Roadmap
Looking ahead
Coming soon
Readwise Integration
In progressReadwise Integration
Bring highlights and annotations from Readwise into an Octarine workspace.
Linked Notes & Embeds
NextLinked Notes & Embeds
Link to headings and blocks, add aliases, and embed notes, blocks and search results inside other notes.
Tasks & Planning
NextTasks & Planning
Find tasks across notes, organise them by project and plan unfinished work from Daily Desk.
Octarine CLI
NextOctarine CLI
Work with Octarine workspaces and notes from the terminal.
Monthly & Quarterly Notes
NextMonthly & Quarterly Notes
Add more high-level calendar notes.
Archive Files/Folders
NextArchive Files/Folders
Move files to .archive folder with optional auto-archive for old files.
Web Clipper
NextWeb Clipper
Save articles, selections and page metadata from the browser to Octarine.
Commenting
PlannedCommenting
Allow commenting on blocks of text in notes to be shared between synced devices.
Local Note History & Recovery
PlannedLocal Note History & Recovery
Browse previous versions of a note, compare changes and restore an earlier version.
Ask Octarine Write Tools
PlannedAsk Octarine Write Tools
Let Ask Octarine create notes, append content and update note properties inside a workspace.
Android Version
PlannedAndroid Version
Bring Octarine's local-first workspaces, Inbox and Daily Desk to Android.
List & Card Views
PlannedList & Card Views
Display saved views as compact lists or visual cards alongside tables and Kanban boards.
Zotero, GitHub & Linear Integrations
PlannedZotero, GitHub & Linear Integrations
Connect research references, issues and projects to notes through dedicated integrations.
Template Folders & Workflows
PlannedTemplate Folders & Workflows
Organise templates into folders and improve create-from-template and insertion flows.
Search Inside Attachments
BacklogSearch Inside Attachments
Extract and index text from supported PDF and DOCX attachments for workspace search.
Research Reader & Citations
BacklogResearch Reader & Citations
Read and annotate PDFs, link highlights to notes, add footnotes and export citation-ready documents.
Visual Canvas
BacklogVisual Canvas
Arrange notes, text and media spatially on a freeform canvas.
Right-to-Left Language Support
BacklogRight-to-Left Language Support
Support right-to-left writing and interface layouts across the editor and workspace.
Git LFS
BacklogGit LFS
Sync large workspace attachments through Git LFS.
Release history
Available now
- July 2026
One-click Publish notes
0.49.0Share a single note with anyone over the web.
Parallel Ask Octarine execution
0.48.1Run multiple chats in parallel
Redesigned UI
0.48.0Gave Octarine a fresh new coat of paint
Standalone Markdown Editor
0.47.4Open any markdown file from your finder/explorer without needing to add them to a workspace
- June 2026
Inline Writing Assistant
0.46.1Quickly change text inside a note without needing to access the Writing Assistant sidebar
Video Annotation
0.45.0Timestamp videos with quick seeking with taking notes
Skills
0.45.0Write skills to reuse logic in Ask Octarine and Writing Assistant
Codex Auth
0.44.0Use your ChatGPT Plus/Pro subscription for AI tooling
Improved tool calling in Ask Octarine
0.44.0Harness improvements with access to more tools for the models to respond better
- May 2026
Inbox
0.43.0Lightweight capture and triage notes from Global Capture before converting them to notes
Quick Capture
0.43.0Spotlight like feature to take notes from anywhere
Multiple windows
0.42.0Each workspace can be opened in a separate window. Single notes can be opened in a minimal separate window.
Properties Redesign & Note Types
0.42.0Properties are now in the meta sidebar. Quickly assign note types that are property templates to notes
- April 2026
Refreshed Backlinks
0.41.0View backlinks and mentions in a dedicated sheet with sorting and quick linking
Collapsible Lists & Tasks
0.40.0Collapse nested lists or tasks to make your notes more organised
Significant Resource management
0.40.0Octarine now uses way less CPU and memory not only when idle, but also when actively typing.
- March 2026
- February 2026
Grouped Views
0.37.0Allow grouping based on any property for views
Grouping in Views
0.36.0Use any custom property or a set of default properties to create sections inside a view
Resizing Table columns
0.36.0Allow columns to be resized, with the data being stored as HTML comments
Export to different formats
0.35.4Allow notes to be exported as PDF, DOCX, HTML and TXT
Related Notes
0.35.2Quickly understand similar notes in workspace for the current note
Ask Octarine Performance & Better Search
0.35.0SQLite for embeddings, better followup and searching algorithms around workspaces
- January 2026
Theme Creator
0.34.0Create your own interface themes for Octarine!
Template Variables
0.34.0Templatise {{date}} {{title}} and more.
Performance Boost
0.33.3Reduced Idle CPU usage, notes load faster
URL Schemes
0.33.0Deep linking to notes and actions, with support for external automations
Native Menu items, Git-sync offline handling
0.32.0Control Octarine from the Mac menu, gracefully handle git-sync when your device is offline
- December 2025
- November 2025
- October 2025
- September 2025
- August 2025
Folder Customisation
0.28.0Per-folder sorting methods, icons and color identifiers.
Ask Octarine - Create mode
0.28.0Use Ask Octarine to help you create notes, emails and more.
More AI Providers & Reusable Slash commands
0.27.7Claude, Groq, xAI, Gemini and more supported. Slash commands to assist in Writing Assistant.
- July 2025
- June 2025
- May 2025
- April 2025
- March 2025
- February 2025
- January 2025
- December 2024
- November 2024
- October 2024
- September 2024
- July 2024
- June 2024
- May 2024
Create new notes from Doclinks command
0.15.3Two new options added to the [[ command list to create new notes.
Tags in Graph View
0.15.3Notes tagged using # now show up in the graph view with a yellow node color.
Freeform Tagging
0.15.0Introduced tagging as a mode of organizing notes.
Zoom Controls
0.14.4Added zooming in and out functionality for the app.
- April 2024
- March 2024
- February 2024
New look for Pinned Notes
0.13.1Pinned notes now show up in the file tree instead of a separate page.
Highlight, Quote and Menu design
0.13.0Added options to highlight text and create blockquotes, along with a UI facelift for settings.
Codeblock line numbers
0.12.0Codeblocks now have line numbers shown against them.
- January 2024
- December 2023
- August 2023
- July 2023
