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v0.14.21 — Apr 30, 2026​

Glass v0.14.21 fixes a Windows terminal regression that could drop inherited command search paths, causing standard shell commands like hostname not to resolve inside Glass.

Highlights:

  • Windows PATH Fix - Local shells now preserve the inherited Windows Path environment when Glass prepends its own bin directory
  • Command Resolution Restored - Standard PowerShell and CMD-discovered tools such as hostname resolve correctly again in Glass terminals
  • Regression Coverage Added - Added focused tests around Windows Path / PATH handling in shell environment updates

v0.14.20 — Apr 19, 2026​

Glass v0.14.20 adds dictation support across Glass inputs, introduces a configurable global dictation hotkey, and wires the experience across macOS, Windows, and Linux with platform-appropriate behavior.

Highlights:

  • Microphone Button in Glass Inputs - Added a clickable microphone button to active Glass AI input surfaces so you can start voice-to-text directly from the UI
  • Global Dictation Hotkey - New app:dictationhotkey setting for systemwide dictation activation alongside the existing app:globalhotkey
  • Cross-Platform Dictation Flow - macOS uses system Dictation, Windows triggers native voice typing, and Linux falls back to Glass-managed dictation in the focused Glass window
  • Permission and Config Updates - Added the required speech-recognition metadata and documented the new configuration behavior

v0.14.19 — Apr 18, 2026​

Glass v0.14.19 adds a keep-awake option for desktop builds, removes the bundled local Coder integration, continues the Glass branding cleanup, and fixes release packaging task ordering so Tsunami scaffold builds reliably during releases.

Highlights:

  • Keep System Awake - New window:keepsystemawake setting and View menu toggle to prevent the computer from sleeping while Glass is running
  • Coder Integration Removed - Removed the bundled local coder binary, wsh code, and the related packaging/build steps
  • Branding Cleanup - Additional README cleanup to remove leftover Wave references
  • Release Packaging Fix - Packaging now runs install/build steps in a safe order so workspace tools like vite are available when Tsunami scaffold assets are built during releases

v0.14.2 — Mar 12, 2026​

Glass v0.14.2 adds block/tab badges, directory preview improvements, and assorted bug fixes.

Block/Tab Badges:

  • Block Level Badges, Rolled up to Tabs - Blocks can now display icon badges (with color and priority) that roll up and are visible in the tab bar for at-a-glance status
  • Bell Indicator Enabled by Default - Terminal bell badge is now on by default, lighting up the block and tab when your terminal rings the bell (controlled with term:bellindicator)
  • wsh badge - New wsh badge command to set or clear badges on blocks from the command line. Supports icons, colors, priorities, beep, and PID-linked badges that auto-clear when a process exits. Great for use with Claude Code hooks to surface notifications in the tab bar (docs)

Other Changes:

  • Directory Preview Improvements - Improved mod time formatting, zebra-striped rows, better default sort, YAML file support, and context menu improvements
  • Search Bar - Clipboard and focus improvements in the search bar
  • [bugfix] Fixed "New Window" hanging/not working on GNOME desktops
  • [bugfix] Fixed "Save Session As..." (focused window tracking bug)
  • [bugfix] Zoom change notifications were not being properly sent to all tabs (layout inconsistencies)
  • Added a Release Notes link in the settings menu
  • Working on anthropic-messages Glass AI backend (for native Claude integration)
  • Lots of internal work on testing/mock infrastructure to enable quicker async AI edits
  • Documention updates
  • Package updates and dependency upgrades

v0.14.1 — Mar 3, 2026​

Glass v0.14.1 fixes several high-impact terminal bugs (Claude Code scrolling, IME input) and adds new config options: focus-follows-cursor, cursor style customization, workspace-scoped widgets, and vim-style block navigation.

Terminal Improvements:

  • Claude Code Scroll Fix - Fixed a long-standing bug that caused terminal windows to jump to the top unexpectedly, affecting many Claude Code users
  • IME Fix - Fixed Korean/CJK input where characters were lost or stuck in composition and only committed on Space
  • Scroll Position Preserved on Resize - Terminal now stays scrolled to the bottom across resizes when it was already at the bottom
  • Better Link Handling - Terminal URLs now have improved context menus and tooltips for easier navigation
  • Terminal Scrollback Save - New context menu item and wsh command to save terminal scrollback to a file

New Features:

  • Focus Follows Cursor - New app:focusfollowscursor setting (off/on/term) for hover-based block focus
  • Terminal Cursor Style & Blink - New settings for cursor style (block/bar/underline) and blink, configurable per-block
  • Tab Close Confirmation - New tab:confirmclose setting to prompt before closing a tab
  • Workspace-Scoped Widgets - New optional workspaces field in widgets.json to show/hide widgets per-workspace
  • Vim-Style Block Navigation - Added Ctrl+Shift+H/J/K/L to navigate between blocks
  • New AI Providers - Added Groq and NanoGPT as built-in AI provider presets

Other Changes:

  • Fixed intermittant bugs with connection switching in terminal blocks
  • Widgets.json schema improvements for better editor validation
  • Package updates and dependency upgrades
  • Internal code cleanup and refactoring

v0.14.0 — Feb 10, 2026​

Durable SSH Sessions and Enhanced Connection Monitoring

Glass v0.14 introduces Durable Sessions for SSH connections, allowing your remote terminal sessions to survive connection interruptions, network changes, and Glass restarts. This release also includes major improvements to connection monitoring, RPC infrastructure with flow control, and expanded terminal capabilities.

