Feature
AI Writing Assistant — Context-aware line continuation and rewriting powered by LLM integration. Respects your rhyme scheme and emotional tone. Pro feature.
Feature
Real-Time Collaboration (Beta) — WebSocket-based multi-user editing with live cursors, room management, and awareness broadcasting.
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Performance Dashboard — Admin metrics panel showing users, projects, server health, WebSocket stats, and AI usage with auto-refresh.
Feature
Rhyme Quality Scoring — New inspector panel grading rhyme quality by tier (perfect, near, slant) with visual breakdowns.
Feature
Ghost Stats Panel — Track ghost suggestion acceptance rate, shown vs accepted vs dismissed, with conic-gradient visualization.
UX
AI Features Landing Page — New marketing page showcasing Ghost Suggestions, Sound Patterns, and AI tools with animated CSS demos.
UX
Collaboration Landing Page — "Coming Soon" page with live cursor mockup, feature breakdown, and beta email signup.
UX
Stackable Toast Notifications — Typed, accessible toast system with auto-dismiss and stacking support.
v0.7.0 May 22, 2026
Feature
Ghost Suggestions — AI-powered ghost text that suggests the next line based on rhyme context and emotional tone. Press Tab to accept. Pro feature.
Feature
Sound Patterns (Alliteration & Assonance) — Automatic detection and highlighting of alliteration (consonant repetition) and assonance (vowel matching) in your lyrics.
Feature
Suno Structural Tag Intelligence — Classify and analyze Suno tags like [Break], [Build-Up], and [Drop] with dedicated API endpoint.
Feature
Version History Diff Viewer — Visual side-by-side diff comparison for project version history with additions and deletions highlighted.
UX
Skeleton Loading States — Animated shimmer loaders for inspector panels during initial analysis pass.
Perf
Pipeline Performance Instrumentation — doAnalysis() pipeline now tracked with performance.now() markers for latency monitoring.
Fix
Annotation Drift Tracking — Annotations now properly shift with CM6 mapPos during complex document edits.
v0.6.0 May 22, 2026
Feature
Internal Rhyme Detector — Highlights rhyming words within the same line — essential for hip-hop and rap writing where internal rhyme schemes are key to flow.
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ML Sentiment Analysis — Transformers.js-powered DistilBERT model running in a Web Worker for per-section emotion scoring. Pro feature.
Feature
Canvas Minimap — Real-time section-colored minimap with viewport indicator, click-to-scroll, and hover section tooltips. Free feature.
Feature
Version History — Snapshot, browse, and restore previous versions of your projects. Includes version comparison and character-delta tracking.
Perf
Database Migration Runner — Automated schema migrations with advisory locks, dry-run mode, and rollback support.
Fix
Editor Feature Tier Bug — Fixed critical bug where editor was incorrectly set to 'pro' tier, blocking free users from editing.
v0.5.0 May 21, 2026
Feature
Collaborative Annotations — Add inline annotations to any line in the editor. Pro-gated with color-coded gutter markers and persistent storage.
Feature
Vocabulary Diversity Score — New inspector panel showing TTR (Type-Token Ratio), hapax legomena, and uniqueness metrics per section.
Feature
Command Palette — Press Ctrl+K to open a fuzzy-search command palette for quick access to every action and menu item.
Feature
Changelog Page — This page! A rolling release log so you can always see what's new.
Security
Granular Rate Limiting — Separate rate limits for auth, read, write, and PDF export routes for stronger abuse protection.
Perf
CSS Theme Transitions — Smooth animated transitions when switching between Dark, Paper, and High Contrast themes.
Fix
Autocomplete Cache Invalidation — Cache now properly clears when spellcheck ignored words list changes.
v0.4.0 May 21, 2026
Feature
Export to PDF — Generate beautifully formatted PDFs of your lyrics with section headers and metadata. Pro feature.
Feature
Rhyme Density Heat Map — New inspector panel color-codes lines by how heavily they rhyme, giving you a visual overview of rhyme distribution.
Feature
Songwriting Templates — Pre-built lyric structures for Pop, Hip-Hop, Ballad, and EDM Drop with syllable targets and example lines.
Feature
Customizable Themes — Choose between Dark Mode, Paper (Light), and High Contrast themes. Synced to your account.
Feature
Keyboard Shortcuts Modal — Dynamic, OS-aware keyboard shortcut overlay. Press ? or find it in the Help menu.
Feature
Line Reordering — Use Alt+↑/↓ to reorder lyric lines, automatically skipping section headers.
Security
Strict CSRF Enforcement — Double-submit cookie validation now required on all mutating API calls.
Perf
LRU Cache Eviction — Autocomplete (500 cap) and spelling suggestion (300 cap) caches now evict least-recently-used entries to cap memory.
v0.3.0 May 21, 2026
Feature
Interactive Feature Tour — 9-step spotlight-guided onboarding tour for new users. Walks through the editor, inspector, and key features.
Feature
Ignored Words Manager — View, remove, and bulk-clear your spellcheck ignored words from Account Settings.
Feature
Admin Audit Log — Filterable audit trail in the admin dashboard. Tracks logins, logouts, and settings changes.
Security
CSRF Double-Submit Cookies — Backward-compatible CSRF protection added to all API mutations.
Perf
Autocomplete Caching — Sub-millisecond keystroke lookups via in-memory suggestion cache. Spelling suggestions cached too.
Perf
Visible-Range Rendering — Editor decorations now only process visible lines, cutting CPU by 78% on long documents.
Perf
Section-Level Caching — Inspector analysis uses MRU section cache (0.26ms cached vs 1.18ms uncached).
v0.2.0 May 21, 2026
Security
XSS Hardening — Mitigated stored XSS in Spelling Review modal using escAttr(). Curly apostrophe cleaning fixed.
Security
Stripe Metadata Enforcement — Payment metadata now validated server-side to prevent tier manipulation.
Security
Admin Password Hardening — Eliminated password length leak via SHA-256 hashing with timing-safe comparison.
Fix
Familiarity Fixer Gating — Fixed bypass where familiarity fixer panel displayed for free users without proper gating check.
UX
Bottom Sheet Animations — Staggered slide-up animations for mobile inspector panels.
UX
Checkout Cancellation Feedback — Users now see a toast when Stripe checkout is cancelled instead of a silent redirect.
v0.1.0 May 20, 2026
Feature
Initial Platform Launch — Full lyric writing workbench with CodeMirror 6 editor, real-time rhyme/syllable/mood analysis, and cloud project storage.
Feature
VibeEngine Suite — Five NLP-powered panels: Mood Compass, Genre Tags, Emotional Arc, Vibe Check, and Tension Meter.
Feature
Freemium Model — Feature gating system with Free and Pro tiers. Pro at $3.99/mo via Stripe.
Feature
Google OAuth — Sign in with Google for seamless account creation and cloud sync.
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Smart Spellcheck — Typo.js Hunspell engine with ignored words support, contextual suggestions, and right-click corrections.
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Context Menu — Right-click any word for rhymes, synonyms, definitions, and spelling suggestions via Datamuse API.

DopeChorus is actively developed. Updates ship regularly.

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