🎉 Release notes for the Windows version (v7.1):
v7.1 Hotfix Additions:
- Fixed an issue with the OpenAI Provider, and improved & optimised the entire AI Provider architecture.
- Improved the thinking text animation.
- Fixed the default icon arrangement to be the same as v6.
v7 Additions:
1. Customizable buttons! You can now add, edit, remove, and rearrange the buttons.
Huge thanks to @momokrono for building the entire back-end for this 💛! I added the GUI (with draggable buttons, reset to default functionality...).
2. Sleeker pop-up UI
3. A native Ollama AI Provider (using the Ollama API), for easier Ollama setup & custom model-in-memory-time options — entirely thanks to @momokrono!
4. New Gemini model options, with better explanations
5. A new Pause & Resume option to stop Writing Tools from reading your hotkey if necessary. Again, @momokrono so awesomely implemented this :D
5. Other Improvements:
- UX improvements to the Summary etc. pop-up window (optimized initial height)
- Friendlier error message on hitting Gemini rate-limits
- Added graceful quitting when running through the terminal [credit: @momokrono]
I want to thank @momokrono once again for all his help and support—not only in contributing code, but also for extensively helping manage GitHub issues. Thank you, truly—I'll never forget your kind contributions. 💛
Upcoming features:
- Localization (multi-language UI) — @momokrono has built the entire framework for this, and my gratitude is unbounded — this would help so many. It'll be ready by the next release!
- Hotkeys for specific options.
- Support to remove reasoning token markers if needed (PS: DeepSeek R1 & Gemini 2.0 Thinking already work!).
- (researching) Tracked changes/diff check (to compare proofread text with the original).
- Checking that the active window is the same before pasting.
- More feature suggestions on GitHub Issues, and potentially future ones.
- And of course, bug fixes and improvements overall :]
⬆️ Update Instructions:
You can keep using your old config.json to preserve your set-up! Simply bring it over into the new Writing Tools v7.1 folder you'll download below.
🐞 Known Issues
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On some devices, Writing Tools may not work correctly with the default hotkey.
To fix it, simply change the hotkey to ctrl+` or ctrl+j and restart Writing Tools.
PS: If a hotkey is already in use by a program or background process, Writing Tools may not be able to intercept it. The above hotkeys are usually unused. -
The initial launch of the
Writing Tools.exemight take unusually long — this seems to be because AV software extensively scans this new executable before letting it run. Once it launches into the background in RAM, it works instantly as usual.
🆕🎉 Release Notes for the macOS Version by @Aryamirsepasi (v5.0)
- Updated AI providers: New cloud and local AI models (Gemma 3, Gemma 3n, Gemini 2.5, etc.).
- iCloud support for commands.
- Improved default commands. If you are updating from an older version, please reset the default commands in Settings.
- New icon based on the macOS 26 design.
- Numerous bug fixes (Ollama, Intel crash, window resizing, and more).
- The Proofread command now preserves your rich-text formatting.
- New and improved onboarding window.
Please Note:
After updating the macOS version, the tools may sometimes not show up.
To fix this, re-enable accessibility access:
System Settings → Privacy & Security → Accessibility → Select writing-tools → Press the minus (–) button → Press the plus (+) button → Add writing-tools again and enable access.
Upcoming Features:
- Text streaming in the response window.
- Better support for reasoning models.
- Context Menu Support