Grafida 0.2

Grafida 0.2

Important

This software does not work on Windows 11 Home.

Highlights

• Slash commands. Type / anywhere in the editor for a filterable menu of headings, lists,
  images, tables, links and more — switch it off in Settings if you prefer the classic toolbar
  only (gh-9).
• Article alias and byline. The URL slug (alias) is now an editable field in the editor,
  auto-generated from the title with a one-click regenerate button; a separate Created by
  Alias field lets you credit an author other than the publishing account
  (gh-8).
• Vision-capable AI. Tell Grafida a configured AI model can see images, and the article's own
  pictures are sent alongside its text — useful for tools that comment on or describe what's in
  the article.
• Smarter editor styling. Grafida now finds and applies your site's editor.css even on a
  custom or child template, not just the stock Cassiopeia
  (gh-3), and lets you set an Editor CSS URL by
  hand for the rare template that hides it somewhere unconventional.
• AI "thinking" indicator. Reasoning models now show a live, click-to-expand "Thinking…"
  panel while they work, instead of a long silent wait.
• Decorative images. Mark an image as decorative — in the inline editor or the intro/full-text
  image fields — exactly as Joomla's own editor does, so screen readers skip it
  (gh-5).
• Version history note. Publishing now records a "Created using Grafida" note in Joomla's
  version history, if your site has content versioning enabled
  (gh-17).
• Smaller conveniences: a searchable icon picker for AI tools, an empty Local Articles tab
  that offers to start a new article or browse the site's, Ctrl/Cmd+, to jump to Settings from
  anywhere, article lists sortable by date created/modified, a "Visit site" button under the
  sidebar site icon, and a colour-coded publish-state icon plus the Joomla article ID shown
  before every article's title. Windows installs now bundle the Visual C++ runtime they need.

Notable fixes

• Windows: a startup crash ("broken signature") after Authenticode signing, and a
  multi-second UI freeze whenever a stored secret (site token, AI key) was read.
• The editor previously ignored a site's editor.css unless the site used the stock Cassiopeia
  template, or used the parent template's stylesheet on a site running a child template
  (gh-3).
• Media Manager: an edited image's thumbnail and preview kept showing the picture as it was
  before the edit (gh-4).
• Windows: the Save and Settings shortcuts also fired on the Windows key, and a command window
  briefly flashed at startup and on theme detection
  (gh-13).
• The editor gave the content area no padding when your site's editor.css supplied none,
  leaving the text pressed against the edge
  (gh-23).
• macOS: the editor never underlined misspelt words, because the webview leaves its spell
  checker switched off and offers no menu to turn it on — Grafida now enables it at startup. You
  can also switch spell checking off from Settings
  (gh-24).
• Grafida forgot your last used site when you quit and reopened it, always selecting the first
  site instead — it now remembers your choice across restarts.

See the CHANGELOG for the full list of changes.

Downloads

Platform	Download
macOS (Apple Silicon)	Grafida-0.2-macos-arm64.dmg
macOS (Intel)	Grafida-0.2-macos-amd64.dmg
Windows (x64)	Grafida-0.2-windows-amd64-Setup.exe
Linux (x64)	Grafida-0.2-linux-amd64.tar.gz
Linux (ARM64)	Grafida-0.2-linux-arm64.tar.gz
Any (PHAR)	Grafida-0.2.phar

Grafida 0.1

Grafida 0.1

The first public release of Grafida — a cross-platform desktop application for creating and
editing Joomla! articles offline and publishing them through the Joomla
Web Services (REST) API.

Highlights

• Connect to one or more Joomla! 5.4+ sites over the Web Services API.
• Browse, search, sort, filter and paginate a site's articles, mirroring the Joomla back-end list.
• Write articles in a TinyMCE 7 editor styled with your site's own editor.css.
• Work offline with local SQLite drafts; publish with intro/full-text split, categories, tags,
  custom fields and intro/full-text images.
• Manage the site's Media Manager and edit images in-app.
• AI chat assistant and writing tools with multiple configurable providers (text only).
• Markdown import, light/dark/auto theming and seven interface languages.

Downloads

Platform	Download
macOS (Apple Silicon)	Grafida-0.1-macos-arm64.dmg
macOS (Intel)	Grafida-0.1-macos-amd64.dmg
Windows (x64)	Grafida-0.1-windows-amd64-Setup.exe
Linux (x64)	Grafida-0.1-linux-amd64.tar.gz
Linux (ARM64)	Grafida-0.1-linux-arm64.tar.gz
Any (PHAR)	Grafida-0.1.phar

See the CHANGELOG for the full list of changes.