v0.9.0

What’s New

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🧩 Extensions Support

Kaset now supports WebKit Web Extensions, so you can bring your own extensions — like uBlock Origin Lite — into the app (thanks @shantanunautiyal!).

🎵 Playlist Creation & Management

Create, and manage your own playlists directly from Kaset.

🎛️ System-Wide Equalizer

A new 6-band equalizer with presets lets you shape your sound across the whole app (thanks @pukuba!).

🕓 Listening History

A new History view makes it easy to revisit recently played tracks (thanks @pukuba!).

🤖 Smarter AI Command Bar

Improved AI routing and queue analysis, plus macOS 26.4 Foundation Models prompt budgeting for faster, more reliable on-device responses.

🎤 Artist Page & Lyrics Upgrades

Artist pages now surface Latest Episodes, Singles & EPs, Playlists, Podcasts, and “Fans might also like” (thanks @buggerman!). Playlist author links and artist profile metadata are richer (thanks @Orkunnnn!), and lyrics gain romanization support for non-Latin scripts (thanks @fllaa!).

🌍 More Languages

Kaset is now localized in French (thanks @itishermann!), Korean (thanks @pukuba!), and Indonesian (thanks @fllaa!).

📜 AppleScript

New play video AppleScript command for scripting playback (thanks @enkinvsh!).

🐛 Fixes and improvements

• Unified Liked Music view with consistent behavior across the app (thanks @Nacolis!)
• Auto-start playback after the WebView loads, so the first track plays reliably (thanks @pukuba!)
• Queue now advances when manually seeking to the end of a track (thanks @pukuba!)
• Blocked YouTube seek handlers at document start to stop Control Center flicker (thanks @pukuba!)
• Deduplicated search suggestions and kept filters visible for empty results (thanks @imwyvern!)
• Playback WebView stays properly hidden
• Added a top fade to detail pages for a cleaner scroll experience
• Song thumbnails fall back to YouTube thumbnails when artwork is missing (thanks @pukuba!)
• Navigation titles now follow the app language setting (thanks @pukuba!)
• YouTube Music API requests use the configured language (thanks @pukuba!)

v0.8.2

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What's New

🐛 Fixes and improvements

• Liking or unliking a song from any screen now instantly syncs across the Player
  Bar, Liked Music list, and context menus — no manual refresh needed
• Fixed the What's New sheet layout so the Continue button stays visible at small
  window sizes, and removed the duplicate version title
• Fixed hover scale effect being clipped at horizontal ScrollView edges
• Fixed playlists with 100+ tracks not fully loading due to incorrect pagination
  token priority

New Contributors

• @Orkunnnn made their first contribution in #158

v0.8.1

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What's New

🎤 Synced Lyrics

Lyrics now support time-synced playback with the LRCLib provider, making it easier to follow along line by line.

🎧 Last.fm Scrobbling

Kaset now supports Last.fm scrobbling

🌍 More Languages

Kaset is now localized in Turkish and Arabic, bringing full translation support to more of the app’s user-facing interface.

🎵 Library and Playback Controls

You can now add artists to your library, and Now Playing controls are configurable so you can choose whether Next and Previous actions are shown.

🆕 Built-in What's New

Kaset now includes an in-house What's New experience powered by GitHub release notes, so new features and improvements are easier to discover after updating.

🐛 Fixes and improvements

• Improved repeat-one queue sync and Next/Previous behavior
• Fixed restored playback timing, launch notifications, and resume handling
• Fixed WebView playlist queue synchronization
• Reduced volume spikes during song transitions and improved handling of delayed YouTube volume resets
• Fixed packaged app accent color lookup and Apple Intelligence toolbar button color in light mode
• Updated the command bar to use Liquid Glass and restored the native macOS minimize shortcut
• Fixed artist top song durations and corrected Go to Artist failures for some home page items
• Migrated the project from Xcode project files to Swift Package Manager, with related build and CI fixes for macOS 26 runners

New Contributors

• @pukuba made their first contribution in #142
• @fllaa made their first contribution in #143
• @aaloraini made their first contribution in #147

v0.7.0

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What's New

🎶 Queue Enhancements
New side panel mode with drag-and-drop reordering, undo/redo for queue changes, "Play Next" and "Add to Queue" context menus across the app, and automatic queue persistence across app restarts (thanks @cacuscacus!)

