Changelog

All notable changes to Commander are documented here.

0.7.967 - 2026-03-30

New

• Add operating mode (chat/plan) separate from permission mode.
• Auto-close sidebar on open (setting)

Improved

• things

0.7.960 - 2026-03-27

Improved

• Visual improvements in chat

Fixed

• Fix markdown link file reveal
• Fix empty tool result display
• Fix Claude streamed tool use
• Fix file status reloads

0.7.958 - 2026-03-27

Improved

• Visual improvements in chat

Fixed

• Fix markdown link file reveal
• Fix empty tool result display
• Fix Claude streamed tool use
• Fix file status reloads

0.7.949 - 2026-03-27

Fixed

• Fix Claude session

0.7.946 - 2026-03-26

Improved

• Improve file indexing in repos

Removed

• Remove empty project settings / Don't create empty settings.json

0.7.941 - 2026-03-25

Improved

• Reset Codex plan mode on exit and dismiss plan popup before follow-up turn

0.7.935 - 2026-03-24

Improved

• You wouldn't believe anyway. Bug fixes and improvements.

0.7.933 - 2026-03-24

Improved

• Apply permission mode updates to active threads in Codex

Fixed

• Crash

0.7.930 - 2026-03-24

Improved

• File explorer performance

0.7.927 - 2026-03-24

Improved

• Maintenance update

0.7.925 - 2026-03-24

Fixed

• Codex disable plan mode after accepting the plan

0.7.923 - 2026-03-23

Improve

• Add first-class planning flow: events, UI, and plan actions
• Refine history list

0.7.920 - 2026-03-23

Improved

• General stability and usability improvements

0.7.918 - 2026-03-22

Fixed

• Fix permission mode race
• Tab title it back

0.7.913 - 2026-03-22

Fixed

• Codex plan mode communication
• Confirm quit with active chats

Improved

• Enable state restoration for Projects window and adjust startup flow

0.7.908 - 2026-03-19

Improved

• Subagents support in Claude and Codex
• OpenCode list of available models and providers

Fixed

• Fix onboarding reopen flow
• OpenCode list of available models and providers

0.7.896 - 2026-03-19

Fixed

• ups

0.7.893 - 2026-03-18

Improved

• Enable Project Settings from worktree/history selections

0.7.890 - 2026-03-18

New

• Add chat draft history navigation with Up/Down keys.

Improve

• Elevate the kitchen's consciousness

0.7.885 - 2026-03-18

New

• Add Projects sidebar to Chat window.
• auto-hide Projects window on chat open and restore when last chat closes.

Improved

• Increase UI contrast and unify footer status styling in chat input and pickers

0.7.875 - 2026-03-16

Fix

• slash-command autocomplete with popover and keyboard navigation

Improved

• Under the hood improvements

Removed

• Remove sidebar auto-collapse preference and chatSessionOpened notification

(invalid leftover)

0.7.873 - 2026-03-16

Fix

• slash-command autocomplete with popover and keyboard navigation

Improved

• Under the hood improvements

Removed

• Remove sidebar auto-collapse preference and chatSessionOpened notification

(invalid leftover)

0.7.871 - 2026-03-16

Fix

• slash-command autocomplete with popover and keyboard navigation

Improved

• Under the hood improvements

Removed

• Remove sidebar auto-collapse preference and chatSessionOpened notification (invalid leftover)

0.7.860 - 2026-03-15

Fix

• Search works again

0.7.858 - 2026-03-15

New

• Introduce Project Settings: custom instructions and setup/remove scripts in .commander

Fixed

• Projects window layout glitch

0.7.848 - 2026-03-14

New

• Session restoration !!! restore last active sessions on app launch

Changed

• Elevate the world's consciousness

0.6.845 - 2026-03-14

New

• Redesign app layout
• Detached Projects window
• Transition tab-to-window for chats

Improved

• Minors

0.6.837 - 2026-03-12

New

• Support Claude Agent teams (teammate-aware stream lifecycle)

Improved

• Activity Dock adds Agents column and column layout

0.6.832 - 2026-03-11

New

• Side Question (aka "by the way") ask something about the current task without interrupting the thread - available for all agents

Fixed

• Fix sticky notes toolbar sync

Improved

• Reorganize git actions menu

0.6.828 - 2026-03-11

New

• https://x.com/thecommanderapp

Improved

• Improve main window location restoration

0.6.826 - 2026-03-10

New

• https://x.com/thecommanderapp

Improved

• Fix activity dock turn syncing
• Fix history list updating with new sessions

0.6.821 - 2026-03-10

Fixed

• Allow tag .dotfiles in the prompt input box

Improved

• Dark matters

0.6.818 - 2026-03-09

New

• Add collapsible activity dock

Improve

• Elevate the world's consciousness

0.6.816 - 2026-03-09

New

• Move the compact Activity view to the chat view
• Add scope selector to Changes panel with Git-backed unstaged/staged diffs
• Add quiet mode reduce information noise

Improved

• Always collapse previous messages
• Worktree has its own history restorable

Changed

• Rename Activity panel to Changes Stream across app and simplify panel UI

0.6.805 - 2026-03-08

Improved

• Elevate the world's consciousness

0.6.803 - 2026-03-08

Improved

• Make things better for the benefit of humanity

0.6.801 - 2026-03-08

Improved

• General stability and usability improvements

0.6.799 - 2026-03-06

Improved

• Fixes for Sequoia

0.6.797 - 2026-03-06

Fixed

• Propagate permission settings to fork/resume for Codex and OpenCode

0.6.795 - 2026-03-06

New

• Add Claude reasoning effort support

Improved

• Codex support

0.6.790 - 2026-03-05

New

• Track per-turn context usage

Improved

• Add nested git repository folder as project.

