Changelog

Improvements

• Windows - Redesigned the app menu bar to have common dropdown design as the rest of the app. Is faster, more reliable.
• You can now copy a note's full file path from the editor actions menu.
• Compact Navigation can now be toggled directly from the sidebar customization dialog.
• The calendar now keeps a consistent six-week layout as you move between months.
• Comboboxes, file tree rows, templates, and Views now have more consistent hover borders and focus outlines.

Fixes

• Fixed the calendar showing the wrong current week when collapsed.
• Fixed calendar note buttons shifting when their context menu opened.
• Windows - Fixed collapsed sidebar previews appearing underneath the title bar.
• Fixed file tree shortcuts intercepting input while typing in the editor or form fields.
• Fixed deleted notes remaining in wikilink suggestions until the cache refreshed.
• Fixed calendar wikilinks offering to create notes inside Daily or Weekly folders.
• Fixed the Share button briefly appearing while its state was loading.

AI skills and slash commands

AI customization now has a cleaner home. Skills and slash commands use searchable lists with focused editors, making them easier to find, create, and maintain. You can now add descriptions to Skills.

Sharing

• Expired public note links are now clearly marked with their expiry date and an Extend expiry action.
• Added a Settings -> Sharing -> Comment email notifications toggle for new comments and replies on shared notes.

Improvements

• Note previews sheets now show a collapsible Properties header with the property count. Property container height is reduced and allows scrolling.
• Date navigation results now appear alongside matching notes in the command bar Notes filter.
• Standalone HTTP and HTTPS URLs captured directly from the quick capture clipboard are now saved as markdown links.
• Empty Mermaid blocks now open in code mode so you can start typing immediately.

Fixes

• Fixed exact note and workspace-relative path searches being omitted from command bar results.
• Fixed active tab not refreshing reliably after Quick Capture and Inbox appends.
• Fixed Mermaid previews accepting pasted content.
• Linux - Fixed launching Octarine a second time not bringing the main window back into focus.
• Windows - Fixed the app menu title bar not acting as a window drag region.

Changes

• Removed the separate AI Rules setting; AI customization now lives in Skills and Slash Commands.

Quick Capture

Quick Capture can now save what is already on your clipboard without bringing Octarine forward, giving you a much faster path from copied text or images to a durable note.

• Copy text or an image anywhere, then double-tap Option on macOS or Control on Windows and supported Linux sessions to save it directly to the Inbox, append it to today’s Daily Note, or add it to your last viewed note.
  • Choose the destination from Settings → Quick Capture; successful captures show a lightweight desktop notification.

Note appearance

Pro users can now give individual notes their own width, editor font, heading font, font size, line height, and letter spacing from the new appearance control in the note breadcrumb. These choices live in the note’s frontmatter, and can be reset to the workspace defaults at any time.

Feedback

• Send feedback without leaving Octarine from the Help menu, command bar, About settings, or an error screen.

Improvements

• Adjust Octarine’s interface font size from Settings → Preferences, independently of the editor font size.
• Views filters can now combine conditions with either AND or OR.
• Suggested follow-up prompts in Ask Octarine can now be collapsed.
• Ask Octarine now handles repetitive tool calls without leaving a blank response, and date-scoped questions include the relevant task context in the fallback search path.
• The command bar now has category filters, clearer note context, and more direct access to recent notes, sidebar sections, and workspace settings; use Tab and Shift + Tab to move between filters.
• Git Sync can now pull remote changes without committing or pushing, from settings, the command bar, or the app menu.
• Graph options can now show or hide Inbox captures. Graph toggles for showing nodes is now stored in workspace data, and persists on restarts.
• A new properties button in the note breadcrumb makes frontmatter easier to reach.
• The outline rail now appears only when there is enough room in the editor gutter.
• Dialogs, selects, overlays, feedback surfaces, and chat quick actions have more consistent presentation and behavior.
• Windows - The custom titlebar now includes Octarine’s app menus alongside native minimize, maximize, and close controls across main and document windows.
• Compact navigation is now the default for workspaces that have not chosen a preference.

Performance

Octarine now does less unnecessary work across split panes, tabs, the sidebar, indexing, workspace state, and the editor.

