Read the complete JiBA release history, including original-language restoration, library processing, interface improvements and fixes.
Stable
JiBA 2.0.0
Substantially faster processing and a substantially higher match rate. Improved track identification, batch lookups and task scheduling to reduce repeated searches and waiting, especially for large libraries and metadata restoration across regions.
Redesigned interface. JiBA now features a modern Liquid Glass UI and a new Neo appearance for the home-page record. Switch styles in Settings → General → Home Record Style.
Added a selection basket to accommodate changes in macOS 27. Collect albums or songs one at a time in Music, or add an entire playlist. Album drops and queued additions during a run make it easy to process only selected content.
Use Enhanced Mode without donating by supplying your own MusicKit token. JiBA will become open source on November 1, 2026. An interface is now available for Apple Developer Program members to enable Enhanced Mode directly with their own MusicKit token.
(Experimental) Added restoration share posters. Some sharing integrations may not yet be complete and will be improved in future versions.
Added smart handling for Sinitic languages. Intelligently determines whether the primary creative language of a Sinitic-language track’s creator uses Traditional or Simplified Chinese.
Added an MCP interface and AI-assisted review. Connect AI to analyze difficult matches and suggest repairs, then review and confirm them in JiBA before applying.
Optimized large-library processing and fixed failures when resuming interrupted runs. Improved full-library reads, batch lookups and writes; reduced repeated reads, network requests and large-file rewrites; bounded memory growth during long runs; and coordinated saving of results, caches and resume positions.
Improved network-error and rate-limit handling. Better handling of iTunes rate limits, HTTP/2 failures and rejected searches avoids repeated repair-query timeouts. Improved Enhanced Mode authorization connections and Apple service authorization recovery, with clearer failure reasons.
Rebuilt album merging. Intelligently verifies recordings and releases before regrouping albums split in Music, reducing repeated ineffective merges. Fixed missing field values triggering per-track reads and causing timeouts when organizing very large libraries.
Improved change history and safe restoration. Shows the earliest recorded, current and proposed values, distinguishing Undo Last Write from Restore Original Values. Checks fields before restoring, protects unrelated later edits and allows current values to become a new history baseline.
Improved Ignore Cache rescans. Searches again using verifiable pre-edit history and compares results with current Music values. External-edit conflicts go to review, with an experimental developer option to use legacy history for one run.
Strengthened protection against write failures and interruptions. Saves snapshots before writing and verifies actual results afterward. Retains interrupted or unconfirmed records and clearly marks tracks that Music refuses to modify in the review list.
Updated Enhanced Mode activation and recovery. To prepare for becoming an open-source project, JiBA introduces a new donation-verification process. After the transition period preceding the open-source release ends, only the new verification process will be supported.
Improved Auto Run and progress feedback. Fixed onboarding when Ignore Cache is enabled. Pausing shows the actual completed count, with improved batch progress, network-wait feedback and remaining-time estimates. Shows Up to Date when there are no new tracks.
Added run summaries and diagnostic ZIP export. Summarizes elapsed time, reads, lookups, writes and errors; exports logs and summaries from the three most recent runs; and trims oversized logs for troubleshooting. Optional experience reports are sent only with user consent and Enhanced Mode enabled.
Starting with JiBA 2.0.0, macOS 14 or later is required.
Stable
JiBA 1.5.1
Added the Neo colored-vinyl homepage style, with colors drawn from album artwork and an option to switch back to the original vinyl style.
Smoothed artwork transitions and record rotation during playback, pause, and window changes.
Improved original-language recovery for Japanese, Korean, and Chinese titles, artists, albums, and sort fields while preserving official English and Latin-script names.
Improved composer-credit recovery, including verified original names, mixed romanized credits, and classical music fields.
Strengthened cross-region catalog and release-edition checks to reduce mismatches, mixed-up credits, and missed matches when albums span processing batches.
Fixed false positives in metadata repair, distinguished unresolved catalog lookups from repairable items, and removed deleted library tracks from repair candidates.
Optimized full-library processing, batch queries, and cache reuse to reduce waiting and backend memory usage.
Improved progress and remaining-time estimates using actual run history and observed writes.
Strengthened write and restore protection: metadata writes stop if rollback records cannot be saved safely.
Fixed misleading network warnings and issues with incremental retries, cache rescans, and manual review windows.
Fixed cache compatibility between stable and Beta builds and refined sponsor restoration and interface details.
Requires macOS 14 or later.
Stable
JiBA 1.5.0
Added Change History for reviewing and restoring tracks recently modified by JiBA.
Added an “Undo Last Change” action.
Refactored JiBA’s core matching engine to reduce accumulated technical debt and improve recognition accuracy for some tracks.
Improved song matching and multilingual recognition to reduce mismatches and missed matches.
