Modesto 1.0.0 Aloha — Alpha Release Candidate

Modesto 1.0.0 Aloha — Alpha Release Candidate

Aloha is the nickname. The version is 1.0.0-alpha.1. This is an Alpha Release Candidate — first public 1.0-line build. Use it. Break it. It is not a finished 1.0.

Chat and Work in one local desk. Your agents, the ones you already pay for. Modesto does not sell tokens.

Chat and Work

Flip Chat / Work in the composer (it locks after the first send).

• Chat — talk first. You can send with no project open. Lives under Chats.
• Work — the repo job. Project, branch, worktree, diffs, terminal, commits, PRs.

Beside the thread: Connections, Music, Canvas, Artifacts, Browser.

The rest of the desk

• Pull Requests — Reviewing / Authored. Summary, Timeline, Code.
• Agents — identities you dispatch into threads.
• Tasks — Draft / In Progress / Done.
• Automations — schedules and webhooks.
• Connections — Figma, Framer, Slack, Linear, GitHub, Adobe, MCP, the usual suspects.
• Skills & plugins — shared SKILL.md packs plus Claude plugins.
• Right panel: Browser, Mobile Simulator, Terminal, Files, Changes, Music, Canvas, Artifacts.
• Desktop: local, WSL, SSH. Pop-out chat. Usage clock.

On by default: Codex, Claude, Cursor, Gemini, Grok, Meta Muse Code, Kilo. Also around: OpenCode, Droid, Pi, Copilot (opt-in), Kimi/Qwen/Poolside/Devin (early), custom ACP, OpenAI-compatible routers.

Downloads

You	File
Mac (Apple Silicon)	Modesto-1.0.0-alpha.1-arm64.dmg
Windows	Modesto-1.0.0-alpha.1-x64.exe
Linux	Modesto-1.0.0-alpha.1-x86_64.AppImage

There's a zip for the Mac updater too, plus SHA256SUMS.txt. No Intel Mac in this drop. Alpha RC — Gatekeeper / SmartScreen may complain. Check the sums if you're the type.

Known issues

Reconnects and partial streams can still get weird. Some Work flows (including Kanban drag-to-run) are still landing. Folder-free send is Chat, not Work. No iOS here.

From source

bun install then bun run modesto:dev. Bun 1.3.9+, Node 24.13.1+, a provider CLI. AGPL-3.0-only.

More in the repo: docs/releases/v1.0.0-alpha.1.md

Modesto v0.3.0 — Cowork BETA

Modesto v0.3.0 — Cowork BETA

Modesto 0.3.0 turns Work into Cowork: a more capable workspace for research, local tasks, connected tools, and multi-session agent work, alongside the existing Code workspace.

Highlights

• Cowork workspace — separate connections and MCP storage, real OAuth, provider-aware tool discovery, session tabs, an integrated terminal, artifact destinations, and grouped sessions.
• Better live control — stop, steer, or queue follow-up instructions while an agent is running, with keyboard controls and clearer transcript navigation.
• Stronger artifacts — improved artifact actions, file-size context, lazy editor loading, and more useful error recovery.
• Broader provider support — Cowork connections now flow into Codex, Claude, Gemini, and ACP-based providers, including Claude plugin import from GitHub.
• Reliability fixes — resolved hung sends, blank reloads, stale turn state, accidental browser-search routing, hidden older chats, and several timeout and rendering failures.

Downloads

• macOS Apple Silicon: Modesto-0.3.0-arm64.dmg
• macOS Intel: Modesto-0.3.0-x64.dmg
• Windows x64: Modesto-0.3.0-x64.exe
• Linux x64: Modesto-0.3.0-x86_64.AppImage

Portable macOS and Windows ZIPs are also available. The macOS applications are Developer ID signed, notarized by Apple, and include stapled notarization tickets. Updater manifests and blockmaps support automatic updates. SHA-256 checksums are included in SHA256SUMS.txt.

Modesto v0.2.0 — Mountain View

Modesto v0.2.0 — Mountain View

Named after the city where the first Modesto coworking session was hosted. This release introduces the standalone Modesto CLI, local model router support, and a reworked chat composer with Plan, Ask, and Debug interaction modes.

