v0.7.2

The "about-face" release

Fixes

• Pressing the hotkey while the popover is still fading now reverses the fade in place, instead of the animation restarting from scratch.

Install

With Homebrew: brew install --cask mrcnski/tap/promptu (or brew upgrade --cask promptu).

Or unzip, drag Promptu.app into /Applications, then clear the quarantine flag once (the app is ad-hoc signed, not notarized):

xattr -d com.apple.quarantine /Applications/Promptu.app

Apple Silicon only for now.

SHA-256 (Promptu-0.7.2.zip):
bca04189e2b6cfa0842f4a36d05ee0052f9efa88fa86cb2b73d5b734393c0ac2

v0.7.1

The "minor fixes" release

Fixes

• Correct the displayed hotkey for newlines when editing text.
• Fix the point being able to go up in an empty prompt.
• Prevent the update check from making overlapping calls.

Install

With Homebrew: brew install --cask mrcnski/tap/promptu (or brew upgrade --cask promptu).

Or unzip, drag Promptu.app into /Applications, then clear the quarantine flag once (the app is ad-hoc signed, not notarized):

xattr -d com.apple.quarantine /Applications/Promptu.app

Apple Silicon only for now.

v0.7.0

The feedback release

New

• Keystroke animations. Pressing a block key or a footer action flashes their hints.
• Redo has its own footer button beside undo (⇧⌘Z).

Fixes

• Focus returns to the app you were in the moment the panel starts closing, instead of after the closing animation finished.
• The panel's dismissal is now handled entirely by the app, making open/close dependable around status-icon and menubar clicks.

Install

With Homebrew: brew install --cask mrcnski/tap/promptu (or brew upgrade --cask promptu).

Or unzip, drag Promptu.app into /Applications, then clear the quarantine flag once (the app is ad-hoc signed, not notarized):

xattr -d com.apple.quarantine /Applications/Promptu.app

Apple Silicon only for now.

SHA-256 (Promptu-0.7.0.zip):
421e5efa1415d2600382c9ca9260d0a6f23f8b63310aa1e85729bfec2205ce6f

v0.6.1

The steady release

Fixes

• Clicking the panel no longer closes it.
• The janky edit box experience (⌘E) has been fixed.

Install

With Homebrew: brew install --cask mrcnski/tap/promptu (or brew upgrade --cask promptu).

Or unzip, drag Promptu.app into /Applications, then clear the quarantine flag once (the app is ad-hoc signed, not notarized):

xattr -d com.apple.quarantine /Applications/Promptu.app

Apple Silicon only for now.

SHA-256 (Promptu-0.6.1.zip):
b9ad2c2fca614a6b0a21d76f2d4f0528a6703380df6bb4a685c39959b184c0c2

v0.6.0

The remembering release

New

• Prompt history. Copied prompts are now remembered. ⌘Y opens the list. An opt-out lives in settings; the list never leaves this Mac.
• Real scrollbars. The scroll fades are gone and every scrolling area draws a proper draggable scrollbar instead.
• Keyboard block editing. The block editor can now be keyboard-driven.
• Version in settings. Settings shows the running version, with a manual "check now" beside the update toggle.

Fixes

• The panel closes when another menubar app opens.
• The popover's arrow follows a pinned theme instead of the system appearance.
• A pile of flicker fixes: scrollbar flashes on adds and point moves, the panel bounce while the preview grows, and slow tooltips.
• Some other visual improvements.

Install

With Homebrew: brew install --cask mrcnski/tap/promptu (or brew upgrade --cask promptu).

Or unzip, drag Promptu.app into /Applications, then clear the quarantine flag once (the app is ad-hoc signed, not notarized):

xattr -d com.apple.quarantine /Applications/Promptu.app

Apple Silicon only for now.

SHA-256 (Promptu-0.6.0.zip):
33ec877c10e384204844d76cd90cc8c7259657a8a3bc328413b07affc9fa7b21

v0.5.0

The staying-current release

New

• Update notifications. A once-a-day, opt-out check asks the GitHub Releases API whether an update is available. If so, a dismissible banner appears linking straight to the release. The check can be disabled in settings.
• Disable animations. A new settings toggle turns off every animated change.

Install

With Homebrew: brew install --cask mrcnski/tap/promptu (or brew upgrade --cask promptu).

