ChatGate 0.4.1-beta

New Features

• Launch with OBS: Auto-launches with OBS (enabled by default) - runs with --obs-launch flag and waits for OBS to start before showing
• OBS Launch Checkbox: Toggle option in controller to enable/disable auto-launch with OBS
• YouTube Subscriber Bypass: Added separate bypass option for free YouTube subscribers (distinct from paid Members)

Changes

• MPS Calculation: YouTube now updates MPS every second (matching Twitch behavior)

Bug Fixes

• Fixed app not fully closing when clicking X with "Minimize to tray on close" unchecked
• Various stability improvements

ChatGate 0.4.0-beta

📦 ChatGate v0.4.0-beta — Patch Notes

✨ New Features

🔍 Advanced Chat Filtering System

• Added word-based filtering:

  • Always Block Words (hard filter)
  • High Volume Block Words (only during spam)

• Added User Whitelist / Blacklist

---

🎛️ Granular Role Controls

• Replaced simple checkboxes with 3-state bypass system:

  • Always → always show
  • Normal → respects filter
  • Never → always hide

• Applies to:

  • Broadcaster
  • Mods
  • VIPs
  • Subs
  • YouTube Members

---

🎉 Twitch Event Rendering

Added rich, styled event messages:

• Raids
• Subscriptions / Resubs
• Gift subs & gift bombs
• Bits / Cheers
• Announcements
• First-time chatters
• Watch streaks

All with:

• Colored highlight blocks
• Icons (🚨 ⭐ 🎁 💎 📢 🔥 👋)

---

🧩 Filters Tab UI

• New dedicated Filters tab

• Includes:

  • Bubble-style editable lists
  • Inline removal (✕ buttons)
  • Scrollable containers

• Real-time updates to filtering behavior

---

🎨 Dynamic Theming System

• Theme now supports accent colors per tab:

  • Twitch → Purple
  • YouTube → Red
  • Filters → Purple

• Fully rebuilt stylesheet system (modular + reusable)

---

📊 Improved MPS System

• Added Combined vs Separate MPS modes

  • Combined: both platforms share one limit
  • Separate: each platform tracked independently

• Visual gate indicator:

  • 🟢 Gate Open
  • 🔴 Gate Closed

• More accurate MPS calculation using background thread

---

🔔 Built-in Auto-Updater (Major)

• Background update check via GitHub tags

• Clickable version label → triggers update flow

• Features:

  • Installer auto-download with progress bar
  • Automatic launch after download
  • Fallback to browser if no installer found

---

🧠 Settings System Overhaul

• Settings now stored in:

  • %APPDATA%/ChatGate/settings.json

• Added migration system:

  • Converts old boolean bypass → new 3-state system

• Expanded settings:

  • Event toggles
  • Filters
  • UI preferences

---

📺 YouTube Backend Rewrite

• Switched from pytchat → chat-downloader

• Improved:

  • Stability
  • Compatibility

• Better member detection via badges

---

🛠️ UX Improvements

• Tooltip system added across UI
• Borderless window warning for overlays
• Clickable version label
• Cleaner layout and spacing
• Better status messaging

---

🐛 Fixes

• Fixed inconsistent YouTube connection reliability
• Fixed overlay opacity not applying correctly
• Fixed settings not persisting in some cases
• Fixed reconnect edge cases
• Improved error handling across threads
• Reduced UI freezing during heavy chat spikes

---

⚠️ Breaking / Notable Changes

• ❗ Dependency change:

  • pytchat → chat-downloader

• ❗ Settings reset/migration may occur on first launch

• ❗ Old bypass settings converted to new system

0.3.0-beta

Merge branch 'main' of https://github.com/twhippp/ChatGate

0.2.1-beta

Full Changelog: 0.2.0-beta...0.2.1-beta

0.2.0-beta

Full Changelog: 0.1.1-beta...0.2.0-beta

ChatGate 0.1.1

Full Changelog: 0.1.0-beta...0.1.1-beta

ChatGate 0.1.0

0.1.0-beta

Update README.md