Changelog

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Fir0.5.0 · September 17, 2026

a new look

A new icon in the Dock, in Finder and in the menu bar
A new wordmark on the welcome screen, the lock screen and in About

everyday

Pairing an AI app now points you to Connectors › Works with

Spruce0.4.1

one key, one command bar

⌥ Space opens the command bar wherever you are, at the top of your screen when you are in another app, and inside orma when orma is in front
The bar now lives in the top bar on every page, and opens into a panel instead of a dropdown
Ask a long question: the field grows to fit what you are typing instead of scrolling it out of sight
Open it with nothing typed and it shows what you touched last, plus the commands you use most
Every row says what it will do, and a recurring event is one result rather than five

see what your memory holds

Known gathers what your memory has on a person or a note in one place, instead of leaving it implied
Every fact shows the line it came from, correct one, or drop it, without leaving the page
Settings › Memory lists the preferences you have taught orma, yours to prune
A fact with a date on it, a renewal, a policy, a deadline, speaks up ahead of time, and retracts itself if you fix it first

ask shows its working

An answer built from numbers lists the records behind it, each one a click from its source
Amounts that cannot be compared say so rather than quietly joining a total

meetings

The length you see is the meeting, not the recording's tail after everyone left
Make a voice note from the island and it tells you so, then gets out of the way, two in a row become one line, not two

everyday

Documents give up more of what is inside them, numbers and tables included
Calendar stays quiet unless a sync problem is genuinely yours to fix
First launch reads more calmly, one chapter settling before the next begins

Pine0.4.0

orma lives at the top of your screen

A new way to reach orma: an island at the top of your screen that stays out of the way until there is something to show
Updating? A short card on Home introduces it; ⌥Space opens it from anywhere, and the menu-bar icon is one switch away in Settings › General
Meetings you join appear there, ready to record, with the controls right where you are looking
⌥Space opens the island from anywhere, create a task, event or voice note right there, or jump straight into search and ask
Anything that needs you waits there quietly, and Home keeps the full list

meeting recording

Start, pause and stop from the island; the meeting title and timer stay in view while you talk
When a meeting ends or goes quiet, the island asks, one line, one action

getting started

The island introduces itself once, shows you where it lives, and gets out of the way
Prefer the menu bar? Turn the island off in Settings › General, orma stays in the menu bar and meeting prompts arrive as notifications

Larch0.3.5

a guided first launch

orma introduces itself, then walks through permissions one at a time, reason first
Skip anything you're not ready for, orma offers again when it's useful
Your first note shows you tabs, autosave, and how orma organizes on its own
Tips arrive a few days apart, and retire once you've got the hang of things

meeting recording

Recording asks for your microphone and system audio, and nothing else, orma recognizes a meeting starting without any access to your screen
orma tells you plainly when only your side of a call came through
Notifications reach you whether orma is open, in the background, or in the menu bar

meeting follow-ups, with you in control

Accepted tasks link to the person they're for, so the work shows up on their page
You pick who's on a suggested event, and invitations go out only if you say so
orma reminds you if you're about to leave with suggestions still unreviewed

calendar

Connecting Google Calendar is near-instant; your contacts fill in while you carry on
A short card covers what comes next: events arriving, creating them here, recording your meetings
The current-time marker follows the real time of day

library

Jump to Last week, This month, Last month or This year from the date bar
Runs of past events without notes fold into a single line, keeping your own writing in view

familiar faces

Contact photos appear when you mention someone, across your Network, and on email
Photos load as they're needed

notes, reads and capture

Notes read the same whether you're writing, editing or reviewing
Images in saved articles
The `@` and `/` pickers stay where you put them, and close on Escape
⌘⇧U web capture sets up with your own browser, and shows the shortcut clearly
Imported notes land on the day you imported them, with their original dates still shaping how orma connects them

inbox

A complete email client inside orma, read, reply and send without opening Gmail. Works with Gmail today, rolling out gradually

Cypress0.3.4

stability & fixes

A round of stability improvements and bug fixes across the app for a smoother, more dependable experience

