Mindy 0.2 is the first release of the productivity browser era: a redesigned sidebar, working Chrome extensions, automatic updates, and Mindy can now become your default macOS browser.

A sidebar that stays out of your way

The sidebar got a full redesign: compact, consistent rows, clean folder trees without clutter, and favorites that look like they belong. Collections now expand right inside the tree so you can see and open their tabs without leaving your spot — drilling into a collection is a deliberate action (shift-click or right-click → Focus), not something that happens every time you click.

Chrome extensions that actually work

Extensions installed from the Chrome Web Store now boot reliably — including password managers like 1Password. Mindy ships a compatibility layer that fills in the extension APIs Chrome apps expect, so more of your daily extensions just work.

Your default browser

Mindy now registers itself with macOS as a real browser: it shows up in default-browser pickers and link-opener menus, and Settings → General has a "Make Default" button that hands links from every app straight to Mindy.

Automatic updates

Mindy keeps itself up to date. Updates download in the background and install when you restart — no manual downloads ever again.

Automation groundwork

This release also lays the foundation for controlling Mindy programmatically, with browser automation exposed over authenticated MCP and persistent agentic browser conversations.

Fixes and polish

• Native-feeling menus and dialogs — no more washed-out, tinted popovers or flashing pages behind dialogs
• Favorites and pinned tabs can no longer be closed by accident, and "Clean up tabs" leaves them alone and asks first
• Favicons no longer show as broken hearts; sites without icons get a proper fallback
• Right-click a favorite to duplicate it as a regular tab or move the favorites bar to the top
• Create tabs, collections, and to-dos from anywhere via right-click — no need to enter a collection first

Sotto now runs unsandboxed — which unlocks the two most-requested integrations — and the recording bar grew real controls.

New: CLI Agents

• Use your installed AI coding CLIs as providers: Codex, Claude Code, OpenCode, Grok, and Cursor Agent — detected automatically, using their own authentication. No API key needed.
• They live in their own CLI Agents tab in the sidebar.

Recording bar

• The right-click menu now always offers every position, even after you've dragged the bar somewhere custom.
• New Restart and Quit items in the menu (safely separated so you won't hit them by accident).
• Fixed the flow with AI functions: the bar now shows Enhancing… while your AI function runs, and the success sound plays only when the final text is actually inserted — no more premature "done" chime.

Timing you can trust

• Recordings now show real processing times, including how long the AI enhancement took: "Transcribed in 1.2s · Enhanced in 3.4s".

Under the hood

• Sotto is no longer sandboxed. Your data moves out of the sandbox container automatically on first launch — recordings, transcripts, models, and settings all come along. This is what makes CLI agents and full-path file imports possible.
• The API can now import files from any path, and API error messages are clearer.
• Provider names no longer get truncated in pickers.

The biggest update yet: connect any AI provider (including local and on-device), a reworked settings experience, a movable recording bar, and a dramatically more capable API.

New: Providers

• New Providers tab: connect providers from a clean grid — click, paste your key, it validates, done.
• Ollama and LM Studio support: run AI features against local models. Sotto auto-detects running instances and lists your installed models.
• Apple Intelligence: auto-detected on supported Macs. AI features work out of the box — no API key needed.
• New transcription providers: Deepgram Nova-3 and custom OpenAI-compatible endpoints (self-hosted Whisper, Speaches, LiteLLM…).
• All model catalogs updated to the latest generation (GPT‑5.6 family, Claude Sonnet 5 / Opus 4.8 / Fable 5, Gemini 3.5, and more). Your saved models migrate automatically.
• Use your coding agent CLIs as providers: Codex, Claude Code, OpenCode, Grok, and Cursor Agent.

New: Permissions

• New Permissions tab showing every permission Sotto uses, with one-click granting.
• A floating guide helps you drag Sotto straight into the right System Settings list — no more hunting for the app.
• "Repair Permission" fixes stale Accessibility grants.

Recording bar

• Drag it anywhere — Sotto remembers where you put it.
• Right-click anywhere on the bar for a full menu: size, style, position, reset.
• "Hide for This Recording" records invisibly, just this once.

Fixes

• Global hotkey now works immediately after login, before the main window is ever opened.
• Fixed recordings getting stuck ("bubble stays on screen") until the app was restarted.
• Errors are shown instead of failing silently.
• License activation shows real error messages, and deactivation tells you if the seat wasn't freed.

API & CLI (for tinkerers and agents)

• Browse and search your transcription history via the API.
• Manage AI functions, dictionary, find & replace, and always-on rules via API and CLI.
• Upload audio files directly (POST /api/import/upload) — works remotely and around sandbox limits.
• Endpoints grouped with per-group and per-endpoint enable/disable.
• The sotto CLI auto-discovers the port, supports remote hosts (--host), and gained commands for everything above.

Settings got a cleaner grouped sidebar, Summaries and Titles are now separate (and titles work for dictation recordings too), and AI Functions include starter templates.