Changelog

Follow our journey as we build the ultimate local backtesting tool.

v1.0.0 January 30, 2026

Initial Public Release

After months of beta testing, LocalAlpha is finally 1.0. The complete local backtesting suite is ready.

  • Initial release of the Tauri-based desktop application.
  • Integrated Python sidecar for Sharpe/Sortino recalculation.
  • Canvas-based Equity Charts (Lightweight Charts) implementation.
  • Regex-powered Log Explorer.
  • Auto-Watch folder support for result.json.
v0.9.5 January 15, 2026

Performance & Dark Mode

Major performance improvements for large log files and a refined UI theme.

  • Added virtualized scrolling for log files >500MB.
  • Dark mode contrast adjustments for better readability.
  • Fixed a bug where the Python sidecar would timeout on M1 Macs.
v0.9.0 December 20, 2025

The Python Engine

We completely rewrote the analytics engine from Rust to Python to leverage Pandas.

  • Switched metric calculation to use `quantstats` library.
  • Added MAE/MFE Scatter plots.
  • Initial implementation of Benchmark Overlay.