{"version":"0.1.1-beta.17","notes":"- Lower memory use before opening the launcher. Smol uses less memory after startup by loading the launcher the first time you open it.\n- Forms in AI replies. Choose an answer or fill in a form directly in a conversation.\n- Jump to cited PDF pages. Attach a PDF and open a cited page from the answer, including when you revisit the chat on this Mac.\n- Images and interactive previews. See images and SVG illustrations in answers, run a self-contained HTML preview, or choose to load an HTTPS embed.\n- Connect a chat app. Use Excalidraw or connect an MCP server, review its tools, and open the resulting app inside your conversation.","releaseHistory":[{"version":"0.1.1-beta.17","notes":["Lower memory use before opening the launcher. Smol uses less memory after startup by loading the launcher the first time you open it.","Forms in AI replies. Choose an answer or fill in a form directly in a conversation.","Jump to cited PDF pages. Attach a PDF and open a cited page from the answer, including when you revisit the chat on this Mac.","Images and interactive previews. See images and SVG illustrations in answers, run a self-contained HTML preview, or choose to load an HTTPS embed.","Connect a chat app. Use Excalidraw or connect an MCP server, review its tools, and open the resulting app inside your conversation."],"highlights":{"Lower memory use before opening the launcher. Smol uses less memory after startup by loading the launcher the first time you open it.":{"feature":"Lower memory use before opening the launcher","benefit":"Smol uses less memory after startup by loading the launcher the first time you open it.","detail":"Your shortcuts work from startup. After the first use, the launcher stays ready with your draft."},"Forms in AI replies. Choose an answer or fill in a form directly in a conversation.":{"feature":"Forms in AI replies","benefit":"Choose an answer or fill in a form directly in a conversation.","detail":"Smol renders supported A2UI fields and sends your completed form as one follow-up when you submit it."},"Jump to cited PDF pages. Attach a PDF and open a cited page from the answer, including when you revisit the chat on this Mac.":{"feature":"Jump to cited PDF pages","benefit":"Attach a PDF and open a cited page from the answer, including when you revisit the chat on this Mac.","detail":"Smol keeps the original PDF on this Mac. The attachment tells you which model will receive its extracted text."},"Images and interactive previews. See images and SVG illustrations in answers, run a self-contained HTML preview, or choose to load an HTTPS embed.":{"feature":"Images and interactive previews","benefit":"See images and SVG illustrations in answers, run a self-contained HTML preview, or choose to load an HTTPS embed.","detail":"The interactive preview runs in an isolated web view. Remote images and embeds show their destination before you load them."},"Connect a chat app. Use Excalidraw or connect an MCP server, review its tools, and open the resulting app inside your conversation.":{"feature":"Connect a chat app","benefit":"Use Excalidraw or connect an MCP server, review its tools, and open the resulting app inside your conversation.","detail":"AI → Chat apps shows the server, tool and arguments for approval. Expand a running app and return to chat without losing its editor state."}}},{"version":"0.1.1-beta.16","notes":["Smaller Mac download. Draw Chinese, Japanese and Korean text offline using the fonts already on your Mac.","Lighter clipboard history. Browse and search long clipboard entries without loading their full contents into the launcher.","Lighter screenshot editing. Open and annotate 4K screenshots with less memory while keeping full-resolution exports."],"highlights":{"Smaller Mac download. Draw Chinese, Japanese and Korean text offline using the fonts already on your Mac.":{"feature":"Smaller Mac download","benefit":"Draw Chinese, Japanese and Korean text offline using the fonts already on your Mac.","detail":"Smol uses installed macOS fallback fonts and keeps debug symbols outside the app. Older drawings can have slightly different letterforms."},"Lighter clipboard history. Browse and search long clipboard entries without loading their full contents into the launcher.":{"feature":"Lighter clipboard history","benefit":"Browse and search long clipboard entries without loading their full contents into the launcher.","detail":"The history list reads a bounded text preview from SQLite. Copying or pasting a selected entry still uses the original text."