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Current Project Status

Last updated: 2026-05-23

Summary

Fast Sub is currently at the desktop release-candidate / preview stage.

The original Python CLI remains available, the Go product core and daemon/job API are implemented, and the Electron desktop application has completed the Round 11 to Round 13 sequence:

  • Round 11: Electron mock-first shell.
  • Round 12: Electron integration with the Go daemon.
  • Round 13: productization and release readiness for Windows x64 plus macOS arm64 preview packaging.

Current Release State

  • Windows x64 installer and portable zip have been built and smoke tested.
  • macOS arm64 dmg has been built and smoke tested as an ad-hoc signed, unnotarized preview artifact.
  • The packaged app includes the Go daemon, native whisper.cpp runtime, and an app-private Python runtime outside ASAR.
  • Models are not bundled with the installer.
  • First-start/default model installation was tested from a clean model store for whisper-small and the default NLLB model.
  • Local Faster Whisper ASR, native whisper.cpp ASR, local NLLB translation, bilingual subtitles, burn-in, Unicode/space paths, and GPU long-task cancellation have Windows smoke records.
  • Diagnostics, redaction, API key save/replace/delete, license inventory, and screenshot baselines have Round 13 records.
  • Windows artifacts are currently unsigned preview builds. SmartScreen and antivirus reputation warnings are expected until signing is configured.
  • macOS artifact is currently ad-hoc signed and not notarized. Gatekeeper warnings are expected until Developer ID signing and notarization are configured.

Open Release Work

  • macOS Developer ID signing/notarization remains deferred; current macOS preview follows the unsigned open-source app pattern with documented manual xattr and local ad-hoc codesign steps.
  • macOS real long-running ASR / FFmpeg / whisper.cpp cancellation cleanup still needs manual smoke.
  • Windows code signing remains deferred until a real certificate and publisher identity exist.
  • Real OpenAI/Bing/Google external provider smoke is deferred by decision; local loopback OpenAI-compatible smoke has passed.
  • Public GitHub readiness fixes now include MIT source licensing, baseline CI, Security reporting guidance, release checksum records, package-size notes, and explicit NLLB license-sensitive user docs.

Documentation Map

  • Current tracker: ui-docs/project-tracker.md
  • User help: ../help-docs/help/README.md
  • Download and release status: ../help-docs/help/download.md and ../help-docs/help/release-notes.md
  • v0 MVP summary: product/mvp.md and product/mvp.zh.md
  • Round 13 release checklist: ../desktop-tests/round13-release-checklist.md
  • Round 13 release smoke: ../desktop-tests/round13-release-smoke.md
  • Release validation index: release/validation.md
  • API reference index: api/README.md
  • Electron specs: ui-docs/specs/
  • Go specs: go-docs/specs/
  • Historical Python planning rounds: archive/python-rounds/

Near-Term Priorities

  1. Publish preview artifacts only with explicit unsigned/ad-hoc installation instructions.
  2. Decide Windows and macOS signing/notarization path before stable external distribution.
  3. Enable or verify GitHub private vulnerability reporting before broad public distribution.
  4. Continue slimming the installer, with highest attention on the app-private Python runtime.
  5. Continue expanding user-facing help under ../help-docs/help/ based on real tester feedback.
  6. Maintain generated API/reference docs under api/ without replacing the hand-written daemon contract.
  7. Plan a separate Go package layout cleanup after the documentation branch lands; keep it out of the current docs-only reorganization.