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Kaku

Changelog

The full, linkable release notes live on GitHub Releases. The list below walks through every version in reverse chronological order so you can see how Kaku evolved.

V0.9.0 Spark ✨ — 2026-04-04

AI that meets you at the command line.

  • Natural language to command: type # <description> at the prompt, press Enter, Kaku asks the LLM and injects the resulting command back; works in zsh and fish, saved to shell history
  • Option + Click cursor movement: click anywhere on the current line to move the cursor there, with correct handling of wide and multi-byte characters
  • Always on top: pin any window above others via the Window menu
  • Traffic lights position: new traffic_lights setting to customize the macOS window control buttons
  • Provider presets: MiniMax added
  • Stability: fixed Option+Click crash, divide-by-zero in split pane sizing, unwrap panic in mouse handling

V0.8.0 Fish 🐟 — 2026-03-23

A first-class welcome for fish shell users.

  • Full fish shell support: kaku init provisions Starship, the Yazi launcher, theme sync, and a conf.d entry for fish
  • Bell tab indicator: background tabs show a bell prefix when a task finishes, with optional Dock badge
  • Remember last directory: new tabs and windows restore your last working directory (toggleable in kaku config)
  • Update / Doctor in their own tab: kaku update and kaku doctor open in a dedicated tab instead of blocking the current session
  • Basename-only tab titles: new tab_title_basename_only option
  • Scrollback fixes: viewport no longer jumps to the top during rapid output, and no more unexpected jumps while using Claude Code

V0.7.1 Flow 🌊 — 2026-03-13

Polish across theming, settings, and the AI workflow.

  • Auto theme switching: follows macOS light/dark, with improved transparency rendering and Yazi theme sync
  • Safer close flows: tab and pane close confirmations, refreshed overlay styling, fixed title-bar double-click interfering with window drag
  • kaku config leveled up: clearer grouped sections, a pinned footer with contextual key hints, more reliable parsing and reload
  • AI configuration: kaku ai picks up Antigravity support, quota tracking, background loading, and more reliable OAuth refresh
  • Pane input broadcast: synchronized typing across panes with safeguards against broadcasting overlay input
  • File & editor workflow: better file-link opening, a remote files shortcut for SSH sessions, respect for $EDITOR
  • Rounded scrollbars: optional, enable in kaku config

V0.6.0 Clarity ☀️ — 2026-03-08

Light theme, AI usage visibility, and an interactive settings TUI — all in one release.

  • Light theme: dynamic font weight, improved ANSI colors, Claude Code-specific color overrides
  • AI usage visibility: the AI panel now surfaces usage summaries and remaining quota, adds Kimi Code support, Kimi usage tracking, and more reliable Claude OAuth token persistence
  • Interactive settings TUI: kaku config becomes a richer interactive editor with save-on-exit and theme-aware updates
  • Tab workflow: drag to reorder, double-click to rename inline, Cmd + Shift + T to reopen a closed tab, programmatic kaku set-tab-title
  • Path hyperlinks: click file paths in terminal output to open them
  • Shell integration polish: better first-run without Homebrew, fixed Starship right-prompt leakage after Ctrl + C, removed the forced TERM=kaku that broke SSH Delete key
  • macOS input fixes: non-Latin IMEs no longer block Cmd + alnum shortcuts; dead keys and Turkish tilde input fixed
  • Memory: lazy scrollback allocation, capped background image and gradient caches for stable long-session memory use

V0.5.1 Kindness 🌴 — 2026-02-28

Follow-up fixes for V0.5.0.

  • y launcher no longer clashes with existing alias y=yarn
  • SSH sessions force TERM=xterm-256color so remotes without kaku terminfo render correctly
  • Fixed Cmd + Shift + , not passing through to tmux
  • Fixed kaku cli split-pane panic, spurious error toast during AI analysis, and an update notification appearing even when check_for_updates was disabled

V0.5.0 Yohaku 🪽 — 2026-02-27

The AI era starts here.

  • AI shell error recovery: when a command fails Kaku sends it to an LLM and shows a fix suggestion inline; press Cmd + Shift + E to apply
  • Yazi built in: press Cmd + Shift + Y or type y to open it, layout and theme configured on first run
  • Command palette: Cmd + Shift + P for fuzzy command search with native text editing
  • Kaku Doctor: kaku doctor interactively checks and fixes common setup issues
  • Global hotkey: Ctrl + Opt + Cmd + K shows or hides Kaku from anywhere
  • Shell text editing: Cmd + A select all, Shift + arrows extend selection, type to replace
  • Unified AI config: kaku ai covers Kaku Assistant, Factory Droid, and opencode.jsonc
  • Faster startup: Lua bytecode caching, deferred module loading, Fat LTO

V0.4.0 AIIIIIII 🥂 — 2026-02-19

A first step into AI, paired with a graphics pipeline overhaul.

