🎉 Highlights
- 💻 Now available for Intel Macs — Native builds for both Apple Silicon and Intel. (#550)
- 📱 WhatsApp & Telegram! — Connect your bots to two of the world's most popular messaging platforms. WhatsApp via QR scan, Telegram via BotFather — both just work. (#554)
- 🌐 System Proxy — zero config — The desktop runtime now auto-detects your macOS system proxy. Corporate VPN, Clash, Surge — all just work, no manual setup. (#637)
- 🦙 Ollama — your local models, one click — Running Llama, Mistral, or Gemma locally? Plug Ollama in as a model provider and go. (#575)
- ⚡ WeChat connects 40x faster — Cold-start slashed from ~2 minutes to ~5 seconds. Bots come online almost instantly. (#646)
- 🔧 Reinstall? Just drag and drop. — Background services no longer lock the .app bundle. Replace the app anytime, even with bots running. (#597)
📥 Download now: macOS Apple Silicon (.dmg) · macOS Intel (.dmg)
Requires macOS 13+. Windows support arriving in v0.2.0 🪟
✨ What's New
- 🔄 Models stay fresh — Official model inventory refreshes automatically, no restart needed (#634)
- 💬 Real group names — Group chat sessions now display actual group names instead of cryptic IDs (#660)
- 🧩 Smarter skill sync — Installed skills auto-detect workspace config changes and stay in sync (#643)
- ⬇️ Live download progress — Watch your skills install in real-time with progress indicators (#580)
- 📊 Nightly gets a changelog — Every nightly build now ships with auto-generated release notes and linked issues (#677)
🛡️ Stability & Reliability
- Updates are smarter — the app verifies no critical files are locked before installing, preventing failed silent upgrades
- Every exit path (window close, Cmd+Q, Force Quit, even renderer crashes) now properly cleans up background services
- Startup refuses to attach to leftover services from a different app version — no more ghost processes
- Runaway sidecar crashes trigger a circuit breaker instead of looping forever
- Diagnostic exports now include step-by-step bootstrap timing for faster troubleshooting
🐛 Bug Fixes
- Fixed white screen on macOS 14.7.4+ after upgrade (#597)
- Closing the window now hides to background like Slack — no more "Quit or Background?" dialog (#673)
- Cmd+R no longer accidentally reloads the app in production (#639)
- WhatsApp stays connected after sleep/wake cycles (#668)
- Various model provider and channel connectivity improvements
🔨 For Developers
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- Intel Mac packaging flow with architecture-specific builds (#550)
- Desktop E2E automation framework with packaged app testing (#650)
- Background launchd helper commands for debugging (#672)
- CI installs and desktop packaging speed optimized (#590)
- Nightly builds include Feishu notification with download links (#677)
- Release PR merge now auto-tags and publishes release notes — merge = ship 🚀
🆕 New Contributors
Welcome! 🎉
🙌 Contributors
@lefarcen, @alchemistklk, @anthhub, @ashleyashli, @qiongyu1999, @hkslover, @mrcfps, @nettee, @Siri-Ray
Full Changelog: v0.1.7...v0.1.8