Changelog

New

• Public Folder - Create a /public folder in your project to store static files (images, PDFs, text files) that need to be accessible in both preview and published sites
• Production Build Support - Files in the public folder are automatically included when publishing your project, ensuring they work the same way in production as they do in preview

Learn more in our help article →

New

• Missing Projects Alert - Dashboard now shows a helpful alert if you can't see your projects after an update, with quick logout button
• Help Article - Comprehensive troubleshooting guide for missing projects with browser cache clearing instructions

Improvements

• Premium Pro Identity - Beautiful purple-to-red gradient for all Pro branding (badges, upgrade buttons, pricing cards)
• Unified Design System - All dialogs, notifications, menus, tooltips, and context menus now share consistent styling with theme-aware gradients
• Redesigned Dashboard - Modern card-based layout with improved visual hierarchy and navigation
• Enhanced Pricing Pages - Clearer feature comparison and improved upgrade flow
• Better Onboarding - Improved template selection and project creation experience
• Refined Theme Support - Optimized gradients, borders, and hover states for Dark, Blue, Gray, and Light themes
• Pro Badge - Premium badge displays next to username in sidebar for Pro users

Fixes

• Desktop App Downloads - Fixed download links for Windows, macOS, and Linux applications
• Windows Application - Resolved critical issues preventing Windows app from launching
• Security Improvements - Enhanced data protection and authentication security
• Cache Issues - Fixed caching problems that affected application performance

New

• Delete Account - Permanently delete your account and all projects from settings
• Change Email - Update your email with two-step verification
• Playcode Pages Section - Dedicated explanation in pricing with help links

Improvements

• Redesigned Settings & Dashboard - Modern card-based UI with better visual hierarchy
• User Profile Header - Avatar, name, and email in sidebar
• Better Navigation - Icons, green hover states, improved folder tree

Fixes

• Resolved "Missing Projects" Issue - We discovered and fixed a critical authentication bug that caused some users to see their projects disappear after our recent backend migration. Your projects were never lost, they were always safely stored in our database. The issue was caused by outdated authentication tokens from our previous system that became incompatible with our new backend. Our attempt to maintain backward compatibility inadvertently created this problem.
• Authentication System Migration - We've completed the migration to a more reliable authentication system. All users now use the same secure token format, eliminating future compatibility issues.
• Database Initialization - Fixed an issue where signing in via email or Google popup wouldn't properly initialize the user database, preventing new project saves.
• Template Preservation - Fixed a bug where creating a template while signed out and then signing in would cause the template to disappear. Templates now properly survive the login process.

Why the forced logout? To ensure all users get the new, correctly formatted authentication tokens, we had to reset everyone's session. This is a one-time inconvenience that permanently resolves the authentication issues. We apologize for any confusion this may have caused and appreciate your patience as we worked to identify and fix the root cause.

New

• Project Folders - Organize your projects with nested folders. Create hierarchical folder structures to keep your workspace tidy
• Folder Tree in Dashboard - Navigate your projects using a collapsible folder tree in the sidebar. Click folders to filter projects
• Drag & Drop - Drag projects from the table directly into folders. Visual feedback shows where your project will land
• Multiple Ways to Move Projects - Click folder column in table, use right-click context menu, or drag-and-drop to organize projects
• Edit from Project Page - Click project title in editor header to change both name and folder in one action
• Special Views - "All" shows all projects, "Archive" shows archived projects

New

• Changelog page - Track all Playcode updates, share links to specific versions, discuss on Discord
• Help Center - Self-hosted documentation with 18 articles covering everything from publishing to editor settings
• Preview size indicator - See exact dimensions when resizing preview panel
• Auto-copy asset path on upload - Upload an image and its path is instantly copied to clipboard
• Copy Path options - Right-click any file to copy path, relative path, or asset URL

After a year of building, Playcode 2026.1 is live.

I completely rewrote it from scratch. Here's what changed:

Architecture & Performance

• Offline-first architecture - Inspired by Linear's approach, we built our own offline-first ORM implementation
• Brand new design - New dashboard, project pages, and marketing site. We drew this design 2 years ago and finally had the chance to ship it
• Significantly faster - Even large projects render instantly now
• More NPM modules work - Better stability, better flexibility
• Moved to Bare Metal (Hetzner) - Why pay for Vercel when you can have one big, fast server?

New Features

• Address bar in WebView - Build multi-page websites with multiple HTML files and switch between them right in the preview
• SPA mode - React Router and client-side routing now work correctly. Navigate your single-page app and see the URL update in the address bar
• Quick run from file tree - Click any file icon to run it instantly. Works with HTML and JavaScript files. No need to change code - just click the triangle that appears on hover
• Command Palette - Quick access to all commands. Open/close preview, switch network schemes, and toggle features without touching menus
• Playcode Pages - Deploy static sites to our CDN (like Cloudflare Pages or GitHub Pages). Custom domains supported. Real-time sync keeps all your devices up to date

This was hard. Really hard. I even built a separate product getpartner.ai along the way to help me cope emotionally and physically.

Worth it: Absolutely.

But this is only the beginning. Thanks to rewriting everything in NestJS and our new offline-first ORM framework, we can now quickly add new features.

Please send suggestions and feedback through the chat button on the changelog page.

New

• Multiplayer collaboration - Ability of multiple individuals to work together in real-time on a shared project
• React Course
• Clear console logs option

Improvements

• .JS files now work as .JSX - many React users expect this behavior
• Projects created by paid accounts no longer have the 8 lines limitation
• Console better displays structures of nested objects and their prototypes
• Preserved collapsed file directories on file creating/renaming
• Improved installing speed for large packages (React MUI, Framer, MUI Icons, etc.)

Fixes

• Fixed rate limiting issues when redeeming AppSumo deals
• Projects in My Projects can now be opened in new tab with Ctrl+click or middle button

New

• Favorites
• Save project as a favorite template

Improvements

• Set a default project in template selection popup. "Default project" is used instead of initial page, helping to open preferred template faster

Fixes

• Fixed setting up a default project or template