• File trees stay mounted while switching through Inbox tabs, reducing avoidable redraws.
• Tab activation and compound split-pane changes now use fewer redundant state writes.
• Frontmatter and indexing refresh only the records that changed.
• Workspace search streams results instead of waiting for the full set.
• App-wide state subscriptions are narrower, improving responsiveness across navigation, search, graph, calendar, and editor workflows.

Fixes

• Fixed externally changed, renamed, deleted, or synced files leaving stale workspace, Inbox, frontmatter, or index state behind.
• Fixed background file events overwriting unsaved editor changes.
• Fixed URL-scheme saves not appearing promptly in other Octarine windows.
• Fixed moving or duplicating multiple selected list items producing incorrect results.
• Fixed split-pane drag targeting using the wrong pane count.
• Fixed offline content changes being missed by indexing.
• Fixed share controls shifting while notes load.
• Fixed Quick Capture’s Append to action not choosing the most recently updated Inbox capture.
• Fixed command-bar actions opening dialogs or sheets before the command bar had closed.
• Fixed references button appearing for daily notes that have not been created yet.
• Fixed long note titles overflowing the Focus Mode dialog.
• Updated the desktop runtime and Rust dependencies for better performance and Ubuntu 22.04 build compatibility.
• Fixed an issue where the Onboarding dialog would only show AFTER the pane had 0 tabs for new users.

Sharing

• Set expiration per note, including Does not expire, and choose the default under Settings -> Sharing.
• Choose separate body and heading fonts for shared notes.
• Hide the persistent Share button from Settings -> Preferences; sharing remains available from the breadcrumb menu, which shows Manage Sharing for published notes.

Workspace Search & Backlinks

• Include or exclude Notes, Daily Desk, Templates, or Inbox, with optional folder filtering for workspace and note searches.
• Active filters are counted in the Filters button and can be returned to their defaults in one click.
• Filter linked references and mentions by source location, note type, modified date, or whether the reference appears in the note body or frontmatter.

Improvements

• Toasts now use consistent status icons, dismiss controls, and clearer action buttons.
• Inbox-managed properties no longer clutters the Properties tree.

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where pasting into the Inline AI Assistant would instead paste into the editor.

Sharing Notes

Sharing lets you publish a note as a public web page that anyone with the link can read. It is available for users on the Pro License and stays under your control: update the page when the note changes, or stop sharing it at any time.

Start with the Sharing guide, then see the Sharing API for automation and the fair-use policy for service limits.

• Open Share from the note breadcrumb to set a public title, add an optional summary, choose whether visible note properties appear, and create the link.
• Generate the summary with Writing Assistant when you want a quick starting point, then edit it before publishing.
• New links are copied to the clipboard automatically; shared notes also offer one-click actions to copy the link or open it in your browser.
• Use Save changes from the Sharing popover or Sync Shared Note from the command bar to publish the latest note content, title, summary, images, and properties.
• The command bar now includes Share Note, Open Share Link, Copy Share Link, Sync Shared Note, and Unpublish Note, showing only the actions relevant to the current note.
• Settings -> Sharing controls your public display name and author attribution, whether properties appear by default, and automatic expiration for new links from 3 to 90 days.
• Choose separate light and dark reader themes and a shared-note font, with previews for both appearances.
• Images referenced from the workspace’s attachment folder are included in the public page; Octarine warns you if an image cannot be found instead of silently failing the whole share.
• Views can now filter notes by shared status, URL, public title, expiration, and whether properties are shown.
• Duplicating a shared note or folder will NOT carry its publishing metadata, so every copy starts private.

Improvements

• Ask Octarine now lives in the global breadcrumb, keeping it available across the workspace instead of tying it to an open note.
• Inactive workspaces now show an Open in new window action in the workspace switcher, alongside Cmd + Click.

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where images and videos inside bulleted, task, or numbered lists failed to render and caused a rogue H2 heading to appear after refreshing the tab.

Chat and inbox tabs

Ask Octarine chats and inbox items now behave like full workspace tabs, so you can keep several open and move between them without losing context.

• Open chats and inbox items in new tabs from their context menus, and reopen the exact item from Recently Viewed.
• Ask Octarine conversations continue generating when you switch tabs, with running and unread indicators in chat history.
• Chat and inbox tabs now show their own titles and can be opened in split panes.

Pinned Views

• Pin Views alongside notes and folders for faster access from the sidebar.
• Opening pinned items now preserves the sidebar you were using, so your navigation context stays in place.

