Changelog

All notable changes to Otty.

v 1.2.3

July 7, 2026

Bug fix
  • The Composer now renders the text you type and keeps it readable against its background, including on macOS 15.
  • Fixed open terminals only partially repainting when switching the dark-mode theme.
  • Applying a theme from the Command Palette in dark mode now updates the active dark slot.
  • Duplicating a theme auto-numbers the copy (Copy, Copy 2, Copy 3) instead of colliding on the same name.
  • Claude session history no longer shows up empty for project paths that contain dots, underscores, or spaces.

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v 1.2.2

July 3, 2026

New

  • AppleScript automation — open tabs, run commands, read a tab's visible contents or history, check whether a tab is busy, and set custom tab titles from scripts.
  • VoiceOver accessibility — the terminal viewport, selections, cursor position, tab rows, pane controls, toolbar buttons, and custom-drawn chrome are all narrated.
  • BiDi / RTL text — Hebrew, Arabic, and mixed-direction lines are reordered visually, while copy, paste, find, and scrollback stay in logical order.
  • Global hotkey — a system-wide shortcut brings Otty to the front, opening a window if none is open (Settings -> Key Bindings -> Global Hotkey).
  • New Window When All Windows Closed — keep a fresh terminal ready after the last window closes (Settings -> General).
  • Notification sounds — opt-in sounds for terminal notifications and task state changes.
  • Quit <program> — stop a stuck foreground TUI straight from the Command Palette.
  • Dark-mode app icon — a new app icon that follows the macOS appearance.
  • modifyOtherKeys (XTMODKEYS) — disambiguated key reporting for programs that request it.

Improvement

  • Added an install prompt when an agent integration is missing.
  • Added Git sidebar support for changed submodules, including nested submodules up to depth 2.
  • Added Reset to Built-in Version for stale built-in themes.
  • Added dragging a pane corner to resize its width and height at once, with a diagonal resize cursor at split junctions.
  • File drags can spring-load tabs after a short dwell, making cross-tab drops faster and easier to aim.
  • Files tree folders now toggle when you click the folder icon, not only the disclosure triangle.
  • Open Quickly finds more agent sessions, resumes agents after session reopen, and keeps the search query when switching filters.
  • Read-only mode and Vi mode survive view swaps and rebuilds.
  • Terminal compatibility improved with application keypad mode, backarrow key mode, and better Kitty keyboard-mode cleanup at the shell prompt.
  • Shell integration now survives zsh/bash noclobber settings when dumping aliases and PATH.
  • Reopening Otty while it is already running now opens a new window instead of doing nothing.
  • Double-clicking the standard title bar now zooms the window.
  • Tab names now follow the shell's OSC 1 icon title and the window title follows OSC 2, with cleaner labels for truncated working-directory titles.
  • Otty stays responsive during large reflows and Git status refreshes by moving PTY writes, resize reflow, and Git subprocess calls off the main thread.
Bug fix
  • Fixed transcript-wide find in agent history and re-enabled the Find menu over file panes.
  • Closed tabs are no longer resurrected from cached tab order on relaunch.
  • Fixed Dvorak-QWERTY Command shortcuts by resolving shortcuts with charactersIgnoringModifiers.
  • Fixed legacy modified Backspace, numeric keypad Enter, and macOS function-key private-use characters being sent incorrectly to the PTY.
  • Fixed Indic, Thai, and other complex-script combining marks that could render doubled, smeared, or as duplicate rows.
  • Fixed OSC 7 current-working-directory URI decoding for non-ASCII paths.
  • Fixed tab rename and prefix actions applying to the focused pane instead of the tab.
  • Fixed natural editing chords such as Option-Delete, Option-Forward Delete, Option-Left, and Option-Right.
  • New tabs now inherit the live current directory, and tab badges show the real shell/process state.
  • Fixed the glass-dark theme material on macOS.
  • Toggling the BiDi setting now repaints live.
  • Pane drag handles are confined to the handle capsule while the rest of the title area remains usable for window drag.
  • Toggling docked panels now reflows the terminal grid up front.
  • Split panes now tear down individually when their shell exits.
  • Esc is passed through to foreground programs instead of opening the autocomplete panel.
  • open -a Otty <folder> now routes to a tab in that folder.
  • --pane targeting now works across background tabs for send-keys, capture, and show commands.
  • Zoom resync no longer changes the effective font size.
  • Prompt queue state survives view rebuilds and restart.
  • Left/Right arrow caret movement is fixed for visually reordered BiDi text.
  • File -> New Window/Tab and Cmd-N remain usable when no window is open.
  • Clear Screen no longer wipes the grid on the alternate screen.
  • Custom keybindings can override Cmd-S, and Open Quickly filter shortcuts are no longer stolen by menu bindings.
  • Agent history no longer shows an empty chevron on one-shot reply turns.
  • Fixed UI font-size round-tripping and submodule Stage All handling.
  • Shift-click now extends the selection from the last click or the caret even when nothing is selected yet.
  • Trackpad momentum scrolling no longer floods full-screen pagers with a burst of arrow keys after you lift your fingers.
  • Multi-row Backspace/Delete now removes the whole selection reliably, and the caret collapses to the selection edge on arrow keys.
  • IME composition no longer stretches or compresses CJK glyphs on the row being composed.
  • Clearing the screen over a foreground program no longer leaves a literal ^L behind.
  • Fixed a spurious Claude "task complete" notification that fired once per subagent.

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v 1.1.0

June 23, 2026

Improvements

  • File ▸ Open Recent now records non-blank windows when you close them.
  • Double-click the divider line in the tabs panel to set its text.
Fixes
  • Image previews now render correctly in yazi.
  • Fixed a freeze that could occur while running zellij or working over SSH.
  • Resizing the window no longer leaves a stranded copy of the shell prompt.
  • Fixed a crash when changing the tab-bar layout in full screen.
  • Opening a folder from Finder on a cold launch now opens that folder instead of your home directory.
  • Tab titles now follow the focused pane in split layouts.
  • Oversized glyphs no longer overflow their cells; block, sextant, and Powerline glyphs render crisply.
  • Option-as-Alt now applies to letter and symbol keys.
  • Fixed a reverse-video block when typing CJK at an SSH prompt.
  • Git status now decodes non-ASCII filenames correctly.
  • The SSH file panel refreshes after you create a folder, and shows upload progress.
  • The Composer re-focuses when clicked and shows the text you type.
  • Smooth scrolling no longer leaves a partial-row offset after the layout changes.

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v 1.0.4

June 18, 2026

v 1.0.1

June 10, 2026

The first public release of Otty for macOS.

Otty for macOS

Highlights

  • GPU-accelerated rendering on Metal — smooth scrolling, ligatures, true color, and inline images.
  • Tabs, splits, and panes with drag-to-rearrange layouts, live status badges, and unread dots.
  • Session recovery — close the lid, reopen, and every pane is right where you left it.
  • Command Palette (⌘⇧P), Open Quickly (⌘⇧O), and inline autocomplete.
  • Recipes — save commands, layouts, and snippets, then replay them.
  • First-class agent affordances — session history, fork & branch, the Composer and prompt queue, and send-to-chat.

Notes

  • Native on macOS (Apple Silicon and Intel). Windows and Linux are on the way.