Toby 1.0.24: Shared conversations and a calmer workspace

Toby 1.0.24 brings shared group conversations, a calmer chat interface, and independent jobs for your AI team on Mac.

What changed

• Every active group member receives public messages and can reply, react or stay quiet. Shared history, facts and delivery state persist locally across restarts.
• Clearer identities, grouped messages, subtle reply connections and consistent sibling replies. Internal decisions and delegated worker messages stay out of public chat.
• Multiple independent jobs can run concurrently, including jobs for the same agent. Context, approvals and results stay scoped to each job.
• Onboarding access choices, per-agent overrides, remembered approval categories and Mac notifications when your intervention is needed.
• Final-response handling for OpenAI and Grok, safer public-message projection, and preserved drafts while work or approvals are pending.

Install

Download Toby-1.0.24-arm64.dmg, open it, and drag Toby into Applications. Requires Apple Silicon and macOS 14 or later. Install this update manually; this Electron release does not include an automatic updater. Earlier Swift versions use separate storage and are not migrated automatically.

The app and installer are Developer ID signed, not Apple-notarized or stapled. macOS may block opening the download. Voice input remains unavailable; replies are text. Inference uses your existing ChatGPT/Codex or Grok subscription. Local background work requires an awake Mac and a running Toby host.

Verification

79 unit tests, eight storage tests, targeted host/renderer integrations, responsive conversation and connector checks, packaged startup, task-bound MCP transport, signatures and installer layout passed. Live OpenAI/Grok scenarios verified useful public collaboration, quiet greetings/reactions, private-output isolation and shared context after restart in the 1.0.23 host; the host and preload are unchanged in 1.0.24. These checks do not certify every possible model response or OS permission configuration.

Verify the downloaded installer with the attached SHA256SUMS.

Toby 1.0.7: A more compact Mac workspace

Toby 1.0.7 brings the approved compact desktop design to the local multi-agent workspace.

What changed

• A smaller sidebar and header, more focused conversation column, compact avatars and a single-row composer.
• Open assistant text and rounded, content-sized user messages, keeping Toby's existing logo, system typography and black theme.
• Search teammates and groups by name or role without losing your current chat or draft.
• Readable teammate roles in the conversation header, with provider and model selection available in agent settings.
• Connected reply, copy, reactions, attachments, streaming, group coordination, readable approvals and reset in the updated shell.

Download and install

Download Toby-1.0.7-arm64.dmg, open it and drag Toby into Applications. Requires an Apple Silicon Mac running macOS 14 or later. Existing users install this version manually; no automatic updater is included.

The app and installer are Developer ID signed, but not Apple-notarized or stapled. macOS may block opening the app. This Electron rebuild uses separate storage from older Swift releases and does not migrate their data.

Verification

TypeScript and all 24 focused tests passed. Hidden renderer and backend integration fixtures checked onboarding, drafts, streaming, message actions, mixed-provider groups, attachments, tools and approvals. The packaged app passed isolated startup. App and DMG signatures, checksum, Applications shortcut and installer layout metadata passed. No visual QA or screenshots were performed.

SHA-256 (Toby-1.0.7-arm64.dmg):

3c8a122d75d6269ad1ce3dafe5e8ee8c53594b62eb225ef2e2e6cf99a0531c43

Current scope

Toby uses your existing ChatGPT/Codex or Grok subscription. Chats and coordination stay locally on your Mac; inference uses your provider. Voice input remains unavailable and replies are always text. Background routines require an awake Mac and a running Toby host. Functional integration checks use deterministic fixtures, not live provider inference or live Mac/browser actions.

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Toby 1.0.6: Your own AI team on Mac

Your own team of AI agents on Mac, using your existing ChatGPT/Codex and Grok subscriptions. This is the first public release of Toby's Electron rebuild.

Install

Download Toby-1.0.6-arm64.dmg, open it, and drag Toby into Applications. Requires an Apple Silicon Mac running macOS 14 or later. No Toby account or API key is required. Connect your subscription and select a model during setup; provider runtimes prepare automatically.

Included

• Persistent agents with editable personalities, specialties, avatars, providers and models.
• Direct conversations and persistent group chats with cross-provider delegation.
• Smooth text streaming, Markdown, attachments, replies, search and reactions.
• Local memories, written workflows, recurring tasks and configurable stdio MCP connectors.
• Workspace files, approved commands, an embedded browser and approved Mac actions.
• Readable activity across all 19 built-in tools, improved message controls and confirmed app reset.

Release boundaries

• Developer ID signed, not Apple-notarized or stapled. macOS may block opening it.
• Voice input is unavailable; all replies are text. No speech models or separately billed speech API fallback.
• Conversations and coordination persist locally; model inference still uses external provider services.
• Background work requires an awake Mac and a running Toby host.
• No automatic updater, cloud service, mobile client, or automatic migration from older Swift Toby versions.
• Typecheck, 24 focused tests, protocol/harness fixtures, hidden renderer interaction checks, packaged startup and installer verification passed. No visual QA was performed. Live Mac/browser actions are not certified by these fixture checks.

Verify the download

SHA-256 for Toby-1.0.6-arm64.dmg:

136f67bc05cfa1fd1b98600bddd0d6b0c9e6f40ddd62665b07f375e1da5e282a

The SHA256SUMS asset contains the same checksum. See the README, architecture, and verification report.