v0.1.0

ace-step/ACE-Step-1.5v0.1.0Feb 16, 2026by ChuxiJ

AI Summary

Initial release candidate featuring handler refactoring, LoRA training support, and major code organization changes.

Key Highlights

  • Added LoRA training tutorial
  • Refactored handler logic (VAE encode/decode, orchestration)
  • Reorganized codebase (gradio_ui -> ui/gradio, models/mlx)
  • Added workflow enforcement for independent PR branches

New Features

  • LoRA training tutorial
  • LoRA and lycoris loading APIs

Full Release Notes

## What's Changed
* Refactor(handler part 10): decompose generate_music orchestration into reques… by @1larity in https://github.com/ace-step/ACE-Step-1.5/pull/588
* Fix start scripts by @DumoeDss in https://github.com/ace-step/ACE-Step-1.5/pull/592
* Refactor(handler part 11): decompose generate_music orchestration and add upl… by @1larity in https://github.com/ace-step/ACE-Step-1.5/pull/590
* Chore(workflow): enforce independent PR branches with pre-push guard by @1larity in https://github.com/ace-step/ACE-Step-1.5/pull/595
* feat: add lora training tutorial by @DumoeDss in https://github.com/ace-step/ACE-Step-1.5/pull/593
* Add lycoris lokr load and load lora api by @sdbds in https://github.com/ace-step/ACE-Step-1.5/pull/582
* Refactor(handler part 13): vae encode by @1larity in https://github.com/ace-step/ACE-Step-1.5/pull/594
* Refactor(handler part 12):  vae decode by @1larity in https://github.com/ace-step/ACE-Step-1.5/pull/591
* refactor: relocate gradio_ui → ui/gradio and remove old shim by @ChuxiJ in https://github.com/ace-step/ACE-Step-1.5/pull/599
* refactor: move mlx_dit and mlx_vae into models/mlx by @ChuxiJ in https://github.com/ace-step/ACE-Step-1.5/pull/602
* refactor: consolidate scoring modules into acestep/core/scoring/ by @ChuxiJ in https://github.com/ace-step/ACE-Step-1.5/pull/603
* docs: link LoRA Training Tutorials and Side-Step advanced training docs by @ChuxiJ in https://github.com/ace-step/ACE-Step-1.5/pull/605
* Docs/link lora training tutorials by @ChuxiJ in https://github.com/ace-step/ACE-Step-1.5/pull/607
* fix: manifest path double-nesting causes training to find no samples by @ChuxiJ in https://github.com/ace-step/ACE-Step-1.5/pull/611

## New Contributors
* @sdbds made their first contribution in https://github.com/ace-step/ACE-Step-1.5/pull/582

**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/ace-step/ACE-Step-1.5/compare/v0.1.0-rc.1...v0.1.0