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@forbee-dev forbee-dev released this 03 Nov 22:54
· 22 commits to main since this release
v0.3.0
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A pixel buddy for every Claude Code session. This release adds the command palette, double-click to jump, Diagnostics, skins (meet Crate), Mix mode, tokens and cost, opt-in SSH sessions, and a full security and quality review.

Install

  1. Download Buddy-0.3.0.dmg below and drag Buddy to Applications.
  2. Buddy is not notarized yet. On first open macOS blocks it: go to System Settings → Privacy & Security → Open Anyway.
  3. Follow the Welcome window: permissions, Install hooks, and Install the VS Code / Cursor extension.
  4. Start a new Claude Code session.

Already on 0.2.0? Replace the app, then click Install hooks again (new events: SubagentStart, SubagentStop) and install the extension again (0.1.3).

SHA-256 of the DMG: f8fe9740a33d633e48e05ecae62e89119c34b79fc58a58118a492c4f27e79760

Added

  • Command palette (⌃⌥Space): sessions sorted by attention, inline cards, keyboard answers.
  • Settings → Diagnostics with status rows, the last 50 hook events, and a redacted report to copy.
  • Deny, Review…, Answer… and Reply… on notifications (Settings → Notifications to turn off).
  • Menu → Uninstall Buddy… (hooks, extension, login item, data folder; reveals the app).
  • Impatience: a buddy that waits longer than the set time (default 3 min) hops and shows a timer; at twice the time it grows and sends one reminder.
  • "While you were away" digest: after a break, one buddy lists what finished, what waits, and failed subagents. Each line opens its card. Menu and palette have Show last digest.
  • Fun extras (Settings → General): high-fives, a party when every session is done, and rare tips.
  • Community skins from ~/Library/Application Support/Buddy/skins/, with Settings → Skins and strict checks. See docs/SKINS.md.
  • Skins can add whole characters; bundled example 'Crate', a pocket-console robot.
  • Character → Mix gives each session a character from all enabled skins.
  • Tokens and cost per session in Activity, the menu, and the palette, from an editable prices.json (not official prices; edit them for your plan).
  • Opt-in SSH sessions (remote Claude Code via ssh -R socket forwarding). See docs/SSH.md.

Changed

  • Double-click a buddy to jump to its terminal; Unpin moved to the right-click menu.
  • Question card: Tab and Shift-Tab move keyboard focus. ←/→, Next or Return change the question. Picking an option never moves on by itself.
  • Accessibility: Increase Contrast support, risk shown as text, 24 pt minimum click targets.
  • Idle with only the sleeping buddy is 0.0% CPU. Hook overhead is about 4.5 ms per event.
  • Next prompts keep newlines; extension 0.1.3 sends them as a bracketed paste.
  • A subagent with a running background shell stays open and resumes.

Fixed

  • Jump: a newer Jump cancels an older one that is still running.
  • A subagent killed with TaskStop now shows "stopped".
  • A subagent was marked done too early while its shell still ran.
  • Name tags of buddies close together no longer overlap.

Security

  • Notifications can no longer allow a request. Permission alerts offer Deny and Review…; Review… opens the armed card.
  • The SSH install command no longer holds the token; it pipes a 0600 file that Buddy deletes after 10 minutes.
  • The diagnostics report replaces project and host names with aliases and redacts home paths.
  • ⌘⌫ in a text field no longer denies the open card.
  • Hardening for token counting, prices, skins, remote peer checks, the Keychain item, the remote installer, Uninstall, CI pinning and file reads.

Full details: CHANGELOG.md.

Buddy is an unofficial fan project, not affiliated with or endorsed by Anthropic.

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