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Product updates across PyColors: UI, Starters, and Templates. Clear versions, stable conventions, and documentation-first releases.

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v1.2.1Stable

Starter Free docs + marketing UX polish

Feb 2026 (weekly release)
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This release hardens PyColors.io as a distribution and onboarding surface. It ships a full Starter Free documentation set, improves the UI and Starter positioning pages, and adds trust signals like npm badges (shields.io) while tightening accessibility and navigation across mobile and layout surfaces.

Starter Free documentation shipped

  • Added a comprehensive Starter Free docs set: philosophy, installation, project structure, deployment, upgrade path, and key concepts (auth & billing).
  • Improved progressive adoption guidance to validate product screens first, then wire backend later.
  • Added SaaS Starter and release policy docs to collections for clearer onboarding and team conventions.

Marketing pages: clearer product positioning

  • Revamped Starter Free page with product-focused UX: clearer Free vs Pro comparison, CTAs, and a more actionable quickstart.
  • Redesigned UI page messaging around outcomes (shipping SaaS screens) vs generic component lists, with richer structure and trust indicators.
  • Enhanced homepage with a dedicated UI section, improved starter links, and clearer CTAs + demo paths.
  • Refined About copy and added open-source links for better transparency and discoverability.

Trust surface: npm badges + safer external SVG support

  • Introduced a reusable npm badge component (version / downloads / license) to improve package visibility.
  • Enabled remote SVG badges from shields.io and updated CSP to support external images while keeping security constraints.
  • Switched multiple links to internal routing and surfaced docs paths across pages for stronger navigation consistency.

UX & accessibility polish

  • Improved mobile nav a11y: focus first link on open, added skip-to-content, and prevented layout shift with scrollbar compensation.
  • Refined footer layout and external links hierarchy; streamlined badges/CTAs for readability.
  • Cleaned redundant in-code comments and removed unused code for a tighter, more maintainable marketing codebase.
  • Removed sidebar border and simplified positioning for a cleaner UI.

Strategy Weekly releases build trust. Even when features are still in progress, we ship foundations and keep the roadmap explicit.

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v1.2.0Stable

Ecosystem public launch: Tokens + ESLint + Release Engine

Feb 2026 (weekly release)
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This release marks a major ecosystem milestone: PyColors is now a structured developer platform with public packages (UI, Tokens, ESLint) and a hardened weekly release engine. The focus shifts from “components” to “shipping infrastructure”.

New public packages

  • @pycolors/tokens published on npm: light/dark themes + semantic variables + Tailwind v4 bridge.
  • @pycolors/eslint-config v1.0.0 released: base, Next.js, and React internal flat configs (ESLint v9 ready).
  • Improved peer dependency clarity and ecosystem alignment across packages.

Release & distribution engine

  • Stabilized Changesets publish workflow.
  • Subtree sync strategy hardened (monorepo = source of truth, mirrors = distribution).
  • GitHub Releases automated for public packages.

Marketing alignment

  • Changelog and roadmap updated to reflect ecosystem positioning.
  • Clearer messaging: PyColors as a SaaS shipping platform (UI → Starter → Templates).
  • Weekly release cadence formalized as a trust-building mechanism.

Strategy Weekly releases build trust. Even when features are still in progress, we ship foundations and keep the roadmap explicit.

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v1.1.2Stable

Starter foundations + release engine

Feb 2026 (weekly release)
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This release focuses on foundations for the upcoming SaaS Starter (Free) and strengthening the shipping engine: discoverability, trust surface, and consistent ecosystem messaging.

Starters (in progress)

  • Started the SaaS Starter (Free): laying down production-ready foundations (structure, DX conventions, UI baseline).
  • Prepared ecosystem cross-links (UI ↔ Starters ↔ Templates) to support a cohesive builder workflow.
  • Defined starter release conventions: what is “shipped” vs “in progress” to keep public updates honest and predictable.

Discoverability & trust

  • Search & analytics baseline: ensure key pages are trackable and indexable (events, metadata hygiene).
  • Improved messaging across metadata to reflect PyColors as an ecosystem (not only a UI kit).
  • Roadmap / changelog copy aligned with weekly release cadence and commercial readiness.

