zisla v0.1.8

zisla 0.1.8

Stable release for the release update channel. Version and build number are 0.1.8 (14).

This is the first release an installed copy can reach on its own: 0.1.7 introduced Sparkle, and 0.1.8 is the update it finds, verifies and installs.

Fixes

• Mail: a running Mail.app was never detected, so every change was refused with "Mail.app is not running" and reads silently fell back to the offline Envelope Index. Mail's real bundle identifier is all-lowercase com.apple.mail and the lookup is case-sensitive. Per-account inboxes are addressed correctly now as well, because Mail exposes inbox on the application rather than on an account.
• AI monitor panel: both columns no longer sit flush against their own headers. The trend chart's topmost Y-axis tick label used to overlap the "Token usage trend" title.

Installation

Quit any running copy of zisla, open the DMG that matches your Mac, then drag zisla.app to Applications. Each DMG contains only zisla.app and a link to Applications.

Because this build is signed ad-hoc rather than with a Developer ID certificate, macOS may ask you to allow it the first time: System Settings > Privacy & Security > Open Anyway.

If 0.1.7 is already installed, there is nothing to do by hand: it finds this release itself. Homebrew users can also run brew upgrade --cask zisla.

Automatic updates

Updates are checked, verified and installed by Sparkle, and applied when you quit or restart the app. Each install follows the appcast for the architecture it was installed as, so an arm64-only copy stays arm64 and a universal copy stays universal. The feed lives on Gitee with a single GitHub fallback, and both the appcast and the update ZIP must pass EdDSA verification before anything is replaced.

Preview and Release are separate channels; switching the channel in Settings applies to both automatic and manual checks. No preview build has shipped with Sparkle yet, so the Preview channel currently has no feed to offer. Homebrew keeps auto_updates true, so it handles first installs and explicit upgrades while Sparkle handles everything after that.

Packages and security

• Included for arm64, x86_64 and universal: DMG, ZIP, and SHA-256 for each, plus the three signed appcasts.
• Signed ad-hoc and not notarized: this release host has no Developer ID certificate or notarization profile. Update integrity rests on the EdDSA signature over both the appcast and the ZIP.
• WeatherKit is unavailable in an ad-hoc package; mainland China uses China Weather alerts instead.
• Requires macOS 14 or later. Built and verified on macOS 27.0, Apple Silicon.

Validation

• Full Swift suite: 368, 1262 and 212 tests across the three targets, all passing. One audio integration test is skipped locally as a known crasher that takes the whole run down with it.
• All three bundles: dev.wzz.zisla identity, production icons byte-identical to the sources in the repository, ad-hoc signature verified, Sparkle.framework and its Updater.app present, architecture slices confirmed with lipo, version and build number 0.1.8 (14), DMG and ZIP checksums verified, and every DMG mounted to confirm it holds only zisla.app and the link to Applications.
• All six appcasts: valid XML, exactly one item, sparkle:version 14, a declared length equal to the archive on disk, each naming its own architecture's ZIP under its own host, and an EdDSA signature verified against the SUPublicEDKey these packages ship.
• All six published feeds, after upload: HTTP 200, one item, version 0.1.8 build 14, an enclosure under the same host pointing at the matching architecture's ZIP, a declared length equal to the bytes the host actually serves, and a signature that still validates against the shipped key. Both hosts' releases and Gitee's permanent update feed carry every required asset.
• The update itself, end to end on the live feed: a copy of the installed 0.1.7 (build 13, arm64 only) found this release within 20 seconds, downloaded the arm64 ZIP rather than the universal one, verified it before extraction, and after a graceful quit was 0.1.8 (14), arm64 only, signature valid, with no quarantine attribute left behind.

Feedback

Please use GitHub Issues and Pull Requests for feedback and contributions. The Gitee mirror does not accept Issues or Pull Requests.

zisla v0.1.7

zisla 0.1.7

Stable release for the release update channel. Version and build number are 0.1.7 (13).

This is the first release that can update itself. 0.1.6 and earlier shipped without Sparkle, so this one still has to be installed by hand; from here on an installed copy checks a signed feed, verifies the download and replaces itself.

