Alex Sparkes e5d8bfec0e Beta (#1138)
* feat: add professional three-branch release workflow automation (#1129) (#1130)

- Add version-bump workflow for semantic versioning across all files
- Add beta-release workflow for automated pre-release testing
- Add production-release workflow with manual approval gates
- Add hotfix-release workflow for emergency patches
- Create comprehensive CONTRIBUTING.md with workflow guide
- Create detailed RELEASE_PROCESS.md for maintainers
- Add PR template with release checklists
- Update CODEOWNERS to protect workflow files
- Update README with contribution links
- Remove /docs from .gitignore to allow documentation

This implements a dev  beta  main branching strategy with:
- Automated version management across 6 files
- Changelog generation from conventional commits
- GitHub Releases with build artifacts
- Environment-based approvals for production
- Back-merge support for hotfixes

* feat: new default quotes experience, improve added page

* Sync/workflow fixes to beta (#1132)

* feat: add professional three-branch release workflow automation (#1129)

- Add version-bump workflow for semantic versioning across all files
- Add beta-release workflow for automated pre-release testing
- Add production-release workflow with manual approval gates
- Add hotfix-release workflow for emergency patches
- Create comprehensive CONTRIBUTING.md with workflow guide
- Create detailed RELEASE_PROCESS.md for maintainers
- Add PR template with release checklists
- Update CODEOWNERS to protect workflow files
- Update README with contribution links
- Remove /docs from .gitignore to allow documentation

This implements a dev  beta  main branching strategy with:
- Automated version management across 6 files
- Changelog generation from conventional commits
- GitHub Releases with build artifacts
- Environment-based approvals for production
- Back-merge support for hotfixes

* fix(workflows): prevent beta release for non-beta versions

* Fix/beta workflow version check (#1131)

* fix(workflows): prevent beta release for non-beta versions

* fix(workflows): address copilot PR review feedback

- Support iterative beta versions (7.6.0-beta.1 -> 7.6.0-beta.2)
- Remove tag trigger from beta workflow to prevent premature releases
- Fix tag format in docs/summaries to include 'v' prefix
- Clarify deployment approval wording

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Signed-off-by: Alex Sparkes <alexsparkes@gmail.com>

* feat: replace mui with new style

* feat: improve time formatting in Clock component with padded digits

* fix: change Checkbox component from label to div for better semantics

* fix: change Switch component from label to div for better semantics

* feat: add smooth animation to reset functionality in Slider component

* feat: enhance accessibility and styling for form components including Checkbox, Dropdown, Radio, Slider, and Text

* feat: enhance WeatherOptions component with improved layout and auto location reset functionality

* feat: update Slider and Dropdown components with improved layout and z-index adjustments

* feat: add reset functionality to Dropdown component with toast notification

* feat: update Dropdown component styles for improved layout and structure

* feat: update languageSettings component with increased padding for better spacing

* feat: bump version to 7.6.0 across all manifests and documentation

* Dev (#1134)

* feat: add professional three-branch release workflow automation (#1129)

- Add version-bump workflow for semantic versioning across all files
- Add beta-release workflow for automated pre-release testing
- Add production-release workflow with manual approval gates
- Add hotfix-release workflow for emergency patches
- Create comprehensive CONTRIBUTING.md with workflow guide
- Create detailed RELEASE_PROCESS.md for maintainers
- Add PR template with release checklists
- Update CODEOWNERS to protect workflow files
- Update README with contribution links
- Remove /docs from .gitignore to allow documentation

This implements a dev  beta  main branching strategy with:
- Automated version management across 6 files
- Changelog generation from conventional commits
- GitHub Releases with build artifacts
- Environment-based approvals for production
- Back-merge support for hotfixes

* feat: new default quotes experience, improve added page

* Fix/beta workflow version check (#1131)

* fix(workflows): prevent beta release for non-beta versions

* fix(workflows): address copilot PR review feedback

- Support iterative beta versions (7.6.0-beta.1 -> 7.6.0-beta.2)
- Remove tag trigger from beta workflow to prevent premature releases
- Fix tag format in docs/summaries to include 'v' prefix
- Clarify deployment approval wording

