v1.1.1

V-Agent release — Windows, Linux, and FreeBSD builds.

Windows: .msi installer, or the portable .zip.
Debian / Ubuntu / Mint: .deb
Fedora / RHEL: .rpm
Arch: .pkg.tar.zst (pacman -U)
Any Linux: .AppImage, or the portable .tar.gz.
FreeBSD: V-Agent-freebsd-x86_64.tar.gz

FreeBSD is built in a VM rather than on a native runner and is
non-blocking, so it may be absent from a given release.

Unsigned: on first launch the OS may warn about an unknown
publisher (Windows: More info → Run anyway).

Full Changelog: v1.1.0...v1.1.1

v1.1.0

V-Agent release — Windows, Linux, and FreeBSD builds.

Windows: .msi installer, or the portable .zip.
Debian / Ubuntu / Mint: .deb
Fedora / RHEL: .rpm
Arch: .pkg.tar.zst (pacman -U)
Any Linux: .AppImage, or the portable .tar.gz.
FreeBSD: V-Agent-freebsd-x86_64.tar.gz

FreeBSD is built in a VM rather than on a native runner and is
non-blocking, so it may be absent from a given release.

Unsigned: on first launch the OS may warn about an unknown
publisher (Windows: More info → Run anyway).

Full Changelog: v1.0.2...v1.1.0

v1.0.2

V-Agent release — Windows and Linux builds.

Windows: .msi installer, or the portable .zip.
Linux: .deb, .AppImage, or the portable .tar.gz.

Unsigned: on first launch the OS may warn about an unknown
publisher (Windows: More info → Run anyway).

What's Changed

• Add Arch PKGBUILDs and a FreeBSD build job by @otzpt in #2
• Fix the FreeBSD build failing before it starts by @otzpt in #3
• Stop the FreeBSD build blocking on a pkg confirmation prompt by @otzpt in #4
• Install pkgconf and jq for the FreeBSD build by @otzpt in #5

Full Changelog: v1.0.0...v1.0.2

v1.0.1

V-Agent release — Windows and Linux builds.

Windows: .msi installer, or the portable .zip.
Linux: .deb, .AppImage, or the portable .tar.gz.

Unsigned: on first launch the OS may warn about an unknown
publisher (Windows: More info → Run anyway).

What's Changed

• Add Arch PKGBUILDs and a FreeBSD build job by @otzpt in #2

Full Changelog: v1.0.0...v1.0.1

v1.0.0

V-Agent release — Windows and Linux builds.

Windows: .msi installer, or the portable .zip.
Linux: .deb, .AppImage, or the portable .tar.gz.

Unsigned: on first launch the OS may warn about an unknown
publisher (Windows: More info → Run anyway).

Full Changelog: https://github.com/otzpt/V-Agent/commits/v1.0.0

V-Agent v0.9.4

V-Agent v0.9.4

🤖 The AI agent's tools actually work now

Six stacked bugs kept the agent from ever using its tools (read_file, list_dir, write_file…) — truncated instructions, an agentic upstream model that hallucinated instead of calling tools, tool calls hidden in reasoning channels, a strict tag parser, and a stale config leak. All fixed and verified end-to-end with real tool executions. Ask the AI about your project and it now reads your actual files before answering — on the built-in backend and with personal Groq keys.

📁 Explorer — VS Code-grade file handling

• New File/Folder respects your selection (selected folder → inside it; selected file → its parent).
• Inline rename (F2 / right-click) with the name preselected — no more popup.
• Delete → Recycle Bin, works on non-empty folders; Delete key supported.
• Drag & drop files/folders between directories.
• Right-click extras: Copy Path, Copy Relative Path, Reveal in File Explorer, Duplicate.

🎨 Editor

• Tab = 4 spaces by default (change it in Settings: 2/4/8).
• VS Code-style colors for C/C++/Python: function calls, constants, and class names each get their own color.

🔌 Arduino & Raspberry Pi Pico

• Upload fixed — port listing works with current arduino-cli, and Upload compiles first like the Arduino IDE.
• Pico family support: Pico, Pico W, Pico 2, Pico 2 W — including portless BOOTSEL flashing for first-time/MicroPython boards.
• One-click Install core for each board family.
• MicroPython mode on .py files: Run on board, Deploy as main.py, REPL.

🧩 Extension store is live

Browse and install from the open registry — starters: HTTP Fetch, TODO Scanner, Serial Tools (robotics!).

Updating from 0.9.3: click Install & restart on the in-app update banner.

Full changelog: CHANGELOG.md

V-Agent v0.9.3

V-Agent v0.9.3

🐛 Fix: white editor on app start

v0.9.2's new editor themes could be applied before they were registered — Monaco falls back to its white light theme when a theme name is unknown, so the code area opened white on every launch. Themes are now registered synchronously before the editor mounts; the editor is correctly dark from the first paint.

Updating from 0.9.2: click Install & restart on the in-app update banner — this is the first release you can install with one click.
Updating from 0.9.1 or older: download and run the installer below one last time; future updates are one-click.