Highlights

• Automatic updates: each install follows the appcast for the architecture it was installed as, so an arm64-only copy stays arm64 and a universal copy stays universal. The feed lives on Gitee with a single GitHub fallback, and both the feed and the update ZIP must pass EdDSA verification before anything is replaced.
• Homebrew: brew install --cask wzz6423/tap/zisla resolves the download per architecture. Apple Silicon and Intel each get their own package rather than the universal build.
• Full interface localization across 19 language catalogs, with layouts refitted to the longer translations.
• Website: multilingual, redesigned, and published to GitHub Pages.
• Keyboard statistics persist across restarts, cover F1-F12, and the token trend axis now scales linearly within one magnitude.
• AI session monitoring adds Zed Agent threads and Gemini desktop chats alongside Zed token usage.
• Screenshot editing keeps pending annotations on export, holds annotations still while the selection is resized, and adds save and copy shortcuts.
• Island notices scroll a message that is too wide for the row instead of showing only its tail, and automatic island refreshes no longer steal keyboard focus.
• The project is now licensed under PolyForm Noncommercial 1.0.0.

Installation

Quit any running copy of zisla, open the DMG that matches your Mac, then drag zisla.app to Applications. Each DMG contains only zisla.app and a link to Applications.

Because this build is signed ad-hoc rather than with a Developer ID certificate, macOS may ask you to allow it the first time: System Settings > Privacy & Security > Open Anyway.

Automatic updates

Once 0.1.7 is installed, updates are checked, verified and installed by Sparkle. The update is applied when you quit or restart the app. Preview and Release are separate channels; switching the channel in Settings applies to both automatic and manual checks. Homebrew keeps auto_updates true, so it handles first installs and explicit upgrades while Sparkle handles everything after that.

Packages and security

• Included for arm64, x86_64 and universal: DMG, ZIP, and SHA-256 for each, plus the three signed appcasts.
• Signed ad-hoc and not notarized: this release host has no Developer ID certificate or notarization profile. Update integrity rests on the EdDSA signature over both the appcast and the ZIP.
• WeatherKit is unavailable in an ad-hoc package; mainland China uses China Weather alerts instead.
• Requires macOS 14 or later. Built and verified on macOS 27.0 (26A5425a), Apple Silicon.

Validation

• Full Swift suite: 364, 1259 and 212 tests across the three targets. One known flake in the system-monitor sampler under full-suite parallel load passes in isolation; one audio integration test is skipped locally as a known crasher.
• All three bundles: dev.wzz.zisla identity, production icons, ad-hoc signature verified, architecture slices confirmed with lipo, version and build number 0.1.7 (13), DMG and ZIP checksums verified, DMG contents mounted and inspected.
• All six appcasts: valid XML, one item each, EdDSA signature present, and each pointing at its own architecture's ZIP on its own host.

Feedback

Please use GitHub Issues and Pull Requests for feedback and contributions. The Gitee mirror does not accept Issues or Pull Requests.

zisla v0.1.6

zisla 0.1.6

Stable release for the release update channel.

Rebuilt on 2026-08-26

• Release assets were rebuilt from commit f4caf93 to include the corrected new-install defaults.
• The Clipboard Assistant default shortcut is Command+N, and voice structured formatting is enabled by default.
• Version and build number remain 0.1.6 (12).

Highlights

• Adds the smart clipboard assistant and expands clipboard history workflows.
• Refines screenshot editing, AI-agent activity, voice processing, and system-status interactions.
• Strengthens release integrity, debug-build isolation, localization coverage, and regression tests.

Installation

Quit any running copy of zisla, open the DMG that matches your Mac, then drag zisla.app to Applications. The updater only downloads a DMG; it never replaces or restarts the app automatically.

Packages and security

• Included: arm64, x86_64, and universal DMG, ZIP, and ZIP SHA-256 assets.
• Signed ad-hoc and not notarized because this release host has no Developer ID certificate or notarization profile. macOS may require Open Anyway on first launch.
• WeatherKit is unavailable in this ad-hoc package; mainland China uses China Weather alerts.

