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Orbit v1.4.0 — Release Notes

Toward an AI-native IDE. Orbit gains a local-first AI assistant, a commit
graph, a much stronger terminal, and split editors — while staying exactly what
it's always been: local-first, no account, no telemetry, fast, and
cross-platform.

Highlights

🤖 A local-first AI assistant

A new AI tool window brings a project-aware chat right into the workspace,
backed by any OpenAI-compatible endpoint you choose in Settings → AI:

  • A local runtime (Ollama, LM Studio, a llama.cpp server) or a hosted
    provider — one code path serves both.
  • Off by default. The endpoint, model and key are stored only on your
    device, and Orbit contacts nothing until you enable it and send a message.
  • Built on a new, unit-tested orbit_core::ai module.

🌱 Commit graph

The Source Control history now draws a real commit-graph rail — a lane per
branch with a node in each commit's lane — so you can read branch and merge
structure at a glance. The lane layout is a pure, unit-tested function.

🖥 Terminal 3.0

The integrated terminal grows real IDE ergonomics:

  • In-terminal find (Ctrl/Cmd+F, next/previous).
  • A side-by-side split — watch a build in one pane, work in another.
  • Shell profiles — the ＋ has a menu of the shells Orbit found, and each
    tab is labelled with the shell it launched.

⬌ Split editors

The editor splits side by side — open a second file next to the first, or
the same file twice. Both panes share one document model, so a file open in both
edits a single draft with one unsaved state.

🧹 Ecosystem plumbing removed

The last of the Blink/Killer/Flux/Beacon sibling-detection is gone from the app
and the website — Orbit no longer carries integrations that never had a real
engine behind them.

Under the hood

New unit-tested engine work (orbit_core::ai, the git commit-graph lane
layout), the xterm search addon for terminal find, and a small editor-store
change that gives split editors a shared document model for free. The engine
test suite stays green and the desktop bundle builds on macOS (Intel + Apple
Silicon), Windows and Linux.

Still to come

Cross-restart terminal sessions, the LSP go-to-definition/hover gestures, a
debugger, and a plugin SDK — tracked honestly in the
roadmap.

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