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Releases: Jeffser/Alpaca

Search Provider Update

20 Nov 22:18

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Hiiii I just cooked a nice update for the 1k commit celebration with one of the most requested features: Gnome Search integration!

Now from Gnome search you can:

  • Open chat
  • Create new chat
  • Create new chat and send message

New

  • Added launch paramenters --ask MESSAGE, --new-chat CHAT, --select-chat CHAT, --list-chats, --version
  • Added integration as Gnome Search Provider
  • Updated Ollama to v0.4.2 with new models

What's Changed (Other Contributors)

New Contributors

  • @edo0 made their first contribution in #376

Full Changelog: 2.7.0...2.8.0

Chat Bubble Update

04 Nov 04:13

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Hi, after a small break I'm back with a new update!

New

  • User messages are now compacted into bubbles

Fixes

  • Fixed re connection dialog not working when 'use local instance' is selected
  • Fixed model manager not adapting to large system fonts

What's Changed (Other Contributors)

New Contributors

Full Changelog: 2.6.5...2.7.0

Model Details Update

13 Oct 23:09

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Hiii I added a couple of new things to Alpaca, hope everything works!

New

  • Details page for models
  • Model selector gets replaced with 'manage models' button when there are no models downloaded
  • Added warning when model is too big for the device
  • Added AMD GPU indicator in preferences

What's Changed (Other Contributors)

Full Changelog: 2.6.0...2.6.5

Another Update

11 Oct 22:50

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Hii I have a nice update for you! yes you specifically! :D

New

  • Better system for handling dialogs
  • Better system for handling instance switching
  • Remote connection dialog

Fixes

  • Fixed: Models get duplicated when switching between remote and local instances
  • Better internal instance manager

Full Changelog: 2.5.1...2.6.0

Quick Stuff

10 Oct 03:33

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Hii, this is a simple updating, nothing of note here honestly

New

  • Added 'Cancel' and 'Save' buttons when editing a message

Fixes

  • Better handling of image recognition
  • Remove unused files when canceling a model download
  • Better message blocks rendering

What's Changed (Other contributors)

Full Changelog: 2.5.0...2.5.1

Script Sandbox Update

07 Oct 19:05

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Hiii, I cooked a nice update, I hope it works hhahaha

New

  • Run bash and python scripts straight from chat
  • Updated Ollama to 0.3.12
  • New models!

Fixes

  • Fixed and made faster the launch sequence
  • Better detection of code blocks in messages
  • Fixed app not loading in certain setups with Nvidia GPUs

Full Changelog: 2.0.6...2.5.0

Quick Fix

29 Sep 22:15

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Hii, there was another bug, hopefully everything works fine now

Fixes

  • Fixed message notification sometimes crashing text rendering because of them running on different threads

Full Changelog: 2.0.5...2.0.6

Snap and Fixes

25 Sep 20:08

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Hiii, I needed to publish a quick fix. I also tested the snapcraft file on a VM, it seems like Alpaca is coming to the SnapStore, for now I asked the Snapcraft team to reserve the name alpaca or jeffser-alpaca

Fixes

  • Fixed message generation sometimes failing

What's Changed

New Contributors

Full Changelog: 2.0.4...2.0.5

New Features and Models

22 Sep 21:27

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Hiii, I cooked a new update for you guys, hope everything works fine!

New

  • Sidebar resizes with the window
  • New welcome dialog
  • Message search
  • Updated Ollama to v0.3.11
  • A lot of new models provided by Ollama repository

Fixes

  • Fixed text inside model manager when the accessibility option 'large text' is on
  • Fixed image recognition on unsupported models

What's Changed

New Contributors

Full Changelog: 2.0.3...2.0.4

New Update!

18 Sep 16:59

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Hi, thanks for the support and bug reports!

Fixes

  • Fixed spinner not hiding if the back end fails
  • Fixed image recognition with local images
  • Changed appearance of delete / stop model buttons
  • Fixed stop button crashing the app

New

  • Made sidebar resize a little when the window is smaller
  • Instant launch
  • Updated to Gnome 47

What's Changed

New Contributors

Full Changelog: 2.0.2...2.0.3