Validation

• Full Swift suite: passed.
• Package-release script tests: passed (29/29).
• All three app bundles passed code-signature validation, architecture inspection, bundle version/build-number checks (0.1.6 (12)), ZIP and DMG checksum verification, DMG integrity verification, and mount/install-layout inspection.

Feedback

Please use GitHub Issues and Pull Requests for feedback and contributions. The Gitee mirror does not accept Issues or Pull Requests.

zisla v0.1.5

zisla 0.1.5

Stable release for the release update channel.

Highlights

• Expanded AI monitoring and system tooling, including richer AI-agent and system-status surfaces.
• Refined system monitoring, cleanup presentation, window behavior, shortcuts, screenshot editing, and rich-note workflows.
• Added compatibility and regression coverage across the macOS application.

Installation

Quit any running copy of zisla, open the DMG that matches your Mac, then drag zisla.app to Applications. The updater only downloads a DMG; it never replaces or restarts the app automatically.

Packages and security

• Included: arm64, x86_64, and universal DMG, ZIP, and ZIP SHA-256 assets.
• Signed ad-hoc and not notarized because this release host has no Developer ID certificate or notarization profile. macOS may require Open Anyway on first launch.
• WeatherKit is unavailable in this ad-hoc package; mainland China uses China Weather alerts.

Validation

• Build-app architecture-isolation regression test: passed.
• Package-release script tests: passed (14/14).
• All three app bundles passed code-signature validation, architecture inspection, bundle version/build-number checks (0.1.5 (11)), ZIP checksum verification, DMG integrity verification, and mount/install-layout inspection.

Feedback

Please use GitHub Issues and Pull Requests for feedback and contributions. The Gitee mirror does not accept Issues or Pull Requests.

zisla v0.1.4

zisla v0.1.4

Highlights

• Adds a configurable screenshot workspace with region, window, and full-screen capture; annotation, pinning, scrolling capture, and image/table export workflows.
• Adds the macOS Background Sounds catalog, asset download, playback lifecycle, and Settings integration.
• Extends the AI workspace with ZCode activity detection, DeepSeek and ZCode identities, CLI management improvements, and more reliable status refreshes.
• Improves voice input with system-dictation handling, configurable lexicons, and optional structured transcript formatting.
• Makes development, ad-hoc, and release signing modes explicit and adds targeted regression coverage.

Compatibility

• Requires macOS 14 or later.
• Includes separate arm64, x86_64, and universal packages. Choose the architecture-specific package when appropriate; the universal package contains both architectures.
• Package signing, Mach-O architecture, version metadata, ZIP checksums, and DMG installation layouts were validated on macOS 27.0. Full runtime behavior was not re-tested on every supported macOS release or hardware model.

Installation and distribution

• Quit every running zisla process before installation. Open the DMG, drag zisla.app to Applications, and replace the previous copy.
• These packages use a free anonymous ad-hoc signature and are not notarized. They contain no personal signing identity or Apple Team ID. On first launch, macOS may require System Settings > Privacy & Security > Open Anyway. Replacing an ad-hoc build may require granting system permissions again.
• WeatherKit is unavailable in this free build; China Weather alerts remain available in mainland China.
• The in-app updater only downloads the selected DMG. It never mounts, installs, replaces, restarts, or downgrades the app automatically.

Release channel

This is the stable Release build 10, configured to check the Release channel automatically.

Verification

Each architecture ZIP has a matching .sha256 file. Verify the checksum before installation when downloading manually.

Feedback

Report issues and open pull requests on GitHub. Gitee is a download mirror and does not accept issues or pull requests for this project.

zisla v0.1.3

zisla v0.1.3

Highlights

• Brings 13 configurable top-island modules together for media, files, clipboard, AI activity, downloads, agenda, mail, notes, PDF tools, system controls, battery details, and lock-screen workflows.
• Improves battery and system monitoring with health, power, Bluetooth, trusted Apple-device, memory, CPU, and per-fan metrics.
• Strengthens voice input with reliable transcript delivery, recording playback and history, optional retention, cleanup, and usage statistics.
• Streamlines AI workflows around privacy-conscious activity monitoring, zislactl, CLI and Skills management, while removing the legacy built-in Agent chat and project surfaces.
• Refines shelf and clipboard interactions, browser download progress, focus notices, settings navigation, multi-display behavior, compact island presentation, and localization.

