Msty Studio Changelog

Share Model Matchmaker, collapse code blocks, and moreπŸ”—

2025-10-20
Msty Studio 2.0.0-beta.7

The Model Matchmaker is now available as a standalone page that you can easily share with others! Explore it here: msty.studio/model-matchmaker.

Features

  • Ability to move a split chat to a new conversation
  • Code output can now be collapsed/expanded in conversation responses

Enhancements

  • Persist remembering split synchs enabled status across session
  • Additional improvements with long code blocks rendering in conversations

Fixes

  • Update remote services packages to latest to fix breaking changes

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MLX Support ImprovementsπŸ”—

2025-10-16
Msty Studio 2.0.0-beta.6

We’ve made significant updates to MLX model support and stability, including enhanced compatibility with a wider range of MLX models, such as gpt-oss.

With this update, existing MLX models must be migrated to a new folder if you wish to retain them.

To migrate:

  1. Go to Settings > MLX Service > Version, open the ellipsis menu, and select option to force update, to version 2.0.0b6.
  2. Open Terminal and run:
    cd "$HOME/Library/Application Support/MstyStudio/models-mlx"
    
  3. Then move models to the new folder by running:
    curl -fsSL https://next-assets.msty.studio/app/scripts/migrate-mlx-models.sh | bash
    

Fixes in This Release

  • Fixed issue where attachments weren’t added in conversations
  • Added missing MLX provider icons
  • Resolved issue with MLX Service log switch not enabling correctly
  • Fixed problem removing MLX providers in some instances
  • Fixed issue preventing Real-Time Data from being enabled at the project level
  • Corrected issue where Google appeared instead of Brave in API placeholder text

Recent and pinned convos folder, customize provider and model logos, new RTD providers, live logs, and tons of improvements and bug fixesπŸ”—

2025-10-14
Msty Studio 2.0.0-beta.5

Features

  • Recents folder in the Projects sidebar displays recent conversations across all projects and pinned conversations
  • Live Logs in Settings section - continuous stream of detailed background activity for advanced troubleshooting
  • Notifications in Settings section - curated, long-lived alerts that highlight key app events for user visibility
  • Keyword search in current conversation by pressing cmd+f for Mac or ctrl+f for Windows/Linux
  • Change logo for providers and models - add your own custom image by clicking on the logo in Model Hub
  • Ollama web search as a Real-Time Data provider on desktop version (Aurum - desktop only)
  • Brave Search API as a Real-Time Data provider (Aurum)
  • Save system prompts to Prompts Library

Enhancements

  • Adjusted how code blocks in responses are processed to generate them quicker
  • Change shortcut for search to cmd+shft+f for Mac and ctrl+shft+f for Windows/Linux
  • Ability to filter conversations by title
  • Ignore .obsidian folders by default in Knowledge Stacks compose ignore settings
  • Display local model ID in Model Hub > Providers and allow copy to clipboard
  • Ability to duplicate a toolset
  • Add Agentic Capabilities to Model Matchmaker
  • LaTeX rendering improvements
  • Improved backup reminder UX on mobile devices
  • Ability to force stop a conversation from Projects sidebar
  • Update Ollama catalog models
  • Added OpenRouter presets - thanks R77 from our Discord community for the contribution!
  • Only display breadcrumbs when down 2+ levels deep
  • Result metrics icon hidden when forcing convo to stop
  • Improve model parameters UX
  • General error capture and display improvements
  • General UI and UX tweaks

Fixes

  • Attached tools in personas not able to be removed
  • Search scrolling not working properly in some instances
  • Breadcrumb functions not working in some instances
  • Hide extra action menu while in Zen mode
  • Forge content save/edit/exit issues that occur in some instances
  • UI glitches with custom model purpose input field
  • Mermaid syntax rendering issues
  • Remote Ollama connection error blocked other connected providers from displaying
  • Pressing keyboard enter key to assign a persona sends message prematurely
  • Knowledge Stack error capturing and abort state
  • Fixed folders marked for composing in Knowledge Stacks not being composed
  • YouTube videos incorrectly labeled as Unknown Source in Knowledge Stacks
  • Abort composing automatically when Knowledge Stack files fail to compose
  • Remove horizontal scroll in Projects sidebar
  • Fix CORS issues with AI providers like Ollama and custom Anthropic
  • Qwen3 model parameter mistakenly showing 7B