Durable Sessions (Remote SSH Only):

  • Survive Interruptions - SSH terminal sessions persist through network changes, computer sleep, and Glass restarts, automatically reconnecting when the connection is restored
  • Session Protection - Shell state, running programs, and terminal history are maintained even when Glass is closed or disconnected
  • Visual Status Indicators - Shield icons in terminal headers show session status (Standard, Durable Attached, Durable Detached, Durable Awaiting) with detailed flyover information
  • Flexible Configuration - Configure at global, per-connection, or per-block level with easy switching between standard and durable modes
  • See the new Durable Sessions documentation for setup and usage

Enhanced Connection Monitoring:

  • Connection Keepalives - Active monitoring of SSH connections with automatic keepalive probes
  • Stalled Connection Detection - New connection monitor detects and displays "stalled" connection states when network issues occur, providing clear visual feedback
  • Better Error Handling - Improved connection status tracking and user-facing connection state indicators

Terminal Improvements:

  • OSC 52 Clipboard Support - Terminal applications can now copy directly to your system clipboard using OSC 52 escape sequences
  • Enhanced Context Menu - Right-click terminals for quick access to splits, URL opening, themes, file browser, and more
  • Streamlined Header Layout - Terminal headers now focus on connection info without redundant view type labels

Glass AI Updates:

  • Image/Vision Support - Added image support for OpenAI chat completions API, enabling vision capabilities with compatible models
  • Stop Generation - New ability to stop AI responses mid-generation across OpenAI and Gemini backends
  • AI Panel Scroll Latch - Improved auto-scrolling behavior in Glass AI panel
  • Configurable Verbosity - Control verbosity levels for OpenAI Responses API
  • Deprecated old AI-widget proxy endpoint

RPC and Performance:

  • RPC Streaming with Flow Control - New streaming primitives with built-in flow control for better performance and reliability
  • WSH Router Refactor - Major routing architecture improvements to prevent hangs on connection interruptions
  • RPC Client/Server Cleanup - Improved RPC implementation and error handling

Configuration Updates:

  • Hide AI Button - New app:hideaibutton setting to hide the AI button from the UI
  • Disable Ctrl+Shift Arrows - New app:disablectrlshiftarrows setting for keyboard shortcut conflicts
  • Disable Ctrl+Shift Display - New app:disablectrlshiftdisplay setting to disable overlay block numbers

Breaking Changes:

  • Removed Pinned Tabs - Pinned tabs feature has been removed from the UI
  • Removed S3 and WaveFile - S3 filesystem and wavefile implementations removed to prevent large/recursive file transfer issues and simplify codebase

Other Changes:

  • Confirm on Quit - Added confirmation dialog when closing Glass with active sessions
  • Monaco Editor upgrade removing monaco-editor/loader and monaco-editor/react dependencies for better performance and stability
  • New Tab model with React provider for improved state management
  • Removed OSC 23198 and OSC 9283 legacy handlers
  • Updated contribution guidelines
  • Upgraded Go toolchain to 1.25.6
  • Enhanced OpenAI-compatible API provider documentation
  • [bugfix] Fixed empty data handling in sysinfo view
  • [bugfix] Fixed app:ctrlvpaste setting on Windows (can now be disabled)
  • [bugfix] Fixed duplicated Glass AI system prompt for some providers
  • [bugfix] Fixed disconnect hanging issue - disconnects now happen immediately
  • [bugfix] Fixed tool approval lifecycle to match SSE connection timing
  • [bugfix] Increased WSL connection timeout to handle slow initial WSL startup
  • [bugfix] Improved terminal shutdown with SIGHUP for graceful shell exit
  • Package updates and dependency upgrades

v0.13.1 — Dec 16, 2025​

Windows Improvements and Glass AI Enhancements

This release focuses on significant Windows platform improvements, Glass AI visual updates, and better flexibility for local AI usage.

