Desire v0.9.0 (beta)

Desire v0.9.0 (beta)

This is a beta. A lot has changed since v0.1.3, more than fits in a quick summary, so the full changelog is still being put together and will be added here soon. If you want the steady version, stay on v0.1.3.

Highlights so far

• Spaces: project workspaces with pages, chat, tasks and voice calls.
• Mods: change and extend parts of Desire's interface.
• On-device AI tasks: object detection, depth maps, cut-outs and more, run locally.
• Image creator, built into the chat composer.
• A sharper, more capable agent across the board.

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Install. Grab the file for your platform below. Builds are unsigned: on macOS (Apple Silicon), right-click the app and choose Open on first launch; on Linux, chmod +x the AppImage before running it; on Windows, click More info → Run anyway if SmartScreen warns you.

Desire runs offline out of the box. Online features are opt-in, per-feature, from inside the app.

Desire v0.1.3

Desire v0.1.3

Windows joins macOS and Linux — Desire now ships on all three major desktop platforms.

The big one: a real phone companion

The phone companion app went from a plan to something you can actually install and use tonight. It pairs with the desktop, reads your on-device capabilities (notifications, clipboard, haptics, battery, and more), and stays honest about what it can and can't do when your PC isn't reachable.

Smarter while you're away

• The background loop now thinks about several things in parallel, instead of one at a time.
• Anticipatory nudges: predictions can now proactively suggest something instead of waiting to be asked.
• A self-improvement pass that learns from what didn't work and stops repeating it.
• Email and calendar are now real inputs the loop reasons over, not just displays.

Coordination

• A second machine can now be chosen to run a task, not just this one.
• Cross-session messaging, so multiple sessions can reach each other.

Fixed tonight

• Tooltips across the whole app, which had silently stopped rendering, are back — routed through a more reliable custom tooltip instead of relying on the OS's flaky native one.
• The bottom status bar is simpler: just your name and the time, nothing else.
• Two packaged-build-only crashes (never visible in normal development, only in the installed app) are fixed.

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Install. Grab the file for your platform below. Builds are unsigned: on macOS, right-click the app and choose Open on first launch; on Linux, chmod +x the AppImage before running it; on Windows, click More info → Run anyway if SmartScreen warns you.

Desire runs offline out of the box. Online features are opt-in, per-feature, from inside the app.

Desire v0.1.2

Desire v0.1.2

A big customization and coordination update, plus the first real on-device model tooling.

Customization goes deeper

• Per-widget border, size, and shape controls, not just color and paint.
• A new surface material option: glass, metal, or standard.
• 5 new layout templates (Board presets) to start from.
• More ambience widgets (clock, moon, sun, and others) pickable from the library.
• Gallery backdrops can now stand alone as full backgrounds.
• Installed system fonts show up directly in the widget font picker.

Coordination and safety

• A Kanban-style board view for tracking what the agent is doing across a run.
• Cross-session messaging, so multiple sessions can reach each other.
• A resumable emergency stop: pause everything without losing your place, instead of a hard kill.
• Scheduled messages you can compose ahead of time and send later.
• Richer, better-formatted replies in chat.

On-device model tools (Apple Silicon)

• Convert models between formats, quantize them, and fine-tune your own, fully offline. No cloud GPU required.

Everyday

• Browse and connect official MCP servers from a built-in catalogue.
• Export a shareable profile with secrets stripped, kept separate from your full backup.
• Smarter automatic day and schedule reorganization.

Linux is here

Desire now ships a Linux build (.AppImage, x64 and arm64) alongside macOS. Windows is next.

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Install. Grab the file for your platform below. Builds are unsigned: on macOS, right-click the app and choose Open on first launch; on Linux, chmod +x the AppImage before running it.

Desire runs offline out of the box. Online features are opt-in, per-feature, from inside the app.

Desire v0.1.1

Desire v0.1.1

The headline: Desire now keeps itself current. When a newer version ships, the app shows a quiet notice on launch with a one-click link to download it. No more checking back by hand.

A lot of new ground since 0.1.0:

New

• In-app update notices. Desire checks for a newer release on launch and tells you when one is ready.
• Spreadsheets. A real grid with a live formula engine (SUM, COUNTIF, SUMIF, MEDIAN, and more).
• Marketplace. Browse and install plugins, with each one's license and permissions shown before anything runs.
• Weave. A people surface that keeps the humans in your work organized alongside everything else.
• Proving Ground. Rehearse an automation safely before it runs for real.

Customization

• Live desktop wallpapers, including audio-reactive ones that move with your sound.
• A custom widget builder you can shape by measure, meter, look, and tone.

Voice and gesture

• Voice control of both the app and the machine.
• Hand-gesture display modes (Arc and Float), with cursor control.

A sharper agent

• It can now search inside files, patch a file precisely without disturbing the rest, and pull all text out of a PDF.
• A visual learning map that shows what it is picking up.
• Model configuration gathered into one place.

Everyday polish

• A Focus / Do Not Disturb mode that quiets the proactive stream.
• Dozens of surface refinements and stability fixes.

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Install (macOS). Download the .dmg for your chip below. The build is unsigned, so on first launch right-click the app and choose Open to clear Gatekeeper. Windows and Linux builds are on the way.

Desire runs offline out of the box. Online features are opt-in, per-feature, from inside the app.

Desire v0.1.0 — macOS (early preview)

First preview build. Early and unfinished — expect rough edges.

Downloads (macOS)

• Apple Silicon: Desire-0.1.0-arm64.dmg
• Intel: Desire-0.1.0-x64.dmg

Runs fully offline out of the box. Windows and Linux builds land in a later release.

Unsigned build: on first launch, right-click the app → Open to get past Gatekeeper.