🐛 Fixes and improvements

• Play/pause state detection now uses the correct WebView signal for reliable status
• Fixed duplicate window appearing when clicking the Dock icon to reopen
• Fixed MainActor context for notification observation preventing potential concurrency issues

New Contributors

• @cacuscacus made their first contribution in #97

v0.6.0

What's New

🔀 Account Switcher
Switch between your personal and brand accounts

📜 AppleScript Support
Control Kaset from Raycast, Alfred, Shortcuts, or any automation tool with commands like play, pause, next track, set volume, and get player info

🐛 Fixes and improvements

• Auth cookies are now stored in macOS Keychain
• AirPlay now correctly routes audio to selected devices (known limitations)
• Podcast shows can now be added to/removed from library correctly
• Main window now restores properly when video window is open and dock icon is clicked
• Now Playing notifications respect the setting toggle
• Optimized network requests, API caching, and SwiftUI rendering for smoother scrolling and faster load times
• Various concurrency and stability improvements

Installation

Homebrew (recommended)

brew install sozercan/repo/kaset

Manual Download

1. Download kaset-v0.6.0.dmg
2. Open the DMG and drag Kaset to Applications
3. Remove the quarantine attribute (required for unsigned apps):

   xattr -d com.apple.quarantine /Applications/Kaset.app

Verification

SHA256: d45707321b2447f2d6fe55a810a7928d8cbb99721ca1e9e004dde400f8bf03ba

Verify with: shasum -a 256 kaset-v0.6.0.dmg

New Contributors

• @Endiruslan made their first contribution in #82

v0.5.0

What's New

🎙️ Podcasts
Discover podcast shows and episodes, subscribe to shows, and add them to your library

🎬 Videos
Watch music videos and video podcasts

📻 Mix & Radio
Play personalized radio when you start a song—automatically queues similar tracks via "Start Radio" in context menus

🔄 Playback Memory
Option to remember shuffle and repeat settings across app restarts (Settings → General)

🐛 Fixes
Window size now restores properly on relaunch
Waveform animation pauses when audio is paused
Fixed shuffle keyboard shortcut behavior

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Installation

Homebrew (recommended)

brew install sozercan/repo/kaset

Manual Download

1. Download kaset-v0.5.0.dmg
2. Open the DMG and drag Kaset to Applications
3. Remove the quarantine attribute (required for unsigned apps):

   xattr -d com.apple.quarantine /Applications/Kaset.app

Verification

SHA256: 6861607206ed69d030c398a43b3611f6caa248d482551c6b436678ab7a30adef

Verify with: shasum -a 256 kaset-v0.5.0.dmg

v0.4.1

What's New

Playlist Search Filters — Separate filters for "Featured playlists" and "Community playlists"
Floating Panels — Lyrics and Queue now appear as floating liquid glass panels over content

Installation

Homebrew (recommended)

brew tap sozercan/kaset https://github.com/sozercan/kaset
brew install --cask kaset

Manual Download

1. Download kaset-v0.4.1.dmg
2. Open the DMG and drag Kaset to Applications
3. Remove the quarantine attribute (required for unsigned apps):

   xattr -d com.apple.quarantine /Applications/Kaset.app

Verification

SHA256: e63d0d61bb6d0c2c5a61db54fd10606a1816b70e822c867588d0a301a5dd49b1

Verify with: shasum -a 256 kaset-v0.4.1.dmg

v0.4.0

What's New

✨ New Features
Favorites — Pin your favorite songs, albums, playlists, and artists to the Home screen for quick access
Share — Share music via the native macOS share sheet (right-click → Share)
URL Links — Open songs directly with links like kaset://play?v=VIDEO_ID
Auto-Updates — App now checks for updates automatically via Sparkle

