Bionic 1.1.6Bionic 1.1.6
- Introducing Canvas: interactive board that both you and Bionic can edit.
- Editable Markdown and source files in the in-app editor.
- Fixed file chips flickering when sending message.
- Descriptive labels for file links in transcripts.
- Typeface improvements on Mac.
- Consistent warning, error, and success colors.
- llama.cpp 2.43.0 extension packs.
- Fixed default loading settings for Gemma 4 vision models.
Sep 23, 2026
Bionic 1.1.5
- [Mac only] Ultra fast Qwen3.8 inference using a new engine: Splash (by Inco AI)
- Fixed text and line colors for in-chat tables
- Prompt-processing status for models without percentage progress.
Sep 19, 2026
Bionic 1.1.4
- Introspection: the agent can now read messages earlier in its own history. Supports @ referencing other sessions.
- Compact file links in the session transcript.
- Better sizing for short labels and values in transcript Markdown tables.
- llama.cpp 2.41.0 extension packs.
- Approval prompts for file operations that exceed checkpoint limits.
- Shorter edited-file summaries for turns with many changes.
- Tool-call argument streaming for compatible local and LM Link models in Chat Completions and Responses APIs.
- Fixed wildcard entries in website access rules.
- Session mentions in the composer, including drag and drop from the sidebar.
- Settings in the macOS app menu, even when no window is open.
- Wider markdown tables in the session transcript.
Sep 17, 2026
Bionic 1.1.3
- Voice transcription for Linux.
- llama.cpp 2.38.0 extension packs.
- Clearer file and folder drag-and-drop flows in Project Files.
- Agent-created images shown inline in conversations.
- Allow narrower Bionic app window width.
- Consistent dark Bionic app icon on macOS.
- Fixed MLX downloads sometimes stuck at the end.
- Clearer link colors in transcripts and Markdown previews.
- Smoother LM Link connection states and remote model listings.
- Model details when hovering over the collapsed model picker.
- Classic theme when system dark mode is active.
- More reliable non-ASCII output from PowerShell 5.1 commands.
- New Bionic app icon options.
- Fixed Office document tools failing to register.
- Fixed circular symlinks causing file watching loops on Linux.
- German, Spanish, French, Japanese, Brazilian Portuguese, and Traditional Chinese translations.
- Request timeout controls for custom MCP servers.
- Organization-managed MCPs for enterprise deployments.
- MTP speculative decoding for more compatible models.
- Consistent menus across Settings.
- Dark-theme colors for dismiss buttons and skill references.
- Fixed recent project ordering changing from background activity.
- Fixed composer controls shifting when Send changes to Stop.
- Fixed loading models with per-layer GGUF expert counts.
- Fixed guidance dialog layouts with longer translations.
- Fixed tall dialogs dragging the app window.
- Fixed link menus appearing behind other content and cropped suggestion shadows.
- YAML frontmatter shown as file details in Markdown previews.
- Side editor access to files Bionic creates or edits when they need attention.
- Voice transcription on Linux systems with NVIDIA GPUs.
Sep 15, 2026
Bionic 1.1.2
- Significant UI performance improvements around session loading and tab switching
- Better screen reader support across navigation, dialogs, controls, downloads, and session status.
- Faster session loading, tab switching, and subagent updates.
- llama.cpp 2.33.0 stable extension packs.
- More reliable MLX model detection.
- More reliable browser sign-in.
- File links in Markdown previews.
- More consistent top bar icon buttons.
- Fix Loaded Instances UI showing wrong context length.
- Drag and drop sessions from the sidebar into the main workspace area
- Support for
lms load --auto.
- Fixed unread session indicators remaining after opening a session.
- Bionic for Linux (x64 and ARM64).
- Chat API image and text inputs remain in a single user message.
- Chevron controls for empty project folders.
- Side sessions open in the adjacent right pane.
Sep 8, 2026
Bionic 1.1.1
- Significant UI performance improvements
- Fixed project Git branch details becoming stale after repository changes.
- New "Agent" section in App Settings
- Fixed moving a forked session also moving its parent session.
- Session status indicators on collapsed projects.
- localhost links can now open in App Browser or the system browser.
- Auto name session after forking and user message send
- More reliable agent use of available skills.
- New top bar icons and improved sidebar spacing.
- llama.cpp 2.31.2 extension packs.
- Fixed tabs reacting to drags from other windows.
- Fixed the composer losing focus after sending the first message from a new tab.
