Releases & downloads

Corvo v0.5.1

• Pasting an entry into the active app (Enter) no longer duplicates it. The watcher now matches the pasteboard content against the whole history: an existing entry moves to the top of the list with a fresh timestamp instead of a copy being inserted.
• Copy to Clipboard and Copy Image update the list the same way. Re-copying an entry raises it to the top with a new time, so the two actions keep their distinct roles — Enter pastes right away, the menu option leaves the content on the system pasteboard — and neither grows the history twice.
• Promoted entries keep the application they were originally copied from. While a paste is in flight the frontmost app is the paste target, not the origin, and the history no longer misattributes the entry to it.
• Launching Corvo no longer refreshes the top entry's timestamp. Starting the app is not a copy event, so "Today at …" keeps describing the real copy time.

Corvo v0.5.0

• Extensions become first-class: every command declares a manifest — title, description, icon, and a command surface with typed arguments (text, password, dropdown) — that root search and Settings render without hand-written plumbing.
• New declarative page model: a command returns a PageView and the launcher renders it. Compose Blocks (badge, hero, progress, markdown, strip cards, buttons) with a live refresh cadence, a markdown Detail with structured metadata, a Grid of tiles with sections, or a Form with text, checkbox, and select fields. Per-block Style puts colors, sizes, and backgrounds in the extension's hands.
• Declarative pages own their keyboard: left, right, and Enter mean what the command decides and the command renders the selection itself. The pomodoro picks durations with the arrows and starts with Enter; media moves between tracks.
• Filter chips give pages a second filter axis; clicking one re-renders the page with the command's own selection. Weather ships a live °C/°F toggle as the demonstration.

Corvo 0.4.0

• Add text utilities for case conversion, encoding, JSON, UUIDs, hashes, and line tools on macOS, Windows, and Linux.
• Add Pomodoro focus and break timers with pause, resume, skip, and desktop notifications on all three systems.
• Add current weather and a three-day forecast from wttr.in. Accept city searches and cache responses for 15 min.
• Add a native Markdown notes editor with autosave, headings, lists, checklists, links, code colors, tables, selection, and a scrollbar.

Corvo v0.3.6

• Use the same background transparency in compact and full modes.
• Remove an application from the cached list after uninstall. On macOS, removal of associated files alone keeps the application in the list.
• Refresh the application list each time the launcher opens on macOS, Linux, and Windows.
• Remove deleted application paths from cached results and the Windows startup cache.

Corvo v0.3.5

• Read application icons through native Windows Shell APIs. Shortcut icons no longer need PowerShell. Packaged apps use native extraction first.
• Use a new icon cache and reject empty icons. Save PNG files through an atomic write.
• Move window clipping outside the GPUI update to prevent a nested update during compact-mode resize.
• Apply rounded edges after the viewport size or display scale changes. Check both width and height when the interface size changes.

Corvo v0.3.4

Corvo v0.3.3

• Relaunch reported "Cannot read the macOS app code requirement" on
• The error was raised ahead of the identity comparison, so it hid the
• A local build signed ad-hoc has no identifier, and the tool comments
• Two PowerShell scripts were held in `format!` calls whose braces were

Corvo v0.3.2

• Two PowerShell scripts were held in `format!` calls whose braces were
• A closure body reads `unsafe { .. }` as a statement, which left the
• The media key action named a type that does not exist, two volume calls
• The launcher re-clipped its window after a resize through a call that

Corvo 0.3.1

• The launcher bound every shortcut to the wrong key. It read the platform modifier as the primary one, which is Command on macOS, the Windows key on Windows, and the Super key on Linux. On Windows and Linux the actions menu, the settings window, and quit were all dead.
• Ctrl+K opens the actions menu, Ctrl+, opens Settings, and Ctrl+Q quits, on Windows and Linux. macOS keeps its Command shortcuts.
• Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V did nothing in the search field on Windows and Linux. The typing guard swallowed every Ctrl chord before the copy and paste handlers could run. Both work now, and Ctrl+C falls back to copying the query text when the selected row has no copy action.
• The labels named a Mac key. Windows and Linux now read Ctrl, Alt, and Shift as words, which is the convention on those platforms. The keycap renderer also drew one keycap per character, so a multi-key label would have appeared as `C` `t` `r` `l` `+` `K`.

Corvo v0.3.0

• Corvo opens a welcome window on the first start instead of showing the launcher. The window has the steps that apply: the launcher shortcut, macOS Accessibility, and a final step that shows the recorded shortcut and opens the launcher.
• The window runs once. The `shown` flag in `settings.toml` is written when the window opens, so quitting in the middle does not bring it back.
• Settings > General has "Run first-launch setup" to run it again on every platform.
• Windows and Linux run the two steps that apply to them. They have no system grant like macOS Accessibility, so their wizard does not ask for one.

Corvo v0.2.0

• The Relaunch Corvo button prepares the update without blocking Settings. It shows install errors and lets you retry with the downloaded file.
• Windows detects an updated Corvo process that exits within 500 ms of relaunch. It then restores the previous executable and records the failure.
• macOS and Linux record errors from the restart helper. Linux restores the previous executable if the new one stops within 1 s of relaunch.
• Linux system package installs continue to use the package manager for updates.

Corvo v0.1.9

• Alt+Space shows or hides the launcher. The launcher stays above normal windows while it is open.
• Closing the launcher returns focus to the previous app without starting PowerShell.
• Settings keeps its window after close, so it opens without creating the window again.
• App icons load for search results outside the initial list. Corvo removes damaged icon files and extracts them again.

Corvo v0.1.8

• The background update check now opens Settings > About with the release changelog plus Skip and Download buttons when a newer version is found, instead of silently dropping it.
• A previously found update stays visible when reopening About, without needing another manual check.
• Skipping a version dismisses the prompt and clears the pending update.
• Every system action now works on all three systems, each one in its native mode. Linux and Windows gain Dismiss Notifications, Eject All Disks, Open Trash, Next Track, Play / Pause, and Previous Track.

Corvo v0.1.7

• Show Windows application icons with launcher results. Load saved icons before the launcher opens and scan new apps in the background.
• Prefer Windows Start menu shortcuts and remove duplicate entries from `Get-StartApps`.
• Reuse and focus the Windows launcher window when the user opens it again.
• Hide console processes during Windows updates, app scans, background actions, and relaunch. Restore the previous executable if replacement or the relaunch command fails.

Corvo v0.1.6

• Load cached Windows application icons during each scan.
• Show launcher content while the application scan runs in the background.
• Open Settings without waiting for a Windows PowerShell process.
• Refresh application results after a scan without replacing newer results.

Corvo v0.1.5

• Show application icons from Windows Start Apps and shortcuts.
• Keep Corvo active after the launcher closes on Windows and Linux.
• Hide Windows console windows started by helper commands.
• Use Alt+Space as the default launcher shortcut on Windows and Linux. macOS keeps Cmd+Space.

Corvo v0.1.4

• Prevent a launcher crash during search. The result sorter now uses a consistent ranking for favorites, search relevance, and usage history.

Corvo v0.1.3

• Search files in a separate page with fuzzy matching and previews for images, text, code, and folders.
• Manage Homebrew formulae and casks, including available upgrades.
• Open Port Manager to list processes that listen on ports and stop a process by port.
• Preview and uninstall supported Windows and Linux apps.

Corvo v0.1.2

• Show launcher results under one "Results" heading.
• Remove separate "Recent" rows and repeated category subtitles.
• Keep usage-based app ordering and migrate saved app history to the standard result IDs.