Everything else from v0.9.2 (rate-limit fixes, in-app auto-updater, concise AI, editor colors + error detection) is included.

Downloads

Platform	File	Type
Windows	.msi	Installer (recommended)
Windows	-windows-portable.zip	Portable — extract and run
Windows	-setup.exe	NSIS alternative installer
Linux	.deb / .AppImage	Installer / portable
macOS	.dmg	Installer

Full changelog: CHANGELOG.md

V-Agent v0.9.2

V-Agent v0.9.2

🚦 Rate limits fixed

• Per-user limits actually work now — behind Vercel's proxy, every user was sharing a single 30/min bucket. Each user now gets their own.
• Health-check pings no longer eat your limit, and limit errors return a proper message instead of a server error.
• Automatic model fallback: when groq/compound hits the shared free key's limit, the backend transparently retries on groq/compound-mini (a separate quota bucket) — doubling free capacity before you ever see "limit reached".
• These fixes are server-side and already live — every install benefits immediately, no update needed.

🔄 In-app auto-updater

The update banner now has Install & restart: V-Agent downloads the right package for your install (MSI installer or portable ZIP), closes, updates silently (one UAC prompt for MSI), and relaunches. No more manual downloads.

Note: you need to install this version manually one last time — the one-click flow applies from the next update onward.

🤖 AI: way less talkative

New system prompt: answers lead with the fix, response length matches the question (one-liner questions get one-liner answers), and the giant tables / cheat-sheets / "common pitfalls" essays are gone. Stronger tool discipline — reads files before editing, batches reads, concludes in 1-3 sentences.

🎨 Editor: better colors + real error detection

• New syntax colors — One-Dark-style scheme (blue keywords, pink operators, gold types, green strings) across all app themes, with the editor background matched to each theme.
• Rainbow bracket pairs with active-pair guides.
• Error detection for C, C++, C#, Java, Kotlin, Swift, Dart and Go (previously none): unmatched ( [ {, unclosed strings/char literals, and unclosed block comments show as red squiggles and in the Problems panel.

Downloads

Platform	File	Type
Windows	.msi	Installer (recommended)
Windows	-windows-portable.zip	Portable — extract and run
Windows	-setup.exe	NSIS alternative installer
Linux	.deb / .AppImage	Installer / portable
macOS	.dmg	Installer

Full changelog: CHANGELOG.md

V-Agent v0.9.1

V-Agent v0.9.1

🧠 AI backend — Groq Compound

All Groq inference now runs on Groq Compound (groq/compound) — an agentic system with built-in web search and code execution, far better suited to coding tasks. Groq decommissioned the Llama 3.x models; the hosted backend transparently upgrades legacy llama-… requests, so older installs keep working.

📁 Explorer fixes

• Live refresh — open folders now pick up files created outside the app (in-app terminal, git, other programs) within ~1.5s and on window focus. No more collapsing/reopening folders.
• Create in any folder — hover any folder row for New File / New Folder buttons that create inside that folder (previously only the first workspace root worked).
• Create with no folder open — VS Code-style empty state: New File… (Save dialog), New Folder… (pick a location, opens as workspace), Open Folder….

🧪 Jarvis mode (experimental)

Sidecar rearchitecture: persistent cross-session memory, autonomous agent loop, MCP tool support, RAG file context, heuristic model routing, and token-budget context compaction. This is a testing ground for ECHOVOID — not production-ready.

Misc

• Update-check banner: v0.9.0 users will see this update notification on startup.
• Release workflow is now idempotent.

Downloads

Platform	File	Type
Windows	.msi	Installer (recommended)
Windows	-windows-portable.zip	Portable — extract and run, no install needed
Windows	-setup.exe	NSIS alternative installer
Linux	.deb	Installer (Ubuntu/Debian)
Linux	.AppImage	Universal portable
macOS	.dmg	Installer

Windows Portable: extract the ZIP to any folder or USB drive and run V-Agent.exe directly. Requires WebView2 (present on Windows 10/11 with Edge).

Full changelog: CHANGELOG.md

V-Agent v0.9.0

V-Agent v0.9.0

🔧 Maintenance update — Groq Compound backend

Groq decommissioned the Llama 3.x models, so V-Agent's built-in backend now runs on Groq Compound (groq/compound) — an agentic system with built-in web search and code execution, far better suited to coding tasks.

• The hosted backend serves every request with Compound and transparently upgrades the old llama-… model name that already-installed apps send.
• No reinstall required — the fix is server-side, so existing 0.9.0 installs pick it up automatically.
• New client defaults, .env.example and config.example.json now point to groq/compound.

Downloads

Platform	File	Type
Windows	.msi	Installer (recommended)
Windows	-windows-portable.zip	Portable — extract and run, no install needed
Windows	-setup.exe	NSIS alternative installer
Linux	.deb	Installer (Ubuntu/Debian)
Linux	.AppImage	Universal portable
macOS	.dmg	Installer

Windows Portable: extract the ZIP to any folder or USB drive and run V-Agent.exe directly. Requires WebView2 (present on Windows 10/11 with Edge).

First launch: V-Agent will prompt you to configure your AI provider and Hackatime (optional).