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v2.0.4

Public release 30 SEPTEMBER 2026

The first public update since 2.0.1. It includes the 2.0.2 and 2.0.3 changes previously available to Patreon members, plus the saving, sensor and editor fixes below. If you already use 2.0.3, those earlier additions are already in your build.

Since the public 2.0.1 release

  • ▸USB output sends changed parts of the picture instead of sending the whole screen each time. Panel Mode can target a supported USB screen while the editor stays in the tray. Full-screen animation remains limited by the screen connection.
  • ▸Newer widget packs can contain their own designs, multiple sensor channels and animation settings. Existing v1 packs and generic v2 recipes still load.
  • ▸Larger, clearer editor controls, horizontal Properties tabs, property search and alignment guides. Copy selected widgets to another profile and remove imported fonts from Properties.
  • ▸Panel Mode fits small displays and restores the editor size and zoom when you leave. Linux decorative widgets repaint after returning to the editor.
  • ▸Sensor readings show appropriate units and precision. CPU voltage, Ryzen temperature selection, duplicate hardware identification and Linux Vulkan/Proton FPS have received fixes.
  • ▸Media widgets accept videos up to 250 MB. Import and export report missing or unsupported content, and exports retain the media used by the profile.
  • ▸Settings and media get checked recovery copies on upgrades. An optional startup delay and expanded Diagnostics help with PCs running other sensor software.
  • ▸Windows installer, Linux AppImage, DEB, RPM and Arch packages are available. Install statistics and their persistent identifier have been removed.

New in 2.0.4

  • ▸Replacing or clearing a background can no longer be reversed by an older import or duplicate operation finishing late. Final saves wait for pending work when the app closes.
  • ▸Upgrade recovery copies include settings saved by 2.0.3. Locked, damaged or inaccessible settings files have safer recovery paths; a temporary lock no longer selects an older backup over newer settings.
  • ▸The Windows reader skips invalid sensor values. Automatic restart watches valid snapshots, and Diagnostics distinguishes stalled readings from a healthy reader.
  • ▸Library previews recover after visibility and graphics-context changes. Multi-selection Min/Max edits preserve each gauge or graph’s untouched limit.
  • ▸USB screen selection remembers device identity and refuses a changed or ambiguous target. Video widgets continue feeding USB output while the editor is hidden, and stalled readings stop presenting old values as current.
  • ▸Per-core widgets imported from another PC retain their separate channels. Ryzen sensor names, colour-rule reset behaviour and Linux process rules for Proton games are corrected.
  • ▸Linux launches share one settings lock even without a session bus. Package and runtime checks cover the supported build baseline.

Compatibility: the editor needs 1280 × 600 logical pixels after display scaling; use Panel Mode on smaller screens. Direct USB output remains experimental and depends on the controller revision. Native Lian Li 8.8-inch USB support is not included. OpenGL-only games do not use the Linux Vulkan FPS layer, and GNOME Wayland does not expose window titles for title-based rules. Hardware-specific sleep/wake faults can still need diagnosis. Windows and AppImage offer in-app updates; DEB, RPM and Arch users install the new package.

v2.0.3

Patreon early access SEPTEMBER 2026

These changes followed 2.0.2 and are included in the public 2.0.4 release. Members already on 2.0.3 should read the new 2.0.4 fixes above.

Added and improved

  • ▸Changed-region USB refresh, a USB target for Panel Mode, and a delayed automatic startup option. Diagnostics records USB update activity.
  • ▸Self-contained v3 widget packs with separate sensor transitions. Pack updates retain placements and edits.
  • ▸The editor readability update, property search, larger Store previews, consistent dialogs and alignment guides for movement and resizing.
  • ▸Grid visibility and Guides are remembered. Fit follows the available editor area while manual zoom and saved widget geometry stay intact.

Fixed

  • ▸Static frames and text disappearing after Panel Mode on Linux, blank output on reported UsbPCMonitor screens, and RAM temperature bindings changing after a restart on Windows.
  • ▸Background replacement races, missing readings that returned with the same value, and Settings listeners left behind after closing the dialog.
  • ▸Safer upgrades and imports, checked settings/media recovery copies, startup window sizing and clearer sensor/USB failure reporting. Installers close the sensor helper before replacing its files.

v2.0.2

Patreon early access 13 SEPTEMBER 2026

The first update after public 2.0.1, initially distributed to Patreon members. All of these changes are included in 2.0.4.

Added

  • ▸Copy to Profile, removal of imported custom fonts, a Fit zoom option and expanded Diagnostics. Media widgets accept videos up to 250 MB.
  • ▸Separate output choices for sensor panels, phones and USB screens, with clearer tray actions and connection status.

