Aula 0.2.3

Aula 0.2.3

The arch on Today comes alive, slowly, under your mouse.

If you have Aula 0.2.0 or later, it updates itself. If you still have Aula 0.1.x, install this version by hand this
one time: download it below and install it over your copy (your courses and settings stay). Aula 0.1.x will say this
version's signature isn't valid, because since 0.2.0 Aula is signed with new keys.

What's new

• The arch on Today moves in slow motion: pass the mouse over the big ink-and-wash arch in Today's greeting and
  its layers (the wash, the colour, the light and the ink line) drift apart slowly, each at its own depth, while the
  light inside does what that hour's light does: the dawn sun grows, the noon sun and the moon rise, the evening sun
  sinks. Take the mouse away and it settles back just as slowly. With Reduce motion it stays still.

Install

System	Download	First launch
macOS 13 or later (Apple Silicon and Intel)	Aula-0.2.3-mac.dmg	Drag Aula to Applications. It isn't notarized yet: try to open it, then go to System Settings → Privacy & Security → Open Anyway (on macOS 14 and earlier, right-click → Open).
Windows 10 and 11 (x64 and ARM)	Aula-Setup-0.2.3.exe	If SmartScreen appears: More info → Run anyway.
Linux x64	Aula-0.2.3-linux-x86_64.AppImage · Aula-0.2.3-linux-amd64.deb	chmod +x the AppImage and open it, or sudo apt install ./Aula-0.2.3-linux-amd64.deb.
Linux ARM64	Aula-0.2.3-linux-arm64.AppImage	chmod +x the AppImage and open it.

All the changes are in the CHANGELOG.

Source code: the Source code archives of this release (tag v0.2.3) are the exact source of these installers,
licensed under the GNU AGPL v3.

Aula 0.2.2

Aula 0.2.2

Settings on your iPad and iPhone, and an icon that follows dark mode.

If you have Aula 0.2.0 or 0.2.1, it updates itself. If you still have Aula 0.1.x, install this version by hand this
one time: download it below and install it over your copy (your courses and settings stay). Aula 0.1.x will say this
version's signature isn't valid, because since 0.2.0 Aula is signed with new keys.

What's new

• Settings on your iPad and iPhone: from a linked device you can now choose among the AIs you already set up on
  the Mac, and change the appearance, the language and reminders, Aula always on and what Aula remembers. It's the
  gear in the sidebar on the iPad and at the top of Today on the iPhone. Keys, platforms, devices and your data are
  still managed on the Mac.
• The icon follows the system's look: on macOS 26 or later, Aula's icon has its light, dark and tinted looks.

Install

System	Download	First launch
macOS 13 or later (Apple Silicon and Intel)	Aula-0.2.2-mac.dmg	Drag Aula to Applications. It isn't notarized yet: try to open it, then go to System Settings → Privacy & Security → Open Anyway (on macOS 14 and earlier, right-click → Open).
Windows 10 and 11 (x64 and ARM)	Aula-Setup-0.2.2.exe	If SmartScreen appears: More info → Run anyway.
Linux x64	Aula-0.2.2-linux-x86_64.AppImage · Aula-0.2.2-linux-amd64.deb	chmod +x the AppImage and open it, or sudo apt install ./Aula-0.2.2-linux-amd64.deb.
Linux ARM64	Aula-0.2.2-linux-arm64.AppImage	chmod +x the AppImage and open it.

All the changes are in the CHANGELOG.

Source code: the Source code archives of this release (tag v0.2.2) are the exact source of these installers,
licensed under the GNU AGPL v3.

Aula 0.2.1

Aula 0.2.1

Two fixes to Today, one of them for Aula on your phone.

If you have Aula 0.2.0, it updates itself. If you still have Aula 0.1.x, install this version by hand this one
time: download it below and install it over your copy (your courses and settings stay). Aula 0.1.x will say this
version's signature isn't valid, because since 0.2.0 Aula is signed with new keys.

What's new

• Today: the tools at the bottom are drawn on the same hand-painted tiles, each with its own colour, as on the
  Tools screen.
• Aula on your phone: on Today, the small arch no longer covers the Ask Aula button.

Install

System	Download	First launch
macOS 13 or later (Apple Silicon and Intel)	Aula-0.2.1-mac.dmg	Drag Aula to Applications. It isn't notarized yet: try to open it, then go to System Settings → Privacy & Security → Open Anyway (on macOS 14 and earlier, right-click → Open).
Windows 10 and 11 (x64 and ARM)	Aula-Setup-0.2.1.exe	If SmartScreen appears: More info → Run anyway.
Linux x64	Aula-0.2.1-linux-x86_64.AppImage · Aula-0.2.1-linux-amd64.deb	chmod +x the AppImage and open it, or sudo apt install ./Aula-0.2.1-linux-amd64.deb.
Linux ARM64	Aula-0.2.1-linux-arm64.AppImage	chmod +x the AppImage and open it.