Compatibility

• Requires macOS 14 or later.
• Includes separate arm64, x86_64, and universal packages.
• Packaging, ad-hoc signature, architecture, checksum, and DMG layout were validated on macOS 27.0. Runtime behavior was not re-tested on every supported macOS release or hardware model.

Installation and distribution

• Quit every running zisla process before installation. Open the DMG, then drag zisla.app to Applications and replace the previous copy.
• These packages use a free anonymous ad-hoc signature and are not notarized. They contain no personal signing identity or Apple Team ID. On first launch, macOS may require System Settings > Privacy & Security > Open Anyway. Replacing an ad-hoc build may require granting system permissions again.
• WeatherKit is unavailable in this free build; China Weather alerts remain available in mainland China.
• The in-app updater only downloads the selected DMG. It never mounts, installs, replaces, restarts, or downgrades the app automatically.

Release channel

This is the stable Release build 9, configured to check the Release channel automatically.

Feedback

Report issues and open pull requests on GitHub. Gitee is a download mirror and does not accept issues or pull requests for this project.

Screenshots

zisla v0.1.3 Preview

zisla v0.1.3 Preview

Highlights

• Brings 13 configurable top-island modules together for media, files, clipboard, AI activity, downloads, agenda, mail, notes, PDF tools, system controls, battery details, and lock-screen workflows.
• Improves battery and system monitoring with health, power, Bluetooth, trusted Apple-device, memory, CPU, and per-fan metrics.
• Strengthens voice input with reliable transcript delivery, recording playback and history, optional retention, cleanup, and usage statistics.
• Streamlines AI workflows around privacy-conscious activity monitoring, zislactl, CLI and Skills management, while removing the legacy built-in Agent chat and project surfaces.
• Refines shelf and clipboard interactions, browser download progress, focus notices, settings navigation, multi-display behavior, compact island presentation, and localization.

Compatibility

• Requires macOS 14 or later.
• Includes separate arm64, x86_64, and universal packages.
• Packaging, ad-hoc signature, architecture, checksum, and DMG layout were validated on macOS 27.0. Runtime behavior was not re-tested on every supported macOS release or hardware model.

Installation and distribution

• Quit every running zisla process before installation. Open the DMG, then drag zisla.app to Applications and replace the previous copy.
• These packages use a free anonymous ad-hoc signature and are not notarized. They contain no personal signing identity or Apple Team ID. On first launch, macOS may require System Settings > Privacy & Security > Open Anyway. Replacing an ad-hoc build may require granting system permissions again.
• WeatherKit is unavailable in this free build; China Weather alerts remain available in mainland China.
• The in-app updater only downloads the selected DMG. It never mounts, installs, replaces, restarts, or downgrades the app automatically.

Preview channel

This is Preview build 10, configured to check the Preview channel automatically. Preview builds may change more frequently and can include behavior that has not yet reached a later stable release.

Feedback

Report issues and open pull requests on GitHub. Gitee is a download mirror and does not accept issues or pull requests for this project.

zisla v0.1.2 Preview

zisla v0.1.2 Preview

Highlights

• Builds on the v0.1 Preview workspace with Now Playing controls, file relay, secure video and audio downloads, weather, calendar, reminders, Notes integration, clipboard history, Quick Notes, PDF tools, teleprompter, alarms, desktop tools, and system monitoring.
• Extends AI workflows with local CLI and desktop-tool activity detection, usage trends, direct session links, managed CLI and Skills workflows, and clearer progress and failure states without reading prompt or response content.
• Refines Dynamic Island, persistent pet and status overlays, multi-display behavior, media controls, mail integration, disk cleanup review, localization, and daily-use visual details.
• Restores responsive module switching, including stable hit testing, overlay placement, media specialization, audio spectrum behavior, and multi-display presentation regressions.

