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On November 5, we'll ship Zensical 0.1.0, move Studio out of beta, and open Spark Community to individuals. Zensical remains free and Open Source, forever.
Here's what changes – and what stays the same:
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Zensical 0.0.68 is out, adding support for audio and video.
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Zensical 0.0.67 is here ✨
MkDocs-compatible social cards lead this release, alongside exclude and llmstxt plugins. Enjoy!
Release notes
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Zensical 0.0.66 is out! 🎉
New support for mkdocs-autoapi and mkdocs-api-autonav – turn your Python modules and packages into API reference pages with automatic navigation. Plus fixes and UI improvements.
Release notes:
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Zensical 0.0.65 is out 🎉
It includes a plugin replacement for the MkDocs RSS plugin, which means your blog can now ship RSS and JSON feeds!
Release notes:
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Many of you have been waiting for this one: Zensical 0.0.64 ships a drop-in replacement for the Material for MkDocs blog plugin – enjoy!
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Zensical 0.0.61 adds anchor redirects, so incoming links and bookmarks keep working when headings change or content moves.
Zensical Studio now suggests redirects for renamed headings and keeps mappings up-to-date for you.
Enjoy your weekend!
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Project configuration is source code, too.
Zensical Studio now completes and validates mkdocs.yml and zensical.toml, shows previews for navigation items, and keeps paths synchronized when pages move.
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Zensical 0.0.58 is out – our largest compatibility and workflow update yet + 6 MkDocs plugin replacements:
- meta
- redirects
- minify
- tags
- literate-nav
- awesome-nav
Peak memory use is cut by 30–40%, with the biggest gains on larger projects.
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Zensical Studio now treats your nav configuration as part of the documentation workspace.
Complete pages as you type, catch invalid entries immediately, and keep navigation paths correct when files move.
Works with Zensical and MkDocs projects.
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Zensical Studio's new Connections view helps you explore the current documentation's relations:
🔗 Incoming and outgoing links
🖼️ Images and other assets used by a page
💣 Invalid links and unresolved references
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When you open Zensical Studio this morning, you’ll find that broken links now show hover previews and have a new "repair" code action.
The video shows:
→ Preview repair candidates
→ Repair 1 broken link
→ Repair 60 broken links at once
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Zensical 0.0.54 is out!
– 8-10x reduction in peak memory usage
– Invalid autorefs now caught in validation
– Better integration with mike (versioning)
Release notes:
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We just delivered the Zensical Monthly, July 2026 edition to your inboxes – The tight authoring loop – featuring: Markdown Preview, Markdown Formatter, our new Directives Extension, and more.
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50,000 documents indexed in under 8 seconds.
The latest Zensical Studio release improves indexing performance for large documentation workspaces. Recorded on a MacBook Pro (M2) from '22.
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Autorefs are now workspace symbols in Zensical Studio!
They support completion, diagnostics, navigation, incoming-reference counts, rename, and safe updates across the entire project.
Zensical Studio is available for VS Code:
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Never break anchor links again.
Zensical Studio 0.2.6 tracks every addressable Python Markdown element, including headings, attribute lists, and HTML IDs. Rename an anchor or edit and save it, and incoming links update automatically.
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