Updates & Bug Fixes in Msty Studio 2.0.0-beta.4 πŸͺ²πŸ”—

2025-09-30
Msty Studio 2.0.0-beta.4

Features

  • Import archived Ollama versions directly into Msty Studio; available during onboarding or anytime under Settings > Local AI > Service Version

Enhancements

  • Knowledge Stack compose errors are now more varied and human-readable
  • Search Conversations includes a new Re-Index Messages option in the ellipsis menu for improved search accuracy
  • Citations option is now included with the Rendering Models; toggle between full previews or simple citation numbers when using Real-Time Data

Fixes

  • Clicking the Knowledge Stack compose error button now reliably displays related errors
  • Persona prompts are correctly removed from conversations after disabling a Persona
  • Removed stray text appearing in the Prompt Library
  • Fixed selection issues with OpenAI-compatible Straico models
  • Eliminated unnecessary scrolling with Real-Time Data
  • Improved cross-platform compatibility: Knowledge Stacks exported from Windows now import correctly on macOS
  • Search index bug fixed β€” if older messages don’t appear, use Re-Index Messages to refresh

Bug squashin' πŸͺ²πŸ”—

2025-09-27

Msty Studio 2.0.0-beta.3

Enhancements

  • Real-Time Data menu is now scrollable, enhancing usability on smaller screens

Fixes

  • Live Contexts not working properly with chat models
  • App hangs when composing files in Knowledge Stacks in some instances
  • Fixed a few Turnstile folder UI issues
  • Not being able to change port number for Local AI Service
  • Fixed Personas cloud share option showing for non-Enterprise users
  • Fixed commands showing message commands even when there are no messages

Export Convos, updated model selection UX, and some bug fixesπŸ”—

2025-09-25

Msty Studio 2.0.0-beta.2

Enhancements

  • Revamped the model selector when adding or managing model providers
  • Export actions added to conversation tree so you can export conversations to markdown or json formats
  • Hide manual send persona prompt button when auto responder is enabled

Fixes

  • Enterprise fix for artifact uploads not working for user roles
  • Fixed Turnstile and Persona menu not displaying in some instances

Msty Studio promoted to Beta πŸš€πŸ”—

2025-09-23

Msty Studio 2.0.0-beta.1

Msty Studio has officially graduated to Beta, unlocking a more powerful and polished experience for teams and individuals. With new features, enterprise enhancements, and key fixes, this milestone brings us closer to a full launch.

Features

  • Minimap bulk actions - Quickly select multiple conversation items and perform actions like bookmarking, hiding, isolating from contexts, copying, exporting, or cloning to a new split
  • Real-Time Data max results - Configure maximum results in Advanced Options
  • Default folders - Set default folders for Projects, Knowledge Stacks, Personas, and Prompts so new items are automatically added to the default folder

Enhancements

  • Enterprise improvements, including improved resend invitations functionality
  • Improved UI/UX for thinking tags

Fixes

  • Fixed hiding sidebar items causes Personas and Turnstiles to not respond in some instances
  • Fixed generated titles from leaking to other chats
  • Fixed prompt text area not going back to normal height after sending
  • Fixed Brave Real-Time Data search results
  • Hide sharing with cloud from non-Enterprise users
  • Fixed bookmarked chats not loading a preview
  • Fixed scrolling behavior for pre-tags

πŸš€ Introducing the Msty Studio Enterprise PlanπŸ”—

2025-09-22

The Msty Studio Enterprise Plan is now available for teams and organizations!

Building on everything included in the Aurum Plan, the Enterprise Plan adds powerful features designed for scale, security, and collaboration:

  • User & Team Management – Easily onboard and manage members across your organization
  • Access Controls – Define permissions to keep resources secure
  • Shared Resources – Collaborate with shared Knowledge Stacks, Personas, and Prompts (with more on the way)
  • Audit Trail – Gain visibility into user management activity

πŸ‘‰ Learn more about all features on our pricing page.

πŸ‘‰ Ready to get started? Request a quote or trial on our enterprise page.