0.1.2 Packaging Hotfix

• Fixes an immediate exit at launch caused by a missing SwiftPM development resource bundle in the packaged application.
• Rebuilt and replaced the DMG, ZIP, and SHA-256 assets. Please download and install the replacement package.

Compatibility

• Requires macOS 14 or later.
• Universal package for both arm64 and x86_64 Macs.

Installation and Distribution Notes

• Drag zisla.app to Applications.
• This package uses a free ad-hoc signature and is not notarized. On first launch, macOS may require System Settings > Privacy & Security > Open Anyway.
• WeatherKit is unavailable in this free build.
• Automatic updates are temporarily unavailable because this release does not include a newly signed Sparkle appcast. Install future releases manually.

Release Channel

This is the Preview build, build 8, configured for the Preview channel. Preview builds may change more frequently.

Community

Open issues and pull requests on GitHub. Gitee is a download mirror and does not accept issues or pull requests.

zisla v0.1.1 Preview

zisla v0.1.1 Preview

zisla is a native macOS workspace built with SwiftUI and AppKit. Its event-driven, notch-aware surface stays out of the way while you work, expands when it has something useful to show, and follows macOS conventions across multiple displays and Spaces. It works on supported Macs with or without a physical notch.

Complete v0.1 Preview feature set

zisla brings together Now Playing controls, file relay and sharing, secure video and audio downloads, weather, calendar, reminders, Notes integration, configurable desktop tools, clipboard history, Quick Notes, and system utilities. Its privacy-conscious AI activity monitor recognizes supported local CLI and desktop-tool activity, shows task progress and usage trends, and does not read prompt or response content. The included zislactl hook lets other tools report their own activity.

Visuals and dashboard

• Adds a reusable MotionDesign layer, richer light-field animations, smoother page transitions, and more efficient lazy loading.
• Adds frosted-glass visuals and the Liquid Glass Island treatment for macOS 27.
• Refines the island home into an information dashboard, improves dynamic layout around the physical notch, and adds headphone connection feedback.
• Lets the island be pinned at the top or bottom, including orientation-aware button behavior.
• Fixes persistent display states so a black notch-like surface is not left behind when auto-hide is disabled, and pet content expands around physical notches correctly.
• Fixes dashboard sizing, notch-region layout, side-notice placement, and window levels across multiple displays.

Notes, files, and desktop workflows

• Adds PDF processing tools, a mirror, and a standalone teleprompter with automatic scrolling, speed controls, and a return-to-start action.
• Improves clipboard history and rich-text Quick Notes editing and interaction.
• Connects in-app workflows: Quick Notes can be dropped into the teleprompter, while clipboard or shelf content can be dropped into Quick Notes or AI.
• Lets the clipboard save frequently used information directly.
• Improves the installer flow with a left-to-right drag action.
• Adds one-click desktop organization, Trash emptying, a temporary all-notifications mute mode, and full CRUD support for system alarms.
• Adds one-click updates for App Store apps and fixes keyboard-cleaning permission handling.

AI and integrations

• Adds Feishu and WeChat connections.
• Adds agent-only entry points for AI account switching, load balancing, chat confirmation, and message replies.
• Adds local-folder projects with pinning and collapsing, and reuses the most recently selected model for new conversations.
• Adds pasted-image attachments with previews, collapsible execution details, and Codex session-history imports.
• Separates local and remote model settings so their configuration flows remain independent.
• Adds CLI and Skills detection, installation, updates, and managed repositories, plus balance checks through built-in providers or custom scripts and scheduled automations.
• Adds deep links to open supported AI tools directly in the corresponding conversation.
• Fixes voice-input crashes, improves transcript post-processing prompts, strengthens voice-recognition coverage, corrects token-usage accounting, and fixes ended AI sessions being shown as active.

Media, monitoring, and updates

• Adds native video-download progress notifications, detailed overflow playback for song title, artist, and lyrics, and audio-output switching between headphones and speakers.
• Fixes media-control privacy permission behavior, playback-mode switching, and favorite controls.
• Adds overflow reminders while Focus Mode is active.
• Refreshes disk capacity independently of regular sampling and again after cleanup, while shortening the status-bar monitor footprint.
• Fixes transient popover, settings, and editor window placement and levels across multiple displays, and fixes fan monitoring on fan-equipped M2 MacBook Pro models.
• Ensures packaged builds include the pet and Quick Notes welcome content.
• Supports Preview and Release update channels, including manual checks against the selected channel.
• Expands regression coverage for dashboard layout, AI workflows, managed tools, window placement, and system monitoring.