Fixed and improved

  • ▸Units and decimal precision for hardware readings, measured CPU voltage selection, Ryzen temperatures and separate sensor keys for identical devices.
  • ▸Panel Mode sizing for small screens, editor zoom restoration, monitor matching, tray behaviour and the Windows F5 handling.
  • ▸Ordered saves, safer recovery after unreadable settings, bounded imports and checked media writes. Failed imports and exports explain the problem.
  • ▸Linux NVIDIA sensor loading, Vulkan/Proton FPS capture, CPU power permissions, window handling and Arch packaging.
  • ▸Widget reflection, media opacity, fonts and rounded recipe bars. Hidden rendering and history updates avoid unnecessary work.

Privacy

  • ▸Removed install statistics and their persistent identifier. The app keeps its existing update check and user-opened Template Store requests.

v2.0.1

Public release JULY 2026

The first public build of NOVA. After two weeks of Patreon early access the whole thing goes free on Windows and Linux, with a large stability pass and a batch of new features on top of the early build.

Added

  • ▸Template Store: browse, install and rate templates without leaving CLU VIEW. Pulled live from mr-clu.com with thumbnails, resolution, size, author and downloads, star ratings, colour and tag filters, and a fit-aware “best fit for my canvas” sort so you’re not guessing sizes. Free, official and community packs sit side by side; paid packs link out to Patreon, and packs can point to Discord.
  • ▸Widget packs: downloadable widgets you install like templates. The BasePlates are now installable packs, and the new “recipe” widgets are live, data-driven designs rendered straight from pack data. No code runs, so packs stay safe to share.
  • ▸In-app updater: CLU VIEW can now check for and install its own updates. (On Windows the installer still raises a UAC prompt and a SmartScreen notice; that’s the missing code-signing certificate, not the software.)
  • ▸Starter templates bundled in: Default, Gaming, Minimal, Streaming and Work layouts, fit to your canvas on creation with a quick resize tip.
  • ▸Per-disk usage: a usage reading per volume, selectable in the properties panel and the monitor picker.

Improved

  • ▸Panel-mode performance pass: noticeably lower CPU, GPU and memory while a panel is running, via frame-rate-independent animation, static-layer baking, dirty-region gating, sensor-demand trimming and media moved out to sidecar files.
  • ▸Editor quality of life: the right-click menu now works in the canvas gutter, copy/paste centres on the cursor, alignment guides are smarter, empty text boxes behave, line graphs gain Y-axis scale controls, and the Time “Blocks” style no longer clips its right edge.

Fixed

  • ▸Fresh-install sensor failures are now visible and recoverable: Diagnostics reports the real state of the sensor sidecar, .NET, the PawnIO driver and elevation instead of claiming full sensors while everything reads 0, and can install the sensor driver from inside the app.
  • ▸Config is no longer lost when you close CLU VIEW within a second of an edit. Changes are flushed on exit, and several other silent save-loss paths are closed.
  • ▸Undo now reverts effect changes (glow radius and the like) that it used to skip over.
  • ▸Ctrl+R / F5 no longer silently reload the app and strand you in panel mode.
  • ▸A drag released outside the window no longer leaves a widget stuck to the cursor.
  • ▸Template imports no longer drop oversized media or fonts in silence. You get an “imported with losses” summary instead.
  • ▸“Start with Windows” and “always run as administrator” now report why they failed, and turning admin off actually revokes it.
  • ▸The update prompt no longer reappears every launch after you decline a version.

Privacy & legal

  • ▸The EULA and privacy page were rewritten so they describe the app accurately: the only times CLU VIEW reaches the network are to check for updates and to use the Template Store. No telemetry: your configuration, dashboards and hardware readings never leave your machine.

Notes

  • ▸Windows: single installer, takes over a 1.4.x or early-access install cleanly and keeps your config. Linux: .deb, .rpm and AppImage.

v2.0.0 “NOVA”

Patreon early access JULY 2026

The ground-up rebuild. NOVA rewrites CLU VIEW for native rendering, adds a full Linux version, and reworks the editor around a new widget library. Released to Patreon first; the public build is v2.0.1 above.

Added

  • ▸Native Linux build: the full app as .deb, .rpm and AppImage. The sensor backend was written from scratch and runs completely unprivileged; it never needs a kernel driver, root, or a password prompt.
  • ▸FPS on Linux via a custom Vulkan layer: Proton games report FPS with no elevation; Wayland and X11 both supported.
  • ▸Cross-platform profiles: dashboards move between Windows and Linux. Hardware-specific sensors are translated to portable equivalents on export, so a panel built on your rig opens the same on another machine, either OS.
  • ▸New widget library with a category rail: what you see is what lands on the canvas; drag a widget straight from the library onto the spot you want.
  • ▸Media widget: image, GIF or video, animated natively.
  • ▸Diagnostics report: a full copy-paste dump of your hardware for support.
  • ▸Splash screen: a full-bleed animated logo with live sensor progress underneath.