Quick UpdatesπŸ”—

2025-09-20

Studio 2.0.0-alpha.14

We've release some quick updates to Msty Studio, including:

  • Chat box getting bigger with mult messages
  • Insights logo overlap
  • Touch issue on mobile devices
  • Improved download status indicator for local model downloads
  • Display number of likes for models in Hugging Face Models
  • Search / Filters in Model Hub > Local AI Models
  • As well as foundations for something exciting we'll share in next few days 🫣

Msty Studio WebπŸ”—

2025-09-18

Msty Studio Web has been updated to be closer in parity with Studio Desktop. πŸŽ‰

This release brings us the ability to release updates simultaneously to Desktop and Web moving forward.


Quick UpdatesπŸ”—

2025-09-17

Studio Desktop 2.0.0-alpha.13

Released a few quick updates for the following:

  • Added ability to scroll for chat input area
  • Fixed mini map being hidden behind chat input area
  • Fixed issues with Turnstiles, including context shield and context shield w/ summary
  • Resolved issues with Azure Open AI provider settings and updated related documentation

Updated pipingπŸ”—

2025-09-16

Studio Desktop 2.0.0-alpha.12

This release delivers major backend improvements focused on conversation performance and stability. You should notice faster responses, fewer errors, and a smoother overall experience.

In addition to the backend updates, here are some of the other changes in this release:

Features

  • Mini Map: Quickly navigate conversations; enable in Settings > General
  • Clickable Citations: Real-Time Data citations now link directly to sources; for link to be clickable, requires enabling Settings > General > Rendering Modules > Enable Links
  • Smart Model Purpose Detection: Automatically suggests the best purpose for installed models
  • Reasoning Content Support: Compatible with OpenAI-style endpoints

Enhancements

  • Change model purpose directly from Model Hub for installed models
  • Improved PDF handling in Knowledge Stacks
  • Added support for PowerPoint files in Knowledge Stacks
  • Tool calling for OpenAI o3 and o4-mini models
  • Refined Zen Mode to feel even calmer
  • Update Perplexity model list

Fixes

  • Fixed an issue where Turnstiles failed to work in brand-new conversations
  • System prompt now deletes correctly when editing a project
  • Aurum users can add child projects
  • YouTube previews display properly when adding links as attachments
  • Responses should no longer appear in Thinking section

Quick CommandsπŸ”—

2025-08-18

Studio Desktop 2.0.0-alpha.11

Features

  • Quick Commands allow you to quickly access and run conversation commands. Use the back slash \ in the conversation input to access the Quick Commands menu.
  • Knowledge Stacks now has a Msty Ignore setting at the folder level. This allows you to configure folders and file types to ignore when composing your Knowledge Stack. This is useful for excluding files that you don't want to include in your Knowledge Stack, such as temporary files or files that are not relevant to your Knowledge Stack. This applies to folder upload option; file upload option will still attempt to process the files you selected for composition.

Enhancements

  • Keyboard Shortcuts save globally across all workspaces
  • Icon selector is now searchable, offers a larger area to view more options, and allows keyboard navigation.
  • Real-Time Data (RTD) for MLX models
  • Various UI/UX improvements
  • Knowledge Stacks allows remapping of embedding models
  • List 'Default' embedding model in Knowledge Stack embedding model selector
  • Made it easier to add custom models
  • Improved visibility of Model presets
  • Improved Toolbox UI/UX

Fixes

  • Resolved an issue using online embedding models to compose Knowledge Stacks
  • Fixed an issue with Persona Autoresponder
  • Enable/disable of attachments in conversation from being included or excluded in context sent to model
  • Resolved Knowledge Stack issue regarding an error when composing some files
  • Fixed an issue with use Chunk Console when querying some imported Knowledge Stacks
  • Resolved an issue when enabling a large number of Knowledge Stacks at once
  • Fixed a UI issue with scrollbar and split menu

MLX Support, Keyboard Shortcuts, and GPT-5πŸ”—

2025-08-07

Studio Desktop 2.0.0-alpha.10

New in This Release

MLX Support is now available for Apple Silicon devices. You can now run MLX models on your Mac with Msty Studio Desktop. Please note that MLX support is experimental at this time and let us know if you run into any issues on our Discord. Studio Web is not supported at this time and support will depend on future developments by Apple and MLX project. See the documentation for MLX Services to learn more. Keyboard Shortcuts have been added for both web and desktop versions. You can now navigate and use Msty Studio more efficiently with keyboard shortcuts. Check the Keyboard Shortcuts documentation to learn more. GPT-5 models are now available for use in Msty Studio. You can now use the latest GPT-5 models from OpenAI. We've included a few presets as well to get you going quickly. gpt-5 presets

