2026
A footnote to July
Serial ReleasesArticles now have footnotes and tables of contents, and feeds have gotten easier to add and manage. Plus, we’ve fixed a chunk of outstanding UX bugs.
Serial ReleasesJuly cleanup
Serial ReleasesSerial now has better code separation between the public website and the app, speeding up self-hosted installs and improving maintainability.
Serial ReleasesView sections
Serial ReleasesAdding another tool to structure views in the way that makes sense to you. Also, some quality-of-life fixes.
Serial ReleasesA new chapter for Serial
Serial ReleasesMany performance improvements and a message about project funding.
Serial ReleasesUser invites & KV infrastructure
Serial ReleasesInvite users via link, email verification on sign-up, and infrastructural work.
Serial ReleasesBulk operations & quality of life changes
Serial ReleasesBulk feed management, Resend email support, and a handful of UI improvements.
Serial ReleasesCategorization overhaul and data export
Serial ReleasesFeeds can now be directly linked to views in Serial. Also, feed data can now be exported to a .opml file.
Serial ReleasesSpring cleaning & future groundwork
Serial ReleasesHere are a collection of nice-to-have updates for Serial. Plus, the groundwork for background refreshing and better financial sustainability for Serial.
Serial ReleasesVideo and article progress
Serial ReleasesSerial now stores progress through articles and videos, making it much easier to come back to content later.
Serial ReleasesKeyboard navigation
Serial ReleasesSerial now supports full keyboard navigation in views and articles, enabling nearly full app keyboard navigation.
Serial ReleasesFresh coat of paint
Serial ReleasesThere's a fresh coat of paint on the Serial homepage, and a de-emphasis of monospace styles generally. Also, some other nice incremental improvements.
Serial ReleasesCustom player QOL
Serial ReleasesThe Serial custom player now supports captions, true fullscreen, and muting support. Also, some additional non-player quality of life improvements.
Serial ReleasesViews V2 & server-driven filtering
Serial ReleasesViews are now much more powerful in Serial, with greater filtering abilities. Plus, content will be loaded for more than 30 days.
Serial ReleasesSelf hosting & feed management
Serial ReleasesSerial can now be hosted entirely locally through Docker and a local libsql server. Also, feed management got a noticable upgrade.
Serial ReleasesInstapaper Integration & Feed Discovery
Serial ReleasesSerial now has Instapaper support, among many more behind-the-scenes improvements.
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2025
Loaders & Feed Streaming
Serial ReleasesSerial's data fetching has been reworked, giving more clarity on loading statuses and feed errors.
Serial ReleasesUnified Importing
Serial ReleasesSerial now supports one unified import UI, making it much easier and consistent to import data from YouTube and other RSS readers.
Serial ReleasesArticle Support
Serial ReleasesSerial now supports adding generic RSS feeds, allowing you to add articles and blog posts to your views
Serial ReleasesBelated Spring Cleaning
Serial ReleasesA selection of quality of life updates!
Serial ReleasesViews, Views, Views
Serial ReleasesSerial gets the largest update in its recorded history, most notably adding views – a new way to customize your feed.
Serial ReleasesQuality of Life
Serial ReleasesSerial gets a variety of UI/UX improvements and a way to send feedback both good and bad
Serial ReleasesLivelier Livestreams
Serial ReleasesSerial now differentiates between standard videos and livestreams, offering better UI/UX for watching content live.
Serial ReleasesSidebar Sunday
Serial ReleasesSerial's categories and feeds have moved to a brand new sidebar, making it easier than ever to filter your content
Serial ReleasesHello, Open Source
Serial ReleasesSerial no longer relies on an external auth provider, and is now open source!
Serial ReleasesSuper Speed
Serial ReleasesSerial now has lightning-fast bootup times thanks to local caching of feeds and videos.
Serial ReleasesImports & Shorts
Serial ReleasesSerial now supports imports from users' two most popular feed formats: OPML and YouTube's subscriptions.csv.
Serial ReleasesCategories, Cookies, and Creativity
Serial ReleasesAfter a long time away, Serial gets its first substantial contributions of the new year!
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