Changelog
Every release of Kepler, newest first.
v0.8.0-pre-3
Pre-releaseAugust 2026Smol Saturday Drop
This is still a pre-release of 0.8.0. You will encounter more bugs than usual.
New
1- Wick stopwatches (first version)
Fixed
1- Dialog on restart/shutdown not being focused
v0.8.0-pre-2
Pre-releaseAugust 8, 2026Smol Saturday Drop: Menubar Issue
This is still a pre-release of 0.8.0. You will encounter more bugs than usual.
Fixed
2- Workaround for crashes caused by macOS 27 in correlation with the menubar item
- Expression plugins using wrong conversions with different units
v0.8.0-pre-1
Pre-releaseJuly 25, 2026Saturday Drop: Emojis, Shortcuts and more
Emoji Picker is now available.
Shortcuts are now available in beta.
This is still a pre-release of 0.8.0. You will encounter more bugs than usual.
New
4- Emoji Picker
- Shortcuts (beta)
- Wick integration now supports adding timers
- Web Search can be activated via Tab to see suggestions
Changed
1- Calculation and conversion results are now selectable and can be copied
Fixed
3- System Settings icons now have the same size as other icons
- Cold-start appearance time of the LookAhead widget
- Menubar item crashes
v0.8.0-pre
Pre-releaseJuly 2026Saturday Drop: Let's plug it in
Plugins are regular npm packages. The store itself is a curated list of approved packages. Kepler loads that list, then checks npm for the latest version, description, and package download.
The catalog is cached locally, so you can still open the store while offline. Kepler will warn you that the list may not be up to date.
Before installing a package, Kepler verifies its SHA-512 checksum against the value published by npm. It also rejects archives containing symlinks, unsafe paths, or files that exceed configured size limits.
Kepler only extracts the files it needs: the plugin manifest and its entry point. Installs and updates are atomic, with the previous version restored if an update fails or crashes halfway through.
Updates that request additional permissions or network access require approval. Other updates can be applied automatically.
Later: install plugins directly from Git repositories, browse plugins and screenshots on the Kepler website, and install plugins from the website with one click.
New
2- Plugin Store: browse and install plugins without leaving Kepler
- Delta Updates: download only the parts of an update that changed
Changed
4- Menu Bar Interaction: left-clicking the menu bar icon opens its menu; right-clicking opens Kepler
- Search Ranking: exact matches now rank above fuzzy matches
- Space Switching: Kepler remains on the Space where it was opened
- Licensing: end-to-end licence checks through the new licence server
Fixed
3- Crash when connecting or disconnecting a dock during a display change
- Launcher position after a display change or disconnected display
- Wick wake-up behaviour when Wick is not active
v0.7.2
Wick integrationAugust 2026Kepler x Wick
What is Wick? Wick is a beautifully designed clock app for Mac with timers, stopwatches, and alarms integrated into the menu bar and lock screen. Wick is made by Nate.
Takeaway: Going forward, this is the way I want to do Kepler: integrating with other apps to build a better experience, rather than trying to replace existing apps.