Release engine

  • Standardized weekly release structure: highlights blocks, CTA focus, and a clearer “what’s next” narrative.
  • Small UI/UX polish passes to reduce friction and improve perceived quality.

Strategy Weekly releases build trust. Even when features are still in progress, we ship foundations and keep the roadmap explicit.

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v1.1.1Stable

Patterns docs + SEO polish

Jan 2026 (weekly release)
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Docs expansion for production-grade UX patterns (data tables, overlays, async actions) plus SEO/metadata cleanup, favicon refresh, and type-level refactors for consistency.

Docs & patterns

  • Introduced a new “Patterns” docs section: feature-level UI patterns with guidance on when to use them.
  • Added a comprehensive Data Table pattern doc: anatomy, states, and variations for SaaS/admin dashboards.
  • Shipped Data Table preview components: loading, empty, error, filterable, and row actions states.
  • Added an Overlays pattern guide (Dropdown vs Dialog vs Sheet) with interactive demos and accessibility rules.
  • Added Async Actions UX patterns: optimistic/pessimistic updates, feedback tiers, error handling + interactive demos.
  • Refactored Toast docs and centralized preview exports via an index file.

SEO & metadata

  • Refined site metadata messaging to better position PyColors as a product ecosystem.
  • Simplified metadata configuration by removing redundant title/description where Open Graph is the source of truth.
  • Enhanced docs layout SEO with improved titles/descriptions and canonical URL support.

Branding & UI polish

  • Updated favicon assets for improved branding consistency.

Refactoring

  • Standardized component prop typing by migrating from interfaces to type aliases.

Strategy Weekly releases build trust. Even when features are still in progress, we ship foundations and keep the roadmap explicit.

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v1.1.0Stable

Advanced UI + product patterns

Jan 2026 (weekly release)
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Major expansion of PyColors UI with advanced components, practical product patterns, and a clearer ecosystem structure — a SaaS-ready foundation from core interactions to data UI.

New UI components

  • Password Input, Sheet, Dialog, Dropdown Menu, Tabs, Toast, Table, Skeleton, Empty State, Pagination.

Docs & product guides

  • New guides covering SaaS layout composition, async UI states, and accessible forms with validation.
  • Docs expanded beyond components to include real-world product patterns and UX guidance.

Marketing & ecosystem structure

  • Restructured marketing pages to better reflect the PyColors product ecosystem.
  • Introduced dedicated sections for UI and Starters to clarify positioning and future offerings.

Platform readiness

  • Added Radix dependencies for advanced interactions.
  • Improved discoverability through clearer information architecture and interactive previews.

Strategy Weekly releases build trust. Even when features are still in progress, we ship foundations and keep the roadmap explicit.

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v1.0.1Stable

Marketing & trust baseline

Jan 2026 (post-release)
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Improves marketing + trust surface: templates listing, NA-AI template page, narrative About, and navigation/accessibility polish.

Templates

  • Templates index page: listing of available templates with status and positioning.
  • NA-AI template landing: clear value prop + stack + distribution links.

About page

  • New About page: design principles + direction of PyColors UI.
  • Docs-first philosophy and trust positioning for early adopters.

Navigation & UI polish

  • Navigation cleanup + accessibility improvements.
  • Quick start copy updated for clearer onboarding.

Strategy Weekly releases build trust. Even when features are still in progress, we ship foundations and keep the roadmap explicit.

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v1.0.0Stable

UI Core Foundation

Release Week (Mon 5 → Fri 9 Jan 2026)
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Official v1.0 launch of PyColors UI: core components, docs baseline, and release hygiene — a production-ready foundation.

UI Core Components

  • Button, Input, Badge, Card, Alert — consistent variants, sizing, and accessibility baseline.

Documentation Baseline

  • Every component ships with Preview / Usage / Code / Props.
  • Docs quality contract established for future releases.

Release Hygiene

  • Changelog page + Roadmap page shipped.
  • Semantic versioning introduced and version bumped to v1.0.0.

Strategy Weekly releases build trust. Even when features are still in progress, we ship foundations and keep the roadmap explicit.

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Note: changelog entries reflect shipped work. Internal tasks and refactors may be grouped into a single release item.