PopGuy changelog

26 releases since June 2026 · GitHub releases, checked Oct 26, 2026

1. 1.3.2Latest

   Oct 15, 2026

   Added

   • Settings → Providers → Dictionary: a switch next to "Load" turns all Babylon dictionaries on or off at once.

   Changed

   • Imported Babylon dictionaries are now stored as a small on-disk database per dictionary and read only when you look up a word. With eight large dictionaries loaded, PopGuy's memory use drops from about 560 MB to about 20 MB, and the first lookup is no longer slow. Existing dictionaries are converted once in the background right after the first launch of this version; your original .bgl files are never modified.

2. 1.3.1

   Oct 14, 2026

   Added

   • Humanize action in the Action Library (new AI Writing category): rewrites AI-sounding text so it reads like a person wrote it. Works with every AI provider.
   • Local AI: Humanizer 12B, an on-device model built for the Humanize action. It is selectable only for Humanize, and its Local Models entry explains how to set the action up.

3. 1.3.0

   Oct 14, 2026

   Added

   • Local AI: three new on-device models, Qwen3.5 2B, Qwen3.5 9B and Llama 3.2 3B.

   Changed

   • Model pickers now list the latest models: GPT-6.1 Sol, GPT-6 Astra and GPT-6 Luna (OpenAI and Codex CLI), Claude Opus 5.5, Sonnet 5.5, Haiku 5.5 and Fable 5.1, Gemini 4 Argon and Gemini 3.8 Flash, GLM-5.3, plus updated OpenRouter and Gemini CLI suggestions. The default OpenAI model is now GPT-6.1 Sol.

   Fixed

   • Actions saved with a deprecated or retired model are switched automatically to the provider's recommended replacement, at launch and when you import an action. This also fixes a few model ids PopGuy used to suggest that providers never accepted, such as "gemini-3.1-pro" and "anthropic/claude-opus-4-8".
   • OpenAI speech: "tts-1" and "tts-1-hd" (deprecated) now switch to "gpt-4o-mini-tts".
   • The custom model field now appears automatically after you switch provider.

4. 1.2.1

   Oct 13, 2026

   Added

   • "Remove gap before system buttons" switch in Settings → Appearance (off by default). When on, the Ignore and Settings buttons sit right after the actions like any other action, with a vertical divider before each, instead of after a gap. The preview in Settings updates as you toggle it.

5. 1.2.0

   Oct 13, 2026

   Added

   • The toolbar preview in Settings → Actions now shows your real toolbar at its true size and look (zoom, logo, labels, system buttons and the gap included). Drag actions to reorder them, or between the toolbar and a separate "More actions" row. The preview scrolls sideways when the toolbar is wide, and a warning appears when it gets very wide.
   • Show label: each action now has its own "Show label" switch to display its name next to its icon on the toolbar (off by default).
   • Action cards have a second row of switches: Activate, In More actions and Show label.
   • "Enable Ignored Apps" switch in Settings → Apps. When off, the ignored-apps list is not applied and the "Ignore this app" button leaves the toolbar; your list is kept.
   • "Show Settings button on toolbar" switch in Settings → Actions.

   Changed

   • There is no longer a limit on how many actions the toolbar or the More actions menu can hold (it used to be 6 and 5). If the toolbar gets too wide, that is up to you.
   • Toolbar buttons are icon-only by default. Names no longer appear automatically when few actions are shown; turn on Show label per action to get them back.
   • The gap between the action buttons and the Ignore / Settings buttons only appears when at least one of those buttons is visible.
   • The "Toolbar" checkbox on action cards is now an "In More actions" switch (the opposite meaning).
   • "Add Action" is now a "+" button in the row with Export, Import and Library.
   • At least one action always stays active: the last active action's switch and delete button are locked, with a tooltip explaining why.

   Fixed

   • Moving every action into More actions no longer resets the toolbar layout the next time PopGuy starts.

6. 1.1.2

   Oct 12, 2026

   Fixed

   • The toolbar now fits the number of actions it shows. With only one action left, it no longer stretches wide with an empty gap before the Ignore and Settings buttons.
   • The tooltip of the leftmost toolbar button is no longer cut off when the logo is hidden; it now aligns to the left edge.

7. 1.1.1

   Oct 12, 2026

   Added

   • "Only in editable text" option for Show toolbar when text is selected (off by default). When on, selecting read-only text, such as web page content or chat messages, no longer pops up the toolbar; Cmd+C+C and hotkeys still work on any text. Turn it on in Settings → Triggers.

8. 1.1.0

   Oct 8, 2026

   Added

   • Regenerate and Refine for AI results. Two new buttons under a result re-run the action on your original text, or revise the result with an instruction such as "shorter" or "more formal". Refine can be chained, and the diff always compares against your original text. Available for Improve, Shorten, Proofread, Prompt, Translate (when using an AI model) and custom AI actions; DeepL and Google Translate offer Regenerate only.
   • Click a highlighted change in the Improve or Proofread diff to revert or restore it. Copy and Paste back use the text with your choices applied.
   • Prompts now support {{app}}, {{date}}, {{language}} and {{domain}} placeholders alongside {{text}}. {{domain}} is only filled when Ignored Domains is turned on in Settings → Apps.

