What's New

Visual enhancements:

• Edge Routing Improvements
• Automatic Color Coding and Diagram Icons

Enhanced diagram generation and platform support:

• Reset free token limits for all users
• Fix base diagram generation, add incremental loading
• Update theme colors for readability
• Fix path matching on Windows

Windows compatibility and UX improvements:

• Fix infinite loading on Windows devices
• Node label editing bug fixes and UX improvements
• Fix zoom level differences in VS Code vs Cursor

Completely rebuilt CodeViz with the following philosophy:

1. Start with a feature-rich diagram editor, directly in your IDE; this includes persistent workspaces and fully customizable graphs.
2. Then, integrate AI into this editor. In addition to using a multiagent system to read your codebase, the CodeViz assistant can read your workspace, edit diagrams, and interact with the user. Diagram -> Code is on the horizon.

With the help of CodeViz itself, we also architected the extension to provide a significantly faster, more stable, and intuitive experience.

Note: manual editing tools for linked files and edges coming later this week.

Quick follow-up improvements:

• Fix broken discord link
• Styling updates, free tokens, layout fixes

Diagram editing capabilities:

• Enable diagram editing

Bug fix for diagram portability:

• Fix bug with export/import, re-enable for base diagram

Enhanced diagram portability:

• UX improvements
• Enable Diagram Import and Export

Improved user experience:

• Reduce modal interruptions

Windows platform improvements:

• Fix windows compatibility issues
• Bug fixes and UX improvements

Direct founder communication:

• Add "chat with founders live" feature
• Bug Fixes

Major improvements including:

• Create context templates and run Claude code directly in CodeViz
• 4x faster base diagram generation
• No more full codebase parsing
• New search reports + diagrams
• Many UI/UX improvements

Agentic code changes:

• Add CodeViz terminal supporting agentic code changes

Enhanced user feedback system:

• Add improved feedback collection system

Performance and stability improvements:

• Speed up extension activation
• Fix improper token usage on occasional first load
• Fix occasional indefinite webview loading state

Search and export enhancements:

• Improved search quality and export research reports to markdown
• Added option to expand base nodes in more detail
• Fixed auto truncation of search input results
• Miscellaneous UI/UX improvements

Major search overhaul and performance improvements:

• Brand new search: high quality diagrams, step-by-step walkthrough, precise code links, diagram edits & follow-ups
• Miscellaneous UI/UX improvements: loading state visibility, base diagram quality, notification when diagram generation completes, more compact layout
• Reduced base diagram generation time by ~30%
• Miscellaneous bug fixes: codebase parsing, indefinite loading state fix, include .gitignore with incremental updates

Better, faster indexing and search that stays up-to-date, and several UI/UX improvements:

• Bring back quick search, navigates the repo agentically
• Add user feedback collection
• More robust graph updates from file changes
• Fixed issues with stale data and regenerate button clears stale data
• Attaching files shows them in the editor and now works for restricting quick search results
• Improved file detection, now completely synched with .gitignore
• Improved prompt; fixed bug with duplicate code lines, treat files as continuous units
• Add better error handling in UI
• Shortcut for opening CodeViz in new window
• Added improved token system
• Anchor UX updates

Cache and diagram improvements:

• Temporarily disable quick search
• Improved incremental updates
• Reduced cache size
• Fix bug where only one diagram history item was shown
• Stop autotrigger of initial diagram
• Include mermaid diagram in prompt
• Hard reset option in settings
• Fix buggy layout of deep research

Enhanced window management and performance:

• Add Open in Separate Window Command
• Fix upstream navigation in call graph
• Include file name and color coordination on live graph
• Fix scaling with base-level nodes
• Incremental graph updates are faster and require fewer resources

Enhanced platform support and exports:

• Added support for all operating systems
• Added diagram exports for all diagram types
• Show more of the initial diagram
• Fix bug with call graph anchoring
• Improve search UI/UX
• Fixed bug with deep research query layout

Major v1.5.0 release with significant new features:

• Low latency, high-coverage system diagram generation
• Low latency semantic search
• High-accuracy Deep research tool for codebase exploration
• Anchor Node Mechanism for call graph navigation
• Real-Time Codebase Map Updates
• Language support for Javascript, Typescript, Python, Java, C#, Ruby, Rust, and PHP

