TextWren 2.1.0

TextWren 2.1.0

TinyAI is now TextWren, with a new origami wren icon. Updating keeps your settings, API keys and downloaded models.

What's changed

• New name and icon. TextWren has an origami wren in the Dock and a matching wren in the menu bar.
• Talk with fn⌃. Voice shortcuts can be modifiers alone. New installs dictate with fn⌃: hold fn and Control to talk. Your current shortcut is kept.
• Faster default for GPT-6 Luna. Low is now the default reasoning level. Actions where you chose a level keep it.
• On-device text model. Qwen3.5 4B runs locally with llama.cpp for translation, grammar or any action, with no API key needed.
• Models in one place. Settings → API lists API providers, on-device text models and on-device voice models, and lets you download or delete them.
• Voice setup. A new install with no OpenAI key and no local model offers to download Nemotron for local dictation.
• Polish.
  • The divider between the result panels is easier to drag and no longer jumps.
  • The toolbar uses the standard macOS style.
  • The Accessibility and Microphone status now turns green when they work.
  • Replace in the popup puts the result back in place of your selection again.
• Open source. TextWren is MIT licensed.

Updating from TinyAI

1. Download TextWren.zip, open it and move TextWren.app to Applications.
2. Quit and delete the old TinyAI.app.
3. If the shortcuts do not work, go to System Settings → Privacy & Security → Device Control and Data Access (called Accessibility on older macOS versions). Remove the TinyAI entry, add /Applications/TextWren.app with +, enable it, and relaunch TextWren.

Install

1. Download TextWren.zip and open it.
2. Move TextWren.app to Applications.
3. The app is ad hoc signed and not notarized. If macOS blocks the first launch, Control-click TextWren.app and choose Open, or use System Settings → Privacy & Security → Open Anyway.

For setup and usage details, see the README.

Full Changelog: v2.0.1...v2.1.0