Release notes

Local Hoist v0.5.2

October 20, 2026

Record your screen directly into a conversation, edit SVGs with live previews, and choose how HDR videos are shared with AI models.

New

Record your screen from the composer, with saved display and audio preferences. Mute or unmute audio without stopping the recording.
Edit SVG source and switch between source and preview views. Preview Markdown and HTML documents in the workspace too.
Archive images and videos to hide them from the media library without losing their files or chat references, or permanently delete unwanted media.
Choose original HDR or a converted SDR copy for AI video references while keeping the original file.

More videos play directly in chats and workspace previews, with compatibility handling for MOV files and unsupported codecs.
Settings search now includes controls for tools, skills, and hooks, plus shortcuts to speech settings.
Conversation change summaries and commit history are grouped by repository, making multi-repository work easier to follow.

Open conversation tabs now retain their order and active selection when the app restarts for an update.
Spoken replies keep playing when the assistant switches to tools, with more natural sentence breaks.