Release notes · Sep 3, 2026 # Termy 1.7.4: Companion Beta & Privacy Update Give your desktop companion an optional private local brain, while keeping sensitive terminal input out of history and making account activation safer. [Download 1.7.4 for macOS](https://dl.termyapp.com/releases/Termy-1.7.4.dmg)[All releases ↗](https://termyapp.com/releases) Current public builds require macOS 26 or later. [See the latest release: 1.7.9.](https://termyapp.com/releases/1.7.9) ## Companion IntelligenceBeta - **Smart reactions can now run entirely on your Mac.** Download the optional 1.38 GB, 4-bit Qwen 3.5 2B model and keep the companion’s prepared lines as an instant fallback. - **Talk directly to your companion.** A new local-only conversation window follows the selected companion’s personality and answers in the language you use. - **Active-window context is optional and private.** For selected reactions, Termy can read the frontmost window with local OCR, immediately discard the screenshot, and send nothing to the cloud. - **Conversation and project memory stays bounded and local.** The companion can remember a small set of useful facts and recent turns on this Mac, with a one-click option to clear everything. - **Intelligence controls only activate when the model is truly ready.** Incomplete downloads no longer appear installed, and the Companion item is now clearly marked Beta in Settings. ## Local Model Reliability - **The Qwen model now downloads correctly from its public Hugging Face repository.** The preparation-time authorization failure that rejected the download has been fixed. - **Interrupted downloads continue from saved progress.** Cancelling or restarting Termy preserves completed bytes so the 1.38 GB model does not need to be downloaded again. - **Downloads finish only after verification.** Progress remains visibly in flight while files are assembled and SHA-256 checked, and Termy activates only a complete verified model snapshot. - **The companion uses a memory-efficient llama.cpp runtime.** The quantized GGUF model has bounded context, cancels superseded requests, and unloads after idle time instead of leaving overlapping high-memory sessions behind. - **Structured local replies are more dependable.** Constrained JSON generation, hard timeouts, and cancellation prevent malformed-response errors and ensure a prepared reaction appears if the model is not ready in time. ## Companion Polish - **One event produces one visible reaction.** Duplicate terminal and interface signals are coalesced, and late model replies can no longer replace an already-finished fallback. - **Desktop reactions stay separate from private chat.** The companion no longer repeats random lines from an earlier conversation when reacting to the desktop. - **The companion stays anchored when a speech bubble appears.** Showing or dismissing text no longer moves the sprite, clips the bubble, or sends its geometry down the screen. - **The conversation window now behaves like Termy.** It uses the app’s dark visual language, reliably accepts keyboard focus, opens without a blank duplicate window, and automatically follows the newest message. - **New companion intelligence surfaces are localized.** Settings, download state, privacy explanations, memory controls, and conversation UI follow Termy’s selected language. ## Terminal Privacy - **Passwords are no longer saved as recent commands.** Input entered at password, passphrase, verification-code, OTP, or PIN prompts is excluded from terminal history. - **Sensitive input is excluded from session helpers.** Credentials are not retained in session previews or Inline Fix context. - **Passwords stay in the active terminal.** Sensitive prompt input is no longer mirrored to other panes when synchronized input is enabled. ## License Activation - **One-time account links no longer store your permanent license key.** Termy now completes browser activation with the signed device token and a non-secret local license identity. - **Existing licenses stay active after the update.** Previously activated Macs keep their current token and Keychain recovery data, so there is no need to enter the license key again. ## Connection and compatibility reference Read the [SSH workflow](https://termyapp.com/ssh-client-macos), [SSH Config guide](https://termyapp.com/guides/ssh-config-proxyjump) and [compatibility documentation](https://termyapp.com/compatibility) for the current application behavior. --- Official source: [Termy 1.7.4 — Companion Beta & Privacy Update | Release Notes](https://termyapp.com/releases/1.7.4)