Changelog

In short, v0.11.0 adds:

• User bio section, to be used for permanent context for the AI

• The window can be dragged in more areas now

• Choose whether the minimize the app to the menu bar or close

You can now configure a user bio in Settings > Chat > User Bio. You can use this section to add details about yourself, like your name, occupation etc, you can also use it to add specific instructions for the AI, such as “use tough love” or “be empathetic”.

See an example of the user bio here:

In future conversations, the AI is now aware of this:

You can now drag the Focu window in more places:

Fixed a bug where the app would not retain permissions if the backup folder was outside the ~/Documents path after a restart.

If you’ve changed your backup folder in v0.10.0 it’s recommended to redo this, you can choose the same folder again.

This version adds automated backups.

• By default Focu will keep 10 back-ups in ~/Documents/Focu/backups

• By default backups will be created upon starting the app and twice daily

• You can manually restore a backup (useful if you changed devices)

• You can choose a different folder for the backups, you can choose a Cloud folder such as iCloud

• You can turn this option off completely

It’s not recommended to use this to “cloud sync” between devices as data might be overwritten.

AI Memory now in beta

AI Memory can now be turned on in Settings > Chat > AI Memory. This has to be done manually while in beta. For now, the AI is only aware of the 5 most recent chats prior to the current chat. Improvements will come to this feature as we await your feedback.

Please note, if the AI does not remember your recent conversations, most like you will need to increase the “Context Window Size”, if the context window size is too small, older context will not be included.

Summaries

Focu can now summarize chat conversations, it does this automatically in the background or manually via the Actions > View Summary button. Summaries are used to generate “memory” for the AI.

Further changes

• Manually set your context size, higher context size means more helpful conversations but requires higher memory and will result in slower responses

• Improved chat speed throttling, responses are now streamed word for word if you enable this setting

• Better “Escape” keypress handling when it comes to popup dialogs and input boxes, pressing Escape will now unfocus your chat input for example.

• You can now show/hide the New Chat cards on your homescreen

• Fixed a bug with the app incorrectly saying your AI model is not available when it is

• Settings dialog has the settings more spread out over more categories

Check-ins

• Full Check-in History

• Full Check-in Stats and filter by date range

• Navigate to chats connected to check-ins (only for new check-ins created after this update)

• Delete check-ins

Shortcuts

• Navigate pages with cmd+1, cmd+2, cmd+3 etc.

• Focus chat input by pressing “/”

• Regenerate chat reply with cmd+shift+r

• Copy last chat reply with cmd+shift+c

• Stop generating reply with cmd+shift+s

• Toggle dialogs by pressing the same shortcut (ie. pressing cmd+n again closes the new chat dialog, pressing cmd+, again closes the settings)

AI Models

• Existing chats can now have their AI model changed

• Better explained the default AI model choices and system requirements

• You can now delete installed AI models from disk

Improvements

• You can now edit a chat title manually

• Better autofocus for input boxes

• Setting to choose cmd+enter or “enter” for sending new messages

• Better default settings such as no throttling text

• Clicking date in the header navigates to homescreen

• Removed navigation animations for a snappier feel

Minor update with mostly internal tweaks, some bug fixes and better model choices.

• Removed mistral-nemo as a default model (it can still be added manually)

• Added phi4 as a default model

• Improved explanation during onboarding

• Task extraction more robust with more models

Stay tuned for bigger updates

It’s now possible to view all chats in the sidebar instead of having to change the date first, you can toggle the view back to the old way using the button on the top:

Improvements

• Better consistency with different timezones and should be notable for people who change timezones regularly.

• Added the mistral-nemo:12b model

This release adds a new end of year reflection feature. Instead of setting New Year’s resolutions, write about your past year and think carefully about what you want for next year.

After you’re done writing, use Focu’s AI to reflect further, gain insights and set actionable steps.

For feedback on the questions and prompts, don’t hesitate to reach out to support@focu.app or on our feedback board.

This release also includes various minor styling improvements and bug fixes.