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Every change that reached vizforge.ai, newest first, with the date it shipped. No roadmap promises here: only things you can use today.

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  1. Brand Makeover: steadier layouts on messy reports

    The layout engine was tuned against twelve deliberately messy test reports, then checked on four it had never seen.

    • FixedA row of KPI cards a few pixels out of line keeps its left-to-right order instead of being shuffled, on re-laid pages and on pages filled into a template (slicer and navigation rows in a template too). Open →
    • ImprovedA table that sat beside a chart stays beside it, instead of both becoming thin full-width strips. Open →
    • ImprovedPages that keep their layout (too many visuals to re-lay) still get a tab order that follows reading order; visuals left in place on a new layout are aligned to the 8 px grid when nothing ends up overlapping. Open →
    • ImprovedBoard, Operational and Accessible order your data colours so as few neighbouring series as possible are a red/green-style pair or look alike to colour-blind readers; the colours themselves are unchanged. Open →
    • FixedIn catalog templates, KPI cards keep a card's height instead of stretching over empty rows. Open →
    • FixedVisuals that stay where they are at the top of a page, such as a grouped row of KPI cards, now sit inside a taller brand header instead of the header's line cutting through them. Open →

  2. MCP server: VizForge's free design tools in your AI assistant

    A remote MCP endpoint that Claude, Cursor, VS Code and ChatGPT can connect to: templates, theme JSON from brand colours, page layouts, Design Check and DAX SVG measures, with no account.

    • NewMCP server at /api/mcp (Streamable HTTP, stateless, read-only): ten tools covering templates, themes, theme JSON from brand colours, page layouts with a Design Studio link, Design Check, DAX SVG measures, site search and docs pages as Markdown. Open →
    • NewSetup page with copy-ready instructions for Claude, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code and ChatGPT, a tool reference generated from the server's own definitions, and what is sent and stored (nothing). Open →

  3. Brand Makeover: Board, Operational and Accessible presets

    Three more ways for a redesigned report to read: one message per page for board packs, wall-display pages readable from across the room, and an accessibility-first preset.

    • NewBoard preset: 1–3 hero KPIs and up to four visuals per page, flat print-safe cards, and a landscape print pack with one report page per sheet. Open →
    • NewOperational preset for wall displays: up to eight KPIs in two rows, 16pt text, 7:1 text contrast where your page and card colours allow, and an optional dark background built from your accent colour. Open →
    • NewAccessible preset: 7:1 text contrast where your page and card colours allow (the run says when they don't), data colours at 3:1, 14pt text, 2px card borders, visual header icons kept for keyboard users, and advice on red/green neighbours and colour-only status. Open →
    • NewOptional paid AI plan: an outline of your pages (types, roles and positions; names only if you turn off anonymising; never data, DAX or files) gets AI suggestions for roles, titles, alt text and sections, each checked and accepted box by box. 2 credits for up to 10 pages, +1 per further 10; a re-plan within 24 hours costs 1; refunded automatically if it fails. Open →
    • NewOptional: restyle the colours saved in bookmarks, so a clicked bookmark shows the new look. Only those colours change; what each bookmark shows, hides and filters is checked unchanged. Open →

  4. Brand Makeover: your brand in, your report redesigned

    Drop your brand and a Power BI project zip, pick Executive or Analyst, and get the same report back re-laid out in your brand, with a before/after review and a change log. Runs in your browser.

    • NewBrand Makeover: pages are laid out on a brand grid, or in a catalog template where it fits or you pick one, rescaled to 1920×1080, with a header band, logo and theme; queries, filters, bookmarks and the model are checked unchanged before the zip is offered. Open →
    • NewReview screen: before/after wireframe slider, alternative layouts, role chips you can correct, per-page switches and Design Check scores before and after; MAKEOVER.md and makeover.json in the zip explain every move. Open →
    • ImprovedTemplate pages have “Restyle my report into this”, and Restyle my report is now the Quick restyle option (theme and backgrounds, nothing moved). Open →

  5. PowerPoint template to Power BI theme, and saved brand kits

    Turn a company PowerPoint template into a Power BI theme and page backgrounds, combine it with a logo, theme JSON, brand PDF or website, and keep the result as a brand kit.

    • NewPowerPoint template to Power BI theme: drop a .pptx, .potx or .thmx and download a theme JSON plus backgrounds at 1920×1080 (Title Only, Blank, Section) and a header band with the logo, built in your browser from the slide master. Open →
    • NewOne brand kit from several sources: each colour shows whether it came from the template, logo, theme JSON, PDF, website or you, sources that disagree are flagged, and contrast fixes can be undone one by one. Open →
    • NewSave brand kits (colours, fonts and optionally the logo) with a delete button; kits you build there are offered as themes in Restyle my report. Open →

  6. Home page: a template that re-themes itself, and the library counted

    The home page now opens on a real catalog template drawn by the studio renderer, switching through catalog themes and back to Power BI's default look, with every library count linking to its gallery.

