What's new in RewriteBar?


  • 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
    • Review window: Add keyboard shortcut navigation


  • v2.4.1 - Bug fixes
    • Remove a wrong placed button
    • Track basic usage statistics about the features used
    • Adjust some wording


  • v2.4.0 - PopClip integration
    • Add the integration to trigger RewriteBar from PopClip
    • Adds button to install PopClip extension for command menu and each command
    • Improvements to the License Settings View
    • Some refactoring under the hood to support the new PopClip integration
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  • v2.3.0 - Add more providers
    • Add more providers: Mistral and xAI
    • Filter not supported models like Whisper and dall-e
    • Some clean and improvements under the hood


  • v2.2.1 - Minor improvements
    • Show context window for a model if available
    • Minor text improvements


  • v2.2.0 - Fetch available models for a provider
    • Fetch available models for a provider
    • Use OpenAI with a organization api key
    • Add more models to RewriteBar AI backend (requires a subscription license)
    • Minor improvements and bug fixes


  • v2.1.1 - Bugfix & improvements
    • Some improvements and bug fixes under the hood


  • v2.1.0 - New Feature: Multi-Provider support (beta)
    • Use other provider like Anthropic, Groq, OpenRouter, etc.
    • Option to select a default provider
    • You can choice a provider and model for each command
    • New provider settings view to configure the providers
    • Enabled and disable provider based on activated license type
    • Models are hardcoded for now. Fetching of available models will be added in the next release
    • Improved battery usage, by improving the background activity
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  • v2.0.8 - Reorder command and new categories
    • Add option to reorder commands in the menu bar
    • Increase OpenAI timeout to 120 seconds
    • Add more categories to the command menu


  • v2.0.7 - Bugfix for translation and change tone commands
    • Fixes a bug where the input text was translated into the wrong language
    • Fixes the same issue for the 'Change Tone' command


  • v2.0.6 - Add Swedish and Copy Button to review window
    • Add Copy button to review window
    • Add Swedish and Mexican Spanish to translation options


  • v2.0.5 - Improvements for review window
    • Keep window inside of the screen space
    • Improvements for the button e.g. increase clickable area
    • Add option to re-execute the current command
    • Improvements for the size of the review window
    • A new loading icon 🧠


  • v2.0.4 - Fix migration of Main commands after update
    • Fix a bug for the migration of Main commands after update
    • Minor wording adjustments e.g. 'Add missing Main commands'
    • Check for updates regularly
    • Remove Feedback form. You can use Support email or feature board instead


  • v2.0.3 - Minor UI improvements
    • Colorize if a command is enabled or disabled
    • Update of documentation link


  • v2.0.2 - Humanize Text and more templates
    • Provide more template for import and add new 'Humanize Text' template
    • Move Settings view to foreground
    • Minor improvements and bug fixes


  • v2.0.1 - Bugfix and improvements
    • Fixes a bug for the shortcut settings view
    • Check for updates regularly on app startup


  • v2.0.0 - RewriteBar v2
    • Select your preferred behavior for example to replace the original text or show a review window
    • A new command menu to trigger actions
    • In general, a lot of configuration options for actions and commands
    • Change the prompt of the predefined commands like Fix Grammar & Spelling.
    • Hide commands in the menu bar and in the new command menu
    • Create your own variables, which you can use in your prompts.
    • Launch at login
    • Minor improvements and bug fixes
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  • v2.0.0-beta - Initial beta release
    • Beta release of RewriteBar v2


  • v1.23.0 - Feature: Enable keyboard shortcuts for custom actions
    • Enable keyboard shortcuts for custom actions


  • v1.22.0 - Fix: Show custom actions tab in settings
    • Fixes hidden custom actions tab in settings


  • v1.21.0 - Preferred language and model
    • Define your preferred language for main rewrite actions
    • Define your preferred model for custom prompts


  • v1.20.0 - Bugfix for macOS 15
    • Fixes a bug for macOS 15 where the app crashed during startup


  • v1.19.0 - Feature: Custom actions and improvements
    • Create your own prompt and use them in RewriteBar
    • Preparation for macOS Sequoia update
    • Translated the app. RewriteBar is now available in German and Spanish


  • v1.18.0 - New action: Improve Text
    • Added the option 'Improve Text'


  • v1.17.0 - Improvements and bug fixes
    • Do not remove periods at the end of a sentence
    • Improve update mechanism and check for updates during app startup


  • v1.16.0 - Minor improvements
    • Do not change the format of the text input and do not remove line breaks


  • v1.15.0 - Help center & Improvements
    • Added a link to the help center
    • Minor improvements and bug fixes


  • v1.14.0 - Add the GPT-4o mini model
    • Add the GPT-4o mini model


  • v1.13.0 - Bug fixes
    • Fixes a bug for a completion of actions


  • v1.12.0 - Show better error messages
    • Show error messages from OpenAI in RewriteBar


  • v1.11.0 - Alignment release
    • No changes, just an alignment of the versions


  • v1.7.0 - New action: Generate and improve prompts
    • Added the option to generate and improve prompts
    • Improve your ChatGPT prompts with the help of AI


  • v1.6.0 - New action: make text shorter
    • Added the option to make text shorter


  • v1.5.0 - New action: make text longer
    • Added the option to make text longer


  • v1.4.0 - New action: To title case and more language options
    • New action: To title case
    • Added 25 language options
    • Minor improvements and bug fixes


  • v1.3.0 - Request a trial license
    • Request a trial license
    • Improve handling of the license key
    • Minor improvements and bug fixes


  • v1.2.0 - Initial release
    • Initial release


  • v1.0.0 - First beta version
    • First beta version