This one is about making the rundown easier to read at a glance. You can now colour individual blocks, save a palette of your favourite colours, and every item shows its block-type icon next to the label.

What's new​

• Colour any block: Right-click a rundown item to pick its colour. Light and dark themes get their own values, so colours look right in either mode.
• Saved colours: Build a palette of named colours in Preferences → Colours and reuse them anywhere a colour is picked.
• Block icons in the rundown: Every item now shows its block-type icon next to the label, so a long rundown is much easier to scan.
• Custom icon and label per item: Media blocks can override their icon and label on individual entries, handy when one item in a list needs to stand out.
• Release notes match your version: When the app updates, the "What's New" screen shows the changelog for the version you actually installed.
• Tidier Lyrics module: The title icon now lines up with the hymn rows and resizes smoothly with the module.

Fixes​

• Colour pickers opened from a right-click menu no longer close themselves before you can use them.
• Changing a block type's default colour now updates every existing item using that default, not just new ones.
• Fixed a crash when opening the edit dialog on Media blocks.

Getting it​

If you're already on a 7CG 2.x beta, the auto-updater will pull beta.20 the next time you launch the app. Each update is a complete installer for your platform (Windows .exe, macOS .dmg, or Linux .AppImage / .deb / .snap), so there's nothing else to do once it lands. New to 7CG? Download a first install from 7cg.io.

Known limitations​

This is still a beta. A few things to keep in mind:

• macOS builds are not notarized in this release. You'll need to right-click the app and choose Open the first time to bypass Gatekeeper.
• Windows builds are not code-signed yet, so SmartScreen will warn on first launch. Click More info, then Run anyway.

Reporting bugs​

If something breaks, post in the 7CG WhatsApp group with your OS, the version string from Help → About, and the steps to reproduce. The renderer log lives at:

• Windows: %APPDATA%\7cg\logs\
• macOS: ~/Library/Logs/7cg/
• Linux: ~/.config/7cg/logs/

Attaching the most recent log file will speed up triage.

Thanks for testing.

This is the release that brings all the 2026 work together: modular workspace, Companion overhaul, rundown video export, Bible passage preview, and a long tail of polish. It's also the first build going out through the new automated release pipeline, so future betas should land faster.

What's in it​

The big-ticket features have been documented separately in What's New in 7CG: 2026 Edition, so this post is intentionally short. The headline items:

• Customizable workspace: drag, resize, hide, and save layout presets from View → Customize Layout
• Companion 2.0: PIN pairing, mDNS auto-discovery, per-item Execute/Stop actions, parameterized solid-color actions
• Rundown video export: export an entire rundown to a video file with a Stop button to cancel mid-export
• Undo / Redo in the rundown: Ctrl+Z and Ctrl+Shift+Z (Cmd on Mac)
• Bible passage preview: see verse text inline as you pick a passage
• Layer occupancy view: spot CasparCG layer conflicts before they hit air
• In-app toast notifications with proper localization (English, Portuguese, Spanish)

Getting it​

If you're already on a 7CG 2.x beta, the auto-updater will pull beta.19 the next time you launch the app. Each update is a complete installer for your platform (Windows .exe, macOS .dmg, or Linux .AppImage / .deb / .snap), so there's nothing else to do once it lands. New to 7CG? Download a first install from 7cg.io.

Known limitations​

This is still a beta. A few things to keep in mind:

• macOS builds are not notarized in this release. You'll need to right-click the app and choose Open the first time to bypass Gatekeeper.
• Windows builds are not code-signed yet, so SmartScreen will warn on first launch. Click More info, then Run anyway.

Reporting bugs​

If something breaks, post in the 7CG WhatsApp group with your OS, the version string from Help → About, and the steps to reproduce. The renderer log lives at:

• Windows: %APPDATA%\7cg\logs\
• macOS: ~/Library/Logs/7cg/
• Linux: ~/.config/7cg/logs/

Attaching the most recent log file will speed up triage.

Thanks for testing. This release has been a long time coming, and the next one will be much shorter.

A lot has landed in 7CG since the start of 2026. This post covers the highlights: a fully customizable workspace layout, rundown video export, a reworked Companion integration, and a pile of polish and reliability fixes.

Customizable Layout​

The biggest change in this release is a completely new workspace layout system. The main window is now divided into resizable columns, and every module (Rundown, Lyrics, Bible, Control, Media, Lower Thirds) can be dragged into any position.

To enter edit mode, open View → Customize Layout. From there you can:

• Drag modules by their title bar handle to reorder or move them between columns
• Add and remove columns with a single click
• Distribute equally to snap all columns to the same width
• Hide modules you don't need. They park in a rail at the edge and can be restored any time
• Save named presets via View → Layouts so you can switch between a single-operator view and a multi-screen setup in seconds

Column widths, module order, and collapse state all persist across restarts.

Rundown Video Export​

You can now export an entire rundown as a video file directly from 7CG. The exporter steps through each block, sends it to CasparCG, captures the output, and assembles the result into a single file. Bible and hymn blocks cycle through all their chunks automatically so nothing gets cut off.

A Stop button lets you cancel a running export mid-way, and all export progress messages are now shown as in-app toast notifications.

Companion Integration Overhaul​

The Bitfocus Companion integration received a major upgrade:

• mDNS advertisement: the WebSocket server now broadcasts itself on the local network so the Companion plugin can discover 7CG without manual IP entry.
• PIN pairing: instead of a shared auth token in the config file, each Companion device now pairs with a PIN. Sessions are tracked per device, so revoking one device doesn't affect others.
• Execute / Stop by ID: two new actions, rundown:execute-id and rundown:stop-id, let you target a specific rundown item by its ID. The Companion UI shows a dropdown populated with the live rundown so you always pick from what's actually loaded.
• Broader state surface: the state broadcast to Companion now includes more rundown and playback data, keeping button labels and feedbacks in sync in real time.
• Solid-color actions: parameterized actions let Companion change the on-air solid color without needing a separate action per color.

Layer Management​

Every module (Media, Bible, Lyrics, Lower Thirds, Credits, QR Code) now has an explicit default CasparCG layer. The Advanced dialog for each block shows which layer it will use, and a new layer occupancy panel in the Control section gives a live view of what is playing on each layer so you can spot conflicts before they happen on air.

Bible & Lyrics Improvements​

• Verse preview: when picking a Bible passage in the block dialog, the verse text now appears inline so you can confirm you have the right reference before inserting it.
• Bulk verse editing: you can now edit multiple verses at once in the Lyrics editor instead of opening each one separately.
• Lines per display: a new setting on both Hymn and Lyrics modules controls how many lines are shown on screen at a time.

UI Polish​

• Every module header now has a colored icon matching its content type, making it faster to orient yourself in a dense layout.
• A chrome stripe along the top of the window animates to indicate the CasparCG connection state: green when connected, amber when reconnecting.
• App notifications are now routed through Fluent UI toasts rather than system notifications, so they appear inside the window and dismiss automatically.
• Transition settings and Advanced dialogs have been tightened up: icon-only buttons where labels were redundant, better localization across Portuguese and English.

All of the above ships in v2.0.0-beta.19, available now via the in-app auto-updater. If you need a fresh install, get in touch with the team.