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September 2026

2 min read

The companion pet#

  • ChatGPT companions with explicitly approved workspace tools.

  • Animated characters: Owl, Eye of Ra, Demiurge, Fox and Neko, with a launcher you can move.

  • Structure tools: the pet can create structured containers, add fields and views, edit forms, set recurrence, apply templates and build whole blueprints, each shown as a preview before it runs.

  • Save a subtree as a template from the pet.

  • Typed tools for each operation, streaming replies and a redesigned chat.

  • Clear reporting of which tool calls are waiting for your decision.

Notes and files#

  • Embedded live sections of other notes, editable in place, and explicit page breaks that exports honour.

  • Image uploads and resizing in notes, and better table editing.

  • PDF and image previews, and Mermaid file previews.

  • Imports of Word, PDF and plain text documents as editable notes, with the original kept alongside.

Structure and data#

  • Password locks, first for bodies and then for a locked item's whole subtree, its children and its views.

  • The habit tracker, with progress, streaks and embedded charts.

  • Personal finance: accounts, loans, budgets with actuals, transactions and scheduled postings, edited in place.

  • The Drive view for files, available from the New menu.

  • Templates with initialisation inputs and attachments that travel with them.

  • Bulk assignment, adjustable table widths and rescheduling the end of a span.

  • A Date or time field type that accepts either an all-day date or a timed moment.

Reminders, notifications and automations#

  • A notification inbox, push notifications through the installed app, quiet hours and per-container muting.

  • Due, explicit and habit reminders, with a reminder time for each habit.

  • Automations: schedule, date and property-change triggers; notify, set-property and create-item actions; a run log and a dry run.

  • nixctl commands and MCP tools for notifications, reminders and automations.

  • The groundwork for Google and Outlook calendar sync.

Workspaces and accounts#

  • A redesigned workspace settings screen and a workspace management menu.

  • Archiving and purging workspaces, and trash controls.

  • A link to your identity provider's account page for passwords and passkeys.

The installed app#

  • Better phone and tablet layouts.

  • The app now feels native: right-click context menus, a keyboard shortcuts dialog, copies of opened notes kept on the device, and returning to where you left off.

Self-hosting#

  • Docker Compose became the default production target.

  • Production runs from multi-architecture images published to the GitHub Container Registry for every commit.

  • A one-command release script with a plan, a confirmation, drift preview and a smoke test.

  • Verified backups that are restored into isolation before a release proceeds, with off-site copies and a nightly schedule.