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Even More Fixes

25 Jul 18:59

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Keeping with the tradition of Alpaca being a mess, I give you the third bug fixes update!

New

  • Added option to regenerate AI responses when editing a message

Fix

  • Probably most likely I hope, fixed the message rendering issues

What's Changed (Other Contributors)

Full Changelog: 7.5.2...7.5.3

More Quick Fixes

22 Jul 20:56

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Fixes

  • Fixed inconsistent rendering of messages being generated
  • Fixed random crashes related to instance updater

Full Changelog: 7.5.1...7.5.2

Quick Fixes

21 Jul 02:01

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Hi everyone, the hotfixes are ready!

New

  • Save message edit with ctrl+enter

Fixes

  • Fixed Live Chat and Quick Ask not working sometimes
  • Fixed model creation and GGUF import

Full Changelog: 7.5.0...7.5.1

Model Manager Update

19 Jul 21:02

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Hi everyone, I've prepared a nice updated focused on the model manager!

New

  • Added option to use tools by default
  • Redesign model manager
  • Added option to attach audio and video files (audio transcription)
  • Added Spotify controller tool

Fixes

  • Fixed thinking mode being on bugs out normal models

What's Changed (Other Contributors)

Full Changelog: 7.0.1...7.5.0

Fixes

30 Jun 02:10

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Fixes

  • Fixed Alpaca crashing when chats database has incorrect metadata (type)
  • Fixed Quick Ask and Live Chat not running when opened from terminal whilst Alpaca is running
  • Fixed stop button not working when pressed before text generation beggins
  • Fixed instances sometimes not appearing
  • Fixed Live Chat / Quick Ask not being able to download stt models

What's Changed (Other Contributors)

Full Changelog: 7.0.0...7.0.1

The Live Update (7.0.0)

28 Jun 02:23

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Hi everyone, I hope you guys enjoy this new update!

Discussion

New

  • Live Chat (Talk to models as if you were on a call)
  • Live message rendering
  • Faster dictation
  • Dictation whilst message is being generated
  • Camera picture attachment
  • Quick Ask now supports attachments
  • Separator element for message and attachment rendering
  • Redesigned popups
  • Thought switch for Ollama instances
  • Username sharing for Ollama instances
  • Redesign for instance manager and tool manager
  • Better web searching tool with options

Fixes

  • Fixed duplication of thought attachments
  • Fixed weird behavior with model selector
  • Ollama (Managed) instances behave better
  • Better optimizations for RAM (~2GB difference)
  • Instant chat rendering
  • Models profile pictures are now saved at a higher resolution
  • Quick Ask messages can now be sent by using the enter key
  • Alpaca is less prone to crashes now

Backend

  • Check if Whisper (STT) and Kokoro (TTS) are available
  • Move preferences from SQLite to GLib
  • Separated message controls from window code
  • New system for YouTube attaching

What's Changed (Other Contributors)

New Contributors

Full Changelog: 6.1.7...7.0.0

Another Hotfix

07 Jun 05:12

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Fix

  • Fixed new chat not being created when the chat list is empty

Full Changelog: 6.1.6...6.1.7

Hotfixes

06 Jun 21:21

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Hi everyone, this is just a small update to fix some errors!

Fixes

  • Chat exporting now works as expected
  • Fixed automatic creation of Ollama instance
  • Added Hebrew and Telugu credits
  • Fixed STT model selector

Note

I won't include sha256sum.txt in releases since GitHub now generates a sha256 next to the filename.

What's Changed (Other Contributors)

  • fix: Added import of STT_MODELS from constants, needed for whisper support by @kenvandine in #790
  • Updated the Simplified Chinese translation texts to release 6.1.5 by @8ar10der in #787
  • feat: Make whisper optional by @kenvandine in #791

New Contributors

Full Changelog: 6.1.5...6.1.6

Quick Ask Tweaks

04 Jun 07:35

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Hi everyone, yes, there's another update hahaha.

I made changes to Quick Ask, you can see them here.

New

  • Multiple Quick Ask window rendering

Fixes

  • Better stability for Quick Ask
  • Creating a new chat now selects it

Full Changelog: 6.1.0...6.1.5

The Rewrite Update

04 Jun 01:30

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Hi everyone, thanks for your patience during my break, I cooked a nice update focused in performance and stability.

Also thanks for 1k stars!

New

  • Chat Search
  • Hide "latest" and "custom" tags from model selector
  • Hide model's languages behind popup
  • New models listed for Ollama
  • Added option to autodictate new mesages
  • Added Meta Llama API to list of instances
  • Added new env variables options ("24H hour formatting" and "only Ollama mode")
  • Made Mermaid scripts executable using Python HTTP server

Fixes

  • Better stability when switching instances
  • Better performance when navigating menus
  • Fixed some dialogs not appearing in Quick Ask window
  • Faster message search
  • Faster message rendering

What's Changed (Other Contributors)

New Contributors

  • @x9a made their first contribution in #769

Full Changelog: 6.0.5...6.1.0