🔧 Improvements
Liked Songs — Now loads your full library with infinite scroll
Search — Infinite scroll pagination for search results
Network Status — Shows "No Connection" message when offline

Installation

Homebrew (recommended)

brew tap sozercan/kaset https://github.com/sozercan/kaset
brew install --cask kaset

Manual Download

1. Download kaset-v0.4.0.dmg
2. Open the DMG and drag Kaset to Applications
3. Remove the quarantine attribute (required for unsigned apps):

   xattr -d com.apple.quarantine /Applications/Kaset.app

Verification

SHA256: eb98f09350b034fb7e0f2a047e74c3d773d79f05d18ee7afef792ed5c36985e9

Verify with: shasum -a 256 kaset-v0.4.0.dmg

New Contributors

• @haroldao made their first contribution in #14
• @Goooler made their first contribution in #15

v0.3.0

What's New

✨ Apple Intelligence

Natural Language Commands — Ask things like "play some jazz", "shuffle my library", or "add this to queue" using on-device AI
Command Bar (⌘K) — Spotlight-like interface for quick AI-powered commands
Lyrics Explanations — AI-generated themes, mood analysis, and meaning for song lyrics

📃 Queue Management

Queue View — See what's playing next in a dedicated panel
Radio Mode — Auto-populates queue with similar songs when you play a track
Queue Controls — Reorder, shuffle, clear, or add songs to your queue

🧭 Expanded Explore Section

Charts — Browse top songs and trending music
Moods & Genres — Discover curated playlists by mood (chill, workout, focus) or genre
New Releases — See latest album and single releases

📜 Lyrics View

View song lyrics while listening
AI-powered mood and theme analysis

📳 Haptic Feedback

Tactile feedback on Force Touch trackpads for player controls and navigation

⚙️ Settings

General Settings — App configuration options
Intelligence Settings — Enable/disable AI features

⌨️ New Keyboard Shortcut

⌘K — Open Command Bar for quick AI commands

Installation

Homebrew (recommended)

brew tap sozercan/kaset https://github.com/sozercan/kaset
brew install --cask kaset --no-quarantine

Manual Download

1. Download kaset-v0.3.0.dmg
2. Open the DMG and drag Kaset to Applications
3. Remove the quarantine attribute (required for unsigned apps):

   xattr -d com.apple.quarantine /Applications/Kaset.app

Verification

SHA256: e2eced2a4c356f7f9622c18ae772c961de9e55f270df9a2de66c51c442d50424

Verify with: shasum -a 256 kaset-v0.3.0.dmg

v0.2.0

What's New

🎵 New Features

Lyrics Panel — View lyrics for the current track in a right sidebar
Liked Music — Browse and play your liked songs from YouTube Music
Top Songs — View all top songs for any artist
AirPlay — Stream audio to AirPlay-compatible devices

🎨 UI Polish

Skeleton loading states with shimmer animations
Dynamic color theming — UI adapts colors based on album artwork
Light mode fixes — Improved appearance in light mode
Shared components — New reusable cards, loading views, and animations

🔒 Security & Stability

App Sandbox enabled for improved security
Fixed Now Playing integration with Control Center and media keys
Fixed concurrency issues for Swift 6 compatibility

🛠️ Infrastructure

Dependabot for automated dependency updates
Improved test infrastructure with mock clients for UI testing

Installation

Homebrew (recommended)

brew tap sozercan/kaset https://github.com/sozercan/kaset
brew install --cask kaset --no-quarantine

Manual Download

1. Download kaset-v0.2.0.dmg
2. Open the DMG and drag Kaset to Applications
3. Remove the quarantine attribute (required for unsigned apps):

   xattr -d com.apple.quarantine /Applications/Kaset.app

Verification

SHA256: 1997ece8ecf7ed565b120efdd978558729f5265190868711bd8b14505aed78af

Verify with: shasum -a 256 kaset-v0.2.0.dmg