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Zixir v7.0.0 — Web UI Dashboard

Release 7.0 introduces the Zixir Web UI Dashboard: a full-featured local dashboard for workflow execution, SQL exploration, vector search, templates, and scheduling. Run it with Zixir and access everything from your browser.

New Features

1. Workflow Execution & Monitoring

  • Live workflow execution logs with real-time streaming (Server-Sent Events)
  • Step-by-step progress tracking with duration metrics
  • Workflow history — last 50 runs with full audit trail
  • Pause / resume workflow controls
  • Clone existing workflows
  • Run details with step-by-step breakdown

2. SQL Query Explorer

  • Visual query editor with syntax highlighting
  • Direct database querying on any saved ODBC connection
  • Table browser with schema viewer
  • Results table with CSV export
  • Query history tracking
  • Column autocomplete from schema

3. Vector Search Interface

  • Semantic document search with similarity scores
  • Upload and embed new documents
  • Collection management (default, docs, knowledge base)
  • Visual similarity score charts
  • Real-time search with top-k results

4. Workflow Templates Library

  • 6 pre-built templates:
    • Data Sync — ETL automation
    • Report Generation — scheduled reports
    • Email Alerts — conditional notifications
    • Data Backup — automated backups
    • API Integration — external data fetch
    • AI Summarization — LLM-powered
  • One-click template deployment
  • Difficulty levels and popularity metrics

5. Simple Scheduler

  • Easy scheduling: Hourly / Daily / Weekly presets
  • Custom cron expressions for advanced users
  • Schedule management per workflow
  • Next run calculation
  • Schedule list view

UI/UX Enhancements

Visual Design

  • Zixir brand colors — orange–purple–yellow gradient theme
  • Logo integration — Zixir icon with animated gradient glow
  • Welcome banner — animated gradient backgrounds
  • Themed components — buttons, cards, badges, progress bars
  • Quick actions — floating gradient action button

User Experience

  • Toast notification system
  • Skeleton loading states
  • Global search (Ctrl+K shortcut)
  • Keyboard shortcuts
  • Real-time auto-refresh (5s intervals)
  • HTMX-powered dynamic updates (no full page reloads)
  • Responsive sidebar navigation

Technical Improvements

Backend API (40+ endpoints)

Workflow management

  • GET /api/workflow/:id/logs — fetch execution logs
  • GET /api/workflow/:id/logs/stream — Server-Sent Events streaming
  • GET /api/workflow/:id/steps — step-by-step status
  • GET /api/workflow/:id/history — run history
  • POST /api/workflow/:id/pause | resume | clone

SQL query

  • POST /api/query/execute — execute SQL
  • GET /api/query/connections/:id/tables — list tables
  • GET /api/query/connections/:id/tables/:table/columns — schema
  • POST /api/query/export/csv — export results

Vector operations

  • POST /api/vector-search — semantic search
  • POST /api/vector/embed — embed documents
  • GET /api/vector/collections — list collections
  • GET /api/vector/collections/:name/stats — collection stats

Templates & scheduling

  • GET /api/workflow-templates — template library
  • POST /api/workflow-templates/:id/deploy — deploy template
  • GET / POST / DELETE /api/workflow/:id/schedule — schedule CRUD
  • GET /api/schedules — all schedules

Integration

  • Real ODBC connection testing (Zixir.ODBC)
  • Real VectorDB connection testing (Zixir.VectorDB)
  • Zixir.Cache persistence for configurations
  • Live workflow execution tracking

Infrastructure

New pages

  • /query — SQL Query Explorer
  • /vector-search — Vector Search Interface
  • /workflows/:id/logs — workflow logs viewer
  • /workflows/:id/history — workflow history

Tech stack

  • Framework: Phoenix 1.8 with Bandit
  • Frontend: HTMX + Tailwind CSS
  • Real-time: Server-Sent Events for log streaming
  • Storage: Zixir.Cache with disk persistence

Requirements

  • Elixir 1.14+ / OTP 25+
  • Zig 0.15+ (build-time; run mix zig.get after mix deps.get)
  • Python 3.8+ (optional) for ODBC bridge and VectorDB Python backends

Quick start

First-time install

git clone https://github.com/Zixir-lang/Zixir.git
cd Zixir
git checkout v7.0.0
mix deps.get
mix zig.get
mix compile
mix phx.server   # start web UI

Then open http://localhost:4000 in your browser.

Clean build (troubleshoot or reinstall)

Use this when you need a clean build, are troubleshooting, or reinstalling:

# 1. Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/Zixir-lang/Zixir.git

# 2. Navigate into the project directory (CRITICAL!)
cd Zixir

# 3. Reset any local changes and fetch tags
git checkout -- .
git fetch origin --tags
git checkout v7.0.0

# 4. Full clean
mix clean
mix deps.clean --all

# 5. Get dependencies FIRST
mix deps.get

# 6. Install Zig
mix zig.get

# 7. Compile
mix compile

# 8. Start server
mix phx.server   # start web UI

Then open http://localhost:4000 in your browser.

License

Apache-2.0 — see LICENSE.