All the changes are in the CHANGELOG.

Source code: the Source code archives of this release (tag v0.2.1) are the exact source of these installers,
licensed under the GNU AGPL v3.

Aula 0.2.0

Aula 0.2.0

Use Aula from your iPad and iPhone, let it look at your work in its own browser, turn recordings into courses, and get
lessons that show things before they ask.

If you already have Aula 0.1.x, install this version by hand this one time: download it below and install it over
your copy (your courses and settings stay). Aula 0.1.x will say this version's signature isn't valid, because 0.2.0 is
signed with new keys: the old ones were lost. From 0.2.0 on, Aula updates itself again.

What's new

• Aula on your iPad and iPhone (from a Mac): your courses, the AI and your data stay on the Mac and you study from
  your own devices. Turn it on in Settings → Aula on your devices, sign in to Tailscale once and link each device
  with a 6-digit code; on the device, open http://aula-mac in Safari with the Tailscale app connected.
• Aula's browser, live: sign in to your study platform, or do your assignment, in Aula's browser, from the Mac or
  from your device. Hand it to Aula and it reads the page and explains your mistakes; take it back to finish and
  submit. Aula never fills in, submits or takes a test for you.
• Recordings as materials: add the audio or video of a class to a course. Aula transcribes it, and each citation
  opens the recording at the minute where it was said.
• Courses that show things and teach first: lessons come with figures, real pictures with their author and
  license, and 3D graphs where the subject needs them, and they explain the idea before the first exercise.
• Aula gets ahead on its own: with Aula always on, it prepares a short review before an exam or a guide for an
  assignment, and leaves it in the Inbox. It never does the assignment.
• A simpler Inbox: All · Unread · Needs you.
• Aula's own drawings and a new icon: the arch with the light of the hour on Today, study objects on empty screens,
  and an icon drawn in ink and wash.

Fixed

• Google Gemini: a key that isn't valid is reported as a problem with the key.
• Windows: saving no longer fails now and then when another program has the file open for an instant.

Install

System	Download	First launch
macOS 13 or later (Apple Silicon and Intel)	Aula-0.2.0-mac.dmg	Drag Aula to Applications. It isn't notarized yet: try to open it, then go to System Settings → Privacy & Security → Open Anyway (on macOS 14 and earlier, right-click → Open).
Windows 10 and 11 (x64 and ARM)	Aula-Setup-0.2.0.exe	If SmartScreen appears: More info → Run anyway.
Linux x64	Aula-0.2.0-linux-x86_64.AppImage · Aula-0.2.0-linux-amd64.deb	chmod +x the AppImage and open it, or sudo apt install ./Aula-0.2.0-linux-amd64.deb.
Linux ARM64	Aula-0.2.0-linux-arm64.AppImage	chmod +x the AppImage and open it.

All the changes are in the CHANGELOG.

Source code: the Source code archives of this release (tag v0.2.0) are the exact source of these installers,
licensed under the GNU AGPL v3.

Aula 0.1.3

Aula 0.1.3

Choose your AI's model and how much it reasons, and always know when a course is still being created. If you already
have Aula, it updates itself.

What's new

• Your own AI service, for example Venice: pick the model from the list the service gives (Settings → Your AI),
  instead of typing its exact name. Each model shows its context and whether it can reason.
• Reasoning: a picker under the model for every AI that lets you choose (Automatic, No reasoning, Low, Medium,
  High…).
• Courses being created: you can study the topics that are ready while Aula writes the rest, and now the sidebar
  and the course itself say so, with the progress, not only Today.

Install

System	Download	First launch
macOS 13 or later (Apple Silicon and Intel)	Aula-0.1.3-mac.dmg	Drag Aula to Applications. It isn't notarized yet: try to open it, then go to System Settings → Privacy & Security → Open Anyway (on macOS 14 and earlier, right-click → Open).
Windows 10 and 11 (x64 and ARM)	Aula-Setup-0.1.3.exe	If SmartScreen appears: More info → Run anyway.
Linux x64	Aula-0.1.3-linux-x86_64.AppImage · Aula-0.1.3-linux-amd64.deb	chmod +x the AppImage and open it, or sudo apt install ./Aula-0.1.3-linux-amd64.deb.
Linux ARM64	Aula-0.1.3-linux-arm64.AppImage	chmod +x the AppImage and open it.

All the changes are in the CHANGELOG.

Source code: the Source code archives of this release (tag v0.1.3) are the exact source of these installers,
licensed under the GNU AGPL v3.

Aula 0.1.2

Aula 0.1.2

A small update for Windows and Linux. If you already have Aula, it updates itself.

What's new

• Windows: checking for updates no longer fills Aula's log with a warning every time.
• Aula is now tested on real Windows and Linux machines (x64 and ARM) for every change, including installing the
  published installers and updating from the previous version.