Highlights

Standalone CLI

• modesto command-line tool — a new @modesto/cli package ships a modesto binary for driving sessions, projects, and provider orchestration from the terminal.
• Full-screen Modesto TUI — launch the OpenCode-derived terminal interface from the bundled CLI, with the matching Bun runtime included inside every desktop build.
• Provider management — install, detect, verify, authenticate, repair, update, and remove provider CLIs (Poolside, Kimi, Qwen, Codex, Gemini, Grok, OpenCode, etc.) via modesto provider.
• Session & project control — start, resume, and inspect threads, list projects, and stream agent output from the command line.

Local Model Routers

• Local provider — connect to user-configured OpenAI-compatible endpoints (vLLM, LM Studio, OpenRouter, Portkey, LiteLLM, Ollama, etc.) through a new "Local" provider in Settings → Model Routers.
• Custom endpoint management — add, name, and switch between multiple router endpoints. Each endpoint can carry its own API key via the existing secrets store.
• Local provider branding — dedicated network/router glyph across the composer, provider picker, and settings UIs.

Composer Interaction Modes

• Plan, Ask, and Debug modes — beyond the existing Plan mode, the composer now supports read-only Ask and diagnostic-focused Debug modes, discoverable from the + menu, a slash command, or a rebindable keyboard shortcut.
• Rebuilt + menu — includes a search field, interaction modes, and dedicated Skills and MCP Servers submenus alongside image attachments and Fast mode.
• Active mode indicator — an in-composer chip shows the current mode with a one-click way to clear it, and the placeholder text updates to match.
• More reliable plan generation — fixed several providers that could silently fail to produce a usable plan in Plan mode.
• Reliable chat startup — server-only provider discovery no longer enters the browser bundle, fixing the startup crash that blocked sends in every interaction mode.

Provider Installation Improvements

• Package manager resolution — Modesto now probes known Homebrew, nvm/volt, and system locations before falling back to which, fixing CLI install/launch failures when the packaged Electron app inherits a minimal PATH on macOS.

Settings Cleanup

• Simplified provider panel — provider rows are now driven by detection status rather than manual enable toggles.
• Removed unused Docs link from the About panel.

Refreshed builds — August 1, 2026

• Fixed the startup crash that prevented chats from sending in every interaction mode.
• Restored custom-model and local OpenAI-compatible endpoint support.
• Bundled the full-screen Modesto TUI and its platform-matched Bun runtime.
• Rebuilt and replaced the macOS Apple Silicon, macOS Intel, Windows x64, and Linux x64 packages under the existing v0.2.0 release.

Downloads

• macOS Apple Silicon: Modesto-0.2.0-arm64.dmg
• macOS Intel: Modesto-0.2.0-x64.dmg
• Windows x64: Modesto-0.2.0-x64.exe
• Linux x64: Modesto-0.2.0-x86_64.AppImage

Zip/yml/blockmap assets support automatic updates. Source is not shipped in this release.

Modesto v0.1.9 — Provider Install

Modesto v0.1.9 — Provider Install

Focused provider-installation release: in-app CLI install works end to end for Poolside, Kimi, and Qwen, and validated CLIs own the composer picker.

Highlights

• Installable Poolside, Kimi, and Qwen — Provider Tools can install, detect, verify, authenticate, repair, update, and remove each CLI on supported platforms.
• Health-gated install success — A provider counts as installed only after Modesto finds the executable and a version or health probe succeeds.
• CLI-validated composer picker — Ready providers first, providers needing login second, then Add provider. Uninstalled providers appear only in Provider Tools.
• No manual visibility list — Installed and validated CLIs are the source of truth for which providers show in the composer.

Downloads

• macOS Apple Silicon: Modesto-0.1.9-arm64.dmg
• macOS Intel: Modesto-0.1.9-x64.dmg
• Windows x64: Modesto-0.1.9-x64.exe
• Linux x64: Modesto-0.1.9-x64.AppImage

Zip/yml/blockmap assets support automatic updates. Source is not shipped in this release.