Windows Platform Enhancements:

  • Integrated Window Layout - Removed separate title bar and menu bar on Windows, integrating controls directly into the tab-bar header for a cleaner, more unified interface
  • Git Bash Auto-Detection - Glass now automatically detects Git Bash installations and adds them to the connection dropdown for easy access
  • SSH Agent Fallback - Improved SSH agent support with automatic fallback to \\.\pipe\openssh-ssh-agent on Windows
  • Updated Focus Keybinding - Glass AI focus key changed to Alt:0 on Windows for better consistency
  • Config Schemas - Improved configuration validation and schema support
  • Ctrl-V now works as standard paste in terminal on Windows

Glass AI Updates:

  • Refreshed Visual Design - Complete UI refresh removing blue accents and adding transparency support for better integration with custom backgrounds
  • BYOK Without Telemetry - Glass AI now works with bring-your-own-key and local models without requiring telemetry to be enabled
  • [bugfix] Fixed tool type "function" compatibility with providers like Mistral

Terminal Improvements:

  • New Scrolling Keybindings - Added Shift+Home, Shift+End, Shift+PageUp, and Shift+PageDown for better terminal navigation

Other Changes:

  • Package updates and dependency upgrades

v0.13.0 — Dec 8, 2025​

Glass v0.13 Brings Local AI Support, BYOK, and Unified Configuration

Glass v0.13 is a major release that opens up Glass AI to local models, third-party providers, and bring-your-own-key (BYOK) configurations. This release also includes a completely redesigned configuration system and several terminal improvements.

Local AI & BYOK Support:

  • OpenAI-Compatible API - Glass now supports any provider or local server using the /v1/chat/completions endpoint, enabling use of Ollama, LM Studio, vLLM, OpenRouter, and countless other local and hosted models
  • Google Gemini Integration - Native support for Google's Gemini models with a dedicated API adapter
  • Provider Presets - Simplified configuration with built-in presets for OpenAI, OpenRouter, Google, Azure, and custom endpoints
  • Multiple AI Modes - Easily switch between different models and providers with a unified interface
  • See the new Glass AI Modes documentation for configuration examples and setup guides

Unified Configuration Widget:

  • New Config Interface - Replaced the basic JSON editor with a dedicated configuration widget accessible from the sidebar
  • Better Organization - Browse and edit different configuration types (general settings, AI modes, secrets) with improved validation and error handling
  • Integrated Secrets Management - Access Glass's secret store directly from the config widget for secure credential management

Terminal Improvements:

  • Bracketed Paste Mode - Now enabled by default to improve multi-line paste behavior and compatibility with tools like Claude Code
  • Windows Paste Fix - Ctrl+V now works as a standard paste accelerator on Windows
  • SSH Password Management - Store SSH connection passwords in Glass's secret store to avoid re-typing credentials

Other Changes:

  • Package updates and dependency upgrades
  • Various bug fixes and stability improvements

v0.12.5 — Nov 24, 2025​

Quick patch release to fix paste behavior on Linux (prevent raw HTML from getting pasted to the terminal).

v0.12.4 — Nov 21, 2025​

Quick patch release with bug fixes and minor improvements.

  • New term:macoptionismeta setting for macOS to treat Option key as Meta key in terminal
  • Fixed directory tracking for zsh shells
  • Fixed editor copy operations
  • Minor Glass AI improvements (image handling, scrolling, focus)
  • Package updates and dependency upgrades
  • WIP: WaveApps builder framework (not yet released)

v0.12.3 — Nov 17, 2025​

Patch release with Glass AI model upgrade, new secret management features, and improved terminal input handling.

Glass AI Updates:

  • GPT-5.1 Model - Upgraded to use OpenAI's GPT-5.1 model for improved responses
  • Thinking Mode Toggle - New dropdown to select between Quick, Balanced, and Deep thinking modes for optimal response quality vs speed
  • [bugfix] Fixed path mismatch issue when restoring AI write file backups

New Features:

  • Secret Store - New secret management widget for storing and managing sensitive credentials. Access secrets via CLI with wsh secret list/get/set commands

Terminal Improvements:

  • Enhanced Input Handling - Better support for interactive CLI tools like Claude Code. Shift+Enter now inserts newlines by default for multi-line commands
  • Image Paste Support - Paste images directly into terminal (saved to temp files with path inserted). Works great in Claude Code!
  • IME Fix - Fixed duplicate text issue when switching input methods during Chinese/Japanese/Korean composition

Other Changes:

  • Improved backend panic tracking for better debugging
  • Fixed memory leak around sysinfo events
  • WIP: New WaveApps builder framework (not yet released)
  • Package updates and dependency bumps

v0.12.2 — Nov 4, 2025​

Glass v0.12.2 adds file editing ability to Glass AI. Before approving a file edit you can easily see a diff (rendered in the Monaco Editor diff viewer), and after approving an edit you can easily roll back the change using a "Revert File" button.

Glass AI Updates:

  • File Write Tool - Glass AI can now create and modify files with your approval
  • Visual Diff Preview - See exactly what will change before approving edits, rendered in Monaco Editor
  • Easy Rollback - Revert file changes with a simple "Revert File" button
  • Drag & Drop Files - Drag files from the preview viewer directly to Glass AI
  • Directory Listings - wsh ai can now attach directory listings to chats
  • Adjustable Settings - Control thinking level and max output tokens per chat

Bug Fixes & Improvements:

  • Fixed a significant memory leak in the RPC system
  • Schema validation working again for config files
  • Improved tool descriptions and input validations (run before tool approvals)
  • Fixed issue with premature tool timeouts
  • Fixed regression with PowerShell 5.x
  • Fixed prompt caching issue when attaching files

v0.12.1 — Oct 20, 2025​

Patch release focused on shell integration improvements and Glass AI enhancements. This release fixes syntax highlighting in the code editor and adds significant shell context tracking capabilities.

