Release Notes

Version history for the Elephas macOS app, newest first. For iOS changes, see Elephas on iPhone & iPad. Elephas updates itself automatically; you can also re-download from elephas.app.

12.1 — August 2026

• Meet the Elephas Assistant: just ask in plain language. Create Brains, add files, connect Apple Notes, and change settings, all from chat.
• Start in Quick Chat: a shorter setup takes you straight into Quick Chat, where the Assistant helps you build your first Brain.
• More Reliable Apple Notes: faster, more stable Apple Notes connections, and your existing files stay put when you add new sources.

11.8 — June 2026

• Better Chat: Super Chat is now Quick Chat, Knowledge Base replaces the Source button, plus bulk delete and an auto-selected first result
• Improved Support: inline dashboard chat, a redesigned Create Ticket flow, and a tidied-up FAQ
• Fixes & Polish: onboarding spacing and alignment refinements, and more reliable “show once” tour behavior

11.7 — April 2026

• Smart Redaction: automatically anonymizes PII on-device before sending to cloud AI
• Offline Agentic Mode: run agentic workflows with local models, plus more built-in offline models
• Latest models: GPT-5.3 and Claude Sonnet 4.6
• Better Brain search ranking, faster launch, fewer UI freezes on large Brains

11.6 — February 2026

• 100% Local Indexing: indexing runs entirely on your Mac — no credit usage, works offline (create a new Brain to use the new flow; supported on iOS too)
• Read & Chat with URLs: paste a website URL into Super Chat or a Super Brain chat and Elephas reads the page
• Improved Instruction-Only Brain (a Brain defined by instructions, no documents needed)

11.5 — January 2026

• New Dashboard home with knowledge stats, recent chats, and an activity tracker
• Redesigned interface and more reliable Agentic Mode
• New embedding model (Advanced Context-3) for more accurate answers
• New Gemini 3 Pro / Gemini 3 Pro Flash models; Microsoft Word (.doc) and Apple Pages (.pages) support; clearer error messages

11.4 — November 2025

• Performance improvements and higher data limits for Super Brains
• Latest models: GPT-5, Claude Sonnet 4.5, Gemini 2.5 Flash
• Improved Agent Mode, image generation, and parallel chats
• Credits system for buying extra usage, Azure OpenAI integration, and a “Hide Writing Features” toggle

11.3 — August 2025

• 5× faster indexing and inbuilt offline models (chat + indexing) for Apple Silicon
• In-app Support Chat and support tickets; quick token-usage stats
• Sitemap extraction for websites; Brain file counts (indexed / indexing / unsupported)
• Storage choice during onboarding; a 7-day free Pro trial

11.2 — June 2025

• Hybrid Brain search (up to 2× better, for new Brains)
• Apple Notes and Zoom integrations; Agent Mode (beta)
• Super Command can add files, URLs, and YouTube videos to a Brain; new OpenAI 4.1-mini; better markdown/tables

11.1 — March 2025

• Trigger Workflow Automation from Super Command
• New workflow tools: YouTube search, PDF form filling, PDF/Markdown/Keynote export, tone, audio input
• Native Ollama offline support; Brain file ignore patterns (regex)
• More providers: Perplexity, DeepSeek, Together AI, Voyage AI (embeddings)

11.0 — January 2025

• Workflow Automations with AI agents (invoke with @)
• Major Super Brain & Super Chat UI update (grid/list, tabs, drag-and-drop, multi-file filter)
• Notion native integration; new Workflow-based file summaries

10.1 — October 2024

• Brain commands in Super Command (Continue / Smart Write / Chat with Brain)
• Super Brain file filter and single-file Q&A; PPTX, XLSX, and Rich Text support
• 2× faster indexing; LAN URLs for offline model loading

10.0 — September 2024

• CSV, JSON, and 10+ more formats; local embeddings for 100% offline use
• Chat export to PDF, Markdown, Keynote, and TXT; incremental Brain updates (re-indexes only changed parts)
• Faster boot and ~66% smaller app; Super Command for web pages and emails

9.3

• Drag-and-drop files/folders with subfolder traversal; Auto-sync for note tools (Pro)
• HTML, EML, and video files; GPT-4o-mini and Claude Sonnet 3.5
• Custom AI provider (OpenAI-compatible, e.g. Fireworks/OpenRouter); YouTube indexing; recursive web parsing (Pro)

9.2

• Multiple AI providers: Claude, Gemini, Groq; offline via LM Studio or Jan.ai
• Web Search integrated into Super Chat and Snippets (beta); GPT-4o support

9.1 — April 2024

• Chat UI redesign; auto start at login; grammar fixes

9.0

• Super Command brings nearly every feature system-wide: inline chat, Brain selection (Cmd + B), reply across apps, summarize email / web page / YouTube
• Floating icon integration and context-aware suggestions

8.8 — February 2024

• System messages library (Cmd + Y) in Super Chat
• Elephas' own backend AI engine for regular subscribers; minimum macOS is now 12

8.7 — January 2024

• Chat performance and UI updates; Whisper module update; HTML file support in Brain
• Open Preferences with Cmd + ,; text-selection floater works in Apple Mail

8.6 — November 2023

• ePub support; GPT-4 100k for long summaries; view references from chat; per-snippet model selection

8.5

• Pick a single Brain file and chat with it; save prompts to the Prompt Library
• Editable system messages per chat; choose your writing style (tone)
• Auto-update manager; longer context window; chat UI updates