Enhanced user control:

• Fix file depth bug preventing codebase map generation
• Add option to prevent CodeViz from auto opening

Improved file search and depth handling:

• Improved file search efficiency
• Fixed error caused by recursive depth

Privacy and subscription improvements:

• Sync telemetry collection with VS Code telemetry settings
• No longer use git for user verification
• Update README and privacy policy
• Fix race conditions with subscription status

Windows compatibility improvements:

• Fixed ENAMETOOLONG error for large workspaces on Windows
• Created placeholder webview when no workspace is found, removed notification
• Fixed race condition causing initial diagram generation to stall indefinitely

Improved file handling and performance:

• Fix use of .gitignore for exclude patterns when generating diagrams, improving prompts and relevance of diagram file context
• Fix telemetry bugs, prompt reload of window on state change
• Fix Sync button hitting local cache
• Improve performance of directory structure reads
• Add auto update settings, sync with VS Code Marketplace directly
• Remove notification when no workspace is found, add placeholder webview

Enhanced free tier and subscription experience:

• Increased number of free daily flows from 2 to 3
• Improved clarity of flow count usage
• Improved syncing of CodeViz subscription with Stripe
• Improved tutorial

Enhanced control and error handling:

• Manually trigger base diagram generation
• Fix 'fetch is not defined' error
• Improved error handling and error UI
• Performance improvements

Improved user experience:

• Indefinite diagram loading state fix
• Query suggestion improvements

Stability improvements:

• Fix issue where occasional node clicks would crash CodeViz
• Reduce edge label clutter
• Temporarily disabled v1.5 beta

Enhanced search and callback quality:

• Increased accuracy of search by including more files during diagram generation
• Improved quality of click callback selections
• Changed auto-open on first install to only open focused windows
• Fixed bug where diagram generation fails with token counting issues

Keyboard navigation update:

• Update 'open CodeViz' keyboard shortcut

Enhanced navigation and stability:

• Improved clarity of code links
• Fixed sizing issue with text input container
• Improved auto updates
• Added timeout to graph generation and fixed loading status

Improved code navigation and UI:

• Generate faster, more precise click callbacks
• Show natural language descriptions of nodes and edges
• Improved search, bug fixes, and UX for attaching files and directories to prompt
• Fixed bug where code links are hidden behind nodes
• Enable all file extensions by default - no more manual configuration
• Initial improvements to making a systematic UI across themes
• Temporarily disabled keyboard navigation
• Enable top-level diagram cache for v1.5 beta

Enhanced layout and diagram quality:

• Improved layout
• Increased quality of base-level diagram
• Fixed bug with inconsistent node sizes

v1.5 Beta updates:

• Add local caching
• Improved edge labels
• Increased speed and quality of diagrams

CodeViz v1.5 beta release - still early, more coming soon!

In addition:

• Improved layout stability
• Edge code links propagate to groups

Directory visualization and bug fixes:

• Visualize directories
• Minor bug fixes

Enhanced search and query functionality:

• Auto-suggested query improvements
• Usability improvements with custom search

Improved diagram generation:

• Added more substantially more detail for user generated diagrams

Enhanced keyboard navigation and reliability:

• Add Keyboard shortcuts
• Usability and reliability improvements

Improved onboarding experience:

• Updated Tutorial and onboarding
• Consolidated state management for improved performance

Platform compatibility improvements:

• Fixed initialization bug in extension activation
• Fixed file path issue on Windows

Enhanced web capabilities and performance:

• Improvements to web and remote file support
• Improved Node UI
• Speed increase for large repositories
• Show subscription renewal date in settings

Enhanced settings and caching:

• Settings UI improvements
• Add server side caching for (public) repos on web extension

Share CodeViz diagrams directly with others:

• Added support for generating shareable keys and importing diagrams
• Consolidated toolbar
• Miscellaneous color scheme improvements

Miscellaneous quality of life improvements:

• Avoid unnecessary tutorial
• Stop diagram layout reset on code links and description change
• Fix occasional node color issues
• Preserve query on file attachment
• Extension logo update
• Improved error handling