    • ImprovedHero demo: one template in six catalog themes, light and dark, and with no page design; pick a theme and open that pairing in the Design Studio. Open →
    • ImprovedLibrary band: templates, themes, icons, components, KPI cards, SVG measures, backgrounds, industry and data-source guides, each number read from the catalogs and linked to its gallery. Open →
    • ImprovedMarketing pages load less JavaScript: section reveals are now a CSS scroll animation (and are skipped when reduced motion is set).

  7. Faster pages on phones

    Gallery, guide and studio pages send less JavaScript up front, so the headline and previews paint sooner on a phone.

    • ImprovedThe template, theme, icon, community and blog pages no longer load the export engine, the sample data models or the animation library before you use them; downloads, search and the menu load on first use.
    • ImprovedOn a phone, a first visit to the Design Studio shows a template preview and an “Open the editor” button instead of starting the full editor straight away; shared links and returning visitors open the editor directly. Open →
    • ImprovedThe support chat, notifications and analytics start after the page has finished loading.

  8. AI Power BI theme generator and 80 curated themes

    Describe a theme in words and get a contrast-checked Power BI theme JSON; the theme gallery grows from 27 to 80 distinct palettes, each with a computed palette profile.

    • NewAI theme generator: describe the mood, industry or brand colours (light or dark) and get a theme JSON previewed on real templates. The AI picks colour roles; VizForge's code fixes contrast keeping each hue and checks colour-blind legibility. Free with fair-use limits, then a labelled rule-based fallback. Open →
    • NewDescribe a theme (AI) in the Design Studio's Brand panel and in Theme Lab, using the same generator. Open →
    • NewThe theme gallery grows from 27 to 80 palettes: new sets for healthcare, finance, government, energy, retail, education, nonprofit and SaaS, calm, bold, editorial, neon, earthy and pastel moods, colour-blind-checked and high-contrast sets, modern neutrals and three seasonal palettes. Open →
    • ImprovedEvery theme page now has a palette profile computed from its colours: best chart types, hue and lightness spread, a colour-vision simulation with the pairs that need labels, and the closest catalog palettes. Open →

  9. Phone layout plans, review comments on every page, and fuller technique recipes

    Lay out a phone version of each page, download it as a PNG or take it into the PBIP as Power BI's phone layout, pin review comments on any page of a multi-page design, start challenge #1 from a catalog template, and read worked examples in all 12 technique recipes.

    • NewPhone layout (Pages bar → Phone layout): a stacked portrait version of each page that you can reorder, hide and resize item by item, downloaded as a 2× PNG. Once saved, the PBIP export writes it as Power BI's phone layout: a mobile.json next to each shown visual. Open →
    • ImprovedReview links on multi-page designs have a page switcher; comments pin to elements on any page, and threads jump to their page.
    • ImprovedChallenge #1's starter page now uses the Fleet Management template's layout, relabelled for the ferry dataset. Open →
    • ImprovedAll 12 technique recipes have a worked example drawn from their own sample data, what Microsoft documents about the feature, variations and how to check it works. Open →

  10. Power BI design tools roundup and short answers

    A sourced, dated roundup of Power BI design tools (VizForge included, disclosed), short direct answers at the top of the main design pages, and a rewritten llms.txt brief.

    • NewPower BI design tools roundup: page designers, theme generators, template kits and no-code custom visual options, each with price, best use, the catch and facts linked to the vendor's own page with the date read. Open →
    • ImprovedShort answers at the top of the Design Studio, templates, themes, backgrounds, icons, KPI cards, Theme Lab, Starter Report Kit and AI generator pages.
    • Improvedllms.txt and llms-full.txt open with a brief on which problems each VizForge tool solves, with its URL.

  11. PBIP with your own data: CSV or TMDL

    Build the exported project's semantic model from your CSV files or your TMDL model, read in the browser, with every visual bound and a field-mapping list to change it.

    • NewExport → PBIP with sample data → Your data: CSV files become tables with a Calendar, relationships and DAX measures (decimal commas, day-first dates and wide month columns handled); nothing is uploaded (beta). Open →
    • NewPaste TMDL or upload the definition folder: tables, columns, measures and relationships are kept; Power Query sources, connection strings and credentials are removed in the browser (beta). Open →
    • NewField mapping: change the field behind any visual before you download.

  12. Component library and native controls in visual slots

    Headers, navigation, slicer patterns, page grids and UX helpers in your brand, and slots that export real page navigators, bookmark navigators, buttons and styled slicers.