},"Lighter screenshot editing. Open and annotate 4K screenshots with less memory while keeping full-resolution exports.":{"feature":"Lighter screenshot editing","benefit":"Open and annotate 4K screenshots with less memory while keeping full-resolution exports.","detail":"The editor displays a scaled preview. When you save, it composites the annotations onto the original pixels and preserves transparency."}}},{"version":"0.1.1-beta.15","notes":["Use Mac apps in AI chat. Choose a Notes window and a Reminders list, then ask Workspace or On this Mac to turn an action item into a reminder.","See app screenshots in chat. Follow a desktop task as it happens and open a larger image of the window at each step.","Screenshots in release notes. Open Details on an illustrated update to see what changed. Click its thumbnail for a closer look."],"highlights":{"Use Mac apps in AI chat. Choose a Notes window and a Reminders list, then ask Workspace or On this Mac to turn an action item into a reminder.":{"feature":"Use Mac apps in AI chat","benefit":"Choose a Notes window and a Reminders list, then ask Workspace or On this Mac to turn an action item into a reminder.","detail":"Each message has access to the windows you select. Smol asks before changing an app and asks separately before bringing Reminders forward to save a draft."},"See app screenshots in chat. Follow a desktop task as it happens and open a larger image of the window at each step.":{"feature":"See app screenshots in chat","benefit":"Follow a desktop task as it happens and open a larger image of the window at each step.","detail":"Automatic window screenshots stay on your Mac. When the model explicitly requests a screenshot, Smol sends that selected window to the model for the current chat."},"Screenshots in release notes. Open Details on an illustrated update to see what changed. Click its thumbnail for a closer look.":{"feature":"Screenshots in release notes","benefit":"Open Details on an illustrated update to see what changed. Click its thumbnail for a closer look.","detail":"The expanded image opens inside Software updates. Close it with Escape or the Close button to return to the same release note."}}},{"version":"0.1.1-beta.14","notes":["Ask from Apps with Tab. Type a question in Apps and press Tab once to send it in a fresh chat.","Copy a chart or its data. Paste a titled PNG into a document or copy the chart’s data as CSV, including from saved local chats offline."],"highlights":{"Ask from Apps with Tab. Type a question in Apps and press Tab once to send it in a fresh chat.":{"feature":"Ask from Apps with Tab","benefit":"Type a question in Apps and press Tab once to send it in a fresh chat.","detail":"Smol clears the previous conversation ID and queues the question while the workspace reconnects or the local model loads. Editing the draft during that wait cancels the queued send.","revision":1},"Copy a chart or its data. Paste a titled PNG into a document or copy the chart’s data as CSV, including from saved local chats offline.":{"feature":"Copy a chart or its data","benefit":"Paste a titled PNG into a document or copy the chart’s data as CSV, including from saved local chats offline.","detail":"PNG export rebuilds the saved Vega-Lite chart on a 720-pixel-wide canvas and renders it at 2× resolution. CSV uses the original data rows and prefixes formula-like strings with an apostrophe so spreadsheets treat them as text.","revision":1,"screenshot":{"asset":"chart-copy-8605cf35","alt":"A bar chart in Smol with Copy chart as image and Copy data as CSV controls. A confirmation beside them reads “Chart image copied.”"}}}},{"version":"0.1.1-beta.13","notes":["Release notes at a glance. Scan what changed and why it matters before you restart. Open Details for a closer look.","Flowcharts and sequence diagrams. Ask AI to draw a workflow or show who sends what to whom, in a workspace or on this Mac."],"highlights":{"Release notes at a glance. Scan what changed and why it matters before you restart. Open Details for a closer look.":{"feature":"Release notes at a glance","benefit":"Scan what changed and why it matters before you restart. Open Details for a closer look.","detail":"Each change has a bold title and a short benefit. Click Details, focus it and press Enter, or hover over its label to read the implementation note."},"Flowcharts and sequence diagrams. Ask AI to draw a workflow or show who sends what to whom, in a workspace or on this Mac.":{"feature":"Flowcharts and sequence diagrams","benefit":"Ask AI to draw a workflow or show who sends what to whom, in a workspace or on this Mac.","detail":"Both chat modes ask the model for a Mermaid flowchart for steps and branches, or a sequence diagram for ordered messages between participants."