Wayfinder Desktop v0.1.0

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Wayfinder Desktop v0.1.0

Wayfinder's first native desktop release is a focused Apple Silicon menu-bar app with its Rust
gateway built in. It keeps routing visible without turning the popover into a dashboard, and adds a
dedicated thread-first Chat window where routing details stay secondary in a per-response popover.

Included

• Native menu-bar status, setup, Settings, endpoint readiness, routing controls, Offline mode, and
  Keychain-backed provider configuration.
• Focused Chat with streaming, Stop, Retry, New Chat, locally persisted conversation history,
  explicit destination selection, personal destination names, and truthful failure/recovery states.
• A consolidated Connections screen for ChatGPT account access and API-key providers, including
  one-click ChatGPT route configuration before the native sign-in flow.
• The arm64 Rust gateway and authenticated Credential Broker and Foundation Model Broker XPC services
  inside the desktop app, all on the same 0.1.0 product version.
• Apple Foundation Models as an on-device provider on eligible macOS 26+ Apple Silicon systems where
  Apple Intelligence and the system model are ready.
• Opt-in ChatGPT account authentication and Sol model access through a separately installed,
  compatible, correctly signed /Applications/ChatGPT.app—without an OpenAI Platform API key.

Signing in to ChatGPT does not change Automatic routing or provider defaults. OpenAI Platform API
keys remain a separate provider path, and Wayfinder never imports ChatGPT tokens or reads
~/.codex.

Requirements

• Apple Silicon Mac (arm64). Intel Macs are not supported by v0.1.0.
• macOS 14 or later.
• macOS 26+, eligible hardware, Apple Intelligence, and a ready system model for Apple Foundation
  Models delivery.
• A compatible, correctly signed /Applications/ChatGPT.app for ChatGPT account authentication and
  Sol access.

Install

1. Download Wayfinder.zip and Wayfinder.zip.sha256 from this release.

2. Optionally verify the archive from Terminal:

   shasum -a 256 -c Wayfinder.zip.sha256

3. Extract the ZIP and move Wayfinder.app to /Applications.

4. Open Wayfinder and complete the native setup flow. Existing configuration and Keychain items are
   detected and preserved.

Current boundaries

• Conversation history is stored locally on this Mac. It is not synced or sent anywhere merely by
  being retained.
• Chat remains a thin client over the bundled gateway; it is not an agent, tool runner, filesystem
  client, or credential owner.
• The ChatGPT provider depends on verified /Applications/ChatGPT.app and is not self-contained.
• The release is distributed as a checksummed ZIP. DMG, Homebrew cask, automatic update, Intel, and
  universal packaging are follow-up work.
• Only Offline mode guarantees that no prompt leaves the Mac.

Wayfinder.app inside the downloadable archive is Developer ID signed, notarized by Apple, stapled,
and Gatekeeper checked. The ZIP is accompanied by its SHA-256 checksum and verified again after
extraction. The standalone wayfinder-router package keeps its separate CalVer release line;
desktop version 0.1.0 does not change or publish it.

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This discussion was created from the release Wayfinder Desktop v0.1.0.