Cedar0.3.3

search & ask — sharper, more complete

Results are ranked by how closely they match what you're looking for, so the most relevant items rise to the top
orma now reaches across more of everything you've captured, surfacing things that were easy to miss before
Ask builds its answers from the exact passages it finds in your notes and meetings, for replies that stay grounded in your own material

documents — read even more of what you save

Scanned and image-only PDFs are now readable, orma pulls out their text so you can search them and open them like any other document

notes — smoother capture

Adding a voice note while writing now saves as a single, tidy note

Yew0.3.2

documents — a better way to read and keep your files

A brand-new built-in viewer for PDFs, open and read them right inside orma, no separate app needed
A cleaner, faster document reader that reads just like your notes
Documents now remember where they came from, an email, the web, or a file on your Mac
Save a PDF link and it lands as a proper document, with its original layout kept intact

fixes and reliability

More reliable meeting detection, with clearer prompts to start recording
Stuck meeting summaries can now be restarted with a single click, and are far less likely to get stuck in the first place
A range of behind-the-scenes fixes across meetings, syncing, and background processing for steadier, more dependable performance

Juniper0.3.1

meetings — a stronger recording engine

Audio streams straight to disk as you record, keeping every minute of your meeting safe, even through a crash or power loss
Interrupted recordings are salvaged automatically and carried through to transcription
Transcription and summarization run in the background, close the window or quit the app freely, and processing picks up right where it left off on relaunch
New watchdogs monitor audio health throughout the meeting so capture issues are handled the moment they appear

meetings — clearer status at every step

The menu bar shows exactly where things stand: recording, paused, or processing your summary
Meeting pages show live progress while a recording is processed, with plain-language guidance and a one-click retry if a step needs another pass
The event page puts an active or processing recording front and center
Recordings made without a calendar event appear on attendees' person pages like any other meeting
Summary placeholders narrate what's happening as they work ("Gathering context for this meeting…")

connect ai apps — remote mcp (beta)

Beta users can now connect cloud AI apps like claude.ai to orma, from any device, not just Claude Desktop on the same Mac
A secure tunnel relays requests to your Mac; your data stays local
Redesigned Connect AI Apps page with guided pairing and live connection status
Same per-client permissions and source attribution as local AI connections

also

Contacts: summary placeholders speak to the person you're viewing ("Looking up your interactions with Sarah…")
Tasks: a cleaner first visit, one clear call to action before the task input appears

earlier · 8 releases

Hardening0.3.0

inbox — steadier and smarter

Email now syncs reliably right after you connect Gmail
Sharper, clearer automatic thread names

privacy — anonymized error reports

When something goes wrong, orma sends a content-free report so we can find and fix it fast, never your notes, email, or personal data
Review exactly what's been sent, anytime, in **Settings → Privacy**

under the hood

More resilient background sync and app updates
Reads extraction and knowledge-graph accuracy fixes

Branching0.2.5

inbox — ai-powered email triage (early access)

Connect Gmail and let orma turn your inbox into a quiet, organised flow
Two-pass AI classification sorts mail into Loops (ongoing threads), Reads (newsletters, articles), and noise
Cue cards surface what needs your attention without forcing you to open every message
Reply wizard drafts responses in your voice, with structured edits before sending
Loop list groups related threads so a multi-message conversation stays one item
Draft autosave, attachment accordion, contact hover preview, and inline timeline view
Onboarding backfill progress bar shows enrichment status the first time you connect

clipper — native url capture

Press ⌘⇧U anywhere on macOS to capture the current browser URL straight into Reads
Tray dropdown adds a Clipper shortcut for one-click capture without keyboard
Favicon and page metadata are fetched and attached automatically
Onboarding card walks you through enabling Accessibility and choosing a capture flow
Quick Capture silent path: capture without a confirmation prompt once you trust it

calendar v2 — redesigned event detail

Event detail opens as a full document column (720px) instead of a sliding drawer
Nine-state live status: from "Starts in 12 min" through "In progress" to "Ended 2h ago"
Inline meeting recording, transcript, and AI summary on the event page itself
Related notes, reads, and tasks surfaced alongside the event document
Streamlined RSVP and join-meeting flow

command bar v2 — fluid capture

Redesigned command bar with a single fluid input for any kind of capture
Type to create notes, tasks, finds, or reads without picking a type up front
Smart parser detects intent (URL → Read, "todo" → Task, free text → Note)
Task list selector inline, persons inline, tags inline, fewer modals
Keyboard-first with hint chips that fade as you become fluent

tasks redesign

Cleaner task list with grouped filters: Today, Upcoming, Someday, Completed
Inline task creation bar at the top of every task list
Improved subtask hierarchy and progress indicators
Better keyboard navigation and bulk actions

home & library — split pages

Home is now a focused daily timeline: today's events, suggestions, and recent activity
Library is the dedicated browse surface for all your notes, reads, and finds
Each surface optimised for its own task, discover vs. revisit
Faster page loads via dedicated queries per surface

