Add Reasoning Effort for Google Gemini 3.x Flash models. 🧠
Bugfixes and improvements. 🐛
v2.32.0 - Ollama Vision Support
Ollama now sends screenshots and images to vision models, so local setups like Qwen VL work the same as cloud providers. 🖼️
The model picker lists your installed Ollama chat models and marks vision-capable ones with Vision.
Screenshots are only included when the selected model supports images, so a text-only local model no longer gets picture context it cannot use.
Provider model lists refresh automatically when they are older than a day. Refresh still fetches immediately, and Verify no longer waits on that catalog load.
v2.31.0 - Select Thinking Mode
You can now pick the thinking mode of a model and switch between low, medium and high effort in the settings or directly in the review window. 🧠
Watch the model work: RewriteBar shows the current step and a live summary of the reasoning. ✨
Thinking is supported for OpenAI, Anthropic, xAI, Groq, OpenRouter and LM Studio, including the new Claude Opus 5 and Grok 4.5 models.
Labs: attach a screenshot or pasted text and images as extra context to a command. 📎
Improved the VoiceOver navigation and accessibility labels in the review window. ♿️
Under the hood: OpenAI now uses the Responses API, the previous behavior stays available as OpenAI (Legacy).
v2.30.1 - Bugfix Release
Fix: Improved menu bar submenu stability, including Session History.
v2.30.0 - Edit Input Mode and Model Picker Improvements
Added a new edit mode that allows you to edit the text in the review window.
You can now invoke the review window without text input and use edit mode instead.
Improved the model selection to fall back to the next available provider and model if unavailable.
Improved the model picker so the model name is not truncated.
Under the hood: Updated to Swift 6.0.
v2.29.0 - Voice Over Improvement for Review Window
Add accessibility labels for buttons in the review window
Improve the navigation of the review window for Voice Over users
v2.28.0 - Better Option to Open Settings MenuBar Is Hidden
Added an Open Settings menu bar option to the Apple Shortcut, which should appear in Spotlight
Option to add settings with rewritebar://settings
Option to show a Dock icon, which also opens RewriteBar Settings
New app icon and library updates
v2.27.0 - Manage Categories and Command Icons
Create, edit and reorder categories for commands in the settings 🔄
Assign editable icons for categories and commands 🎨
Fixes a issue where the translation and change tone command does not follow the command order the command palette 🐛
Option to configure a keyboard shortcut for each translation language 🔧
v2.26.0 - Improve Documentation and Bugfixes
Moved the documentation from Notion to the website with updated content 📝
Update documentation link in the app 📝
Fix: Handle command specific keyboard shortcut correctly after deleting the translation of a command 🐛
Fix: Improve the edit behavior of the variable editor in the settings 🐛
v2.25.0 - Credits System Update and Bugfixes
General update of the credits system for the RewriteBar Provider (RewriteBar Gateway). 💳
Credits are now token-based instead of request-based. One credit is equal to one token. Which means one request consumes approximately 400 tokens. 💎
All plans have now the same credit system. 💎
Free credits for all: 35,000 for Standard and Trial, and 3 million for users with an active Gateway subscription. 🎁
Show usage credits in the settings to see how many credits you have left. 🔄
Fix: Reset the default provider if the provider is no longer available. 🐛
v2.24.0 - Personal Profile Context, 23 New Providers, and Critical Bug Fixes
Improvements to the text retrieval flow, which fix issues where nothing happened when selecting a command in the command menu.
The Command Menu retrieves the text first and shows an alert when no input is available.
Add personal context to one or all prompts to personalize the results more.
Enable the RewriteBar provider for all licenses. This means you can use our one-time credits after purchasing a license.
Added presets for 23 OpenAI-Compatible providers to make it easier to use them. 🤖
Fixes an issue where Settings opens when triggering RewriteBar through Apple Shortcuts. 🐛
Fixes a critical bug where the app could not read text from Microsoft Word. 🐛
v2.23.1 - Rename Starter to Standard
Minor License Type Adjustments 🔄
v2.23.0 - License Management and minor improvements
You can now retrieve your license key from the dashboard 🔑
Show more information about your license and devices in the dashboard 🔌
Preparation for the new pricing structure. Goal is to offer one time payment with optional add-ons like RewriteBar Gateway. 🔄
Share RewriteBar with your friends and get one extra device on your license 🎉
Minor improvements and bug fixes 🐛
v2.22.1 - Bugfixes
Fix: Applying does not work properly when the action is triggered by the command menu 🐛
Fix: Adjusted the preferred language dialect prompt to fix the translation of the text 🌍
v2.22.0 - Unpin Review Window and Gemini 3.0 Flash support
You can now unpin the review window so that it does not block other windows 🪟
Add support for Gemini 3.0 Flash 🤖
v2.21.0 - UI Improvements & GPT-5.2 Support
Settings: Improve the commands list view to clarify which commands are enabled
Review Panel: Fix layout issues with scrollbars enabled
Add the option to select the sorting order of the commands in the command palette.
