What's New
Latest updates and improvements to CarCRM
v0.2.0 — July 2026
New Features
- Public welcome page — marketing homepage with hero, features, advantages, screenshots, and demo request flow
- Facebook & Instagram integration — connect Meta pages via OAuth and broadcast car listings directly to Facebook and Instagram
- Custom storefront pages — dealers can build custom pages and a fully configurable homepage from content blocks, linked from a new "More" menu
- Saved cars — visitors can bookmark cars and revisit their saved list on the public storefront
- Search wizard — guided car search by brand, model, year, and price, with saved-search subscriptions
- Media library — centralized image library with categories and upload management
- Password reset — self-service password reset via email
- QR code car lookup — scan a car's QR code or license plate to jump straight into the test drive wizard
- Cookie, privacy, and terms pages — consent banner and checkboxes across public forms
- SEO — sitemap, robots.txt, Open Graph/Twitter cards, and per-page dynamic metadata
- Telegram bot subscriptions — subscribe/unsubscribe to car updates, with multi-language support
- Media blocks — embed YouTube videos with a persistent player across the storefront
Improvements
- Car visibility is now controlled by a dedicated public flag, with the option to broadcast cars to clients
- View mode toggle and URL-based pagination/filtering for car listings
- Improved print layouts for badges and documents
- Full regression test suite (unit, integration, E2E) wired into CI and pre-commit checks
- Upload and request rate limiting
- Simplified Redis client and streamlined Docker deployment pipeline
Bug Fixes
- Fixed saved cars hydration issue and public header navigation breakpoint on smaller screens
- Fixed Content Security Policy blocking images in development and map tiles
- Fixed a shell syntax error caused by an unquoted
EMAIL_FROMenvironment variable - Fixed Node.js version enforcement in CI actions
v0.1.0 — April 2026
First public release of CarCRM.
New Features
- Car inventory — full vehicle catalog with photos, specs, status tracking, and internal/public pricing
- Client management — client profiles, contact history, and linked vehicles
- Sales tracking — record and manage car sales with full transaction history
- Repair orders — create and track repair jobs linked to vehicles and clients
- Test drives — schedule and log test drives with client and car details
- Transactions — income and expense tracking with categories
- Client listings — allow clients to submit their cars for sale via the public storefront
- Messages — internal messaging and main contact inbox
- Broadcasts — send announcements to all clients via Telegram
- Dealer profile — public storefront with contact info, map, social links, and QR code
- Multi-user access — invite team members with role-based permissions (Admin, Manager, Mechanic)
- Interactive tours — guided walkthroughs for key sections
Improvements
- Multi-language support — English, Ukrainian, Polish with per-user locale switching
- Dark and light theme
- Mobile-friendly responsive layout
Bug Fixes
- Initial release — no prior bugs to report