Ghostex 5.0.0

5.0 is the biggest jump in performance and stability for Ghostex in all the past releases.

You should notice that all of these are much faster now:

1. Switching between warm terminals and warm views (source/browser/kanban/docs) is instant now and the delay is fully gone.

2. The sidebar scroll area is much lighter and smoother to scroll and reacts instantly compared to before.

3. The Kanban board actions were optimized heavily (local first design which syncs with the beads db).

(Warm means they aren't sleeping to conserve resources)

There's also a new project view called docs that combines:

1. The Claude app's ″Artifacts″ feature
2. With Excalidraw
3. Plus Plannonator's md files annotation features :)

Just tell your agent to create or edit one of these in the docs folder:

• A new html prototype/explainer
• An excalidraw drawing
• An md plan or PRD doc

You'll be able to collaborate with the agent very well because of this feature and being able to annotate & ask for edits or even by just editing things yourself and asking the agent to read the edits :)

Other important things:

• Fully ported the backend logic for gxserver bg service to Rust for better performance than the old TypeScript code.

• Released an easier to navigate settings modal

• Fixed a ton of bugs

• Made Android & iOS apps auto scale the terminal on connect

• Merged the ability to set any dock/switcher icon you want for the app while it's running (first PR by the app's biggest supporter
  @Nite_I_Am
  !)

• Added instructions on how to use computer use and browser use.

• Made a ton of progress on the port from macOS swift/appkit to Rust/GPUI (Zed IDE's fast framework) which would let this app run on windows and linux (need contributors to help, this is a huge undertaking :)

• Much more

Changelog

• Major
  • Docs replaces Manage as the project document workarea with folders, Markdown, HTML explainers, Excalidraw drawings, review annotations, and Agentation feedback.
  • Settings are simpler, with persisted Show Advanced, clearer Enable Experimental Features naming, visible Agents Hub access, and calmer app-icon controls.
  • Source and project editor panes switch more reliably, show native load errors clearly, and avoid shared runtime port conflicts.
  • The GPUI app continues moving toward cross-platform parity with sidebar, Source, browser, settings, remote, and command workflow progress.
  • The Rust gxserver path now covers more session status, title, renderer-command, activity, and lifecycle behavior.
• Minor
  • Custom app icons can update the running app, Dock tile, and bundle icon more consistently. Thanks @nite.
  • Sidebar search, collapsed project drawers, and first-responder focus handoff are faster and steadier.
  • Agent history search finds newer Codex prompts and very large Codex transcripts more reliably.
  • Homebrew installs no longer show the old macOS requirement warning. Thanks @Yabuku-xD.
  • Tips now point users toward Ghostex Browser Use, Ghostex Computer Use, and Faster Chrome DevTools setup.

Downloads

• Apple Silicon
  • ghostex-5.0.0-arm64.dmg
  • SHA256: cc767db7cfa188df74ccc83512959732b6ad29a2ba5fa945a71ccba971fc24c2
• Android
  • ghostex-android.apk
  • SHA256: af46e0f7190c5037942d17ee838075cfcf7fd32b10c2f4e175fea405862148ab

Install

brew install --cask maddada/tap/ghostex