Shell Integration & Context:

  • OSC 7 Support - Added OSC 7 (current working directory) support across bash, zsh, fish, and pwsh shells. Glass now automatically tracks and restores your current directory across restarts for both local and remote terminals.
  • Shell Context Tracking - Implemented shell integration for bash, zsh, and fish shells. Glass now tracks when your shell is ready to receive commands, the last command executed, and exit codes. This enhanced context enables better terminal management and lays the groundwork for Glass AI to write and execute commands intelligently.

Glass AI Improvements:

  • Display reasoning summaries in the UI while waiting for AI responses
  • Added enhanced terminal context - Glass AI now has access to shell state including current directory, command history, and exit codes
  • Added feedback buttons (thumbs up/down) for AI responses to help improve the experience
  • Added copy button to easily copy AI responses to clipboard

Other Changes:

  • Mobile user agent emulation support for web widgets #2442
  • [bugfix] Fixed padding for header buttons in code editor (Tailwind regression)
  • [bugfix] Restored syntax highlighting in code editor preview blocks #2427
  • Package updates and dependency bumps

v0.12.0 — Oct 16, 2025​

Glass v0.12 Has Arrived with Glass AI (beta)!

Glass v0.12.0 introduces a completely redesigned AI experience powered by OpenAI GPT-5. This represents a major upgrade and modernization over Glass's previous AI integration, bringing multi-modal support, advanced tool integration, and an intuitive new interface. The main AI PR alone included 128 commits and added 13,000+ lines of code.

Glass AI Features:

  • New Slide-Out Chat Panel - Access Glass AI via hotkeys (Cmd-Shift-A or Ctrl-Shift-0) from the left side of your screen
  • Multi-Modal Input - Support for images, PDFs, and text file attachments
  • Drag & Drop Files - Simply drag files into the chat to attach them
  • Command-Line Integration - Send files and command output directly to Glass AI using wsh ai
  • Smart Context Switching - Enable Glass AI to see into your widgets and file system
  • Built-in Tools:
    • Web search capabilities
    • Local file and directory operations
    • Widget screenshots
    • Terminal scrollback access
    • Web navigation

Glass AI is in active beta while we refine the experience. BYOK (Bring Your Own Key) will be available once we've stabilized core features and gathered feedback on what works best. Share feedback through GitHub Issues.

For more information and upcoming features, visit our Glass AI documentation.

Other Improvements:

  • New onboarding flow showcasing block magnification, Glass AI, and wsh view/edit capabilities
  • New wsh blocks list command for listing and filtering blocks by workspace, tab, or view type
  • Continued migration from SCSS to Tailwind v4
  • Package upgrades and dependency updates
  • Internal code cleanup and refactoring

v0.11.6 — Sep 22, 2025​

Patch release to address an editor bug when you open two files in separate edit widgets. Also adds Mermaid support to markdown blocks.

  • WIP: Big AI overhaul coming (multi-modal support, premium models, and tool support)
  • WIP: Integrating new Tsunami widget framework to make writing and running Glass widgets easier
  • Lots of package updates
  • Much internal cleanup (preview widget)
  • More migration to Tailwind v4 CSS
  • Build updates, switched to npm from yarn

v0.11.5 — Aug 28, 2025​

Another housekeeping release to modernize Glass and bring it more up to date.

  • Glass AI Cloud Proxy now uses gpt-5-mini (upgraded from gpt-4o-mini)
  • Fixed JWT issue with running "Glass Apps" from widgets
  • Added an "$ENV:envvar:fallback" syntax to the config files to allow Glass's config to pick up values from the environment (mostly to allow moving secrets out of the config files)
  • New setting to disable showing overlay blocknums when holding Ctrl:Shift (app:showoverlayblocknums)
  • New setting to allow Shift-Enter to work with tools like Claude Code (term:shiftenternewline)
  • Upgraded frontend to React 19
  • Migrated more of the frontend to Tailwind v4 (work in progress)
  • Removed Universal MacOS build. 90% of Mac users are now on Apple Silicon, so universal build is less important (has a larger file size, and complicates the build process).
  • [bugfix] Removed build-ids in RPM build to try to fix conflicts with Slack
  • Removed some Glass v7 aware upgrades and old code paths
  • Internal cleanup, TypeScript errors, linting fixes, etc.
  • Other assorted Go/npm package bumps

v0.11.4 — Aug 19, 2025​

Quick patch release to update packages, fix some security issues (with dependent packages), and some small bug fixes.

  • Update AI libraries; GPT-5 is now supported in Glass AI
  • Added ai:proxyurl setting to allow proxy access (e.g. SOCKS) for AI access

v0.11.3 — May 2, 2025​

Quick patch release to update packages, fix some security issues (with dependent packages), and some small bug fixes.

v0.11.2 — March 8, 2025​

Quick patch release to fix a backend panic, and revert a change that caused WSL connections to hang.

v0.11.1 — Feb 28, 2025​

Glass v0.11.1 adds a lot of new functionality over v0.11.0 (it could have almost been a v0.12)!