   Fixed

   • The menu bar menu shows its icons again on macOS 27.
   • The diff view no longer scrolls inside a scroll area.

9. 1.0.5

   Oct 2, 2026

   Added

   • New "Hide logo" option in Settings → Appearance removes the PopGuy logo from the toolbar to save space. With the logo hidden, the toolbar row can hold up to 7 actions instead of 6. Showing the logo again moves any extra action to the More menu, or is blocked if the More menu is full.

10. 1.0.4

    Sep 26, 2026

    Fixed

    • Quitting PopGuy during a local model download now stops the download instead of letting it finish silently in the background.
    • Model files left over from interrupted or cancelled downloads are now cleaned up automatically when you open Local models, freeing the disk space they used.

11. 1.0.3

    Sep 25, 2026

    Added

    • A Stop button appears below the spinner while an AI action is running, letting you cancel it mid-stream.

    Fixed

    • The AI action result sometimes came back wrapped in double quotes ("like this") even when the selected text wasn't. Quotes are now stripped unless your own selection was quoted.
    • A rare crash could occur from the toolbar's global mouse monitor.

12. 1.0.2

    Sep 22, 2026

    Fixed

    • On-device Gemma 4 models failed to run with a "Key … self_attn.v_proj.weight not found" error. Gemma 4 2B and 4B share attention keys/values across their upper layers, so those layers ship no k_proj/v_proj weights — the bundled MLX runtime still expected them. Gemma 4 12B failed for a related reason: its architecture was not recognised at all. Updated the MLX runtime (mlx-swift-lm 3.31.3 → 3.31.4), which fixes both.
    • The Local Models catalog showed the wrong on-disk size for each model.
    • Long local-model downloads could fail because the MLX helper process exited before the download finished.

13. 1.0.1

    Sep 22, 2026

    Removed

    • The one-time “PopGuy is now free” announcement shown to users who updated from a paid build.

14. 1.0.0Big update

    Sep 21, 2026

    Changed

    • PopGuy is now completely free. Every former Pro feature is unlocked — no license key, no trial, and no usage nag. Existing users see a one-time announcement on first launch of this version.

    Removed

    • License tab, Get Pro / upgrade prompts, and the Lemon Squeezy client. The app no longer talks to Lemon Squeezy. Already-shipped versions can still activate a previously purchased key.
    • Website pricing and checkout. Download is the only call to action.

15. 0.5.3

    Aug 25, 2026

    Added

    • A first-run setup guide that walks through Accessibility permission, provider setup (Local AI or Cloud API key), trigger configuration (Cmd+C+C chord and show-on-select), and which toolbar actions to enable.
    • "Setup Guide…" item in the menu bar and in Settings → General to reopen the first-run walkthrough anytime.

16. 0.5.2

    Jul 20, 2026

    Fixed

    • The "Get Pro" checkout link now points to the live Lemon Squeezy product. v0.5.1 shipped with a test-mode checkout URL by mistake, so purchases made through that version were not processed as real orders.

17. 0.5.1

    Jul 18, 2026

    Changed

    • PopGuy is now open source under the GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 (previously source-available under the PolyForm Noncommercial License).

18. 0.5.0Big update

    Jul 11, 2026

    Added

    • Screen Capture OCR (Pro): select any region of the screen and extract its text using Vision, triggered by a configurable global hotkey, a Settings toggle, or a menu bar item. Extracted text is copied to the clipboard. Press Esc to cancel capture at any time.
    • Diff/Text toggle for Improve results, to switch between the diff view and plain text.

    Fixed

    • Improve diff view no longer triggers a SwiftUI view-update warning when opened.

19. 0.4.1

    Jun 29, 2026

    Fixed

    • Dragging to select text in Chrome, Edge, Brave, or other marker-readable browsers no longer causes a system beep. The synthetic ⌘C fallback is now restricted to Monaco editors (VSCode and Cursor), which cannot expose large drag-selections through the Accessibility API.

20. 0.4.0Big update

    Jun 27, 2026

    Added

    • On-device local AI: run models locally through a built-in MLX engine — no API key, fully offline.
    • Local Models manager in Settings: download, remove, and manage on-device models with live download progress.
    • Per-model memory controls to load and unload models on demand.
    • PopGuy Pro is now available to purchase. Unlock unlimited custom actions, cloud TTS voices, unlimited history, import/export, and more.
    • Free trial: every new install gets 1 month of Pro, free.
    • Global prompt: add instructions that are prepended to every AI action.
    • License management in Settings: activate a purchased key, view status, and deactivate a Mac to free an activation.

    Changed

    • The menu bar now shows your trial status ("Free Trial — N days left") separately from an active paid Pro license.
    • You can enter a license key at any time, including during the free trial.

    Fixed

    • Confirmation dialog before deleting a downloaded local model.
    • Floating toolbar uses an opaque background instead of a translucent material.
    • Settings slide-over panels keep a fixed header gap when the window is resized.