Enhancements

  • You can now edit model details such as name and purpose from Model Hub
  • Your preference for submitting on enter or shift+enter is now saved across sessions
  • Model list now automatically updated for OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Generative, and Mistral models
  • Disable Web Security in Settings section - please use with caution, this will disable CORS
  • Conversation titles can now be edited inline
  • Local AI Services, including MLX, can be removed
  • There is now a quick link from Model Hub to open AI Services Settings
  • Right-click context menu is now available for projects, prompt folders, knowledge stacks, turnstiles, and personas
  • Model Matchmaker stats updated

Fixes

  • Fixed issue with Cerebras models not working properly
  • Fixed Grounding Sources for Gemini Search preset
  • Fixed issue with Personas not forgetting deselected models

Msty Studio Desktop Free + Knowledge Stacks 2.0 ⚑️⚑️ πŸ”—

2025-07-31

Studio Desktop 2.0.0-alpha.9

New in This Release

Introducing Msty Studio Desktop β€” now free to use!
Studio Desktop is a major leap beyond the original Msty App v1.x, built for speed, flexibility, and power.

Included in the Free Version:

  • Toolbox – Call MCP tools directly from conversations
  • Knowledge Stacks 2.0 – A reimagined RAG experience
  • Personas – Fully customizable AI assistants
  • Much more – Attachments, split chats, prompt library, etc. Check out the plan feature comparison matrix to see what features are included in the free version.

Meet Knowledge Stacks 2.0 – RAG, supercharged:

  • Visualize chunks
  • Built-in PII scrubbing
  • Enhanced result views and analytics
  • Knowledge Stack usage analytics and recommendations To learn more, see the Knowledge Stacks documentation Please remember, Msty Studio is still in Alpha. We don't anticipate any breaking changes with this release, but there may be unintended breaks all the same. Also, these updates are for Msty Studio Desktop. Studio Web updates haven't been made with this release.

Plus:

Enhancements

  • Conversations now persist personas, models, and split chats across sessions
  • Expand/collapse all Projects in one click
  • Drag-and-drop organization for left Nav Bar, Chat Add-ons, Projects, Prompt Library, and more

Fixes

  • Fixed an issue with editing system prompt after conversation has started

Msty App to Msty Studio Desktop Data Migration πŸ”—

2025-07-18

Studio Desktop 2.0.0-alpha.7

New Features

  • Data migration from Msty App to Msty Studio Desktop is now available. Please see our Migration Guide for details.

Improvements

  • UI/UX for model selection dropdowns when adding models for online providers - more options now display in the view
  • Primary modals for Model Hub, Personas, Toolbox, etc can now be minimalized and will be remembered as a preference for that modal
  • Projects lists refreshes automatically when a project is removed
  • SearXNG endpoint now persists between sessions

Fixes

  • 'X' button inactive for some drawers
  • Ellipsis for split chats not working properly when there are 3+ split chats

Added App Info Settings πŸ”—

2025-07-14

Studio Desktop 2.0.0-alpha.6

New Features

Application Information is now available in Settings > General. From here, you can see what version of Msty Studio desktop you are running. You can also set Studio Desktop to auto-update as well as manually check for updates. Additionally, you can locate data path, app logs, reset app settings, and more. We've also brought 🎊 back to new app updates.

Improvements

  • Improved error messages for models that do not support tools or thinking

Multiple new fixes and improvements hitting Msty Studio πŸ”—

2025-07-11

We've released a new version of Msty Studio Desktop (v2.0.0-alpha.4) and Studio Web containing multiple new features, improvements, and fixes. For desktop, the updates will install in the background.

