VibeBuddy v0.6.2

What's new

• VibeBuddy for Windows 10 and 11, with a tray icon. The installer isn't signed yet: when SmartScreen warns, choose More info, then Run anyway.
• Holiday decorations on the box: Thanksgiving and Christmas, over either set of screens. Two holiday Characters come with them: Tom and Pip.
• The box remembers up to 5 Wi-Fi networks and joins the one in range, so it can move between office and home without the cable.
• Also: pick the box's Wi-Fi from the networks it hears, your own Character shows as a card on the Character page, the App says which computer has the box when another one has it, and small fixes.

Before you update

• Decorations and several Wi-Fi networks need box firmware 0.6.1, offered in Settings → Device.
• Linux (AUR): run systemctl --user restart vibebuddyd after the update. install.sh does this for you.

Downloads

• macOS (Apple silicon, macOS 14+): open the DMG and drag VibeBuddy into Applications.
• Linux (x86_64, tested on Omarchy): tar xf VibeBuddy-v0.6.2-linux-x86_64.tar.gz && cd VibeBuddy-v0.6.2-linux-x86_64 && ./install.sh
• Windows (x86_64, Windows 10 and 11): run VibeBuddy-v0.6.2-windows-x86_64-setup.exe. It isn't signed yet, so SmartScreen warns first: choose More info, then Run anyway.
• Firmware comes in its own releases (firmware-v…); the app downloads it and offers it on the Device tab.

VibeBuddy firmware v0.6.1

What's new

• Holiday decorations: Thanksgiving and Christmas, over either set of box screens. Pick one in VibeBuddy 0.6.2.
• The box remembers up to 5 Wi-Fi networks and joins the one in range.
• Works with VibeBuddy 0.6.0 and later.

Download

VibeBuddy downloads this firmware by itself and offers it on the Device tab. To flash it by hand, pick VibeBuddy-firmware-v0.6.1.zip with Settings → Device → Flash from file….

VibeBuddy v0.6.1

What's new

• 0.6.1 fixes the update from 0.5.0, which stopped with "An error occurred while running the updater".
• A new look for the App on Mac and Linux, with the box in the sidebar.
• A new look for the box: the korekore screens, or the robot screens as before.
• Voice commands (Beta): hold K0 on the box and ask your Codex or Claude Code. It works over the cable, Wi-Fi and the Relay, and uses your own keys: Groq to hear you, and ElevenLabs if you want the reply spoken in the Character's voice.
• Make your own Character: write its lines and pick a voice.
• Updates over Wi-Fi and the Relay: firmware and Character packs reach the box with no cable, carry on if the link drops, and go back to the old firmware if the new one fails.
• Links off the cable are encrypted end to end.
• Boxes with a touchscreen: tap the menu, tap a task card to open its agent, and pet the buddy.
• Task cards show each agent's icon, fill two pages, and come only from the computer the box is linked to.
• An optional VibeBuddy account. The box, the agents and your Characters work without one.
• Also: the box is found on the local network by name, a more stable link over the cable, clearer Wi-Fi errors, and many small fixes.

Before you update

• Needs box firmware 0.6.0, offered in Settings → Device. From 0.5.0, this update needs the cable once.
• Update VibeBuddy on every computer paired with the box: after the box has firmware 0.6.0, VibeBuddy 0.5.0 reaches it only over the cable.
• Linux (AUR): run systemctl --user restart vibebuddyd after the update. install.sh does this for you.

Downloads

• macOS (Apple silicon, macOS 14+): open the DMG and drag VibeBuddy into Applications.
• Linux (x86_64, tested on Omarchy): tar xf VibeBuddy-v0.6.1-linux-x86_64.tar.gz && cd VibeBuddy-v0.6.1-linux-x86_64 && ./install.sh
• Firmware comes in its own releases (firmware-v…); the app downloads it and offers it on the Device tab.

VibeBuddy v0.6.0

What's new

• A new look for the App on Mac and Linux, with the box in the sidebar.
• A new look for the box: the korekore screens, or the robot screens as before.
• Voice commands (Beta): hold K0 on the box and ask your Codex or Claude Code. It works over the cable, Wi-Fi and the Relay, and uses your own keys: Groq to hear you, and ElevenLabs if you want the reply spoken in the Character's voice.
• Make your own Character: write its lines and pick a voice.
• Updates over Wi-Fi and the Relay: firmware and Character packs reach the box with no cable, carry on if the link drops, and go back to the old firmware if the new one fails.
• Links off the cable are encrypted end to end.
• Boxes with a touchscreen: tap the menu, tap a task card to open its agent, and pet the buddy.
• Task cards show each agent's icon, fill two pages, and come only from the computer the box is linked to.
• An optional VibeBuddy account. The box, the agents and your Characters work without one.
• Also: the box is found on the local network by name, a more stable link over the cable, clearer Wi-Fi errors, and many small fixes.

Before you update

• Needs box firmware 0.6.0, offered in Settings → Device. From 0.5.0, this update needs the cable once.
• Update VibeBuddy on every computer paired with the box: after the box has firmware 0.6.0, VibeBuddy 0.5.0 reaches it only over the cable.
• Linux (AUR): run systemctl --user restart vibebuddyd after the update. install.sh does this for you.

Downloads

• macOS (Apple silicon, macOS 14+): open the DMG and drag VibeBuddy into Applications.
• Linux (x86_64, tested on Omarchy): tar xf VibeBuddy-v0.6.0-linux-x86_64.tar.gz && cd VibeBuddy-v0.6.0-linux-x86_64 && ./install.sh
• Firmware comes in its own releases (firmware-v…); the app downloads it and offers it on the Device tab.