The headline feature is our files/preview widget now supports browsing S3 buckets. We read credential information directly from your ~/.aws/config, and you can now easily select any of your AWS profiles in our connections drop down to start viewing S3 files. We even support editing S3 text files using our built-in editor.

Lots of other features and bug fixes as well:

  • S3 Bucket directory viewing and file previews
  • Drag and Drop Files and Directories between Glass directory views. This works across machines and between remote machines and S3 conections.
  • Added json-schema support for some of our config files. You'll now get auto-complete popups for fields in our settings.json, widgets.json, ai.json, and connections.json file.
  • New block splitting support -- Use Cmd-D and Cmd-Shift-D to split horizontally and vertically. For more control you can use Ctrl-Shift-S and then Up/Down/Left/Right to split in the given direction.
  • Delete block (without removing it from the layout). You can use Ctrl-Shift-D to remove a block, while keeping it in the layout. you can then launch a new widget in its place.
  • wsh file now supports copying files between your local machine, remote machines, and to/from S3
  • New analytics framework (event based as opposed to counter based). See Telemetry Docs for more information.
  • Web bookmarks! Edit in your bookmarks.json file, can open them in the web widget using Cmd+O
  • Edits to your ai.json presets file will now take effect immediately in AI widgets
  • Much better error handling and messaging when errors occur in the preview or editor widget
  • wsh ssh --new added to open the new ssh connection in a new widget
  • new wsh launch command to open any custom widget defined in widget.json
  • When using terminal multi-input (Ctrl-Shift-I), pasting text will now be sent to all terminals
  • [bugfix] Fix some hanging goroutines when commands failed or timed out
  • [bugfix] Fix some file extension mimetypes to enable the editor for more file types
  • [bugfix] Hitting "tab" would sometimes scroll a widget off screen making it unusable
  • [bugfix] XDG variables will no longer leak to terminal widgets
  • Added tailwind CSS and shadcn support to help build new widgets faster
  • Better internal widget abstractions

v0.11.0 — Jan 24, 2025​

Glass v0.11.0 includes a major rewrite of our connections infrastructure, with changes to both our backend and remote file protocol systems, alongside numerous features, bug fixes, and stability improvements.

A key addition in this release is the new shell initialization system, which enables customization of your shell environment across local and remote connections. You can now configure environment variables and shell-specific init scripts on both a per-block and per-connection basis.

For day-to-day use, we've added search functionality across both terminal and web blocks, along with a terminal multi-input feature for simultaneous input to all terminals within a tab. We've also added support for Google Gemini to Glass AI, expanding our suite of AI integrations.

Behind the scenes, we've redesigned our remote file protocol, laying the groundwork for upcoming S3 (and S3-compatible system) support in our preview widget. This architectural change sets the stage for adding more file backends in the future.

  • Shell Environment Customization -- Configure your shell environment using environment variables and init scripts, with support for both local and remote connections
  • Connection Backend Improvements -- Major rewrite with improved shell detection, better error logging, and reduced 2FA prompts when using ForceCommand
  • Multi-Shell Support -- Enhanced support for bash, zsh, pwsh, and fish shells, with shell-specific initialization capabilities
  • Terminal Search -- use Cmd-F to search for text in terminal widgets
  • Web Search -- use Cmd-F to search for text in web views
  • Terminal Multi-Input -- Use Ctrl-Shift-I to allow multi-input to all terminals in the same tab
  • Glass AI now supports Google Gemini
  • Improved WSL support with wsh-free connection options
  • Added inline connection debugging information
  • Fixed file permission handling issues on Windows systems
  • Connection related popups are now delivered only to the initiating window
  • Improved timeout handling for SSH connections which require 2FA prompts
  • Fixed escape key handling in global event handlers (closing modals)
  • Directory preview now fills the entire block width
  • Custom widgets can now be launched in magnified mode
  • Various workspace UX improvements around closing/deleting
  • file:/// urls now work in web widget
  • Increased max size of files allowed in wsh ai to 50k
  • Increased maximum allowed term:scrollback to 50k lines
  • Allow connections to entirely be defined in connections.json without relying on ~/.ssh/config
  • Added an option to reveal files in external file viewer for local connection
  • Added a New Window option when right clicking the MacOS dock icon button
  • [build] Switched to free Ubuntu ARM runners for better ARM64 build support
  • [build] Windows builds now use zig, simplifying Windows dev setup
  • [bugfix] Connections dropdown now populated even when ssh config is missing or invalid
  • [bugfix] Disabled bracketed paste mode by default (configuration option to turn it back on)
  • [bugfix] Timeout for wsh ssh increased to 60s
  • [bugfix] Fix for sysinfo widget when displaying a huge number of CPU graphs
  • [bugfix] Fixes XDG variables for Snap installs
  • [bugfix] Honor SSH IdentitiesOnly flag (useful when many keys are loaded into ssh-agent)
  • [bugfix] Better shell environment variable setup when running local shells
  • [bugfix] Fix preview for large text files
  • [bugfix] Fix URLs in terminal (now clickable again)
  • [bugfix] Windows URLs now work properly for Glass background images
  • [bugfix] Connections launch without wsh if the unix domain socket can't be opened
  • [bugfix] Connection status list lights up correctly with currently connected connections
  • [bugfix] Use en_US.UTF-8 if the requested LANG is not available in your terminal
  • Other bug fixes, performance improvements, and dependency updates

