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.