Boris 1.1.0
Stable 1.1 release for Windows. Product-equivalent to 1.1.0-beta.5; installers are NSIS and MSI again.
Highlights
- Start with Windows — optional sign-in launch stays in the tray and turns the engine on
- Silero VAD and sentence-streamed TTS so speech starts sooner and Stop stays responsive
- Faster routing and tools — request-local model tiers, progressive tool listing, in-process grep, keyless web search
- Async research — background subagents with
poll/join/cancel - Session artifacts — markdown and code cards on the overlay and Home desk
- Stable / Beta update channel in Settings, plus faster GitHub update checks
- Default chat model is DeepSeek V4 Flash on DigitalOcean (existing saved choices are unchanged)
Reliability
- Overlay and Settings no longer flash empty or decorated frames
- Settings save and engine Start stay off the Windows UI thread
- Invalid tool arguments are returned to the model instead of executing
- Audio playback cannot deadlock on lifecycle events
Install (Windows x64)
- Download Boris_1.1.0_x64-setup.exe (recommended) or the MSI
- Install over 1.0.0 or any 1.1 beta
- On first launch, finish model install and set an OpenRouter API key in Settings
Updater
latest.json— Stable channel (/releases/latest)*.sig— minisign signatures for the installers- Beta-channel installs stay on 1.1.0-beta.5 until a 1.2 beta ships (or switch the channel to Stable)
Full changelog: CHANGELOG.md