}}},{"version":"0.1.1-beta.12","notes":["Windows reopen on screen. Find Smol on a connected display after a restart, an update or a monitor change.","Screenshot outlines and arrows. Make a rectangle stand out or point an arrow precisely. Your color and stroke choices are there when you reopen the screenshot.","Clearer capture errors. See whether Smol already has Screen Recording access and when freeing disk space will let you save a capture.","Skills in AI chat. Preview a personal or project skill and apply its instructions to your next workspace or local message."],"highlights":{"Windows reopen on screen. Find Smol on a connected display after a restart, an update or a monitor change.":{"feature":"Windows reopen on screen","benefit":"Find Smol on a connected display after a restart, an update or a monitor change.","detail":"Before showing a saved window, Smol checks its frame against the visible area macOS reports for connected displays."},"Screenshot outlines and arrows. Make a rectangle stand out or point an arrow precisely. Your color and stroke choices are there when you reopen the screenshot.":{"feature":"Screenshot outlines and arrows","benefit":"Make a rectangle stand out or point an arrow precisely. Your color and stroke choices are there when you reopen the screenshot.","detail":"The capture editor sets the initial stroke width using the fitted zoom and saves the selected drawing styles with the draft."},"Clearer capture errors. See whether Smol already has Screen Recording access and when freeing disk space will let you save a capture.":{"feature":"Clearer capture errors","benefit":"See whether Smol already has Screen Recording access and when freeing disk space will let you save a capture.","detail":"Smol checks the macOS Screen Recording permission and recognizes both out-of-space and disk-quota errors."},"Skills in AI chat. Preview a personal or project skill and apply its instructions to your next workspace or local message.":{"feature":"Skills in AI chat","benefit":"Preview a personal or project skill and apply its instructions to your next workspace or local message.","detail":"Smol reads the selected SKILL.md file. Its Markdown instructions go with the next message. Scripts and linked files stay on this Mac."}}},{"version":"0.1.1-beta.11","notes":["Notes for skipped releases. See everything you’ll get before restarting, even if you skipped a few versions.","Earlier release notes. Look up a previous change after updating without leaving Smol.","Screenshot annotation tools. Pick up your edits where you left off, at the same zoom level."],"highlights":{"Notes for skipped releases. See everything you’ll get before restarting, even if you skipped a few versions.":{"feature":"Notes for skipped releases","benefit":"See everything you’ll get before restarting, even if you skipped a few versions.","detail":"The updater selects published releases newer than your installed version through the offered version, then lists them newest first."},"Earlier release notes. Look up a previous change after updating without leaving Smol.":{"feature":"Earlier release notes","benefit":"Look up a previous change after updating without leaving Smol.","detail":"The latest release stays expanded. Older versions share a disclosure, and the notes scroll independently of the footer controls."},"Screenshot annotation tools. Pick up your edits where you left off, at the same zoom level.":{"feature":"Screenshot annotation tools","benefit":"Pick up your edits where you left off, at the same zoom level.","detail":"Captured screenshots open with Draw’s tool palette. Reopening the same screenshot restores its draft and zoom."}}},{"version":"0.1.1-beta.10","notes":["Charts from JSON. See the chart even when AI labels it as JSON. Open Chart JSON to inspect or copy the specification.","Original labels in AI visuals. Match a chart or diagram back to the names in your source data."],"highlights":{"Charts from JSON. See the chart even when AI labels it as JSON. Open Chart JSON to inspect or copy the specification.":{"feature":"Charts from JSON","benefit":"See the chart even when AI labels it as JSON. Open Chart JSON to inspect or copy the specification.","detail":"Smol checks JSON code blocks for a supported chart specification before rendering them."},"Original labels in AI visuals. Match a chart or diagram back to the names in your source data.":{"feature":"Original labels in AI visuals","benefit":"Match a chart or diagram back to the names in your source data.","detail":"The prompts for local and workspace models now include diagram examples and instructions to preserve supplied labels."