Fixed

• Fix placeholder click passthrough

0.6.785 - 2026-03-04

Improved

• Minor visual improvements

0.6.777 - 2026-03-03

Improved

• Skills Manager update
• Fonts management

0.6.773 - 2026-03-03

Improvements

• Improve Skills Manager

0.6.770 - 2026-03-02

New

• Sticky Notes! Sticky notes per workspace.

0.6.767 - 2026-03-02

New

• Add cwd-aware skill commands in Codex

Improved

• Filter and randomize suggestions
• Refine commit prompt generation

Fixed

• Fix git menu action forwarding

Changed

• Update onboarding recommended badge

Removed

• Remove new-session confirmation prompt

0.6.758 - 2026-03-01

Improved

• Improves to Codex agent adapter

0.6.751 - 2026-02-28

New

• Introduce unified search for chats and files

0.6.749 - 2026-02-28

New

• Add per-profile custom CLI flags for all providers

0.6.746 - 2026-02-28

New

• Add profile management for agents
• Add font selection

0.6.743 - 2026-02-27

New

• Add user-selectable font family and live font updates for chat/compose

0.6.741 - 2026-02-27

Improved

• Improve Codex support

0.6.738 - 2026-02-26

New

• Add early return guard for empty activity items and track first change for panel
• Add titles to commit and discard modals

Improved

• Clear agent activity when user starts new conversation turn

0.6.732 - 2026-02-26

Improved

• Migrate product domains to thecommander.app

0.6.730 - 2026-02-25

New

• Add configurable reasoning effort for Codex (UI, defaults, session, API)

Improved

• Use equal distribution for tab bar stack views

0.6.726 - 2026-02-25

Improved

• Codex support

0.6.721 - 2026-02-24

New

• Add query steering support
• Add “New Chat with…” provider selection in menus
• Add scroll support to model picker for long model lists

Improved

• Improve Pi agent support
• Various UI improvements

0.6.711 - 2026-02-24

Fixed

• Handle Finder image file paste before raw pasteboard data

Improved

• Reduce horizontal padding and increase tool icon size in inspector actions

0.6.708 - 2026-02-23

Improved

• Derive tab labels from custom title or first user message
• Support double-click inline editing on tab buttons
• Progressive scroll for Todos/Tools
• Use UTType to classify text files in diff preview

0.6.703 - 2026-02-21

Improved

• Allow starting a new chat with a specific provider from the repository row
• Refine inspector pane layout and diff rendering
• Rename "Open" menu item to "New Chat" to reflect new behavior
• Collapse sidebar on chat open instead of first message

0.6.696 - 2026-02-21

New

• Add Snake mini-game during waits;

Improve

• improve activity scroll

0.6.694 - 2026-02-21

New

• Rework how changes, activity and file modifications are presented to the user
• Replace Session Changes with Activity panel (live changes + tasks)
• Add session cost indicator to input bar

Improved

• Clickable Inspector actions/todos (scroll to tool use); inline code font tweak; header, diff, and layout updates
• Flow compact tool uses inline; cap/truncate expand buttons for multi-button rows
• Skip streaming sub-agent Task tool deltas in ClaudeAgentProvider to prevent duplicate content and metadata leaks

0.6.687 - 2026-02-20

Improved

• Strip Claude control/metadata tags

0.6.685 - 2026-02-20

Fixed

• Fix diffs (broken with previous build)

0.6.682 - 2026-02-20

New

• Add actions menu to Session Changes with Git stage/unstage/discard
• Add snapshot-based diff preview and integrate it into Session Changes

Improved

• Improve diff previews: collapse context, cap lines; double-click opens file diff

0.6.676 - 2026-02-19

New

• Add setting to auto-open Session Changes panel on first change
• Sidebar history: summaries, quick preview, pagination

Improved

• Sidebar: better split view sizing.

0.6.673 - 2026-02-19

New

• Add @-mention file autocomplete in chat input with popover and keyboard nav

Improved

• Prevent hang on app reactivation

0.6.665 - 2026-02-17

Improved

• Configure Anthropic default Haiku models to claude-sonnet
• Consistent tool display and status parsing; safer assistant merge; MCP/user input improvements
• Improve Codex provider

0.6.657 - 2026-02-17

Improved

• Unify provider settings under Agents tab
• Track Codex changes in session diffs

0.6.654 - 2026-02-17

New

• Add custom project display names

Improved

• Adjust todo section height based on available viewport space using GeometryReader

0.6.651 - 2026-02-17

New

• Add custom icons and improve UI for commit/push/pull modals

Fixed

• Fix pull/push branch tracking behavior

0.6.646 - 2026-02-16

New

• Add file editor with code editor replacing read-only preview

Improved

• Refactor file preview and editor handling to distinguish between read-only and editable modes

0.6.643 - 2026-02-16

New

• Add hidden files toggle to file explorer
• Add git pull support with UI sheet and toolbar action

Improved

• Diff viewer: jump to next/previous change, unified diff improvements and more

0.6.638 - 2026-02-16

New

• (experimental) Add SSH remote connection support (Claude)
• Add Commander action to build and launch macOS app from script

Improved

• Reset selected options when switching to custom input if question is not multi-select