SHA-256

• fc03576b4b3499a1b374e1b8eb54e7c8561c355866feb2603f48773f9fd573e6: Modesto-0.1.9-arm64.dmg
• 5bf89048ff39da894ce942e78a437eefde40c8d792af131a2fb7c63808d9a527: Modesto-0.1.9-x64.dmg
• 74ae363c38f651b76c0c0d7aefd81eb38c4517472c8622d980c660fc4d5111e7: Modesto-0.1.9-x64.exe
• fb576394a2ccca086f5741404e9181aa54d40200b290bd39bd6d8d36c66c1972: Modesto-0.1.9-x64.AppImage

Modesto 0.1.8.2 — Providers + model catalog patch

Modesto 0.1.8.2 patches the Providers settings crash and restores Poolside plus Hugging Face, Qwen, and Kimi model catalog surfaces.

Highlights

• Providers tab — Settings → Providers no longer dies with ReferenceError: process is not defined.
• Poolside — Offline Laguna M.1 / Laguna XS.2 / Malibu seeds while ACP discovery loads; live deployment models still replace them once available.
• Hugging Face, Qwen, Kimi — OpenCode keeps curated catalog entries; Cursor correctly groups Hugging Face / Qwen / Kimi upstreams.

Downloads

• macOS Apple Silicon: Modesto-0.1.8.2-arm64.dmg
• macOS Intel: Modesto-0.1.8.2-x64.dmg
• Windows x64: Modesto-0.1.8.2-x64.exe
• Linux x64: Modesto-0.1.8.2-x64.AppImage

Zip/yml/blockmap assets support automatic updates. Source is not shipped in this release.

Modesto v0.1.8.1 — Provider Tools & Teams rooms

Modesto v0.1.8.1 — Provider Tools & Teams rooms

Focused interface and provider-management release: CLI detection drives the composer, and Teams is a cleaner room workspace.

Highlights

• Provider Tools lifecycle — Explicit states for each integration: installed and ready, authentication required, available to install, installing, update available, misconfigured, and unsupported.
• CLI as picker source of truth — Manual provider visibility/ordering settings are removed. Installed and validated CLIs determine which providers appear in the composer picker.
• Install state machine — Install/update flows advance through platform resolve → prerequisites → method → install → locate executable → verify → auth check → refresh, with preserved logs plus repair, retry, remove, and copy-logs actions.
• Structured Hugging Face / Qwen / Kimi — Added to Provider Tools as unsupported planned integrations until end-to-end install and launch work on declared platforms.
• Teams rooms redesign — Navigation sidebar + main room workspace + collapsible context drawer. Searchable, archivable rooms grouped by project/activity. Empty rooms show a single Start room run onboarding state. Existing projects, threads, and credentials are preserved.

Unsupported provider / platform matrix (in-app install)

Integration	Unsupported / not verified for in-app install
Codex / Claude / Gemini / OpenCode / Pi	win32-arm64 (and any unrecognized platform/arch)
Poolside	linux-arm64, win32-arm64
Cursor / Grok / Droid / Kilo	All platforms for in-app install (detect/auth/launch only when already installed)
Hugging Face / Qwen / Kimi	All platforms — structured only; E2E install+launch not implemented

Data preservation

• No rooms, chats, projects, provider config, or credentials are deleted.
• Legacy hiddenProviders / providerOrder / providers.*.enabled settings remain readable for compatibility but no longer gate picker membership.

Pre-change data flow

See v0.1.8.1-data-flow.md.

Notes

• Repair re-validates CLI/auth; Remove clears Modesto health overlay state and does not uninstall system package-manager binaries.
• Teams room archive is a client presentation overlay over existing projects — it does not delete threads.