}}},{"version":"0.1.1-beta.9","notes":["Interactive charts. Point to a mark to read its value, or switch to the table to see all the numbers.","Interactive diagrams. Follow a flowchart or sequence diagram one connection at a time, and revisit it in a saved local chat."],"highlights":{"Interactive charts. Point to a mark to read its value, or switch to the table to see all the numbers.":{"feature":"Interactive charts","benefit":"Point to a mark to read its value, or switch to the table to see all the numbers.","detail":"Smol renders supported Vega-Lite charts as SVG. The chart and its data table use the same inline values."},"Interactive diagrams. Follow a flowchart or sequence diagram one connection at a time, and revisit it in a saved local chat.":{"feature":"Interactive diagrams","benefit":"Follow a flowchart or sequence diagram one connection at a time, and revisit it in a saved local chat.","detail":"Smol renders Mermaid flowcharts and sequence diagrams. Saved on-device replies can render their charts and diagrams again."}}},{"version":"0.1.1-beta.8","notes":["Automatic update checks. See a badge in the launcher when a newer version is available, even if you leave Smol running.","Update preview. Compare versions and decide whether to restart after reading what changed."],"highlights":{"Automatic update checks. See a badge in the launcher when a newer version is available, even if you leave Smol running.":{"feature":"Automatic update checks","benefit":"See a badge in the launcher when a newer version is available, even if you leave Smol running.","detail":"Smol checks at launch and every four hours while it’s open."},"Update preview. Compare versions and decide whether to restart after reading what changed.":{"feature":"Update preview","benefit":"Compare versions and decide whether to restart after reading what changed.","detail":"Software updates shows the installed and latest public versions side by side when an upgrade is available."}}},{"version":"0.1.1-beta.7","notes":["Screenshot capture and recording. Capture part of your screen to mark it up in Draw, or record the display from the Screenshot pane.","Custom capture shortcuts. Choose keys that fit your workflow for taking screenshots and opening Draw.","Workspace and local chat history. Reopen a workspace conversation or return to a local chat saved on this Mac."],"highlights":{"Screenshot capture and recording. Capture part of your screen to mark it up in Draw, or record the display from the Screenshot pane.":{"feature":"Screenshot capture and recording","benefit":"Capture part of your screen to mark it up in Draw, or record the display from the Screenshot pane.","detail":"A region capture opens as an image in Draw. Display recording is a separate action in the Screenshot pane."},"Custom capture shortcuts. Choose keys that fit your workflow for taking screenshots and opening Draw.":{"feature":"Custom capture shortcuts","benefit":"Choose keys that fit your workflow for taking screenshots and opening Draw.","detail":"The capture and drawing bindings are configurable in Keyboard shortcuts."},"Workspace and local chat history. Reopen a workspace conversation or return to a local chat saved on this Mac.":{"feature":"Workspace and local chat history","benefit":"Reopen a workspace conversation or return to a local chat saved on this Mac.","detail":"The On this Mac option uses a local model and stores its conversation history on the device."}}},{"version":"0.1.1-beta.6","notes":["AI session restore. Return to workspace AI after a restart or update without signing in again while your session is valid.","Suggested folders in Quicklinks. Get back to folders you use often. Pin the ones you want to keep or hide a suggestion.","Backspace to Apps. Return to your app list without reaching for the mouse."],"highlights":{"AI session restore. Return to workspace AI after a restart or update without signing in again while your session is valid.":{"feature":"AI session restore","benefit":"Return to workspace AI after a restart or update without signing in again while your session is valid.","detail":"Opening AI reads the saved macOS Keychain item without prompting and checks workspace access with Smol."},"Suggested folders in Quicklinks. Get back to folders you use often. Pin the ones you want to keep or hide a suggestion.":{"feature":"Suggested folders in Quicklinks","benefit":"Get back to folders you use often. Pin the ones you want to keep or hide a suggestion.","detail":"Smol uses Spotlight activity to find candidate folders. Pinning a suggestion saves it as a Quicklink."