Optimized query speed and reliability across different network environments.
Improved the workflow for dragged-in tracks: JiBA now waits for Music to finish syncing before running.
Improved reliability when running with the Mac’s lid closed.
Improved responsiveness in Settings, Manual Review, and Repair windows.
Fixed layout issues caused by overly long text in some languages.
Fixed incorrect button hit areas.
Adjusted and refined several Settings options.
Fixed inaccurate progress and estimated time remaining displays.
Added support for macOS 27.
Fixed an issue that prevented local track protection from taking effect, contributed by Sindou Kaede.
Fixed issues with metadata restoration, asset loading, and other related areas.
Stable
JiBA 1.4.5
Fixed an issue where albums with the same name could be incorrectly merged under the same artist.
Stable
JiBA 1.4.4
Improved recognition accuracy.
Added an option to prevent sleep after the lid is closed.
Stable
JiBA 1.4.3
Automatic tasks now support a trigger mode that detects newly added tracks. Whether you add songs to your library from iPhone, iPad, or Mac, JiBA running in the background will automatically complete the metadata correction flow without any manual action.
Added a drag-and-drop processing mode. Drag tracks from your library directly into the JiBA main window to process them immediately.
Stable
JiBA 1.4.2
Optimizations and stability fixes.
Stable
JiBA 1.4.1
Significantly improved processing speed, with up to 400% faster performance in the best cases
Further improved recognition accuracy for Japanese content
Added help documentation
Fixed stuttering when using manual write in large libraries
Added a Select All button to manual write
Added an option to skip local tracks
Other adjustments and fixes
Stable
JiBA 1.4.0
Introduced a new artist-list-based language decision pipeline, greatly improving metadata matching in Traditional Mode
Strengthened Chinese and broader Sinitic-region detection logic
Refined how high-risk candidates are escalated to manual review
CLI and GUI can now install langdetect automatically
Added full-library repair by target region
Cache and review state are now isolated between modes, making mode switches more stable
Damage Repair now preserves pending results
Added more complete rollback and original-metadata restoration support
Fixed an issue that could generate extra Damage Repair playlists
Improved Web Player cloud-album handling for in-car systems such as Tesla
JiBA's accent color now follows macOS, including support for the colorful MacBook Neo style
Fixed version-comparison compatibility issues to reduce upgrade errors caused by differing version formats
General stability improvements
Additional UI refinements
Stable
JiBA 1.3.1
Multiple stability fixes
Stable
JiBA 1.3.0
Enhanced Mode now uses a new v2 algorithm pipeline with improvements in both speed and accuracy
Introduced a fully redesigned Sinitic languages pipeline, with an option to unify all Sinitic-language songs as either Traditional Chinese or Simplified Chinese
Significantly improved processing speed for users in mainland China
Stable
JiBA 1.2.2
Rebuilt the UI
Improved the onboarding flow during first-time setup
Bug fixes and detail refinements
Improved recognition and handling for Gakumas tracks
Added more feature entry points on the Home page
Prepared for Enhanced Mode v2 (Beta)
Stable
JiBA 1.2.1
Resolved several unexpected localization results from Apple metadata
Improved stability and optimized UI performance
Home write-mode pill now supports direct switching (Auto Write / Manual Write)
Improved recognition and handling for Hatsune Miku: Colorful Stage! tracks
Partially mitigated P.R. China network-environment issues
Stable
JiBA 1.2.0
Added suspicious-data review before write in write-enabled runs
Added configurable suspicious review threshold in Settings
Reused Metadata Damage Repair as confirmation workflow with auto lookup
Added per-album and per-track lookup region overrides in repair tool
Improved repair lookup stability, progress responsiveness, and no-change handling
Improved lookup performance and fallback behavior
Stable
JiBA 1.1.3
Improved recognition for Japanese songs that have English titles
Added a Dock visibility control toggle
Added a toggle to prevent system sleep
Added Enhanced Mode activation via GitHub account sign-in
Adjusted settings UI and regrouped options
Expanded logging details
Improved default scheduled-task behavior
Stable
JiBA 1.1.2
Fixed issue where Various Artists albums were split during full library scan
Fixed issue where target language write-back did not work in traditional mode
Improved stability when processing across batches
Enhanced metadata extraction and caching stability
Other experience and update experience optimization
Stable
JiBA 1.1.1
Bug fixes and stability improvements
Stable
JiBA 1.1.0
Improved Album Protection accuracy with a new detection algorithm
Fixed an issue where some Japanese songs were incorrectly skipped
Fixed a bug where manual selected-tracks mode did not work properly
Minor UI adjustments for a more polished experience
Stable
JiBA 1.0.1
Fixed issue where writing was not possible in selected tracks mode
Fixed issue where Japanese and Korean songs were incorrectly skipped in some scenarios