GPT-5.2 Support: Add low reasoning effort for fast response times 🤖
Add Links to license recovery and subscription management in the settings
Minor improvements and bug fixes 🐛
v2.20.0 - Bugfixes and Improvements
Improvement: Allow to set base url in Ollama provider 🔧
Update list of models during first start of the app 🔧
Fix: Do not fall back to default language if all languages are disabled 🌍
Fix: Do not translate English commands during import of a template 🐛
Some preparations under the hood for the release. 🔧
v2.19.0 - Improved GPT-5.1 Support and Bugfixes
Improved GPT-5.1 Support and Bugfixes 🤖
Use minimum reasoning effort for GPT-5 model family for better performance 🤖
Update filter of not supported models like realtime, sora, etc. 🔍
Fixed missing translation for Prompt Imports 🌍
Update of Sparkle to support macOS 26 (Tahoe) 🔧
Update of dependencies 📦
Minor improvements and bug fixes 🐛
v2.18.0 - Apple Shortcuts, Bugfixes and Improvements
Add Apple Shortcuts to trigger RewriteBar from the Shortcuts app 🪄
Templates: Fix layout issues with macOS 13 (Ventura) 🐞
Templates: Improve the content of the layout and load it from the server ☁️
Templates: Added a button to browse the templates on the website 🔎
Reopening RewriteBar now opens the Settings view ⚙️
Improve the layout of the Variable editor in the settings 🎛️
Improve the titles of the History list for content with line breaks 📝
Other minor improvements and bug fixes 🐛
v2.17.4 - Minor improvements and bugfixes
New Anthropic-compatible provider that allows you to configure your own model 🤖
Fix: Use the provider and model that are configured in the command settings 🔧
Fix: Reset the scroll position of follow-up actions when opening the review window 🐛
v2.17.3 - Minor improvements and bugfixes
Enable editing of the base url for Anthropic provider. This enables the use of Anthropic compatible providers like z.ai 🔗
Rearrange shortcut overview in settings ⌨️
Update default models for some providers 🤖
v2.17.2 - New PopClip Snippet and Bugfixes
Open the current selection directly in the review window and start a new rewriting session 🤖
Updated RewriteBar Provider with new AI Models 🤖
Fix flags of some languages like English (Singapore) or English (Switzerland) 🌍
v2.17.1 - Session History, Bugfixes and Improvements
Session History: You can now open previous rewriting session and continue from there. 🔄
Added LM Studio as AI Provider 🤖
New: Install RewriteBar with Homebrew 🍺
Fix: Scrolling with keyboard navigation in the review window works now properly ⌨️
Fix: Triggering a command from the command menu works now properly (No multiple executions) 🎯
Fix: initializing the default provider when triggering the Review Window with current selection 🔧
Adjustment of some translations 🌍
v2.17.0 - Apply Follow Up Actions in Review Window 🔄
You can now execute further actions based on the current result. 🎉
You can either write your own tasks or select one of our predefined actions like Translate, Change Tone, Summarize, etc.