Aug 31, 2026
Bionic 1.1.0
- Project-less chats
- Auto Review for shell commands
- Simpler project creation: unify code and work project types, with optional coding abilities per session
- Support for Images in tool call results in the /v1/responses, /v1/chat/completions, and /v1/messages APIs
- Git agent instructions adjustment
- llama.cpp 2.31.0 extension packs
- Fewer approval prompts for shell commands implied by your request.
- Fixed right panel headers blocking window dragging.
- Localized standard reasoning-level labels for LM Link models.
- More consistent Project Files folder controls and previews.
- Security hardening
- Word document comments and tracked changes omit timestamps unless requested.
- Project code-permission guidance in the New Project modal.
- Fewer approval prompts for safe read-only GitHub queries.
- Fixed LM Link connections to newly discovered peers.
- Vision subagents: set a local or cloud model to be process images
- Fewer approval prompts for additional safe shell commands.
- Persistent shell approval preferences and custom Auto Review instructions.
- Fewer approval prompts for safe LMS and ESLint commands.
- Cross-project session moves.
- Fixed the command approval tooltip remaining visible after opening the menu.
- Consistent sizing and spacing for composer controls.
- Fixed transcription stop button colors.
- No-project session section in the sidebar
- Composer controls for disabled, manual review, auto review, and allow-all shell modes.
- Vision subagents for letting text-only models understand images.
- Local model loading and prompt-processing progress in transcripts.
- MLX prompt disk cache controls in advanced model settings.
- Muse Glimmer tool calling for MLX models.
- Fixed composer chips disappearing across draft edits.
- Fixed the GPU settings pop-out.
- Fixed some UI lags while the agent is working
- Fixed shell commands failing with zsh configurations that replace default aliases.
- llama.cpp 2.30.0 extension packs.
- Fixed transcript scroll position jumping during tool interactions.
- UI performance improvements
- More reliable LM Link connections during high-volume activity.
- Fixed Office document previews failing after a cancelled conversion.
- 2–2.75× faster prompt processing on M5 Macs.
- Fewer approval prompts for safe read-only shell and GitHub commands.
- Syntax highlighting for more languages in project file previews.
- Horizontal scrollbars for wide Markdown tables now appear on hover.
Aug 27, 2026
Bionic 1.0.9
- Web URLs can be opened directly from quick open.
- Fixed bugs relating to creating and using skills with some models
- Rich Markdown formatting when copying assistant messages.
- Large shell outputs retain their beginning and end when truncated.
- PDF processing support for larger embedded images.
- Fixed malformed JSON errors caused by invalid text characters.
- Better alignment for fallback model thumbnails.
- Cleaner open-file search without spellcheck underlines.
Aug 18, 2026
Bionic 1.0.8
- Skills onboarding affordance under the chat input box.
- Skill suggestions in the new session composer.
- Create Skill onboarding now invokes the skill in new chats.
- Fixed Code Review slash command order ranking.
- @ mention support for external project files
- Fixed composer suggestions clipping behind tabs or while scrolling.
- Fixed composer suggestions not loading in the launchpad.
- Clearer inclusion controls and excluded status for external skills.
- New
/install-skill and /create-skill commands.
- Friendlier names for built-in document and slide skills.
- Skill suggestions in chat with @, with references preserved in chat history.
- Guided skill setup from chat and settings.
- Skill management with enable/disable controls, details, and file actions.
- File type icons in projects and composer search.
- Clearer cloud plan, credit, and usage details.
- Fixed per-folder skill toggles and
.agents skill discovery.
- Fixed inline math overflowing messages.
- Fixed PDF preview scrollbar flicker.
- Fixed audio visualization bars getting stuck at peak.
- Fixed completed subagent rows appearing active.
- Fixed app overload when a session has a lot of compactions.
- Fixed bug where content in API responses was unexpectedly fragmented.
- Clearer button to complete authentication for OAuth MCP servers.
- Fixed system language preferences not being honored in order.
- Cleaner work duration labels.
- Fixed local API server start/stop errors not appearing in settings.
- Fixed missing space in the context length label.
- Fixed localized button labels wrapping.
- Fixed Python output paths after rewinding a session.
Aug 17, 2026
Bionic 1.0.7
- Support for new models
- Fixed inability to drag the window from settings titles.
- Added support for making the app window show always on top (right click on tab strip)
- Diagram, chart, and data visualization creation support.
- Fixed audio waveform saturation after silent microphone startup.
- GitHub-style line ranges now appear as clickable project file chips.
- File or folder drag and drop anywhere in a session tab to attach.
- Simplified Chinese interface support based on system language.
- More compact work duration labels.
Aug 10, 2026