Downloads

• macOS Apple Silicon: Modesto-0.1.8.1-arm64.dmg
• macOS Intel: Modesto-0.1.8.1-x64.dmg
• Windows 10/11 (x64): Modesto-0.1.8.1-x64.exe
• Linux (x64 AppImage): Modesto-0.1.8.1-x64.AppImage

SHA-256

Asset	SHA-256
Modesto-0.1.8.1-arm64.dmg	cbced58355f4aae8b25f9a743232e3fc80dabf4f75ac6943f1ea17dc2ca0510f
Modesto-0.1.8.1-x64.dmg	00f0360e1cd6c210bf3bae5e8a46d3d63b25cbf4285063f1afa6e8c90f6d06c4
Modesto-0.1.8.1-x64.exe	c04e2f6b55ad4d6458d36ab86b80722c02eba910da03179ea19f77ead7fd5b05
Modesto-0.1.8.1-x64.AppImage	33c7755dbadec0e2a798bb6d441a0bce325550c77aabc73860b06ca7e11a3ca9

Modesto v0.1.8 — Shared Context

Modesto 0.1.8 focuses on shared context between agents: portable context bundles, resumable checkpoints, a workspace timeline, and a Teams space that reads as coordinated work instead of generic chat.

Highlights

• Shared context across agents — Files, sessions, checkpoints, Git changes, sources, terminal activity, and unfinished tasks assemble into a portable context bundle another provider can read on handoff.
• Checkpoints you can resume and compare — Compare any two checkpoint refs, resume or restore a seam, and hand a checkpoint to another provider with the important context attached.
• Workspace timeline — Agent starts, edits, searches, tests, checkpoints, handoffs, and commits land in one project timeline.
• Teams as shared work — Assignments, reviews, shared runs, subagent participants, and agent activity replace a chat-shaped room.

End users should download a .dmg on macOS, the .exe on Windows, or the .AppImage on Linux. The .zip, .yml, and .blockmap files support automatic updates.

Downloads

• macOS Apple Silicon: Modesto-0.1.8-arm64.zip (unzip, then drag Modesto.app to Applications)
• macOS Intel: Modesto-0.1.8-x64.zip (unzip, then drag Modesto.app to Applications)
• Windows 10/11 (x64): Modesto-0.1.8-x64.exe
• Linux (x64 AppImage): Modesto-0.1.8-x64.AppImage

This Linux-hosted release ships macOS as updater-compatible .zip payloads. True .dmg images still require an Apple build host.

SHA-256

• c540742bec1f8746a437a9a816ba341cb32e081a2c8a93dd07715c216e26020f: Modesto-0.1.8-arm64.zip
• 6fce97dfd3f6e91f45ccd575011f6a5deae69503219bdff240aa9707c65e8899: Modesto-0.1.8-x64.zip
• 17c5e13b2f16b8a211c37f0aef65992d10cdc1b610c65eedb66e8a412b156b63: Modesto-0.1.8-x64.exe
• 4b4c5a581469e2e4ca11e5bd28e682366684c1577012ed738c8f13bfaea3da0a: Modesto-0.1.8-x64.AppImage

Modesto v0.1.7.2 — Reliability patch

Modesto 0.1.7.2 is a reliability-first follow-up: recover stuck sessions, finish Codex plugin installs, show Sources on web answers, make Poolside installable from Provider tools, and give Teams/editor more room.

Highlights

• Recoverable sessions — Runtime errors clear stuck Working states, Recover session rebuilds projections and stops stale agents, and provider starts time out cleanly instead of hanging.
• Codex plugins that finish the job — Install and remove plugins with staged progress, verified availability, refresh support, and an explicit Restart agent action when a live session needs the update.
• Sources on web-enabled answers — When an agent searches the web, a compact Sources panel attaches to the response with deduplicated titles, domains, and favicons.
• Poolside as an installable provider — Detect, install, and log in to Poolside from Provider tools, launch over ACP in the active repo, and pick models dynamically from your deployment.
• Teams cowork room and roomier editor — Teams keeps its name while reading as a people-and-agents workspace, and the editor gives the center more room with resizable, collapsible side panels.

End users should download a .dmg on macOS, the .exe on Windows, or the .AppImage on Linux. The .zip, .yml, and .blockmap files support automatic updates.