File handling improvements and bug fixes:

• Added support for capitalized file extensions
• Fixed flow count
• Local caching bug fixes

Extended language support and improvements:

• Added support for additional file types (assembly, basic)
• Added supported file types to settings
• Added web support for VS Code extension
• Miscellaneous UX improvements

Tutorial and performance improvements:

• Walkthrough of CodeViz features
• Miscellaneous performance improvements

Agentic navigation improvements, draw.io exports, and quality of life improvements:

• Diagram generation improvements through agentic flow
• Added draw.io export
• Improved settings UI and subscription management
• Added persistence to custom flow generation
• Added regenerate diagram and error reporting to settings
• Miscellaneous bug fixes, including existing subscription resolution bug

Code callback improvements and bug fixes:

• Click callback results bug fix & UI improvements
• Allow multiple callback results in same file
• Added tooltip to edge labels
• Increased speed and fixed context window issue with context attachments
• Fix subscription resolution bug
• Fix auto update incorrect failure warning
• Performance improvements
• Added changelog

Latest improvements to our subscription system:

• Fixed duplicate subscriptions
• Subscription confirmation and cancellation routing

Performance and user experience improvements:

• Optimized file processing for faster startup and analysis
• Enhanced loading interface with clearer status indicators
• Added performance monitoring for faster response times
• Implemented progressive file loading for better responsiveness
• Improved LLM file content parsing
• Local caching of CPU-intensive file processing for large codebases
• Removed deprecated VS Code commands

Enhanced reliability and error handling:

• Added comprehensive error tracking and monitoring
• Implemented 5-minute timeout for diagram generation
• Added retry options for failed generations
• Enhanced query system with improved suggestions
• Miscellaneous UI and error handling improvements

Visualization and update improvements:

• Added technical description tooltips for diagram nodes
• Implemented automated update checking
• Enhanced graph visualization and layout algorithms
• Improved diagram caching and loading states

Improved code analysis performance and location tracking:

• Enhanced code location detection with support for up to 5 relevant sections per node/edge
• Improved responsiveness of diagram interactions
• Added detailed error reporting and debugging capabilities
• Temporarily disabled Git diff visualization features

Major visualization and performance updates:

• Changed diagram generation to require explicit user initiation
• Enhanced diagram layouts with smoother edge routing
• Added intelligent group handling with animated view fitting
• Added parallel processing for faster diagram generation
• Improved animation performance and responsiveness
• Added safeguards against concurrent operations
• Enhanced tooltip positioning and layering
• Optimized diagram generation with improved caching
• Implemented VS Code theme-aware styling for better integration
• Implemented daily reset for free tier flow count

Complete overhaul to UI, layout engine, codebase processing, and node expansion system:

• Significant generation speed and accuracy improvements
• Merged layout views into a single frame
• Redesigned diagram layout system for improved clarity
• Added expandable nodes showing internal component details
• Improved local caching for faster diagram updates
• Mermaid diagram exports

Major platform improvements and feature additions:

• Significant generation speed and accuracy improvements
• Added System Flow tab with preset prompts and enhanced navigation
• Added interactive diagram navigation with code snippet highlighting
• Improved visualization with drag-and-drop positioning and zoom controls
• Implemented workspace-specific diagram history and state management
• Enhanced diagram generation with cancellation support and progress tracking
• Implemented subscription management with 7-day free trial
• Enhanced UI with theme integration and improved layouts
• Added comprehensive error tracking and performance monitoring

Core functionality and stability improvements:

• Added visualization system with AI-powered analysis
• Improved diagram generation and navigation
• Enhanced performance with parallel processing
• Added automatic updates and analytics systems
• Enhanced error handling and system stability
• Improved file watching and database management
• Added comprehensive documentation

Architecture and progress tracking:

• Added architecture generation system
• Improved diagram layout and visualization
• Enhanced component organization
• Implemented visual progress tracking
• Added URI handler for integration with codebase changes

First major release:

• Added core diagram generation
• Added AI integration
• Added codebase analysis
• Added VS Code integration
• Added preferences management
• Added comprehensive session management
• Added analytics system with privacy controls
• Implemented user interaction tracking