Improvements

• Added a Show Calendar toggle under Settings → Preferences → Calendar for hiding the sidebar calendar.
• Improved the Quick Capture header so long workspace and capture-type names fit cleanly without crowding the close button.

Fixes

• Fixed Backspace after an empty nested list item removing its parent item instead of moving the cursor back through the list structure.

A refreshed app

Octarine's entire UI has been redesigned across tabs, breadcrumbs, sidebars, Inbox, Calendar, and the editor. The result is a calmer, more consistent frame that keeps navigation and note actions close at hand.

• Sidebar destinations can now be reordered or hidden, with a choice of count or dot badges.
• Back and forward navigation now follows the focused split pane.
• Properties and Tags sidebars have been merged into one with two tabs.
• Pinned notes/folders are now part of the tree rather than a popover.
• In tree searches are now hidden by default, and can be invoked on demand.
• Quickly open Graph/Ask Octarine/Inbox as new tabs from the dedicated button.
• Empty new tab experience improved.
• GitSync icon in breadcrumb removed, will only show when there’s an error or when syncing is underway.

Improvements

• Inbox items now expose Set Priority, Snooze, Mark Done, and Reopen actions in the command bar.
• New Collapse All Media and Expand All Media commands make image- and video-heavy notes easier to scan.
• Recently Viewed now shows the complete history in the command bar, with an option to clear it.
• Settings -> Files -> Show file timestamps on hover can display created and modified times in the file tree. Default: OFF
• Editor width now acts as a per-pane maximum and adapts to narrower split panes.
• Custom editor width is now a max width in pixels, rather than a fixed percentage.
• Split-pane resizing is smoother.

Fixes

• Fixed note properties briefly clearing or carrying over from another note when switching between notes and previews.
• Fixed table column resizing handles being shown at the edge of the screen rather than near the column borders.
• Sidebar resize values now persist after restarting the app.
• Open right sidebars now stay open after restarting the app.
• Fixed NoteSheet not opening when clicking doclinks inside an individual note window.

Removed

• Removed Settings > Editor > Show File name input.

External documents

Octarine can now open .md and .markdown files directly from Finder/Explorer. Files that already belong to a workspace open in that workspace; everything else opens in a focused standalone editor.

• External documents save automatically, stay in sync with changes from other apps.
• Quickly add them to any of your workspaces once you are ready.

Improvements

• Added Settings -> Editor -> Interface -> Overscroll, with small, medium, and large options for keeping space below the end of a note while writing.
• Redesigned the in-app changelog around a cleaner reading view with release dates and quick navigation between versions.
• Long document outlines now scroll with the active heading so the current section stays visible.
• Renaming a workspace property or changing its type now updates matching properties in Note Types.
• Tag properties now suggest tags from the entire workspace and offer to create the value you type.

Fixes

• Fixed blank space appearing in virtualized file trees after resizing a window or entering fullscreen.
• Fixed new tabs sometimes failing to open or become active in split panes.

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where pressing # on an empty line in the QuickCapture window or a single note window would crash the app.

Inbox

• Priority, snooze, and Done / Reopen controls now appear directly above the inbox editor.
• Inbox items can now be appended to an existing note from the item menu, list row, or detail view.
• Tag selection has been removed from the breadcrumb and is now available in the Properties section, consistent with regular notes.

Performance

• Note popouts and Quick Capture now open faster and feel more responsive.
• Larger workspaces should load and switch between notes more smoothly, especially when using filtered views.

Improvements

• Wikilinks from other markdown editors now resolve correctly even when they don’t include the full path. If a wikilink uniquely matches a note anywhere in the workspace, that note opens on click and appears in the sidebar. For example, [[621 - Image URL paste]] will look for a unique note with that exact name across the entire workspace, not only at the root.
• The app no longer treats .claude, .cursor, and .opencode as hardcoded excluded folders, and will be shown in the tree.
• Action buttons above the editor now position themselves correctly when a custom width is set.
• Quickly sort completed tasks to the bottom of their respective lists (items inside nested task lists move to the bottom of the same nested list) via the breadcrumb options or CMD/Ctrl + K → Sort Tasks
• A new setting is made available in Preferences > Show Task Completion Count to always show the count near the Pie.