Downloads

• macOS Apple Silicon: Modesto-0.1.7.2-arm64.dmg
• macOS Intel: Modesto-0.1.7.2-x64.dmg
• Windows 10/11 (x64): Modesto-0.1.7.2-x64.exe
• Linux (x64 AppImage): Modesto-0.1.7.2-x64.AppImage

SHA-256

• Modesto-0.1.7.2-arm64.dmg: 5ec02f512ffe6bf86c3dfe88faf200ed7b8e0f7874ec82058565766a70fc522d
• Modesto-0.1.7.2-x64.dmg: 1e7d5c2160b74684f5acb5d20f98d21589f77b7eb7ae6152053d64c6ad8cada7
• Modesto-0.1.7.2-x64.exe: 43ae8784b956d9d5ccb8e7f17b91a755fa3e4cd734544c267ce91a09b6fbba9a
• Modesto-0.1.7.2-x64.AppImage: 0bb9fefd01a18c4c558ddf4cb45982ccf7b3258b6040ec81aad6bd3bf251df4b

Modesto v0.1.7.1 — Palo Alto patch

Palo Alto’s first patch makes agent work easier to pause, move, recover, and review without rebuilding Modesto’s existing workflow.

Highlights

• Clean agent checkpoints automatically capture the Git diff, incomplete work, checks that were not run, and the next step. Repeating an unchanged checkpoint is a no-op.
• Provider handoffs with context carry the project, branch, Git state, latest checkpoint, and next step between Claude, Codex, Cursor, and OpenCode.
• Active window capture attaches a screenshot, app name, window title, and available accessibility text to the current session.
• Teams project spaces bring people, agents, runs, checkpoints, handoffs, diffs, and reviews into one shared timeline.
• Real LangGraph automations replace the n8n placeholder with assistant discovery, secure credential handling, connection testing, and actual graph runs.
• Safer sessions and chat improve restoration, stale Git refresh, duplicate recovery, provider errors, retries, onboarding, and remove the crashing agent picker.
• Native Linux AppImage ships a single portable x64 binary with the same agent workspace as macOS and Windows.

End users should download a .dmg on macOS, the .exe on Windows, or the .AppImage on Linux. The .zip, .yml, and .blockmap files support automatic updates.

Downloads

• Windows 10/11 (x64): Modesto-0.1.7.1-x64.exe
• Linux (x64): Modesto-0.1.7.1-x64.AppImage

SHA-256

• Modesto-0.1.7.1-x64.exe: 03b14293092175c46d81d6e5d3a519ba62a529f87e44ce161d26071be10d7fe1
• Modesto-0.1.7.1-x64.AppImage: f2e4ce1d11d6cb34895ffe4646b5b2ca1f35462b1e0c5cf2b278f167b6721096

Modesto v0.1.7 — Palo Alto

Palo Alto focuses on the community-requested workflows for durable agent work, smoother provider handoffs, and collaborative project spaces.

Highlights

• First-class agent checkpoints — declare a clean handoff seam that captures the diff, checks not run, incomplete work, and the next action. Repeated unchanged checkpoints are a no-op.
• Better provider handoffs — Claude, Codex, Cursor, and OpenCode carry the project, branch, Git state, latest checkpoint, and next step into the new session.
• Active window capture — attach a screenshot, app name, window title, and available accessibility text to the current session.
• Teams project spaces — people and agents share a timeline of runs, checkpoints, handoffs, diffs, and reviews.
• Cleaner Automations — n8n now lives under Automations instead of Teams.
• Reliability and recovery — fixes for restoration, stuck or duplicate sessions, stale Git state, provider errors, onboarding, retries, and recovery actions.

Downloads

• macOS Apple Silicon: Modesto-0.1.7-arm64.dmg
• macOS Intel: Modesto-0.1.7-x64.dmg
• Windows x64: Modesto-0.1.7-x64.exe
• The macOS ZIP files are provided for updater/distribution workflows.

The macOS builds are Developer ID signed, Apple notarized, stapled, and Gatekeeper verified. The Windows installer is currently unsigned and may show a Microsoft SmartScreen warning.