New
2- Support for timers using the Wick app
- Button to turn on advanced logging for 24 hours
Changed
2- Removed integration with the native Clock app
- Improved logging for better error debugging
Fixed
2- Favorite reordering not working
- Closing Kepler via the menubar Quit action not working
v0.7.1
July 15, 2026Midweek Patch: First Look at Clock
New
2- Clock plugin (first iteration)
- Support for timers in LookAhead
Fixed
1- Favorites disappeared when using Arrow Down to expand Kepler in compact mode
v0.7.0
July 4, 2026New
2- Context menu actions to move app and command results up or down
- Context menu action to reset a result's ranking
Improved
3- CMD+Q is now blocked in the regular launcher window
- Expressions: split and full-result view breakpoints
- Smoother handoff between Expressions and the Currency Converter plugin
Fixed
3- Right-clicking a launcher entry now opens its context menu
- Background and menu bar apps now show as running and can be quit
- Expressions: duplicate heading in full-result view
v0.6.1
June 28, 2026New
6- Use any OpenAI-compatible API
- Use any model from Hugging Face
- Set a custom search bar placeholder for plugins
- Shortcut to open selected text directly in spellcheck
- Native system actions plugin for locking, logging out, shutting down, and restarting
- Clear clipboard history while keeping pinned entries
Improved
5- Marquee scrolling for long LookAhead titles now starts after one second of hovering
- Updated the default local LLM to bartowski/google_gemma-3n-E4B-it-GGUF
- Calendar lookahead shows 17:00 instead of 17
- Weather lookahead shows H/L instead of High/Low
- Calendar LookAhead now shows "+ x more" for events at the same time
Fixed
1- Calendar time spacing in LookAhead
v0.6.0
June 20, 2026New
4- AI-powered spell checking (runs on-device, fully offline)
- Active App Indicators with context menu actions to Quit or Force Quit applications
- KeplerSystem integration with dedicated settings entry
- Manual action to check for updates
Improved
3- Migrated to latest version of Clave for faster license verification
- Refined LookAhead UI for long event titles with compact time formats
- Improved context menu placement
Fixed
3- Search index recognition for Visual for Visual Studio Code
- Search engine input field update upon selecting item
- Liquid glass bug affecting toolbar and back-to-top button
v0.5.3
June 16, 2026New
3- Quick actions toolbar at bottom of list
- Panel expands to full height even with no apps
- Logging for important errors
Improved
6- Refined Liquid Glass appearance
- LookAhead now uses glassy design
- Moved LookAhead indicator dots inside card
- LookAhead scrolls only text instead of entire card
- Improved weather integration for LookAhead
- Improved calendar integration settings
Fixed
5- Liquid Glass adapting to background color
- App indexing for apps inside subfolders
- Scaling issues with plugin-provided icons
- Padding in widget cards and section titles
- Missing settings icons
v0.5.2
June 11, 2026Fixed
1- Entering first letter caused slow feeling
v0.5.1
June 10, 2026New
5- Back to Top button in clipboard gallery
- Keyboard shortcuts to jump between result sections
- Quit applications from Kepler
- Find macOS System Settings entries
- Option to disable the active plugin row
Improved
5- Redesigned Settings menu to match macOS System Settings
- Google set as default search engine
- Smoother LookAhead result cycling
- Clipboard history moves copied items to front
- Improved padding and spacing consistency
Fixed
6- Removed debounce causing delayed searches
- Alignment of Open text
- Tab cycling through LookAhead no longer triggers haptics
- PluginHost automatic crash recovery
- Inline autocomplete navigation with arrow keys
- Maximum clipboard item count limits
v0.5.0
June 7, 2026New
10- Plugin system for community plugins
- Plugin SDK (NPM package)
- Built-in clipboard manager
- Gallery-style view for clipboard and plugins
- Drag and drop support for File Search
- Web Search plugin
- AppleScript execution support
- Weather plugin in Lookahead
- Pinning clipboard entries feature
- Multi-select and insert functionality
Improved
4- Completely redesigned settings UI
- Improved Lookahead settings
- Resolved views (translations, conversions) now inline
- Rewrote AppIndex/FileIndex in Swift
Fixed
3- License settings displaying masked email
- Padding issues throughout app
- Incorrect icon sizes
v0.4.6
May 28, 2026New
2- Choose the launcher's starting screen, main or active
- Safe area around screen edges to prevent off-screen dragging
Improved
3- Preview uses toggle option by default
- Built-in plugins no longer show plugin header
- Launcher dragging improved (excluding text area)
Fixed
3- Preview window losing focus
- Preview opening on different screen than panel
- File Search now allows direct paths like ~/Downloads/
v0.4.5
May 27, 2026New
1- New custom liquid glass variant
Fixed
1- Window position saved relatively, persists across screen size changes
v0.4.4
May 25, 2026New
1- File Search plugin activation via /f shortcut
Improved
4- Adapted liquid glass for macOS 26
- Removed ActivePill in favor of sleeker bar
- Native plugins no longer show plugin header
- Improved dragging with haptic feedback
Fixed
4- LookAhead shows date for non-same-day events
- Settings typos
- Item size alignment
- Padding consistency
v0.4.3
May 24, 2026New
4- File Search plugin with indexing capabilities
- Expression Evaluation (using Soulver Core)
- Search aliases for faster app launching
- Window drag and snap functionality
Improved
4- Migrated to custom keyboard shortcut implementation
- Improved License page UI
- Made launcher window smaller
- Separated plugin/feature settings
Fixed
2- Border radius jumping on first character
- Separated background appearance in Settings