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Currently available for macOS

v0.2.3-beta

Faye Latest
2026-03-21

Suggested Models and Onboarding

macOS

Universal (Apple Silicon + Intel) · ~24 MB

OrionPod_0.2.3_universal.dmg
Changelog

Changes

  • › "Surprise Me" model discovery — one-click random suggestions from a curated list of small, high-quality models
  • › Curated model list: TinyLlama 1.1B, Qwen 2.5 (0.5B/1.5B/3B), Phi 3.5 Mini, Gemma 2 2B, StableLM 2 1.6B, SmolLM2 1.7B, Llama 3.2 (1B/3B)
  • › "Try Another" re-roll button — skips already-seen and already-downloaded models
  • › Inline download with progress tracking directly from the suggestion card
  • › HuggingFace search result caching (5-minute TTL) — fewer API calls, faster repeat searches
  • › Quantization variant badges on search result cards — see available quants at a glance
  • › Sort search results by downloads, likes, or recent activity
  • › Download pause/resume — pause active downloads, resume later (supports HTTP Range)
  • › Cancel download button with proper cleanup
  • › Disk space check before downloading — warns if insufficient space
  • › Download complete toast with "Load now?" action button
  • › Active download indicator in footer bar
  • › First-run welcome wizard — guided setup: download a starter model, auto-load, start chatting
  • › Partial download recovery — detects incomplete downloads after app crash and offers resume

For Geeks

  • › `src/lib/curatedModels.ts` — maintainable curated model list as a typed constant array
  • › `SurpriseCard` component with full download lifecycle (progress, pause/resume/cancel)
  • › `SearchCache` with TTL-based expiry in `HuggingFaceClient`
  • › `DownloadManagerState` with `DownloadHandle` for cancel/pause control
  • › `DownloadSidecar` metadata JSON written alongside downloaded GGUFs
  • › `available_disk_space()` using `sysinfo::Disks` for volume-aware space check
  • › `cancel_download`, `pause_download`, `resume_download`, `list_partial_downloads`, `get_available_disk_space` IPC commands
  • › Download resume via HTTP `Range` header with `.gguf.part` file detection
  • › `WelcomeWizard` component with 4-step flow (welcome → download → loading → ready)
  • › `useDownloads` hook now tracks download completion transitions for toast notifications

v0.2.2-alpha

Ed
2026-03-19

Your models, your rules

macOS

Universal (Apple Silicon + Intel) · ~24 MB

OrionPod_0.2.2_universal.dmg
Changelog

Changes

  • › GGUF metadata extraction — model cards now show parameter count, context length, and architecture
  • › Runtime controls — functional thread count, temperature, and context length sliders in Settings
  • › Chat template auto-detection from GGUF metadata with manual override dropdown (ChatML, Llama 3, Mistral, Gemma, Phi-3, DeepSeek, etc.)
  • › Context overflow handling — oldest messages automatically pruned when conversation exceeds context window
  • › Model status events — real-time loading/ready/error/unloaded status via Tauri events
  • › Update notification toast with download button when a new version is available
  • › Actionable toast notifications (toasts can now have clickable action buttons)

For Geeks

  • › `GgufModelInfo` struct with full GGUF header metadata (params, layers, heads, embedding dim, architecture, chat template)
  • › `InferenceEngine::format_prompt()` uses `apply_chat_template()` from llama.cpp with ChatML fallback
  • › `InferenceEngine::truncate_to_fit()` for pair-wise context pruning
  • › `model-status` Tauri event channel with `ModelStatusEvent` payload
  • › `AppConfig` extended with `chat_template` option for manual override
  • › `generate()` accepts configurable `n_threads` and `context_length` from config
  • › `ModelMetadata` enriched with `context_length`, `architecture`, `chat_template` fields (backward-compatible via `#[serde(default)]`)
  • › Auto-update check via `https://orionpod.com/api/latest.json` on app launch
  • › `check_for_updates` Rust IPC command with semver-aware version comparison
  • › `useUpdateCheck` hook (5s delayed, silent fail, non-blocking)
  • › `update-web-release.cjs` script for automated release metadata updates
  • › Changelog auto-extraction from `CHANGELOG.md` into `releases.js`

v0.2.1-rc1

Kusanagi
2026-03-18

First public release. Metal GPU acceleration, HuggingFace model browser, real-time observability.

macOS

Universal (Apple Silicon + Intel) · ~30 MB

OrionPod_0.2.1_universal.dmg
Changelog

Changes

  • › Chat interface with streaming responses and markdown rendering
  • › HuggingFace model browser with hardware compatibility filtering
  • › GGUF model support — download from HuggingFace or upload local files
  • › Real-time observability dashboard (tokens/s, memory, latency, GPU usage)
  • › Metal GPU acceleration on Apple Silicon
  • › Model parameter controls (temperature, context length, top-p, top-k)
  • › Toast notifications and user-friendly error messages
  • › Glassmorphism UI with macOS vibrancy

For Geeks

  • › Tauri v2 + React + TypeScript + Rust + llama.cpp
  • › orion-core agent harness crate (backend-agnostic)
  • › Universal macOS binary (Apple Silicon + Intel), ~30 MB
  • › Starts in under 2 seconds, <50 MB RAM idle
  • › Zero telemetry, zero analytics, zero cloud dependencies

System Requirements

  • ✓ macOS 10.15 (Catalina) or later
  • ✓ Apple Silicon (M-series) recommended for Metal GPU acceleration
  • ✓ 8 GB RAM minimum for 7B models

Open the DMG → drag OrionPod to Applications → launch. That's it.