New Features

ItemDesktopWeb
Thinking support for both remote and local providers is now available; note that the model must support thinking. Enable the Thinking purpose for a model to enable this feature. You can then set thinking effort; ie: low, medium, high thinking effort. Also, ensure you are running Local AI Services v0.9 or greater.βœ…βœ…
RTL (right-to-left) supportβœ…*
Ability to clone chat and ancestorsβœ…*
Enable or disable response links via Rendering Moduleβœ…*

Improvements

ItemDesktopWeb
Improved onboarding UI for smaller screens; there is now a scroll so users can scroll down to view additional optionsβœ…N/A
Improved onboarding experience when adding online modelsβœ…N/A
Improved UX for copying code blocksβœ…βœ…
Add GPT 4.1 supportβœ…*

Fixes

ItemDesktopWeb
Blank screen when unhiding messages and when toggling between forge and chat modes.βœ…N/A
Fixed CORS related issues.βœ…N/A
Deleting conversations not working in some instancesβœ…βœ…
RTD not working with Chinese charactersβœ…βœ…
Not being able to click on the model config button in some instancesβœ…*
Fixed typos in Settings sectionβœ…N/A
Fixed bookmarking chatsβœ…*
Fixed code output parsing issuesβœ…βœ…
Fixed UI issues with Hugging Face search results scrollβœ…*
Fixed Mac restoration issue from dock iconβœ…N/A
N/A - not applicable for the platform type
* Will be included in a future release

Announcing Msty Studio Desktop - now available in Alpha for Aurum subscribers πŸ”—

2025-06-30

Check out the full Announcement here.

Msty Studio is going to be unified across web and desktop.

If you are an Aurum subscriber, you can now download the Msty Studio Desktop app and start using it. Check out the Studio Desktop Docs for more details on how to install and use the app.


Real-Time Data (RTD) Enhancements πŸ”—

2025-06-26

New search providers for Real-Time Data (RTD) have been added to Msty Studio, including:

In addition to the new providers, we've also made some improvements to UX and Sidecar RTD results.


Msty Sidecar Beta Release and a few new enhancements πŸ”—

2025-06-23

Msty Sidecar Beta Release

Msty Sidecar is officially getting ready for a version 1.0 release. We have the beta version available, please check out this Discord message for install links. New features and improvements in the Sidecar Beta include:

  • Update Local AI from within the app - no need for us to push new updates or do it manually
  • Added a .token file where you can add your own custom token under App Data folder
  • Improved onboarding experience
  • Improved tool dependencies discovering
  • Set setup window to always be on top during onboarding
  • Reduced installer size
  • Improved RTD results
  • Fixed a YouTube transcript reading issue Let us know on Discord if you run into any issues or have any feedback.

Improvements and Fixes

  • Added ability to exclude project context in the system prompt, this is now an opt-in feature
  • Allow importing tool config that follows the same format of Tool Configuration in Msty
  • Fixed an issue with think tag

Advanced Tool Calls and Gemini 2.5 Pro and Flash Models πŸ”—

2025-06-17

New Features

  • Advanced Tool Calls - tool call usage now displays inline in the conversation, allowing you to see the tool call and its response. You can also select View Tool Usage to drill into tool calls from any conversation.
  • Gemini 2.5 Pro and Flash models are now available for use in Msty Studio

Fixes

  • Latest tool call overwrite the previous
  • Attachment tab not correctly displaying uploaded files
  • Tooltips not hiding automatically in some instances

House Keeping πŸ”—

2025-06-05

Fixes

  • System prompt takes the full height of the view
  • Local models displaying true/false for purpose tags instead of the purpose's label
  • Personas overflow menu does not always align with ellipsis
  • Active download tooltip arrow doesn't properly align
  • Selecting a persona during a conversation scrolls window back to top
  • uv => uvx
  • Split chats being created when exiting vapor mode
  • Cannot delete multiple conversations using the floating UI

Auto Responder Persona and Context Isolation πŸ”—

2025-06-02

New Features

The new Auto Responder Persona watches the conversation you are having with a model and responds to the conversation according to your directions for the persona. With Auto Responder, you can setup a:

  • Fact Checker Persona that fact-checks the conversation
  • Deeper research Persona that looks further into a statement being made by a model
  • Devil's advocate Persona that argues the counterpoints
  • And more! Also new and related to Auto Responder is the ability to isolate any message from the conversation's context without removing the message. This allows you to really dial in on specific LLM responses in the conversation thread. Check out the Auto Responder Docs to learn more. Watch the Youtube demo of Auto Responder and Context Isolation to see it all in action.