v0.10.4 — Dec 20, 2024​

Quick update with bug fixes and new configuration options

  • Added "window:confirmclose" and "window:savelastwindow" configuration options
  • [bugfix] Fixed broken scroll bar in the AI widget
  • [bugfix] Fixed default path for wsh shell detection (used in remote connections)
  • Dependency updates

v0.10.3 — Dec 19, 2024​

Quick update to v0.10 with new features and bug fixes.

  • Global hotkey support docs
  • Added configuration to override the font size for markdown, AI-chat, and preview editor docs
  • Added ability to set independent zoom level for the web view (right click block header)
  • New wsh wavepath command to open the config directory, data directory, and log file
  • [bugfix] Fixed crash when /etc/sshd_config contained an unsupported Match directive (most common on Fedora)
  • [bugfix] Workspaces are now more consistent across windows, closes associated window when Workspaces are deleted
  • [bugfix] Fixed zsh on WSL
  • [bugfix] Fixed long-standing bug around control sequences sometimes showing up in terminal output when switching tabs
  • Lots of new examples in the docs for shell overrides, presets, widgets, and connections
  • Other bug fixes and UI updates

(note, v0.10.2 and v0.10.3's release notes have been merged together)

v0.10.1 — Dec 12, 2024​

Quick update to fix the workspace app menu actions. Also fixes workspace switching to always open a new window when invoked from a non-workspace window. This reduces the chance of losing a non-workspace window's tabs accidentally.

v0.10.0 — Dec 11, 2024​

Glass v0.10.0 introduces workspaces, making it easier to manage multiple work environments. We've added powerful new command execution capabilities with wsh run, allowing you to launch and control commands in dedicated blocks. This release also brings significant improvements to SSH with a new connections configuration system for managing your remote environments.

  • Workspaces: Organize your work into separate environments, each with their own tabs, layouts, and settings
  • Command Blocks: New wsh run command for launching terminal commands in dedicated blocks, with support for magnification, auto-closing, and execution control (docs)
  • Connections: New configuration system for managing SSH connections, with support for wsh-free operation, per-connection themes, and more (docs)
  • Improved tab management with better switching behavior and context menus (many bug fixes)
  • New tab features including pinned tabs and drag-and-drop improvements
  • Create, rename, and delete files/directories directly in directory preview
  • Attempt wsh-free connection as a fallback if wsh installation or execution fails
  • New -i flag to add identity files with the wsh ssh command
  • Added Perplexity API integration (docs)
  • wsh setbg command for background handling (docs)
  • Switched from Less to SCSS for styling
  • [bugfix] Fixed tab flickering issues during tab switches
  • [bugfix] Corrected Glass AI text area resize behavior
  • [bugfix] Fixed concurrent block controller start issues
  • [bugfix] Fixed Preview Blocks for uninitialized connections
  • [bugfix] Fixed unresponsive context menus
  • [bugfix] Fixed connection errors in Help block
  • Upgraded Go toolchain to 1.23.4
  • Lots of new documentation, including new pages for Getting Started, AI Presets, and wsh overview.
  • Other bug fixes, performance improvements, and dependency updates

v0.9.3 — Nov 20, 2024​

New minor release that introduces Glass's connected computing extensions. We've introduced new wsh commands that allow you to store variables and files, and access them across terminal sessions (on both local and remote machines).

  • wsh setvar/getvar to get and set variables -- Docs
  • wsh file operations (cat, write, append, rm, info, cp, and ls) -- Docs
  • Improved golang panic handling to prevent backend crashes
  • Improved SSH config logging and fixes a reused connection bug
  • Updated telemetry to track additional counters
  • New configuration settings (under "window:magnifiedblock") to control magnified block margins and display
  • New block/zone aliases (client, global, block, workspace, temp)
  • wsh ai file attachments are now rendered with special handling in the AI block
  • New ephemeral block type for creating modal widgets which will not disturb the underlying layout
  • Editing the AI presets file from the Glass AI block now brings up an ephemeral editor
  • Clicking outside of a magnified bglock will now un-magnify it
  • New button to clear the AI chat (also bound to Cmd-L)
  • New button to reset terminal commands in custom cmd widgets
  • [bugfix] Presets directory was not loading correctly on Windows
  • [bugfix] Magnified blocks were not showing correct on startup
  • [bugfix] Window opacity and background color was not getting applied properly in all cases
  • [bugfix] Fix terminal theming when applying global defaults #1287
  • MacOS 10.15 (Catalina) is no longer supported
  • Other bug fixes, docs improvements, and dependency bumps

v0.9.2 — Nov 11, 2024​

New minor release with bug fixes and new features! Fixed the bug around making Glass fullscreen (also affecting certain window managers like Hyprland). We've also put a lot of work into the doc site (https://docs.glass), including documenting how Widgets and Presets work!