},"Backspace to Apps. Return to your app list without reaching for the mouse.":{"feature":"Backspace to Apps","benefit":"Return to your app list without reaching for the mouse.","detail":"Press Backspace when the launcher’s search field is empty."}}},{"version":"0.1.1-beta.5","notes":["Smoother workspace startup. Keep the launcher in view while your workspace opens."],"highlights":{"Smoother workspace startup. Keep the launcher in view while your workspace opens.":{"feature":"Smoother workspace startup","benefit":"Keep the launcher in view while your workspace opens.","detail":"Smol waits for the workspace page to load before hiding the launcher."}}},{"version":"0.1.1-beta.4","notes":["Background updates. Keep working while an update downloads, then restart when you’re ready.","Download progress. See which files are ready and jump to them in Finder.","Chat attachments. Drag a file or paste a screenshot into the conversation where you need it."],"highlights":{"Background updates. Keep working while an update downloads, then restart when you’re ready.":{"feature":"Background updates","benefit":"Keep working while an update downloads, then restart when you’re ready.","detail":"Smol verifies the signed update archive before offering to install it. The Mac release is also notarized by Apple."},"Download progress. See which files are ready and jump to them in Finder.":{"feature":"Download progress","benefit":"See which files are ready and jump to them in Finder.","detail":"Press ⇧⌘J to open Downloads. Smol chooses a new filename if a download would overwrite an existing file."},"Chat attachments. Drag a file or paste a screenshot into the conversation where you need it.":{"feature":"Chat attachments","benefit":"Drag a file or paste a screenshot into the conversation where you need it.","detail":"Dropped files and pasted screenshots are staged as attachments before you send the message."}}},{"version":"0.1.1-beta.2","notes":["Workspace tour. Connect your account and learn how to zoom or reload just the window you’re using.","Quick launcher. Find an app, run a calculation, open a Quicklink or ask AI without leaving your current task.","Searchable clipboard history. Find something you copied earlier and use it again."],"highlights":{"Workspace tour. Connect your account and learn how to zoom or reload just the window you’re using.":{"feature":"Workspace tour","benefit":"Connect your account and learn how to zoom or reload just the window you’re using.","detail":"Zoom is tracked per window. The View menu supports 50% to 200% zoom and can reset the focused window to actual size."},"Quick launcher. Find an app, run a calculation, open a Quicklink or ask AI without leaving your current task.":{"feature":"Quick launcher","benefit":"Find an app, run a calculation, open a Quicklink or ask AI without leaving your current task.","detail":"You can enable the optional launcher during the welcome tour or in Desktop Settings."},"Searchable clipboard history. Find something you copied earlier and use it again.":{"feature":"Searchable clipboard history","benefit":"Find something you copied earlier and use it again.","detail":"Clipboard capture is opt-in. Captured items are stored on this Mac."}}},{"version":"0.1.1-beta.1","notes":["Smol for Mac. Keep your workspace in its own window and sign in with the account you already use in Chrome.","Manual update checks. Find out whether a newer Mac build is available from the Smol menu."],"highlights":{"Smol for Mac. Keep your workspace in its own window and sign in with the account you already use in Chrome.":{"feature":"Smol for Mac","benefit":"Keep your workspace in its own window and sign in with the account you already use in Chrome.","detail":"The Mac app shows a six-digit pairing code. Approving it in Chrome gives the desktop workspace its own session."},"Manual update checks. Find out whether a newer Mac build is available from the Smol menu.":{"feature":"Manual update checks","benefit":"Find out whether a newer Mac build is available from the Smol menu.","detail":"The native app compares its installed version with the Mac release metadata published by smol.ai."}}}],"pub_date":"2026-11-01T11:23:52.147Z","platforms":{"darwin-aarch64":{"signature":"dW50cnVzdGVkIGNvbW1lbnQ6IHNpZ25hdHVyZSBmcm9tIHRhdXJpIHNlY3JldCBrZXkKUlVSSzNYYmFpMldTUmFweTl6eldDeGtqaGJSUm13ZlB2bmpDU2V6WlE4VjJkZVM0bVRIb2I1QmdXbU43aXdnVjB3RUo1Q2tqUUR6WE05dVFKWS9hT3RCYTl5ZHpabEZEakFNPQp0cnVzdGVkIGNvbW1lbnQ6IHRpbWVzdGFtcDoxNzkzNTMxMjEzCWZpbGU6U21vbC5hcHAudGFyLmd6CXZlcnNpb246MC4xLjEtYmV0YS4xNwpVUXBEaDNKWlgwWStFNTBySDQvTVZ1azdPMFZjeENaakZVV2lYNnZWQ3VkNHZ4M3BjdjNmcEFSLys0N1R6OGdITDhkM3FqZ2JTb1RTQjloU1VVSDlCdz09Cg==","url":"https://smol.ai/downloads/desktop/0.1.1-beta.17/Smol.app.tar.gz"}}}