Or unzip, drag Promptu.app into /Applications, then clear the quarantine flag once (the app is ad-hoc signed, not notarized):

xattr -d com.apple.quarantine /Applications/Promptu.app

Apple Silicon only for now.

SHA-256 (Promptu-0.5.0.zip):
e9f27edbc35170b057f36ab415f939a40a798c91bffba5cde5438c3e50251215

v0.4.0

The presets release

New

• Preset block pages. Every .json in ~/.config/promptu/ is now a page of blocks. Cycle through pages in the prompt computer with ←/→. Four pages adapted from the Claude Code prompt library (understand, build, ship, fix) are seeded on first launch; delete a file to drop its page for good. The Block Editor edits whichever page is showing.
• Whole-prompt editing. ⇧⌘E opens the prompt as one text. Submitting collapses it into a single entry. ⌥⏎ inserts a newline in any field.
• Reorderable preview. Drag entries by their grips to rearrange the prompt.
• Emacs word motion in fields: ⌥B/⌥F/⌥D.
• Footer hints are clustered by purpose and gray out whenever their action can't apply.
• Closing the panel now animates, like opening it. The mascot blinks.

Fixes

• ⇧⌘Z redo works (shifted ⌘ shortcuts never matched before).
• Some visual fixes.
• No more phantom panels, dead hotkeys after settings changes, or enter-twice edits.

Install

With Homebrew: brew install --cask mrcnski/tap/promptu (or brew upgrade --cask promptu).

Or unzip, drag Promptu.app into /Applications, then clear the quarantine flag once (the app is ad-hoc signed, not notarized):

xattr -d com.apple.quarantine /Applications/Promptu.app

Apple Silicon only for now.

SHA-256 (Promptu-0.4.0.zip):
3a2e9f53ea264132a2352778b5242bc7a744fe1706e3c179a5528f26983b3fba

v0.3.0

The rename release

The repo is now called promptu (formerly promptu-app). Old promptu-app links redirect.

Fixes

• Some fixes involving block placeholder fields.
• Saving from the Block Editor recreates ~/.config/promptu if it went missing, and both seeding and saving write blocks.json atomically with a trailing newline.
• A stale "include ⌘, ⌥, or ⌃" error no longer lingers after escaping out of a hotkey recording.

Install

With Homebrew: brew install --cask mrcnski/tap/promptu (or brew upgrade --cask promptu).

Or unzip, drag Promptu.app into /Applications, then clear the quarantine flag once (the app is ad-hoc signed, not notarized):

xattr -d com.apple.quarantine /Applications/Promptu.app

Apple Silicon only for now.

SHA-256 (Promptu-0.3.0.zip):
4308ac9589e1a428bf618f6074e86eeb38d7a3b15a58880787d0c38fd8edcf70

v0.2.0

What's new

• Starts at login by default. On its first launch from /Applications, Promptu registers itself as a login item, so the hotkey is always available. Turn it off with the new toggle in settings (⌘,) or in System Settings → General → Login Items.

Install

With Homebrew: brew install --cask mrcnski/tap/promptu (or brew upgrade --cask promptu).

Or unzip, drag Promptu.app into /Applications, then clear the quarantine flag once (the app is ad-hoc signed, not notarized):

xattr -d com.apple.quarantine /Applications/Promptu.app

Apple Silicon only for now.

SHA-256 (Promptu-0.2.0.zip):
647c7a0fdf25c70eade667882fe30fa3c120e5be6bcbe03a731ad98bd70f612c

v0.1.0

First release of promptu for macOS. Compose LLM prompts from building blocks, right from the menubar!

Highlights

• Global hotkey (⌥⌘P by default) opens a popover with a live prompt preview. Block keys build the prompt, RET copies it and hands focus back for pasting.
• Blocks are saved in ~/.config/promptu/blocks.json, seeded with promptu's defaults on first run.
• In-app Block Editor (⌘B): add, edit, or delete blocks.
• Point movement, negation, per-entry editing, undo/redo.
• Themes: follows the system appearance (Catppuccin Latte light, Nimbus dark) by default.

Install

Unzip, drag Promptu.app into /Applications, then clear the quarantine flag once (the app is ad-hoc signed, not notarized):

xattr -d com.apple.quarantine /Applications/Promptu.app

Apple Silicon only for now.

SHA-256 (Promptu-0.1.0.zip):
50e9b3c255eff55c6454f5aadb24c5e5e32b353533be0364bd0d8a0b4d3a4e1a