Changelog

What shipped, when, and why.

v1.3.0

2026-08-03

· Lyrics in Hindi, Tamil, Thai, Vietnamese, Chinese, Japanese and Korean render properly instead of showing empty boxes
· The word sweep works in scripts written without spaces: Thai, Chinese and Japanese lines are split into real words, and Chinese lyrics timed per character sweep character by character
· Songs are found under Indian, Southeast Asian and Chinese title conventions (Full Video Song, Lyrical, Audio Jukebox, Vietsub, OST, Karaoke Beat, Official MV, 【官方MV】)
· Titles written entirely in Devanagari, Thai or Han script used to match nothing at all - they now match
· The 'search Google for lyrics' fallback searches in the song's own language
· Karalyr can now time word-by-word lyrics in those languages too - request a song from the panel and it goes into the queue

2026-08-01

· Wrong-song lyrics are far rarer: a same-titled song by a clearly different artist is no longer accepted unless the recording length corroborates it
· Lyric lookups resolve in candidate-trust order, so a weak title-only match can no longer win just by answering faster
· Lyrics fetched for one video are never re-served to a different video from the cache

2026-08-01

· Rate Karalyr karaoke lyrics straight from the panel with one tap, no account needed
· Words now fill like on karalyr.com: the word being sung is revealed left to right with a glowing sweep
· Line and word highlights fire 50 ms ahead of the playback clock, so they no longer trail the vocal

2026-07-28

· Rating the filter is now a simple like or dislike — one tap instead of five stars
· Existing star ratings carry over: 4–5★ count as likes, 1–3★ as dislikes
· YouTube thumbnail badges now show the community like share for each song

2026-07-26

2026-07-24

· A real count-in across intros and instrumental breaks: the lyrics dim, a bar fills toward the downbeat, and a big number counts the seconds until the next line
· Sync requests fire as soon as a song is identified instead of after 45-90 seconds of listening; duplicates of an existing request become votes
· The 'Auto-request word-synced lyrics' toggle is gone - requests are always on while signed in

2026-07-22

· Spotify support: Karafilt now works on open.spotify.com
· Word-by-word lyrics light up one word at a time when the timing is measured, marked with a 'karalyr · word-sync' badge
· Karalyr is now the first lyrics source, matched by video id so the right version is found without guessing from the title
· Instrumental gaps longer than five seconds show a filling bar and the seconds remaining

2026-07-02

· Karafilt 1.0 — the first stable release
· "Wrong song?" picker now auto-dismisses: a five-second countdown keeps the default match unless you hover or pick another
· Party pages no longer show "Vocals: OFF" while the filter is audibly running — capture state survives service-worker suspends and extension updates mid-party
· The Ctrl+Shift+K shortcut starts the filter more reliably (no duplicate permission request)
· New toolbar icon matching the karafilt.com brand, a refreshed Party button, and a one-row rating panel

2026-06-26

· Party Mode: host a karaoke party from the extension — guests scan a QR, paste YouTube links, and a shared queue auto-plays with vocals filtered
· Synced, word-by-word lyrics on the party screen and on every guest's phone
· Vocal-filter controls right on the party page (status, mode, removal) — no side panel needed
· Party usage stats on your account page and the admin dashboard
· Compact rating panel: the comment box and submit appear only after you pick a star

2026-06-25

· Customizable lyrics: font, font size (80–200%), highlight color, and reset to defaults
· Edit your rating with full server-side history, pre-filled when you revisit a song
· Your usage stats on the account page: time filtered, songs, and per-mode breakdown
· Much stronger Spectral Deep — also thins panned backing vocals and stereo harmonies
· Tidier settings: Vocal Removal grouped with Mode; Account site field removed

2026-06-22

· Rate the filter on each song with 1–5 stars and an optional comment
· Community ratings in the side panel, with ★ badges on rated YouTube thumbnails

2026-06-22

· Right-to-left lyrics support (Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, Urdu), detected per line

2026-06-20

· Karafilt is now fully free — removed the paid tier and server-side AI processing

2026-06-17

· Initial public release
· Real-time, in-browser vocal removal with Basic, Spectral, and Spectral Deep modes
· Synced karaoke lyrics with word-by-word highlighting
· Per-tab side panel, keyboard shortcut, and free account sign-in