    • NewComponent library: original headers, navigation, slicer patterns, page grids and UX helpers, one page per family, previewed in a theme you pick and downloadable as a page folder. Open →
    • NewInsert → Components in the Design Studio places any component on your page in your brand. Open →
    • NewSlot picker in the inspector: core Power BI visuals, native controls, KPI card designs or an AI custom visual for each slot. Open →
    • NewNew slot kinds export as native Power BI visuals: page navigator, bookmark navigator, buttons (Back, Clear all slicers, Apply all slicers, web link) and slicers styled as dropdown, list, tiles or the Button slicer. Open →

  13. Restyle an existing report, multi-page designs and design from an image

    Re-theme every page of a PBIP report at once, design several different pages in one studio design, and start a design from a background image or a screenshot.

    • NewRestyle my report: upload a PBIP (PBIR) zip, apply a theme and a background to every page, optionally resize 1280×720 pages to 1920×1080, check each page before and after, and download the restyled project. Open →
    • NewMulti-page designs: a Pages bar in the Design Studio to add, duplicate, rename, reorder and switch pages; PBIP exports write one Power BI page per design page. Open →
    • NewDesign from an image: the panels of a background image become visual slots, found in your browser for free; a report screenshot can be rebuilt as an editable design with AI for 1 credit. Open →

  14. Thirty-eight new dashboard templates, each with its own sample data

    New templates for banking, insurance, real estate, hospitality, education, healthcare, nonprofits, the public sector, construction, operations, HR, marketing, product and IT, plus the questions each one answers.

    • NewNew template categories: banking, insurance, real estate & workplace, hospitality, education, nonprofit and public sector. Open →
    • NewThirty-eight new templates, from accounts receivable and loan-book risk to hotel revenue management, school attendance, 311 service requests and cloud cost, each downloadable as a PBIP with its own sample model and bound visuals. Open →
    • ImprovedEvery template page lists the business questions its dashboard answers, and the PBIP README repeats them. Open →

  15. Icon library in 40 categories, data source guides, technique recipes and 12 team hubs

    About three thousand open-licence icons with theme and CSV exports, guides for getting 20 apps' data into Power BI, built-in technique recipes, and more team and department pages.

    • NewIcon library: Lucide, Tabler, Heroicons and Fluent UI System Icons in 40 category pages, each with a usage guide; recolour and copy as SVG, DAX image measure, data URI, base64 or theme icon JSON, or export an icon-table CSV. Open →
    • NewUnicode symbols (arrows, trend triangles, shapes, checks, stars, block bars) with one-click copy of the character or DAX UNICHAR(). Open →
    • NewData source guides for 20 apps and databases: connector status checked against Microsoft's list, how to get the data in, KPIs with DAX and matching templates. Open →
    • NewTwelve recipes for built-in Power BI techniques: custom conditional formatting icons, dynamic titles, field parameters, calculation groups, bookmarks, drillthrough and more. Open →
    • NewTeam pages for sales, retail, SaaS, HR, supply chain, manufacturing, healthcare, IT and project management, and template hubs by department. Open →
    • NewThe 2026 Power BI examples roundup: one layout per department and patterns counted from the catalog. Open →
    • ImprovedLicence page lists the full licence text of every icon set; /licenses/icon-sets.txt carries the same notices. Open →

  16. Brand from a website or PDF, 60-30-10 balance, colour-vision preview and live template previews

    Read a brand from a website or brand-guidelines PDF, generate a palette by mood and industry, check the page's colour balance and colour-blind readability, and try templates live.

    • NewBrand from website: colours and fonts read from a site's page and stylesheets, mapped to page, card and accent roles. Open →
    • NewBrand-guidelines PDF: colour codes and swatches read in your browser, never uploaded. Open →
    • NewPalette generator by mood and industry, light or dark, contrast-checked, with the first chart colours ordered to stay apart for colour-blind viewers where the hues allow. Open →
    • New60-30-10 balance measured from the rendered page, and a canvas preview for protanopia, deuteranopia, tritanopia and achromatopsia. Open →
    • NewLive preview on template pages: hover a visual for its sample data, switch the theme, try your logo. Open →

  17. Starter Report Kit and referral credits

    Download a Power BI starter kit in your brand without an email, and earn bonus credits when someone you refer buys credits.

    • NewStarter Report Kit: a PBIP with sample data, a theme JSON, three page backgrounds, a page folder and an AI-assistant rules file, built from your brand in the browser. Open →
    • NewReferrals: share your link from Account → Referrals or a Design Studio share link; you and the person you referred both get bonus credits on their first paid purchase. Open →
    • ImprovedThe privacy policy now describes the referral and affiliate cookies. Open →

  18. Design Studio: brand import, Design Check, sample data for any design, dark versions and ⌘K

    Bring your own theme, score and fix a page, export sample data or a page folder from any design, switch templates between light and dark, and search the whole site.