natural capture — ledger, people & persistent facts

A new content-blind ledger underpins capture so notes, tasks, and people stay in sync
Person facts persist details you mention, roles, employers, preferences, across notes
Tasks link to people automatically when you mention them
Dual-write pattern keeps the ledger and content tables consistent without drift

local weekly digest

A weekly summary of your own activity is now generated locally on your Mac
Surfaces your top topics, people, and content of the past week
Runs without sending anything to the proxy, fully on-device for activity rollups

onboarding card system v2

Two-lane card layout (primary daily prompts + secondary discovery cards) with rank-based eligibility
New "Create your first…" affordance teaches the new-button flow then retires itself
Import card guides Google Docs / Drive import as a secondary discovery step
Modal explainers for bigger features (Clipper, Network, Inbox) with branch-A/B/C choices
Cards graduate automatically based on usage signals (creates, sessions, keyboard fluency)

feature flags & remote enablement

New remote feature service replaces the legacy `INBOX_ENABLED` env var
Features can be enabled/disabled per device without an app update
Inbox placeholder and waitlist UI for users on plans that don't include early access
Always-mount routers with latch behaviour, no surprise feature flicker mid-session

security hardening

Local API now requires a per-device token for all backend requests
TrustedHost middleware blocks DNS-rebinding attacks against the local server
MCP `save_url` rewired through the proper service layer (input validation + audit trail)
Per-client MCP permissions with source attribution, Claude Desktop gets full access, external tools get conservative defaults
Tightened OAuth secret handling at build time (denylist-based bundle filtering)

database integrity

New integrity checks run on startup and surface any inconsistencies
Migration runner hardened against fresh-install edge cases on new machines
Improved error reporting when a migration fails so you can recover cleanly

knowledge graph improvements

Faster entity activation with better thresholds for related-content surfacing
KG-aware search refinements for people, events, and notes
Cleaner entity merging across notes, reads, finds, and calendar attendees

ui & polish

Refined typography, spacing, and accent color rendering across the app
New accepted-summary UI for AI suggestions
Meeting recording card on Home shows recording state and quick actions
Improved compose pane for replies with structured edit controls
Top bar and sidebar refinements with the new layout system
Sonner toast polish and consistent error surfacing

stability & build

Fresh-install reliability fixes (silent backend crash on empty DATA_DIR)
DMG and updater archive re-signing flow hardened against signature drift
Bundle secret audit guard prevents forbidden credentials shipping with the app

Connecting0.1.9

digests — ai-powered topic briefings

Subscribe to topics you care about and receive scheduled digests on your cadence
Choose daily, weekly, or fortnightly delivery with your preferred time of day
Each digest includes a headline, key takeaways, and sources from the web and your saved content
Digests appear inline on your Home timeline alongside notes, reads, and events
Browse past digests with date-based navigation
Save any digest to Notes to keep it permanently
Preset digest for your weekly orma summary, plus custom topic slots

knowledge graph — automatic knowledge threads

orma now builds a knowledge graph from your content behind the scenes
Entities (people, topics, tools, companies) are automatically extracted from your notes, reads, finds, and events
Related content is grouped into Knowledge Threads, AI-named clusters of connected ideas
Search results show thread badges so you can see how content relates
Related content appears in the sidebar when viewing notes, reads, and finds
Activates automatically once you have enough content
Explore threads and entities from Settings

enhanced claude desktop integration (mcp v2)

7 new tools for Claude Desktop, bringing the total to 17
**Discover**: Claude learns what's in your orma and how to help
**Get Context**: Claude gets a smart briefing on any topic from your notes, reads, and saved content
**Save URL**: Ask Claude to save a link, it goes straight to your Reads
**Add Tag**: Claude can tag your content as you discuss it
**Get Tasks, Calendar, Recent Activity**: Claude can check your schedule and recent work
Per-client permissions, Claude Desktop gets full access, external tools get conservative defaults
Writes from Claude are tagged with their source for transparency

people & contacts

Mark yourself in People so orma knows who you are
Richer interaction history on person detail pages
People linked via Knowledge Graph entities and calendar attendees

search improvements

Thread context in search results, see which Knowledge Threads each result belongs to
Smarter search with Knowledge Graph expansion for better related-content discovery

performance

New database indexes for faster timeline loading and content retrieval
Optimised queries for large content libraries

ui & polish

Cleaner content rendering with crisper typography
Timeline digest cards with delivery time, topic pills, and unread indicators
Collapsible digest settings on detail pages
Discovery cards for MCP, Knowledge Graph, and People on the Home timeline
Digest onboarding flow with slot management and upgrade prompts

