Backchannel v0.3.8
Self-hosted models are now first-class. Every model an OpenAI-compatible
endpoint serves shows by its own name in the pickers, a workspace can register
more than one endpoint, and Privacy First keeps the analysis agents running
when they point at a server on your own machine or LAN.
Highlights
- Every self-hosted model, by name. An endpoint's served models each
become a real registry entry (endpoint:<slug>:<model>), so a lab-hosted
model shows under its endpoint's name next to Gemini and OpenAI instead of
hiding behind one opaque placeholder. Ollama tags such asllama3.1:8bkeep
their colons intact. - More than one endpoint. Register any number of OpenAI-compatible servers
-- Ollama, LM Studio, vLLM, LiteLLM -- from the new Self-Hosted Models
card in Admin -> API Keys.Connect & list modelsreads the server's model
list so wire names are never typed by hand; each endpoint has its own test,
enable, and remove controls and anOn your networkbadge. - Privacy First judges destination, not vendor. With Privacy First on, an
endpoint on loopback, a private network, or a LAN hostname keeps the analysis
agents running; a public host is still treated as cloud and blocked. A fully
local setup -- local ONNX transcription plus a self-hosted model -- now runs
with the switch on. Only interim live captions remain cloud-only.
Upgrading
No action required. A previously configured single OpenAI-compatible endpoint
is migrated automatically into a named endpoint on first launch, its key
carried over and its agents repointed. Env-var-only installs are unchanged.
Included
The showcase and demo data were also rebuilt on a self-contained fictional
scenario, so the public screenshots and sample workspace are reproducible end
to end.