Install

System	Download	First launch
macOS 13 or later (Apple Silicon and Intel)	Aula-0.1.2-mac.dmg	Drag Aula to Applications. It isn't notarized yet: try to open it, then go to System Settings → Privacy & Security → Open Anyway (on macOS 14 and earlier, right-click → Open).
Windows 10 and 11 (x64 and ARM)	Aula-Setup-0.1.2.exe	If SmartScreen appears: More info → Run anyway.
Linux x64	Aula-0.1.2-linux-x86_64.AppImage · Aula-0.1.2-linux-amd64.deb	chmod +x the AppImage and open it, or sudo apt install ./Aula-0.1.2-linux-amd64.deb.
Linux ARM64	Aula-0.1.2-linux-arm64.AppImage	chmod +x the AppImage and open it.

All the changes are in the CHANGELOG.

Source code: the Source code archives of this release (tag v0.1.2) are the exact source of these installers,
licensed under the GNU AGPL v3.

Aula 0.1.1

Aula 0.1.1

A small update with a new cursor and a few fixes. If you already have Aula 0.1.0, it updates itself.

What's new

• A sun cursor, the same as in the film: Aula's sun leaves a short comet tail as it moves and a brick ripple when you
  click. You can switch back to the usual pointer in Settings → Appearance → Cursor.
• Create document greys out the kinds a course can't produce yet (for example flashcards, if the course has none) and
  tells you why, instead of failing with "Couldn't prepare the document".
• In the reader, Aula's answers no longer get stuck on "Reading the document…", and their page citations, like
  (p. 2), jump to that page again.
• The floating Aula button moves out of the way when a switch sits half under it.

Install

System	Download	First launch
macOS 13 or later (Apple Silicon and Intel)	Aula-0.1.1-mac.dmg	Drag Aula to Applications. It isn't notarized yet: try to open it, then go to System Settings → Privacy & Security → Open Anyway (on macOS 14 and earlier, right-click → Open).
Windows 10 and 11 (x64 and ARM)	Aula-Setup-0.1.1.exe	If SmartScreen appears: More info → Run anyway.
Linux x64	Aula-0.1.1-linux-x86_64.AppImage · Aula-0.1.1-linux-amd64.deb	chmod +x the AppImage and open it, or sudo apt install ./Aula-0.1.1-linux-amd64.deb.
Linux ARM64	Aula-0.1.1-linux-arm64.AppImage	chmod +x the AppImage and open it.

All the changes are in the CHANGELOG.

Source code: the Source code archives of this release (tag v0.1.1) are the exact source of these installers,
licensed under the GNU AGPL v3.

Aula 0.1

Aula 0.1 (early access)

The first public version of Aula, a free and open-source study app for macOS, Windows and Linux. You give it your notes, slides and past exams, or just tell it what you want to learn, and it builds a course for that goal:
lessons, exercises that explain your mistakes, flashcards, mock exams and a tutor next to every exercise.

Early access. Aula is still being built and tested, so expect bugs and rough edges. Please don't rely on it alone
for an important exam yet, and let me know what breaks.

What's new

• Courses from a topic, an exam or your files (PDF, Word, PowerPoint, EPUB, web pages, photos of your notes). A team of
  agents reads your materials, plans and writes the course and double-checks the answers, and you can watch it work.
• A chat that shows its steps as it looks through your courses, searches your materials or prepares a quiz. Its
  answers cite the pages they come from.
• Your study platform (Canvas, Moodle, Classroom, Teams and more) stays signed in, school single sign-on included. Aula
  only reads from it.
• Your choice of AI: a Claude or ChatGPT subscription, a free model on your computer, or an API key from one of many
  providers, with a daily spending cap.
• Hand-drawn illustrations: 58 course icons and 44 companions drawn with a brush, each with a small animation, and a
  brush-painted app icon.
• Files are written atomically and flushed to disk, with backups. A damaged file is set aside instead of being
  overwritten.
• Automatic updates on macOS, Windows and the Linux AppImage, verified before they install (the .deb is updated by
  hand). On macOS, Aula goes back to the previous version if a new one doesn't start.

Install

System	Download	First launch
macOS 13 or later (Apple Silicon and Intel)	Aula-0.1.0-mac.dmg	Drag Aula to Applications. It isn't notarized yet: try to open it, then go to System Settings → Privacy & Security → Open Anyway (on macOS 14 and earlier, right-click → Open).
Windows 10 and 11 (x64 and ARM)	Aula-Setup-0.1.0.exe	If SmartScreen appears: More info → Run anyway.
Linux x64	Aula-0.1.0-linux-x86_64.AppImage · Aula-0.1.0-linux-amd64.deb	chmod +x the AppImage and open it, or sudo apt install ./Aula-0.1.0-linux-amd64.deb.
Linux ARM64	Aula-0.1.0-linux-arm64.AppImage	chmod +x the AppImage and open it.

All the changes and known limitations are in the CHANGELOG.

Source code: the Source code archives of this release (tag v0.1.0) are the exact source of these installers,
licensed under the GNU AGPL v3.