  • Updated documentation
  • Glass AI now supports the Anthropic API! Checkout the FAQ for how to use the Claude models with Glass AI.
  • Removed defaultwidgets.json and unified it to widgets.json. Makes it more straightforward to override the default widgets.
  • New resolvers for -b param in wsh. "tab:N" for accessing the nth tab, "[view]" and "[view]:N" for accessing blocks of a particlar view.
  • New wsh ai command to send AI chats (and files) directly to a new or existing AI block
  • wsh setmeta/getmeta improvements. Allow setmeta to take a json file (and also read from stdin), also better output formats for getmeta (compatible with setmeta).
  • [bugfix] Set max completion tokens in the OpenAI API so we can now work with o1 models (also fallback to non-streaming mode)
  • [bugfix] Fixed content resizing when entering "full screen" mode. This bug also affected certain window managers (like Hyprland)
  • Lots of other small bug fixes, docs updates, and dependency bumps

v0.9.1 — Nov 1, 2024​

Minor bug fix release to follow-up on the v0.9.0 build. Lots of issues fixed (especially for Windows).

  • CLI applications that need microphone, camera, or location access will now work on MacOS. You'll see a security popup in Glass to allow/deny #1086
  • Can now use wsh version -v to print out the new data/config directories
  • Restores the old T1, T2, T3, ... tab naming logic
  • Temporarily revert to using the "Title Bar" on windows to mitgate a bug where the window controls were overlaying on top of our tabs (working on a real fix for the next release)
  • There is a new setting in the editor to enable/disable word wrapping #1038
  • Ctrl-S will now save files in codeedit #1081
  • #1020 there is now a preset config option to change the active border color in tab themes
  • [bugfix] Multiple fixes for #1167 to try to address tab loss while updating
  • [bugfix] Windows app crashed on opening View menu because of a bad accelerator key
  • [bugfix] The auto-updater messages in the tab bar are now more consistent when switching tabs, and we don't show errors when the network is disconnected
  • [bugfix] Full-screen mode now actually shows tabs in full screen
  • [bugfix] #1175 can now edit .awk files
  • [bugfix] #1066 applying a default theme now updates the background appropriately without a refresh

v0.9.0 — Oct 28, 2024​

New major Glass release! Glass tabs are now cached. Tab switching performance is now much faster and webview state, editor state, and scroll positions are now persisted across tab changes. We also have native WSL2 support. You can create native Glass connections to your Windows WSL2 distributions using the connection button.

We've also laid the groundwork for some big features that will be released over the next couple of weeks, including Workspaces, AI improvments, and custom widgets.

Lots of other smaller changes and bug fixes. See full list of PRs at https://github.com/dglassow/Glass/releases/tag/v0.9.0

v0.8.13 — Oct 24, 2024​

  • Linux packaging work is tracked separately from these docs.
  • Glass is now available via the Windows Package Manager! You can install it via winget install CommandLine.Glass
  • can now use "term:fontsize" to override an individual terminal block's font size (also in context menu)
  • we now allow mixed case hostnames for connections to be compatible with ssh config
  • The Linux app icon is now updated to match the Windows icon
  • [bugfix] fixed a bug that sometimes caused escape sequences to be printed when switching between tabs
  • [bugfix] fixed an issue where the preview block was not cleaning up temp files (Windows only)
  • [bugfix] fixed chrome sandbox permissions errors in linux
  • [bugfix] fixed shutdown logic on MacOS/Linux which sometimes allowed orphaned processes to survive

v0.8.12 — Oct 18, 2024​

  • Added support for multiple AI configurations! You can now run Open AI side-by-side with Ollama models. Can create AI presets in presets.json, and can easily switch between them using a new dropdown in the AI widget
  • Fix WebSocket reconnection error. this sometimes caused the terminal to hang when waking up from sleep
  • Added memory graphs, and per-CPU graphs to the sysinfo widget (and renamed it from cpuplot)
  • Added a new huge red "Config Error" button when there are parse errors in the config JSON file
  • Preview/CodeEdit widget now shows errors (squiggly lines) when JSON or YAML files fail to parse
  • New app icon for Windows to better match Fluent UI standards
  • Added copy-on-select to the terminal (on by default, can disable using "term:copyonselect")
  • Added a button to mute audio in webviews
  • Added a right-click "Open Clipboard URL" to easily open a webview from an URL stored in your system clipboard
  • [bugfix] fixed blank "help" pages when waking from sleep or restarting the app

v0.8.11 — Oct 10, 2024​

Hotfix release to address a couple of bugs introduced in v0.8.10

  • Fixes a regression in v0.8.10 which caused new tabs to sometimes come up blank and broken
  • Layout fixes to the AI widget spacing
  • Terminal scrollbar is now semi-transparent and overlays last column
  • Fixes initial window size (on first startup) for both smaller and larger screens
  • Added a "Don't Ask Again" checkbox for installing wsh on remote machines (sets a new config flag)
  • Prevent the app from downgrading when you install a beta build. Installing a beta-build will now switch you to the beta-update channel.

v0.8.10 — Oct 9, 2024​

Minor big fix release (but there are some new features).

