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Changelog

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v1.5.2Latest

April 2026

Dashboard refinements and widget layout improvements

Improved

Dashboard header removed — page now starts directly with the Quick Stats widget

Improved

Edit Widgets controls moved into the Quick Stats header bar for a cleaner layout

Improved

Widget rows increased from 240px to 300px giving data widgets more breathing room

Improved

Quick Stats bar simplified to a single row: greeting, date and live badge

Improved

Culchie Club — News tab removed (dedicated News app launched)

Improved

Culchie Club — Statistics summary boxes removed to simplify the UI

v1.5.0

March 2026

All 9 dashboard widgets redesigned. News module shipped.

New

News app — daily AI-curated Irish and UK farming headlines with source links and images

New

News widget added to dashboard — selectable and enabled by default

Improved

All 9 dashboard widgets condensed and redesigned to fit a uniform 240px height

Improved

WeatherWidget — farming tip removed, emoji icons, condensed 5-day forecast

Improved

FinanceWidget — net profit badge, income/expense comparison tiles

Improved

StaffWidget — 3-tile summary (on-site / late / day-off), compact list

Improved

GrantsWidget — potential value hero, urgent count badge

Improved

News moved above Weather in the sidebar navigation

Improved

Dashboard widgets now selectable from a dropdown — no more drag-and-drop sidebar

v1.4.5

February 2026

Accounts & Payroll complete overhaul

New

Full Accounts module — invoices, purchase bills, P&L, VAT returns, budgets

New

Payroll — PAYE, PRSI, USC estimation from timesheets

New

Payroll export to BrightPay CSV, Thesaurus CSV, SEPA XML

New

Leave management — annual, sick, unpaid leave tracking

New

Export app — central hub for all data exports across all modules

New

Accounts exports (P&L, VAT, invoices) available in Export app

Improved

Timesheet & payroll exports include date-range selection

Improved

Export page redesigned to match site-wide theme using AppShell

v1.4.0

January 2026

Super admin, ticketing system and AI grant agent shipped

New

Super admin role — manage all users, farms, subscriptions and tickets

New

Help & support ticketing system for users and super admins

New

Admin AI page — configure AI model, Ollama endpoint, run frequency and logs

New

Grants AI agent — containerised Python service that scans for new grants weekly

New

Grants soft-delete — expired grants greyed out for 7 days before removal

New

AI grant logs — summary of what was found, added and removed each run

New

Local government and Gaeltacht area grants discovery

Improved

Grant cards handle missing data gracefully with sensible fallbacks

v1.3.5

December 2025

Land app major update — plots, 3D and overlays

New

Add New Plot with GPS boundary plotting and named plot saving

New

3D terrain render using real elevation data from phone GPS

New

Paddock division tool — draw straight dividing lines within a plot boundary

New

Crop & livestock icons overlaid on map plots

New

Crops and livestock linked to plots — changes sync both ways

Improved

"Fields" renamed to "Plots" throughout the app

Improved

Measure Area and Add New Plot are now separate actions

Improved

Metric and imperial measurements shown side-by-side (m / ft)

Improved

Radar overlay removed from Land app (available in Weather app)

Removed

My Plots popup button removed — replaced by right-panel list selection

v1.3.0

November 2025

Mobile app revamp, staff permissions and Culchie Club

New

Complete mobile app redesign — native-feeling UI with CulchieOS branding

New

GPS selfie clock-in on mobile with map confirmation

New

Culchie Club — buy/sell marketplace, jobs board and community forum

New

Image gallery on listings — up to 8 photos per ad

New

Per-user permission system — app-level view and edit permissions

New

Multi-farm support — staff and farm owner roles kept separate

Improved

Tasks — expandable detail on mobile with mark-as-done

Improved

Search bar — global search across livestock, users, land and Culchie Club

Fixed

Profile page was loading wrong user data when switching accounts

v1.2.0

October 2025

Livestock module split-panel view and new animal types

New

Split-panel view for livestock — list on left, detail on right without page change

New

Added: Chicken, Goat, Horse, Donkey, Turkey, Ducks, Deer, Alpaca, Mussels & Oysters

New

Record Birth (replaces Record Calving) — works for any animal type

Improved

EID / ear tag is now the primary identifier throughout the livestock module

Improved

Livestock search — find by EID, name or RFID

v1.1.0

September 2025

Crops database, task calendar and grants finder

New

Crops — 100+ varieties with detailed agronomic data, seeding dates and yield targets

New

Tasks — calendar view alongside list view

New

Grants finder — BISS, ACRES, TAMS, SFI and all major schemes

New

Weather — dedicated page with radar, forecasts and farming condition indicators

Improved

Farm setup — any user can now create their own farm account

v1.0.0

August 2025

🎉 CulchieOS launches in early access

New

Livestock management — herd records, health treatments, paddock movements

New

Land mapping — GPS boundaries, area measurement, satellite and terrain views

New

Staff — clock-in / clock-out, timesheets, per-staff permissions

New

Tasks — assign to staff, link to livestock or land, photo completion

New

Dashboard — customisable widgets with real-time farm overview

New

Multi-user — owner, manager and staff role hierarchy

New

Dark and light mode — synced across desktop and mobile

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