Compatibility and Preview status

zisla supports Apple Silicon Macs running macOS 14 or later. Intel-based Macs and earlier macOS releases are not supported. This Preview has been tested on macOS 26 Tahoe and macOS 27 Golden.

This is an early Preview release, so rough edges and bugs are expected. It uses a free ad-hoc signature and is not notarized. Drag zisla to Applications, then use System Settings > Privacy & Security > Open Anyway if macOS blocks the first launch. This free build does not include WeatherKit.

Automatic updates use Sparkle. This package follows the signed Preview feed at preview; the Preview feed and Release feed share the same Sparkle EdDSA key. A manual check can target the other channel, but automatic checks continue to follow the channel built into the installed package. Sparkle does not install lower build numbers, so reverting to an older build requires a manual DMG installation.

Get involved

Please open issues and pull requests at wzz6423/zisla. A mirror is available on Gitee for domestic access, but Gitee does not accept issues or pull requests for this project.

zisla v0.1.0 Preview

zisla v0.1.0 Preview

If your Mac has a notch and you would like to put it to work, or if you run several AI tools in the background and want to see their progress at a glance, give zisla a try. It works just as well on Macs without a notch.

What zisla brings to your desktop

zisla is a native macOS workspace built with SwiftUI and AppKit. Its event-driven, notch-aware surface stays out of the way while you work, expands only when it has something useful to show, and follows macOS conventions across multiple displays and Spaces.

It brings together Now Playing controls, file relay and sharing, secure video and audio downloads, weather, calendar, reminders, Notes integration, configurable desktop tools, and system utilities. Its privacy-conscious AI activity monitor recognizes supported local CLI and desktop-tool activity, shows task progress and usage trends, and does not read prompt or response content. The included zislactl hook also lets other tools report their own activity.

Preview status

zisla supports macOS 14 and later, with Liquid Glass on newer macOS releases and native-material fallbacks on earlier supported versions. This preview has been tested only on macOS 26 Tahoe and macOS 27 Golden.

This is an early preview release, so rough edges and bugs are expected. It uses a free ad-hoc signature and is not notarized. Drag zisla to Applications, then use System Settings > Privacy & Security > Open Anyway if macOS blocks the first launch. This free build does not include WeatherKit.

Automatic updates are enabled through Sparkle. This Preview build reads the signed latest-release feed; because v0.1.0 is a prerelease, it will not update until a later stable release becomes the repository's Latest release. That stable release can update this Preview directly.

Get involved

Contributions are very welcome, whether that means fixing bugs, proposing features, polishing the UI, or helping in another way. Please open an issue or pull request at wzz6423/zisla.

A mirror is also available on Gitee, but issues and pull requests are not handled there.

A Windows version is on the way. Some functionality will necessarily differ from the macOS edition. Thank you for your understanding and support.

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Known Issues

• On some M2 MacBook Pro models with active cooling (fan-equipped models), the app incorrectly detects the device as a fanless Mac.
• The packaged app’s top notification does not display the pinned message: “Hey, look here.”
• Voice input may cause the app to crash unexpectedly.
• The packaged version is missing the pet feature.
• When the display duration is set to 3 seconds, the notch overlay does not automatically hide and may leave a black area visible, especially on Macs without a notch.
  On Macs with a notch, when the pet feature is enabled, the pet should extend beyond the notch area instead of being covered by it.
• Switching songs triggers repeated privacy permission requests. Even after granting permission, switching playback modes does not work properly.
• Some completed AI sessions are still incorrectly detected as active, causing the notch indicator to remain in the “AI session in progress” state. In this case, the right-side status indicator may show three dots instead of the session count.
• Enabling Focus Mode does not display the overflow notification/status indicator.
• Other AI applications should also support opening and jumping directly to the corresponding conversation/session.