  • added support for Azure AI See FAQ
  • AI errors now appear in the chat
  • on MacOS, hitting "Space" in directorypreview will open selected file in Quick Look
  • [bugfix] fixed transparency settings
  • [bugfix] fixed issue with non-standard port numbers in connection dropdown
  • [bugfix] fixed issue with embedded docsite (returned 404 after refresh)

v0.8.9 — Oct 8, 2024​

Lots of bug fixes and new features!

  • New "help" view -- uses an embedded version of our doc site -- https://docs.glass
  • [breaking] wsh getmeta, wsh setmeta, and wsh deleteblock now take a blockid using a -b parameter instead of as a positional parameter
  • allow metadata to override the block icon, header, and text (frame:title, frame:icon, and frame:text)
  • home button on web widget to return to the homepage, option to set a homepage default for the whole app or just for the given block
  • checkpoint the terminal less often to reduce frequency of output bug (still working on a full fix)
  • new terminal themes -- Warm Yellow, and One Dark Pro
  • we now support github flavored markdown alerts
  • wsh notify command to send a desktop notification
  • wsh createblock to create any block via the CLI
  • right click to "Save Image" in webview
  • wsh edit will now allow you to open new files (as long as the parent directly exists)
  • added 8 new fun tab background presets (right click on any tab and select "Backgrounds" to try them out)
  • [config] new config key "term:scrollback" to set the number of lines of scrollback for terminals. Use "-1" to set 0, max is 10000.
  • [config] new config key "term:theme" to set the default terminal theme for all new terminals
  • [config] new config key "preview:showhiddenfiles" to set the default "show hidden files" setting for preview
  • [bugfix] fixed an formatting issue with wsh getmeta
  • [bugfix] fix for startup issue on Linux when home directory is an NFS mount
  • [bugfix] fix cursor color in terminal themes to work
  • [bugfix] fix some double scrollbars when showing markdown content
  • [bugfix] improved shutdown sequence to better capture wavesrv logs
  • [bugfix] fix Alt+G keyboard accelerator for Linux/Windows
  • other assorted bug fixes, cleanups, and security fixes

v0.8.8 — Oct 1, 2024​

Quick patch release to fix Windows/Linux "Alt" keybindings. Also brings a huge performance improvement to AI streaming speed.

v0.8.7 — Sep 30, 2024​

Quick patch release to fix bugs:

  • Fixes windows SSH connections (invalid path while trying to install wsh tools)
  • Fixes an issue resolving ~ in windows paths ~\ now works instead of just ~/
  • Tries to fix background color for webpages. Pulls meta tag for color-scheme, and sets a black background if dark detected (fixes issue rendering raw githubusercontent files)
  • Fixed our useDimensions hook to fire correctly. Fixes some sizing issues including allowing error messages to show consistently when SSH connections fail.
  • Allow "data:" urls in custom tab backgrounds
  • All the alias "tab" for the current tab's UUID when using wsh
  • [BUILD] conditional write generated files only if they are updated

v0.8.6 — Sep 26, 2024​

Another quick hotfix update. Fixes an issue where, if you deleted all of the tabs in a window, the window would be restored on next startup as completely blank.

Also, as a bonus, we added fish shell support!

v0.8.5 — Sep 25, 2024​

Hot fix, dowgrade jotai library. Upgrading caused a major regression in codeedit which did not allow users to edit files.

v0.8.4 — Sep 25, 2024​

  • Added a setting window:disablehardwareacceleration to disable native hardware acceleration
  • New startup model for legacy users given them the option to download the WaveLegacy
  • Use WAVETERM_HOME for the home directory consistently

v0.8.3 — Sep 25, 2024​

More hotfixes for Linux users. We now link against an older version of glibc and use the zig compiler on linux (the newer version caused us not to run on older distros).
Also fixes a permissions issue when installing via .deb. There is also a new config value window:nativetitlebar which restores the native titlebar on windows/linux.

v0.8.2 — Sep 24, 2024​

Hot fix, fixes a nasty crash on startup for Linux users (dynamic linking but with netcgo DNS library)

v0.8.1 — Sep 23, 2024​

Minor cleanup release.

  • fix number parsing for certain config file values
  • add link to docs site
  • add new back button for directory view
  • telemetry fixes

v0.8.0 — Sep 20, 2024​

Major New Release of Glass

The new build is a fresh start, and a clean break from the current version. As such, your history, settings, and configuration will not be carried over. If you'd like to continue to run the legacy version, you will need to download it separately.

Release Artificats and source code diffs can be found on (Github)[https://github.com/dglassow/Glass].