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Changelog
Release notes, product updates, and stories.
Novelist 0.3.2 — editable tables and reliable auto-reload
GFM tables are now edited in place, Typora-style: click a cell and type without the table dropping to raw markdown, with hover toolbars and a right-click menu for rows, columns, and alignment. Files edited outside Novelist also reload reliably now, including single-file mode and symlinked folders.
Read post →Novelist 0.3.1 — drag-to-split multi-panel editing
The editor area goes from a fixed two-pane split to dynamic, resizable columns: drag a file or tab onto a pane's edge to open a new column, up to four, with empty columns collapsing automatically. AI replies now interleave text and tool-use cards in the order they streamed. Also fixes Claude CLI detection on Windows, a Codex large-prompt hang, and WebDAV auto-sync.
Read post →Novelist 0.3.0 — open a single file, one unified AI provider list
A new Open File command (Cmd+Shift+O) edits a single file without opening a whole project; the AI chat provider config is rebuilt into one unified list where built-in and custom profiles sit side by side and switch in a click. Also fixes external-edit reloads under symlinked folders, shortcut leakage from text inputs, and writing stats in single-file mode.
Read post →Novelist 0.2.10 — smoother AI Chat and reviewable edits
AI Chat now supports keyboard navigation for slash and @ menus, per-message Edit / Retry, saved model profiles, and structured edit suggestions rendered as word-diff cards before you accept them.
Read post →Novelist 0.2.7 — a more controllable AI Agent
AI Talk and AI Agent now share an explicit context composer: attach selections, the current file, outlines, or project files with @ mentions, then review AI Agent edits in Apply Changes cards before accepting them file by file.
Read post →Novelist 0.2.4 — image hosting and one-click publishing
Two new core features: upload local images in your Markdown to your image host of choice (Qiniu / OSS / S3·R2 / imgur / sm.ms / Custom), and publish the active document to Ghost / WordPress / Medium with one click. Plus a batch of daily-workflow polish.
Read post →Novelist 0.2.3 — `novelist` in your terminal, a visible updater
New `novelist` CLI entry (modeled after VS Code's `code`), a rewritten auto-updater with a banner → progress modal → explicit restart, and a single rule for chapter naming: `{N}` is always Arabic, `{CN}` is always Chinese.
Read post →Novelist 0.2.1 — Faster, cleaner cold starts
Startup rewritten: code-split components, zero-flash themed pre-paint, 120ms view fades; plus the 1px white hairline at the top of macOS windows is gone.
Read post →Novelist 0.2.0 — Writing with AI, natively
AI Talk and AI Agent panels, a prompt preset library, a fresh SVG icon set, and a rewritten selection renderer.
Read post →Novelist 0.0.2 — Mindmap overlay & split view
Unfold your document into a mindmap. Write with a split view. Polish throughout Zen Mode.
Read post →Novelist 0.0.1 — First public release
The first public version of Novelist. A WYSIWYG Markdown editor, 12 MB on disk, CJK-native, free and open source.
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