Improved

  • ▸All 216 widget styles rewritten for native rendering.
  • ▸Effects now follow a widget’s real shape: glow on a gauge hugs the arc instead of an invisible bounding box. Four filters (Glow, Chromatic Aberration, Negative, Screen Bulge) genuinely process the dashboard rather than faking it with an overlay.
  • ▸The sensor picker now exposes every sensor your hardware reports (311 on the test rig) instead of the 18 presets.
  • ▸Settings: canvas opacity applies live with no restart; DETECT SCREENS picks up panels plugged in later; panel mode fingerprints your monitor so it stops landing on the wrong screen after a reboot.
  • ▸Startup: approve UAC once and every launch after is silent and elevated with full sensor access. The installer offers this up front. (Linux never needs root.)
  • ▸Import/export: exports now carry their media so shared profiles arrive complete, and cross-resolution imports ask what you want instead of silently rescaling.
  • ▸Media: video backgrounds now live outside the config file so they don’t bloat it. Drag any image or video onto the canvas to set it.

Fixed

  • ▸Fan RPM no longer reads 0 on boards with empty fan headers.
  • ▸USB / AIO fan controllers (Aquacomputer, NZXT, Corsair) stay live instead of freezing.
  • ▸Shapes and frame fills render solid instead of a washed, faintly see-through gradient when gradient is off.

Notes

  • ▸Importing 1.4.x profiles: they import fine, but expect to resize some widgets. They arrive at the sizes the old app was actually storing, not the sizes you remember, so old templates and layouts may need a resize pass.
  • ▸USB smart screens are still supported but were untested on physical hardware this build. If you own a Turing / XuanFang panel, please get in touch.

v1.4.3

BETA JUNE 2026

Added

  • ▸System tray icon: show/hide the dashboard, jump to panel mode, or quit from the tray, with optional "close minimises to tray" for 24/7 use
  • ▸Align & distribute: right-click a multi-selection to align edges/centres or distribute spacing evenly, as a single undo step
  • ▸Arrow-key nudge (1 px, or a grid step with Shift), Ctrl+wheel zoom toward the cursor, Ctrl+0 to fit, Ctrl+A select-all, Duplicate in the widget menu
  • ▸USB smart screen TEST button, to probe a COM port and confirm which screen answered before enabling output
  • ▸Rule TEST ACTION button: preview a rule’s pulse/accent effect without waiting for the sensor
  • ▸Diagnostics report (Settings → About) with backend and per-sensor health, copyable for support
  • ▸Sensor auto-ranges (VRAM in MB, fans in RPM) and automatic sensor repair when hardware is replaced

Improved

  • ▸USB smart screen output retries every 30 s after a disconnect, so replugging reconnects without restarting panel mode
  • ▸A second launch brings the running window to the front instead of a warning
  • ▸Rule thresholds show their unit and warn about priority conflicts; profile export confirms the saved path
  • ▸GPU-crash recovery is now a persistent notice with a "retry on next start" action

Fixed

  • ▸Aquacomputer/Cooler sensors missing on decimal-comma Windows locales: sensor JSON now uses invariant culture
  • ▸USB controller, storage and motherboard sensors staying available in the Monitor picker after polling is narrowed
  • ▸CPU temperature stuck on the ACPI fallback instead of moving to real LHM sensors
  • ▸"Start with Windows" checkbox now reconciles against the actual scheduled-task state

v1.4.2

BETA MAY 2026

Fixed

  • ▸Aquacomputer/Cooler sensors not discovered. The hardware type filter was applied before the first sensor scan, so the first update is now unfiltered
  • ▸CPU temperature stuck on the WMI ACPI fallback. Same root cause, so the LHM CPU-temp upgrade now finds its sensor in time

v1.4.1

BETA MAY 2026

Added

  • ▸Experimental USB/COM smart screen output, for sending the dashboard to Turing and XuanFang USB panels
  • ▸Multi-select editing, with a shared properties panel for accent colour, opacity, border mode

Improved

  • ▸Properties panel redesign: visual swatch selectors for border mode and line pattern
  • ▸Collapsible panel sections; DATA SOURCE + VALUE RANGE merged into DATA, STROKES + OPACITY merged into EFFECTS
  • ▸Panel sections adapt per widget, hiding irrelevant groups
  • ▸Resize grab margins scale down on small widgets
  • ▸Auto-start scheduled task errors surface in the status bar

Fixed

  • ▸FPS monitoring crash when running non-elevated. ETW tracing now checks for admin privileges
  • ▸Panel mode race condition with the splash screen timing

v1.4.0

BETA APR 2026

Added

  • ▸Auto-start via Windows Task Scheduler, which launches elevated at logon without a UAC prompt
  • ▸Animated backgrounds: GIF and video (MP4/WebM) support for the canvas
  • ▸Selection overlay renders above all widgets
  • ▸File security validation: path traversal protection, extension whitelisting, profile name sanitisation

Improved

  • ▸Widget resize and rotation hit zones enlarged
  • ▸Cross-widget handle redirect targets the selected widget
  • ▸Properties panel labels clarified; gradient controls collapse when disabled
  • ▸Broader exception handling across sensor polling
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