    • NewBrand import in the Design Studio: a Power BI theme JSON, a list of hex colours or a coolors.co link, with “Upgrade theme” for WCAG AA contrast. Open →
    • NewDesign Check: a score out of 100 for alignment, gutters, contrast, font size, colours, fonts and KPI cards, with one-click fixes. Open →
    • NewQuick-start layouts with up to 10 KPI cards, a left KPI column, sidebar and tab styles, named pages and more page sizes. Open →
    • NewPBIP with sample data for every design, and a page-folder export for adding a page to an existing report (both beta). Open →
    • NewLight and dark version of every template, with every download switching too. Open →
    • NewGallery filters and search on templates, themes and backgrounds, and site search with ⌘K / Ctrl+K on site pages and in the Design Studio. Open →
    • NewComparisons with seven Power BI design tools, each fact sourced and dated. Open →
    • NewGuides to Power BI custom page sizes and the Fluent 2 theme. Open →
    • ImprovedHome, /design and /pricing: before/after slider, what's inside the PBIP, and what's free versus credits. Open →

  19. Licence, changelog and trust pages

    One page each for what you may do with the design assets, what changed and where your data goes.

    • NewLicence page: assets made with the free design tools are free for commercial and client use; third-party icon licences are credited. Open →
    • NewThis changelog, with an RSS feed. Open →
    • NewTrust page: data flow, the services that process data, and what a share link contains. Open →
    • ImprovedEvery PBIP download now has a README ending with LICENSE and CREDITS sections, and the page-folder INSTRUCTIONS.md carries them too.
    • Improved/llms-full.txt and the support assistant read one feature manifest, so counts, prices and limits match the site.

  20. · #86

    SVG measure builder, KPI cards, custom visual directory, tenant check, AI SVG and Deneb tools

    Free tools for DAX SVG measures, checking custom visuals and comparing Marketplace visuals, plus two 1-credit AI tools and sample data in every template.

    • NewDAX SVG measure builder with 17 patterns, a live preview and measure or DAX UDF output. Open →
    • NewKPI card gallery: KPI card designs as DAX SVG measures. Open →
    • NewPower BI custom visual directory with sourced prices, licence model, certification and native alternatives. Open →
    • NewCustom visual tenant check: a verdict per scenario with the admin steps, plus three admin guides. Open →
    • NewAI DAX SVG measure generator (1 credit per run, refunded on failure). Open →
    • NewDeneb (Vega-Lite) spec generator (1 credit per run, refunded on failure). Open →
    • NewEvery dashboard template downloads as a PBIP with a sample semantic model and bound visuals (beta). Open →

  21. · #84

    Microsoft fact refresh and deeper how-to guides

    Site copy updated to current Power BI behaviour; the how-to section consolidated into one deeper guide per visual.

    • ImprovedMicrosoft facts refreshed across the site: 1920×1080 pages for Fluent 2 reports, and Microsoft Marketplace (formerly AppSource) naming.
    • New1920×1080 (Fluent 2) page preset and gallery downloads. Open →
    • Improved100 how-to permutations consolidated into 20 deeper per-visual guides, with redirects from the old URLs. Open →
    • NewEight new guides on the blog and a page for the AI custom visual generator. Open →
    • ImprovedEmbed snippets for shared designs carry a visible “Made with VizForge” link.

  22. · #83

    Share images, feeds and sign-in redirects

    Every page got its own share card and metadata; sign-in now returns you to the page you came from.

    • NewBlog RSS feed, a sitemap index split by section, and generated llms.txt / llms-full.txt. Open →
    • ImprovedShare images and complete page metadata on every page.
    • FixedLogin and signup return you to the page you came from, including the Design Studio.
    • ImprovedShare links and embed codes made on a preview deploy point at that deploy.
    • ImprovedSupport-chat bubble is smaller on phones and stays out of the way while you read.

  23. · #85, #87, #79

    Refund claw-back and security fixes

    Refunded orders now remove their credits, and database credit functions are no longer callable from the browser.

    • FixedA refunded Polar order (full or partial) now takes back the matching unspent credits, once.
    • SecurityCredit functions and generation writes can no longer be called directly by signed-in users.
    • SecurityEvery call from the web app to the build server carries a shared secret.

  24. · #80

    Design Studio launch

    A free, browser-based designer for Power BI report pages, with template, theme, background and icon galleries.

    • NewDesign Studio: lay out a report page at Power BI's pixel size and export a background PNG or SVG, a theme JSON or a PBIP project. No signup. Open →
    • NewGalleries of dashboard templates, themes, backgrounds and icons. Open →
    • NewTheme Lab (build and validate theme JSON) and pbiviz Inspector (look inside a .pbiviz) moved into the free tools. Open →
    • NewRead-only share links and embed codes for designs.
    • ImprovedOne visual-type count used everywhere on the site.

Earlier history (the April 2026 launch of the AI generator) is summarised in the documentation. See also the licence and trust and data pages.