Persistent Sage 0.2.0-beta.4 — Rebrand, Gemini/Grok, and Memory Recall

Persistent Sage 0.2.0-beta.4

This beta marks the public rebrand from the Project Nova codename to Persistent Sage.

What's new

• Renamed the app, installer, splash screen, sidebar branding, icons, and documentation to Persistent Sage
• Added provider support for Google Gemini and xAI Grok
• Added a clean Thinking setting in the chat window: Low, Medium, High
• Fixed first-run setup so API keys can be entered and saved during initial onboarding
• Added a default companion profile named Sage
• Added guide.md support documentation in the companion workspace
• Strengthened Memory Anchor behavior so cross-session memories are injected more reliably
• Updated Windows installer and portable package branding

Windows downloads

Use the installer unless you specifically want portable mode.

• Persistent Sage_*_x64-setup.exe — recommended Windows installer
• PersistentSagePortable.zip — portable/USB version

Important beta notes

Persistent Sage is still in beta and is not code-signed yet. Windows SmartScreen may show a warning. Choose More info → Run anyway if you trust this release.
Your conversations and memory stay local on your machine. API keys are encrypted at rest. The chat database itself is local SQLite and is not encrypted.

Upgrading from Nova beta builds

Persistent Sage uses a new app data folder. Existing Nova beta testers may need to re-enter API keys or manually copy old data from the Nova data folder. See docs/REBRAND.md for migration notes.

Feedback

Please report bugs, setup issues, provider problems, or memory recall issues here:
https://github.com/g00siferdev-py/persistent-sage/issues

Full Changelog: v0.2.0-beta.3...v0.2.0-beta.4