nanocoder v1.16.3

What's Changed

• Fix: Update checker used old rendering method so it appeared broken and always checking for an update. This has now been resolved.

• Fix: Config files now correctly use ~/.config/nanocoder/ (or platform equivalents) instead of ~/.local/share/nanocoder/, restoring proper XDG semantic separation between configuration and data. Thanks to @bowmanjd for patching this.

• Fix: Many edge-case fixes in the markdown parser for assistant messages. Outputs are far cleaner now.

• Removed message display limit, you can now see the entire session history. The message queue is very well optimised at this point so we can afford to.

• Removed read_many_files tool, it's rarely used by models over read_file and provides little benefit.

• Removed search_files tool as models often found it confusing for finding files and content.

In replacement:

• Added the find_files tool. The model provides a pattern and the tool returns matching files and directory paths.

• Added search_file_contents tool. The model provides a pattern and the tool returns matching content and metadata for further use.

• Revised read_file tool to reveal progressive information about a file. Called on its own, it'll return just file metadata, the model can also choose to pass line number ranges to get specific content.

• Update main prompt to reflect.

^ All of the above is in effort to better manage context when it comes to models using tools. Some smaller models, like Qwen 3 Coder 30B struggle from intense context rot so these improvements are the first in a set that'll help small models make more accurate and purposeful tool calls.

If there are any problems, feedback or thoughts please drop an issue or message us through Discord! Thank you for using Nanocoder. 🙌

Installation

npm install -g @nanocollective/nanocoder

Usage

nanocoder

Full Changelog: v1.16.2...v1.16.3