Restructured Review Window UI 🎨
Version History: You can now go back to a previous version of the text and continue from there. 🔄
New shortcut option to open the Review Window with the selected text 🔧
Note: The apply shortcut has been changed from (enter) to (cmd + enter)
Minor improvements and bug fixes 🐛
v2.16.0 - macOS 26 Support and Apple Intelligence 🍎
Apple Intelligence is now available as an AI provider! Experience on-device AI processing with enhanced privacy 🍎
Apple Intelligence is currently in Beta due to model limitations and performance considerations ⚠️
RewriteBar now uses your system accent color to align better with your macOS design 🎨
Full macOS 26 (Tahoe) compatibility and support 🆕
You can now reorder AI Providers in the settings to prioritize your favorites 🔄
Fixed various UI glitches and improved overall stability 🐛
Under the hood improvements for better performance and reliability 🔧
v2.15.3 - Bugfixes
Fix: Do not change the view mode of the review window when it is not opened 🪟
v2.15.2 - Bugfixes
Fix Command search for other languages than English 🔍
v2.15.1 - Bugfixes
Handle extra fields in the OpenAI-compatible provider to support GitHub Copilot as an LLM API 🤖
Handle long error messages properly in the alert window ⚠️
Improve error messages of OpenAI provider 💬
v2.15.0 - Add Keyboard Shortcut Hint for Command Menu
Add keyboard shortcut hint for command menu ⌨️
Adjust filter of now supported models (e.g. imagen, veo, tts, etc.) 🔧
Add legal section in Settings -> Support ⚖️
v2.14.0 - Review Window: Keep the model selected model
Review Window: Changing the provider and model will remembered by changing the default provider and model 💾
Settings: You can disable this behavior in the Settings. ⚙️
Improve the import of Templates by adding a Confirmation Dialog before starting the import 📋
Settings: You can now re-add RewriteBar as a provider after removing it. 🔄
TL;DR command: Improved the prompt based on user feedback 📝
v2.13.2 - Bugfixes
Update OpenAI dependency 📦
Fixes a bug where OpenAI provider was not working correctly 🐛
v2.13.1 - Bugfix
Set currently used Provider and Model correctly in the review window 🎯
v2.13.0 - Add Streaming to More Providers
Add streaming to all providers: OpenRouter, Google AI, Groq, Ollama and more 🌊
You can disable streaming in case of issues ⚙️
Fix: Reset loading state on app start 🔄
v2.12.2 - Bugfixes
Fixes the release of version 2.12.1 🔧
v2.12.1 - Bugfixes
Fixes a issue where the translate and change tone commands were not working correctly 🐛
v2.12.0 - Configure Available Options for Translation and Change Tone
Restructuring of the settings view 🆕
You can now add and disable languages for translation. This means you can configure the translate menu. 🔄
You can now choose from ~1000 languages for translation, and you can also translate between different dialects of the same language 🌍.
The same applies to the change tone command. You can now configure the available options for the change tone command. 🔄
It's also possible to reorder language and tone options so you can put your most used options at the top. 🔄
Improved localization of the app. RewriteBar is now almost completely translated; the only missing parts are the command templates. 🌍
Search through the command list in settings view 🔍
Some improvements under the hood 🔧
v2.11.0 - Provider and model selection in Review Window
You can now see and select the provider and model inside the review window 🔄
v2.10.0 - Review Window Improvements
The review window now opens directly with streamed text, similar to ChatGPT 💬
Streaming is now supported by OpenAI, Anthropic, and RewriteBar AI. More providers will be supported in the future. You can also disable streaming in provider settings in case of issues. 🔄
The command menu and review window now open at the center of the screen. 🎯
New settings to configure where the windows should open and the default size of the review window. 🔧
Review Window: You can now switch between plain text and markdown modes 📝
Further translation improvements 🌍
Improved loading indicator for light mode 🌞
v2.9.0 - Improve translation of the application
Translation of missed words in the application 🌍
Translation of command titles during initialization 🔤
Option to select the language of the application. It can be used to fall back to English if the translation is not good enough. 🌐
Option to toggle the automatic app update 🔄
v2.8.0 - Improved Templates UI and more templates
Improved the UI to create commands from templates. You can now preview the prompt before importing it. 🎨
Templates are now fetched from the server. 🌐
You can now install commands from the website by clicking the install button. 💻
Added more templates: BLUF, Personal -> Formal, Formal -> Personal, Extract Action Items, Create Lorem Ipsum Text, Create Email 🆕
Improvements to the onboarding flow 🚀
v2.7.0 - Highlight Changes and All Commands Are Now Available in the Command Menu 🎉
Review Window: RewriteBar now highlights changes 🎉
Review Window: You can now switch between 3 modes: Plain, Line by Line and Word by Word ↔️
Review Window: Markdown is now supported 📝
Settings: You can disable the comparison mode and markdown formatting. And more configuration options are planned for the future 🔧
Command Menu: Translate and Change Tone commands are now available in the command menu 🌐
Command Menu: Added a Task mode for on the fly adjustments 🪄
Added a new Onboarding flow for first time users 🎉
Auto-updates: RewriteBar can now install updates by itself 🔂
Improved app translations 🌍
Bugfixes and update of dependencies 🐛
v2.6.1 - Bug Fixes and Improvements
Provider Settings: Fix the opening of links of providers API portals
Command Menu: Fixed the keyboard navigation after search
Command Menu: First items gets selected after search
Command Menu: Added a hint that the enter key can be used to execute a command
v2.6.0 - New Providers and Localization Improvements
Add more providers: Perplexity and Azure AI Foundry (Beta) 🤖
Improve German and Spanish translation 🌍
Translate RewriteBar into more languages (Chinese, Dutch, French, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Polish, Turkish, Romanian) 🌐
Minor improvements and bug fixes 🔧
v2.5.0 - New Providers and Review Window Improvements
Add more providers: Google AI and DeepSeek 🤖
Add options to select specific arabic language variants 🌍
Review window: Add right to left text alignment for Arabic 📝