Improvements and Fixes

  • Set the context message count for a Persona
  • Moved scrollbar to the edge when split widths are not full width
  • Fixed streaming message indicator not being displayed next to the title

Image Generation and Prompts Library πŸ”—

2025-05-30

New Features

  • Generate images using supported models such as Gemini Flash and GPT Image. Check out our Image Generation Docs for more details.
  • Prompts Library lets you create, organize, and manage prompts that you can use throughout Misty
  • Hide messages from conversations without taking them out of the context history

New Gemini and Anthropic models plus UI/UX improvements πŸ”—

2025-05-28

Improvements

  • Added new Gemini and Anthropic models
  • Updated Model Matchmaker
  • Improved UX for Live Context
  • Made some additional UI/UX tweaks

Environment Variables and Shiftcuts πŸ”—

2025-05-09

New Features

  • Environment variables are now available in Msty Studio. You can manage variables for multiple environments and quickly switch between them.
  • Shiftcut mode - hit shift twice quickly followed by one of the following keys to activate shortcuts for that specific task
    • t - create a new tab
    • n - create a new conversation
    • 1 - toggle sidebar
    • e - show Quick Select Environment Variable picker

Azure OpenAI Integration πŸ”—

2025-05-07

New Features

Msty Studio now supports integration with Azure OpenAI. Check out the link to the docs for a setup guide that takes you through setting up both in Azure and in Msty.


Backup and restore πŸ”—

2025-05-06

Improvements

Msty Studio now prompts for backups every 24 hours. You can change the frequency in the settings section. Also, you can now export backups and restore them from the settings section.


Context shields in Turnstile πŸ”—

2025-05-02

New Features

You can now add context shields to your Turnstile conversations - with or without a summary. You can use --cs-- and --css-- shortcodes to add context shields to your Turnstile conversations.

Improvements

Left rail icon tweaks.

Fixes

  • Broken scroll when editing raw markdown
  • Can't add, continue, or repeate shortcodes in Turnstile
  • Tooltips that didn't want to close

Qwen3 models available for local download πŸ”—

2025-04-28

New Features

  • Qwen3 models now available
  • Preserve vapor chat

Bug swatting πŸ”—

2025-04-27

New Features

Hide a model's provider from model selection list

Fixes

  • Fixed a few issues with Provider Options
  • Cannot export params preset if no params is set even if advanced and/ or provider options set
  • Open Router doesn't recognize Msty Studio
  • Sidecar can't connect if the url contains a path such as https://example.com/sidecar - this is useful for those running Tailscale

Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview and advanced options and configs πŸ”—

2025-04-25

New Features

  • Provider Options as an advanced config to pass a provider specific options such as thinking budget, reasoning effort, etc - these are for advanced use cases
  • Pass thinkingBudget and reasoningEffort as a model params without worrying about provider options
  • Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview now available
  • 2 new model params presets

Ability to delete multiple conversations πŸ”—

2025-04-22

New Features

Ability to delete multiple conversations within a folder (use Shift or meta/win key for selecting multiple)

Improvements

Turnstile QoL improvements:

  • Show model being used
  • Open panel by default
  • Use starred model by default

Fixes

  • License key doesn't need to be activated in the app first
  • Model purpose tag showing true instead of purpose value

o3 and o4-mini support πŸ”—

2025-04-16

New Features

  • ChatGPT o3 and o4-mini support now available

SearXNG support and UX improvements πŸ”—

2025-04-15

New Features

  • Support for SearXNG search engine
  • Re-name models to be more intuitive for you
  • Assign categories to models for easy recognition
  • Edit conversation titles

Search Grounding, GPT 4.1, and Bug Fixes πŸ”—

2025-04-14

New Features

  • Search Grounding support for Gemini and Perplexity models
  • Show sources for search grounding supported models
  • Params preset for search grounding
  • Support for the new GPT 4.1 models

Fixes

  • Python being falsely flagged as being not-detected
  • System prompt input box height

Get Started with Msty Studio

Msty Studio Desktop

Full-featured desktop application

✨ Get started for free

Msty Studio Web

Browser-based access for subscribers

View pricing β†’

Subscription required