VibeBuddy firmware v0.6.0

What's new

• Updates over Wi-Fi and the Relay. After this one, firmware and Character packs reach the box over any link, carry on where they stopped if the link drops, and go back to the previous firmware if a new one fails to start. The screen shows the progress; hold K2 to cancel.
• Links off the cable are encrypted end to end. The box keeps its key and the computers paired with it.
• A new look to choose in the App: the korekore screens, or the robot screens as before.
• Boxes with a touchscreen: tap the menu, tap a task card to open its agent, and pet the box.
• Task cards show each agent's icon and fill two pages.
• Voice commands keep your first words: the box listens from the moment K0 goes down.
• Also: the box is found on the local network by name, says in words why it couldn't join Wi-Fi, and keeps its speaker quiet while busy.
• From 0.5.0, this update needs the cable once.
• Works with VibeBuddy 0.6.0 and later. Update the App on every computer paired with the box first: an older App can't reach this firmware over Wi-Fi or the Relay.

Download

VibeBuddy downloads this firmware by itself and offers it on the Device tab. To flash it by hand, pick VibeBuddy-firmware-v0.6.0.zip with Settings → Device → Flash from file….

VibeBuddy v0.5.0

What's new

• The box works without the cable. Plug it in once and it pairs on its own. Then put it on Wi-Fi in Settings → Device, and VibeBuddy reaches it over your local network, or through the VibeBuddy Relay when you're elsewhere. The cable still wins when it's plugged in, and moving between the three doesn't drop the link.
• The Relay passes the box's messages through VibeBuddy's server. You can turn it off in Settings → General.
• A box links to one computer at a time. Another computer can take it over from Settings → Device.
• First-run setup now puts the box on Wi-Fi, and the Linux app gets a first-run guide too.
• Also: screenshots work over the network, the Linux Device tab scrolls, and joining Wi-Fi says whether it worked.
• Needs box firmware 0.5.0. Settings → Device offers it.

Downloads

• macOS (Apple silicon, macOS 14+): open the DMG and drag VibeBuddy into Applications.
• Linux (x86_64, tested on Omarchy): tar xf VibeBuddy-v0.5.0-linux-x86_64.tar.gz && cd VibeBuddy-v0.5.0-linux-x86_64 && ./install.sh
• Firmware comes in its own releases (firmware-v…); the app downloads it and offers it on the Device tab.

VibeBuddy v0.4.2

What's new

• First-run setup can update the box's firmware: if a newer firmware is out when you plug the box in, you can update it right there instead of waiting for a notification.
• First-run setup fits its window again. With five agents, the Connect agents page was cut off at the top and bottom.
• Picking a character during first-run setup now lists the default robot first, as Settings does.
• The Agents tab in Settings scrolls, so the tab bar no longer slides out of the window.

These changes are in the Mac app. The Linux app has no first-run setup, and its settings already scroll.

Downloads

• macOS (Apple silicon, macOS 14+): open the DMG and drag VibeBuddy into Applications.
• Linux (x86_64, tested on Omarchy): tar xf VibeBuddy-v0.4.2-linux-x86_64.tar.gz && cd VibeBuddy-v0.4.2-linux-x86_64 && ./install.sh
• Firmware comes in its own releases (firmware-v…); the app downloads it and offers it on the Device tab.

VibeBuddy firmware v0.5.0

What's new

• Wi-Fi, pairing, and links over the local network and the Relay.
• A new flash layout that leaves room for updates over the air later. The first update from older firmware moves the box onto it; the voice pack is kept. On its first start the box makes its own key.
• The screen shows how the box is linked: a plug, Wi-Fi waves or a cloud in the top left. The menu gains a NETWORK page, and COMPUTERS → NEW ID gives the box a new identity before it changes hands.
• Also: the state label keeps clear of a third task card.
• Works with VibeBuddy 0.5.0 and later.

Download

VibeBuddy downloads this firmware by itself and offers it on the Device tab. To flash it by hand, pick VibeBuddy-firmware-v0.5.0.zip with Settings → Device → Flash from file….

VibeBuddy v0.4.1

What's new

• Pi: connect it on the Agents tab, and the box announces its tasks just as it does for Codex, Claude Code, OpenCode and GitHub Copilot CLI.
• A new English character, Dave: an opinionated Danish developer who hates complexity and keeps it simple.
• On Omarchy, the buddy's face lives in the top bar through the VibeBuddy bar plugin, in place of the tray icon.
• The Linux app catches up with the Mac: the same Agents tab with Connect / Repair / Remove, the same characters, and the same settings.
• VibeBuddy is now one word wherever the name shows. On the Mac the app becomes VibeBuddy.app; an installed "Vibe Buddy.app" renames itself the first time it starts.
• Settings shows a shorter daemon version.

Downloads

• macOS (Apple silicon, macOS 14+): open the DMG and drag VibeBuddy into Applications.
• Linux (x86_64, tested on Omarchy): tar xf VibeBuddy-v0.4.1-linux-x86_64.tar.gz && cd VibeBuddy-v0.4.1-linux-x86_64 && ./install.sh
• Firmware comes in its own releases (firmware-v…); the app downloads it and offers it on the Device tab.

VibeBuddy firmware v0.4.1

What's new

• The box's screen spells the name as one word, VibeBuddy.
• Works with VibeBuddy 0.3.3 and later.

Download

VibeBuddy downloads this firmware by itself and offers it on the Device tab. To flash it by hand, pick VibeBuddy-firmware-v0.4.1.zip with Settings → Device → Flash from file….