release: v7.4.1

Patch release fixing Kokoro installation on fresh Linux systems.

Changes:
- fix(VM-411): Create venv during kokoro install for fresh systems

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

Author: mbailey

.claude-plugin/plugin.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "voicemode",
   "description": "Voice conversations with Claude Code using local speech-to-text and text-to-speech",
-  "version": "7.4.0p0",
+  "version": "7.4.1p0",
   "author": {
     "name": "Mike Bailey",
     "email": "mike@failmode.com"

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -7,6 +7,15 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [7.4.1] - 2026-01-17
+
+### Fixed
+
+- **Kokoro Install on Fresh Linux Systems** (VM-411, GH-145, GH-188)
+  - Fixed installation failing on PopOS/Ubuntu 24 and Arch Linux due to missing venv
+  - Installer now creates virtual environment automatically before running uv install
+  - Resolves "No virtual environment found" error on fresh systems
+
 ## [7.4.0] - 2026-01-06
 
 ### Changed

installer/pyproject.toml

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
 [project]
 name = "voice-mode-install"
-version = "7.4.0"
+version = "7.4.1"
 description = "Installer for VoiceMode - handles system dependencies and installation"
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.10"

server.json

@@ -7,13 +7,13 @@
     "url": "https://github.com/mbailey/voicemode",
     "source": "github"
   },
-  "version": "7.4.0",
+  "version": "7.4.1",
   "packages": [
     {
       "registry_type": "pypi",
       "registry_base_url": "https://pypi.org",
       "identifier": "voice-mode",
-      "version": "7.4.0",
+      "version": "7.4.1",
       "transport": {
         "type": "stdio"
       },

voice_mode/__version__.py

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # This file is automatically updated by 'make release'
 # Do not edit manually
-__version__ = "7.4.0"
+__version__ = "7.4.1"