  • kaku ai command: a unified home for configuring all your AI coding tools
  • WebGpu by default: typical memory drops from ~200 MB to ~80 MB; falls back to OpenGL on failure
  • Lazygit built in: Cmd + Shift + G launches it, with a contextual hint for git repos
  • Split UX: active-pane marker, split_thickness option, Cmd + Opt + arrows to jump between panes
  • Smarter Cmd + W: does the right thing across panes, tabs, and multi-window setups
  • SSH + 1Password: remote sessions force TERM=xterm-256color; shell integration auto-detects the 1Password SSH agent and adds IdentitiesOnly=yes
  • Per-pane encoding: switch between UTF-8, GBK, GB18030, Big5, EUC-KR, Shift-JIS independently per pane
  • URL scheme: kaku://open-tab?tty=<device> lets external scripts jump straight to a specific pane

V0.3.1 New Year 🎋 — 2026-02-16

  • Cmd + K clears the screen (Cmd + R still supported)
  • Cmd + Shift + S toggles split pane direction
  • SSH sessions standardize on xterm-256color to avoid missing terminfo on remotes
  • Fixed macOS dictation / voice input
  • Tab key restored to show the completion list; Right Arrow accepts autosuggestions
  • kaku init auto-creates ~/.config/kaku/kaku.lua if missing

V0.3.0 Happy 🥙 — 2026-02-16

System integration goes wide.

  • Smoother fullscreen: stable transitions, correct padding when splitting or creating tabs, refined tab-bar visibility
  • SSH host in tab: the tab shows the remote hostname when connected
  • Finder integration: right-click any folder → Open in Kaku
  • Set as default terminal: menu bar Kaku → Set as Default Terminal
  • Shell history peek: scroll up in vim or tmux to view shell history without leaving
  • Image paste: paste images from other apps into terminal apps; saved to temp and path auto-inserted
  • Selection autoscroll: dragging past the viewport auto-scrolls so you can keep selecting
  • Toast notifications: visual feedback for copy and config reload
  • Multi-file Dock drop: drop multiple files on the Dock icon, each opens in its own tab
  • Bar cursor: modern default, supports Vim-mode switching; window shadow disabled by default to reduce GPU usage

V0.2.0 Craft 🍺 — 2026-02-13

From “it runs” to “it installs and feels great.”

  • Apple notarized: no more security warnings, works out of the box
  • Universal binary: one DMG for both Apple Silicon and Intel
  • Homebrew support: brew install tw93/tap/kakuku
  • Unified kaku CLI: init, update, reset, config, and more
  • User config loading fix: ~/.config/kaku/kaku.lua is no longer overridden by defaults
  • Fullscreen time display: a subtle clock in the bottom-right while fullscreen, nudging you to take a break
  • Git Delta tuning: aligned theme, side-by-side diff by default, cleaner headers
  • Chinese path support: tab titles show CJK characters correctly instead of URL-encoded strings
  • Persistent sessions: Cmd + W hides the window when only one tab is left instead of quitting
  • Font zoom and window size persisted across restarts
  • Menu bar: command palette, settings, check for updates, native notifications
  • Built-in updater: kaku update in the terminal or the menu bar item

V0.1.1 Easy to use 🍤 — 2026-02-09

  • Kaku Theme: signature high-contrast dark theme tuned for long Claude / Codex sessions
  • Optimized macOS font rasterization (light hinting) for crisper Retina text
  • First-run wizard can apply Kaku Theme automatically
  • New debug overlay to troubleshoot shell integration and config
  • setup_zsh.sh script ships common aliases and git shortcuts
  • Tab bar supports path-based titles and visual indicators

V0.1.0 Freshmen 🧝‍♀️ — 2026-02-08

Kaku’s first release. Built on top of WezTerm, deeply tuned for AI coding on macOS.

  • GPU-accelerated rendering, deeply tuned for macOS
  • Built-in shell suite: Starship prompt, z smart jumper, zsh syntax highlighting and autosuggestions
  • Smart first-run wizard that detects your environment and safely backs up existing configs
  • Native animations, intuitive shortcuts, split pane management, focus mode
  • Universal binary (Apple Silicon + Intel), single lightweight DMG