* feat: replace mui with new style

* feat: improve time formatting in Clock component with padded digits

* fix: change Checkbox component from label to div for better semantics

* fix: change Switch component from label to div for better semantics

* feat: add smooth animation to reset functionality in Slider component

* feat: enhance accessibility and styling for form components including Checkbox, Dropdown, Radio, Slider, and Text

* feat: enhance WeatherOptions component with improved layout and auto location reset functionality

* feat: update Slider and Dropdown components with improved layout and z-index adjustments

* feat: add reset functionality to Dropdown component with toast notification

* feat: update Dropdown component styles for improved layout and structure

* feat: update languageSettings component with increased padding for better spacing

* feat: bump version to 7.6.0 across all manifests and documentation

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Signed-off-by: Alex Sparkes <alexsparkes@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: David Ralph <me@davidcralph.co.uk>

* font: replace montserrat with inter

* cleanup: remove unused code from addons and marketplace

* fix(greeting/events): event text box styling

* fix(quote/buttons): improve state management and event handling

* feat(background): implement custom background loading and improve state management

* feat: enhance image management features

- Added new localization strings for image management, including upload and storage information.
- Refactored custom background database functions to support metadata and backward compatibility.
- Introduced a new FolderTaggingModal component for organizing images into folders.
- Created utility functions for image metadata extraction, including dimensions, blur hash generation, and file size calculation.
- Implemented functions to delete multiple backgrounds and update background metadata.

* Add new localization strings and improve image metadata utility functions

- Updated localization files for multiple languages (Hungarian, Indonesian, Japanese, Lithuanian, Latvian, Dutch, Norwegian, Persian, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Slovenian, Swedish, Tamil, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese) to include new strings for image management features such as "Delete Selected", "Uploading", "Tag Images", and storage information.
- Enhanced the `getDataUrlSize` and `formatBytes` functions in `imageMetadata.js` for better readability and maintainability by adding braces for conditional statements.

* fix(background/custom): prevent flashing during uploads

* feat(storage): implement dynamic storage quota estimation and request persistence

* feat(modal): enhance close button styling and theming support

* fix(Custom): remove unnecessary characters from loading state

* feat(Dropdown): implement dropdown closing animation and portal rendering

* fix(QuoteOptions): ensure authorDetails is set to true for all users during migration

* refactor(Items): remove unused imports and hex color conversion logic

* fix: add blurhash dependency for image metadata encoding

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Signed-off-by: Alex Sparkes <alexsparkes@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: David Ralph <me@davidcralph.co.uk>
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Mue Header

Mue

A fast, open and free-to-use browser extension that gives a new, fresh and customisable tab page to modern browsers.

muetab.com

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🤔 Why Mue?

  • Beautiful and Minimalist Design
  • Customisable Layout
  • Widgets (such as weather, notes, bookmarks and more)
  • Privacy-Focused - does not track your browsing activity
  • Extensible with the Mue Marketplace
  • Open Source under the BSD-3 License

🌶️ Installation

Mue can be downloaded on the following browsers:

and can be manually sideloaded on others using the files on GitHub Releases

🚀 Demo

A fully-featured demo of the tab extension is available in-browser at demo.muetab.com

💻 Development

Install dependencies with bun install, and then you can run any of the following scripts as needed:

  • bun run dev[:host] - start development server
  • bun run build - build production copy of Mue
  • bun run lint[:fix] - run linter
  • bun run pretty - run prettier
  • bun run translations - migrate old translation format to new
  • bun run translations:percentages - update translation completion percentages from Weblate

Contributing

We welcome contributions! Please read CONTRIBUTING.md for guidelines on:

  • Development workflow
  • Branch strategy (dev → beta → main)
  • Commit message format
  • Pull request process

For maintainers, see docs/RELEASE_PROCESS.md for release procedures.

🐳 Docker development

Hot reload is available while coding.

  • docker build -t mue-app . - build the image

  • docker volume create dev-bun-app - create a volume for the app

  • docker run -p 5173:5173 mue-app - run the container

  • docker run -p 5173:5173 \ -v $(pwd):/app \ -v dev-bun-app:/app/node_modules \ mue-app - run the container

Navigate to http://localhost:5173

🌍 Translations

We use Weblate for translations. To get started, please visit the project and look for the latest version to start translating Mue into your langauge.

Attribution

Pexels, Unsplash - Stock photos used for offline mode
Undraw - Welcome modal images

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HTML 0.7%
Swift 0.5%
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