VOOL 0.7.0-beta

VOOL 0.7.0-beta

VOOL is a private AI station that runs on your own computer. This beta adds Intel Mac and Linux builds and better memory. It also brings fixes for your email, calendar and reminders, plus your own rules for how VOOL answers.

Nothing goes online on a fresh install until you turn it on.

What's new

• Runs on more computers. There are separate downloads for Apple Silicon Macs, Intel Macs and Linux (x86_64). The Mac app now carries its own local-model runner, so local models run without installing anything else.
• Signed updates, starting next release. This version carries one-press signed updates with rollback, and update checks stay off until you allow them. The first update offered through it will be 0.7.1. Install 0.7.0 itself by downloading it below.
• Better memory. VOOL remembers what you tell it and recalls it later. It forgets on request, and it says so when there was nothing to forget.
• Your rules. Set rules for everything, for one chat or for one project. Ask "what are my rules", and remove one by its number.
• Personal assistant fixes.
  • Reminders and calendar use your time zone.
  • A reminder for a time that has already passed is refused instead of stored.
  • Apple Calendar all-day events land on the right day.
  • Gmail messages with nested or HTML-only bodies are read.
  • Email connections now check the server's certificate.
• Chain data in chat. Add your own Helius, Alchemy or Solscan key, and ask about chain data in chat. These lookups are read-only. Keys use the same paste, detect, save and test flow as your other provider keys.
• X. Draft posts in chat. A guided setup checks your X keys read-only.
• Report a wrong answer. Every answer has Report and 👎 buttons. VOOL shows you the exact report text with private details removed, then opens a filled-in report on GitHub. No token is needed.
• Add-ons. The add-on store has reviewed add-ons and local security checks.
• Skill Codex. The Skill Codex tab is in the Add-ons page. Browsing is not open yet in this version, and the tab says so.
• Nicer to use.
  • Model and run-mode controls now sit together in the chat header.
  • A soft chime tells you when a task finishes, and you can turn the sound off.
  • Pets have their original art back, are bigger and show chat activity.
  • Numbered lists no longer restart at 1.
  • Copy buttons are translated.
  • The Update menu is no longer cut off.
• More languages. The app is translated into 16 languages besides English.

Crypto (off by default)
Crypto features are off until you turn them on.

• When on, VOOL uses mainnet. Test networks live in Developer options.
• Every payment goes through VOOL's wallet, with its limits, your approval and a receipt.
• Paying websites with x402 works on test networks only in this version: Solana Devnet, Base Sepolia, Ethereum Sepolia and BNB testnet. Mainnet x402 for websites is planned for 0.7.1.
• One exception: the pay-per-call option in the model marketplace in Settings can pay from the Solana Mainnet Crypto Pilot wallet, in USDC or SOL. Each call waits for your approval within your wallet limits and shows the 0.1% VOOL fee. It has not yet been tested on a real chain.

Downloads

File	For	SHA-256
VOOL-0.7.0-beta-macos-arm64.dmg	Apple Silicon Macs (M1 and later)	3f7bd648e2f1b2ca4a65263b4ae1f7d63ed6c8754c671cf8e3a6b66c4b173e92
VOOL-0.7.0-beta-macos-x86_64.dmg	Intel Macs	f156fea4184a2e0da23bb08180fd0cf0bfe20b1a23ca3ffac2aedff9f033b2be
vool-0.7.0-beta-linux-x86_64.tar.gz	Linux x86_64 (Ubuntu 22.04 / 24.04)	6876471614a779a8624e8f2bc0a1dc69f12e289f1b42f70f91f98c729d8af922

To build it yourself, use the Source code links GitHub adds at the bottom of this release.

Pick the Mac download that matches your chip: Apple menu > About This Mac. The app is not notarized. On first open, double-click VOOL and click Done. Then go to System Settings > Privacy & Security, click Open Anyway, and confirm with your password. On macOS 14, Control-click VOOL and choose Open instead.

Known limits in this beta

• Paying websites with x402 works on test networks only. The one mainnet path, pay-per-call in the model marketplace in Settings, has not yet been tested on a real chain.
• Skill Codex browsing is not open yet.
• X trending is not shown.
• Before a local model can write answers, open Settings > Models & Providers > Local models and press Certify for it once.
• Saying "don't record this" does not stop a chat from being saved yet. Ask VOOL to forget it afterwards.
• On Intel Macs, local models run on the CPU and may be too slow to pass the one-time Certify check or to answer in time, so use a cloud model there for now. We tested the Intel build under Rosetta on an Apple Silicon Mac, not yet on an Intel Mac.
• The Mac app is not notarized (see first-open steps above).
• 0.7.0 is installed by download; one-press updates start with 0.7.1.