Rooting0.1.8

ui & polish

Pulsing glow on "View Tasks & Events" button until opened for the first time
Day 2 personalization prompt for accent color, profile picture, and lock screen
orma now starts with your Mac automatically, toggle off in Settings
Streamlined first-run onboarding with sensible defaults

Blooming0.1.7

encrypted backup & restore

Zero-knowledge encrypted backups of all your data
Restore on a new device using your email and backup password
Flexible scheduling: daily, weekly, or manual backups
Backups run silently while the app is open

google docs import

Import Google Docs directly from your Drive into orma
Browse folders, search by name, and batch import
Duplicate handling: skip, update existing, or create new
Imported docs organized in a dedicated folder

claude desktop integration (mcp)

Connect orma to Claude Desktop via the Model Context Protocol
Search your notes, reads, finds, and people from Claude
Create notes and tasks directly from Claude conversations
Get full context on people and content without switching apps

system tray

Always-on tray icon for quick access
Start and stop recordings from the menu bar
Toggle meeting detection on or off
Recording indicator shows when a capture is active

meeting detection & permissions

Clear permission setup: Detection (browser tab reading) and Capture (audio recording) are now separate
Automatic meeting detection for Google Meet, Zoom, and Teams in your browser
Guided permission flow with status indicators

keyboard shortcuts

Cmd+K to open search
Cmd+. to toggle the right panel
Cmd+[ to go back from detail views

improved onboarding

New welcome screen introducing orma's core features
Pick your accent color during setup
Enable lock screen (Touch ID / device password) in one tap
Restore from backup option for returning users

invite friends

Generate invite codes to share with friends
Earn bonus trial days from successful referrals

search & organization

Enhanced search across all content types
AI-powered folder suggestions for notes
Recent searches for quick access

auto-updates

orma now checks for updates automatically
Download and install new versions without leaving the app

Flourishing0.1.3

meeting recording & transcription

Record meetings with system audio capture
AI-powered transcription with speaker diarization
Automatic meeting notes linked to calendar events
AI extracts action items as task suggestions
AI identifies follow-up events from discussions
Review and accept/dismiss suggestions after recording
Track recording quota and usage

google calendar integration

Connect your Google Calendar to see events in orma
View your agenda on the new Calendar page
Events appear on the Home timeline
Create new calendar events directly from orma
Edit event details including title, time, and description
Join video meetings with one click

@ mentions with google contacts

Type @ in notes to mention people
Search across orma contacts and synced Google contacts
Google contacts are automatically linked when selected
Configure in Settings → Features → Contacts

integrations hub

New Integrations page for managing connected services
Google Calendar integration with sync status
View sync health and troubleshoot issues

ui improvements

Refined accent color themes (Teal, Iris, Ocean, Marsala, Zinc)
Settings reorganized into Features tab
Manage features section for all toggles

Seedling0.1.2

ai-powered enrichment

Get smart summaries for your notes, reads, and finds
AI suggests relevant tags based on your content
Automatic folder suggestions for finds
Title suggestions for long-form content
Review suggestions before applying, or dismiss what you don't want
Enable "Auto-apply for future content" to save time
Control settings per feature type in AI Settings
Track your AI usage and redeem coupon codes

smart search

AI-powered search understands natural language queries
Search summaries highlight key results across your content
Filter by content type, date range, folders, and tags

timeline view

Toggle between comfortable and compact view modes
Compact mode shows more content at a glance

Germination0.1.1

notes

Rich text editor with formatting, images, and drag-and-drop support
Long-form and quick notes with folder and tag organization
@mention people directly in your notes

inline tasks

Create tasks directly within notes using the toolbar
Tasks include due dates, subtasks, and progress tracking
Tasks sync between notes and the main task system

reads (read-it-later)

Save articles and URLs for later reading
Clean reader view with parsed content
Track read/unread status

finds (quick discoveries)

Save links, quotes, and quick discoveries
Categorize as quote, link, resource, idea, or other

tasks

Create tasks with due dates and subtasks
YOUR TASKS section shows today's and overdue tasks
Dedicated pages for upcoming and completed tasks
Auto-complete parent tasks when all subtasks are done

people

Directory of people you mention
View all content linked to each person

timeline

Chronological feed of all your content
Calendar navigation with activity indicators
Day-by-day sections with expandable content

customization

Light and dark mode
Multiple accent color themes (Ocean, Ink, Forest)
Lock screen with password protection