Halite v1.0.5 - Transcript Menu Labels & Footer Toolbar Polish

Halite v1.0.5 Release Notes

📝 Streamlined Transcript Menu Labels

• Renamed "Copy as transcribe" $\rightarrow$ "Copy transcribe".
• Renamed "Download transcribe into text file" $\rightarrow$ "Download transcribe".
• Updated across sidebar chat context menus and top navigation Share dropdowns.

🎨 Balanced Response Footer

• Symmetrical, equal pill styling and vertical centering for metrics badge and Sources pill.
• Polished mini-favicon stack with micro-borders and smooth hover illumination.

Halite v1.0.4 - Custom Chat Font Families & Refined Search Status

Halite v1.0.4 Release Notes

🔤 Chat Font Family Customization

• Added a new Chat Font Family selector under Settings > Appearance.
• Choose from 7 typography styles:
  • System (San Francisco)
  • Rounded
  • Monospaced
  • Serif (New York)
  • Helvetica Neue
  • Georgia
  • Menlo
• Live font preview card in Settings that updates in real time.
• Applies across all assistant Markdown output (paragraphs, headers, bullet points, code callouts) and user message bubbles.

🌐 Refined Web Search Status

• Adjacent Chevron: Placed the disclosure chevron directly adjacent to Searched the web (🌐 Searched the web >) instead of pushing it to the far right.
• Live Search Pulse: Dynamic Searching web… indicator actively displays with smooth pulsing animation during query execution and cleanly switches to Searched the web once results arrive.
• Optimized Spacing & Padding: Symmetrical top and bottom spacing with clean bottom margin separation from response body content.

Halite v1.0.3 - Modern Settings & In-Place Auto Updater

Halite v1.0.3 Release Notes

🌟 Modern & Minimal Settings Redesign

• Apple Grouped Settings Layout: Replaced heavy boxed outlines with clean, unified Apple-native grouped cards and subtle dividers.
• Native Color Swatch Circles: Beautiful circular color dot selector with active ring indicators and custom color picker integration.
• Minimal Theme Switcher: Sleek inline System / Light / Dark segmented switcher.
• Refined Chat Wallpaper: Compact wallpaper tiles (42pt) with a one-click Clear action.
• Collapsible Provider Accordions: Manage Models tab now features collapsible accordions for Google Gemini, OpenRouter, ChatGPT (OpenAI), and LM Studio Local with model counts and global Expand/Collapse.
• Clean Sidebar: Removed Tools tab and active model footer from the Settings sidebar for a minimal look.

⚡ Automated In-Place Self-Updater

• Zero-Friction Updates: Clicking Install & Restart extracts the update archive headlessly in the background, replaces the app bundle in-place, and automatically relaunches Halite without manual dragging or DMG mounting.
• CI/CD Fix: GitHub Actions release workflow now automatically builds with Xcode 16.

Halite v1.0.2

Improvements & Fixes in v1.0.2

• Real-Time Terminal Streaming: Live character-by-character output and progress bars in the built-in terminal drawer.
• Fixed Disappearing Text: Resolved text-hiding bugs so streamed assistant explanations are always preserved.
• Conversational Courtesy Intro: Added natural acknowledgment before initiating terminal actions.
• Eliminated Refusal Hallucinations: Enforced authorized macOS shell and Homebrew execution directives.
• Extended Timeout: 10-minute timeout for large package installations and model pulls.

Halite v1.0.1

🚀 What's New in Halite v1.0.1

• ⚡ Real-Time Update Discovery: Instant automatic check on opening Settings with live status feedback.
• 📦 Direct DMG Installer: Download and install latest disk image with 1 click.
• 🎨 Enhanced UI Feedback: Live progress indicator and state badges.

Halite v1.0.0

🌟 What's New in Halite v1.0.0

• 🔌 Model Context Protocol (MCP) Integration: Connect any MCP server with stdio/SSE transport, automatic tool discovery, and a built-in mcp.json editor in Space → MCP.
• 🔄 In-App Software Updates: Added "Check for Updates" in the Settings modal with live changelog viewer and 1-click installer.
• 🎨 Official Halite Branding & App Icon: Rebranded from AppleInt to Halite with high-res multi-scale macOS app icons.
• 🌐 Deep Multi-Link Web Grounding: Guaranteed minimum 3 verified domain-diverse links per search, with Shift + Click Sources sidebar inspection.
• 🛠️ Terminal & Filesystem Agent: Direct authorized zsh terminal command execution with live activity output.
• ⚡ Native Apple Silicon Performance: Pure Swift and SwiftUI architecture with glassmorphism design.