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title: 'Storybook 5.0 - March 2019'
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## [Storybook 5.0](https://medium.com/storybookjs/storybook-5-0-db1d0f9c83b8) is a completely [new UI](https://medium.com/storybookjs/meet-storybook-5-0s-new-design-fb5735bc2a81) with the following improvements:

- 🌓 New design with light and dark themes
- 🛠 Canvas toolbar for easy access to addons
- 🗺 Overhauled navigation sidebar with an intuitive menu
- 🗜 Redesigned addons panel with handy buttons to toggle visibility and orientation
- ⌨️ Improved keyboard shortcuts that are user configurable
- 🌍 New URL structure that eliminates long strings of query parameters

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5.0 contains hundreds more fixes, features, and tweaks. Browse the <a href="https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/blob/next/CHANGELOG.md">changelogs</a> matching `5.0.0-alpha.*`, `5.0.0-beta.*`, and `5.0.0-rc.*` for the full list of changes. See <a href="https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/blob/next/MIGRATION.md">MIGRATION.md</a> to upgrade from 4.x.
