Train Newelle to do more with custom extensions and new AI modules, giving your chatbot endless possibilities.
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Observed history
| App | Change | Version | When ↑ |
|---|---|---|---|
| updated | 1.5.2 | 16 Sept 2026 | |
| updated | 1.5.2 → 1.6.0 | 15 Oct 2026 |
Upstream releases
Release notes supplied by the developer. These dates are not Flathub package publication times.
1.6.015 Oct 2026
- Workspaces: Divide chats into workspaces, and tie profiles to them. Different workspaces can run in different windows
- Subagents: You can now create subagents "template" to tackle specific tasks. The main assistant can launch that subagent
- New Long Term Memory: Added a new explorable long term memory that manages memory across chats much better
- Usage Tracking: You can now track how much you use Newelle and specific models
- Better search: You can now search for messages in conversations and options in settings
- Drafts: You can now create drafts of messages
Minor improvements:
- Newelle can now host an MCP server with Newelle's tools for third parties to access
- Improved profiles: They now have explicit inheritance systems and you can transfer settings
- Added support to Qwen Image 2.1 and other image generation tools
- Add a universal screenshot tool
- When downloading local models, their size compatibility is estimated in the model downloader
- Improvements to the voice pill, still experimental
- Long Term Memories can now expose mini apps
- Performance improvements when deleting a message
- You can now delete the chat you are in
1.5.216 Sept 2026
- Add voice pill: launch Newelle with
newelle --voiceto show a pill for fast voice interaction (Experimental) - Fix no-argument tool calls failing when arguments is an empty string
- Fix Anima image model not loading
- Allow adding MCP servers by pasting their JSON
- Add the option to manually add scheduled tasks
- Fix generate_image tool failing on custom OpenAI-compatible servers due to a hardcoded model name
- Fix OpenAIEmbeddingHandler.get_embedding_size() returning the wrong dimension, breaking FAISS index creation
- Add more statistics like caches and time to first token
- Fix building llama.cpp freezing when there is no internet connection
- Add support for screen recording anywhere on Linux, instead of only on GNOME
- Add support for video input / audio input / file input for OpenAI-compatible providers
- Add support for choosing whether to use RAG or CAG for OpenAI-compatible providers
1.5.125 Aug 2026
- New Model Library UI and terminal management.
- Improved builds for llama.cpp, whisper.cpp and stablediffusion.cpp.
- Improved download manager and build cancellation.
- Various bug fixes and stability improvements.
1.5.019 Aug 2026
Major update with improved agent capabilities, terminal integration, MCP support and usability improvements.
- Improved terminal tool: Newelle can now manage persistent Terminal sessions and interact with TUIs
- Added mode switching: users can create custom modes that quickly change prompts, tools and skills, such as Planning mode
- Added a curated catalog of MCP servers that can be used to connect applications to Newelle
- Added citations, allowing the LLM to state the source of information
- Added the ability to add LLM providers directly from the UI, including OpenAI, Ollama and Anthropic-compatible providers
- Improved text generation animation
- Added Compact Mode for tool calls and the input bar
- Added the ability to download and explore new extensions and skills directly in Newelle
- Added a Skill editor to create and edit Newelle Skills directly in Newelle
- Added a send_message tool for sending messages to interfaces, such as Telegram
- Added new tools: sleep and switch_mode
- Agents can now read images using the read_image tool
- Added the ability to delegate vision chats to a secondary LLM
- Added support for Mistral STT and TTS
- Added API key support for Ollama
- Improved the Anthropic LLM handler
- Added the ability to set the maximum number of tool iterations in a chat
- Fixed bugs with the OpenAI handler
- Added support for the OpenAI /responses endpoint
- Improved the Telegram interface
- Improved the GUI-API interface
- Improved logging support in the OpenAI API interface
- Fixed bugs with LaTeX rendering and improved performance
- Added an option to automatically expand thinking
- Fixed thinking scrolling up while streaming
- Improved mini-window mode
- Added CTRL+G to switch between normal and mini-window modes






