RELEASES · desktop/v0.5.0 · 2026-05-19

What we have shipped.
What has been proven.
What is next.

Two threads. loci.core is the substrate, what every loci client builds on. apps is what you install. SHIPPED is what runs today. PROVEN is what has been verified in the field. NEXT is the honest gap, with the work that closes it.

01 loci.core the substrate · local-first · MCP-native

Shipped

  • conversation capture
    Every session you have with an AI client is captured and indexed on your machine. No cloud, no account, no upload step.
  • local full-text search
    Search every conversation you have ever had, across every client, in milliseconds. The index lives where you live.
  • MCP-native
    Works with any MCP-aware client. Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, anything that speaks the protocol.
  • keypair-signed entries
    Your content is signed by your key, not a platform's. Provenance travels with the entry.

Proven

  • zero cloud round-trips
    End-to-end demo flow runs entirely on local infrastructure. No request leaves the machine for the index, the search, or the retrieval path.
  • local model integration
    Ollama backend wired and verified. Whichever model you run locally is the model loci uses for retrieval and summarisation.

Next

  • Nostr identity
    NIP-07 keypair as first auth model. Auth is a feature, not a gate. Sovereignty never paywalled.
  • bring-your-own-LLM expansion
    Broader local-model coverage: llama.cpp, MLX on Apple silicon, anything that exposes a chat completion endpoint locally.

02 apps desktop · extension · what you install

Shipped

  • desktop · v0.5.0 · 2026-05-12
    Welcome screen with three-view routing. Design tokens unified across boot, palace, and dialogue views. Tauri v2 capabilities scoped to the smallest set the app needs. Signed DMG (aarch64).
  • desktop · v0.4.x
    First runnable build of the wizard. Local Ollama backend wired. Welcome flow stubbed.

Proven

  • signed releases
    All v0.5.x desktop builds signed and notarised. Pipeline reproducible from the commit hash.
  • local model through the shell
    Local model integration verified end-to-end through the desktop app. The path that the user clicks holds.

Next

  • desktop · v0.6.0
    Setup wizard for first run (create new vault or load existing). Live dashboard. File-watcher driven live updates as your conversation archive grows.
  • extension polish
    Browser extension capture path hardened for the long tail of web-based AI clients.
  • mobile
    Native iOS and Android clients. Read-first, capture-second. Local index over a local model.

Built in the open. Tended in the quiet.

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