Changelog

Brightlight

What changed in Brightlight: updates, fixes, and improvements to the theme.

11 releases

Contents
  1. October 9, 2026
  2. September 3, 2026
  3. August 15, 2026
  4. August 10, 2026
  5. June 23, 2026
  6. June 11, 2026
  7. March 29, 2026
  8. January 19, 2026
  9. December 31, 2025
  10. May 28, 2025
  11. July 11, 2023

October 9, 2026 — Redesign

  • Redesigned the Astro + Tailwind CSS variant as an invoicing SaaS for freelancers: warm off-white grounds, flat grey panels, Geist only, no accent colour, and painted shader tiles that each hold one product card.
  • New landing: a hero whose shader tile stays in place as you scroll, stats, feature rows, testimonials, pricing with a sliding monthly or yearly toggle and a call to action.
  • Rebuilt about, contact, sign in, sign up and 404, plus blog, customer stories, integrations, help center, changelog and legal pages with new content and photos.
  • New mega menu and a dropdown mobile menu; Lenis smooth scroll and GSAP for the hero, off with reduced motion.
  • A shaders system page previews all nine palettes side by side.
  • Every page is composed of section components; unused fonts, icons and styles removed; docs and the design skill rewritten.

September 3, 2026 — Update

  • Expanded the design system skill at .cursor/skills/brightlight-design/SKILL.md: typography, color usage, spacing rhythm, component conventions, and do/don’t rules extracted from the theme’s own code, so AI coding tools (Cursor, Claude Code, Codex) build UI that matches the theme.
  • AGENTS.md links the design rules in every variant.

August 15, 2026 — Update

  • Refreshed Astro + Tailwind CSS dependencies to latest stable releases.
  • Refreshed Astro + Sanity CMS variant dependencies (astro@7.2.2, Tailwind v4.3.3, Sanity v6.9.x, and related packages).
  • Updated integrations and related packages (@lexingtonthemes/seo, @astrojs/*, Tailwind).
  • Refreshed Astro + EmDash CMS variant dependencies (astro@7.2.2, Tailwind v4.3.3, EmDash v0.33.x, and related packages).

August 10, 2026 — Update

  • Added a new Astro + EmDash CMS variant: built-in admin at /_emdash/admin, Portable Text content, LiveSearch, and Cloudflare Workers deploy (D1 + R2).
  • Includes buyer docs (STARTING-UP.md, SEO.md), seed data for all 7 collections, and a local SQLite + npm run setup workflow.
  • The Astro + Tailwind CSS and Astro + Sanity CMS variants are unchanged in this release.

June 23, 2026 — Update

  • Upgraded to Astro v7 stable (7.0.0) — no longer on beta.
  • The Astro + Sanity CMS variant front-end has also been updated to Astro v7 stable.
  • Refreshed integrations and dependencies (@lexingtonthemes/seo, @astrojs/*, Tailwind).

June 11, 2026 — Update

  • Upgraded to Astro v7 and Tailwind CSS v4.
  • The Astro + Sanity CMS variant has been upgraded to Astro v7, Tailwind CSS v4, and Sanity v6.
  • Updated integrations and dependencies for v7 compatibility.

March 29, 2026 — Update

  • Added AGENTS.md and Cursor rules (.cursor/rules) for AI-assisted development, on both the Astro + Tailwind CSS and Astro + Sanity CMS versions, each adapted to its repo layout.

January 19, 2026 — Update

  • Added a new variant with Sanity CMS integration with a ready-to-use Sanity Studio and full Astro front-end support.
  • Introduced CMS-powered content types for editorial workflows.
  • Now available as part of the new Full Access and Agency tiers.

December 31, 2025 — Update

  • General improvements and internal refinements.
  • The Button component now handles link behavior via the isLink prop.
  • The Button component now supports configurable icon sizing.
  • Removed unused icons.
  • Removed the Link component.

May 28, 2025 — Reset

  • Complete rebuild of the theme from scratch.
  • New UI, layout, and component architecture.
  • Added client-side search using Fuse.js.
  • Introduced a reusable component system.
    Documentation: Components

This release replaces all previous versions and establishes a new baseline.

July 11, 2023 — Release

  • Initial release