Added

• Added a quick actions toolbar at the bottom of the list.
• The panel now expands to full height, even when there are no apps to show.
• Logging for important errors

Changed

• Refined the Liquid Glass appearance. Thanks, Nate.
• LookAhead now uses a glassy design.
• Moved the LookAhead indicator dots inside the card.
• LookAhead now scrolls only the text instead of the entire card.
• Improve weather integration for LookAhead to make it more useful.
• Improved calendar integration settings.

Fixed

• Fixed Liquid Glass adapting to the background color.
• Fixed app indexing for apps inside subfolders of /Applications and ~/Applications.
• Fixed scaling issues with plugin-provided icons.
• Improved padding in widget cards.
• Improved padding around section titles.
• Some settings icons missing.

Information

Kepler now uses Clave for updates. Until now, Clave only handled licensing.

Fixed

• Entering the first letter caused slow feeling

Added

• Added a Back to Top button in the clipboard gallery.
• Added + and + to quickly jump between result sections.
• Added support for quitting applications directly from Kepler.
• Added support for finding entries from macOS System Settings.
• Added option to disable the active plugin row under Settings > Appearance

Changed

• Redesigned the Settings menu to better match macOS System Settings.
• Set Google as the default search engine for the Web Search plugin.
• Made cycling through LookAhead results feel smoother.
• Copying text that already exists in the clipboard history now moves it back to the front of the gallery.
• Improved padding and spacing consistency across the app.

Fixed

• Removed debounce that caused searches to feel delayed.
• Fixed the alignment of “Open”.
• Pressing Tab to cycle through LookAhead no longer triggers haptics.
• PluginHost now automatically recovers after a crash. We are still investigating the root cause.
• Fixed inline autocomplete not updating correctly when navigating with the arrow keys.
• Fixed incorrect limits on the maximum clipboard item count.

Known Bugs

• The Kepler panel glass can sometimes appear dark when placed in front of a dark background, even when the system is in light mode. We are working on a fix.

Plugins

Kepler 0.5.0 introduces the first version of the new plugin system for community plugins.

This is still an early release, so you may run into bugs or rough edges. If you want to get started, take a look at the Plugin SDK. We are aiming for plugins to basically have all options, that everything in Kepler has too.

We also created a few example plugins:

• GitHub Issues: A basic plugin that shows an overview of your GitHub issues.
• Klack: A plugin for the awesome Klack app.
• Their Time: A plugin that shows the local time of your peers.

There are already some community plugins by the awesome Flxw:

• Chess Openings: Browse chess openings directly from Kepler.
• Dictionary: Look up word definitions from online dictionaries.

Going further

Plugins are still quite basic, and installation is more manual than we would like. In the future, we plan to add a plugin store so users can easily discover, download, share, and review plugins for Kepler.

A more detailed blog post about plugins is also in the works.

Clipboard

Kepler now includes a built-in clipboard manager. It shows your recent clipboard history in a gallery-style view, making it easy to browse copied text, images, and snippets.

You can open the clipboard by typing clip or by using the default shortcut + ⇧ + V .

Notable Features

• Pinning: Pin important clipboard entries to keep them at the top. Pinned entries are not removed when the clipboard reaches its size limit, which is 200 items by default. Use + P to pin an entry.
• Multi-select and insert: Use + S to select multiple clipboard entries. Press to insert all selected entries into the previously focused window.

Added

• Plugins and Plugin SDK
• Built-in clipboard manager
• Gallery-style view for clipboard entries and plugins
• Drag and drop support for File Search results
• Web Search plugin
• AppleScript execution support, including support for plugins
• Weather plugin in Lookahead

Changed

• Completely redesigned the settings UI
• Improved Lookahead settings
• Resolved views, such as translations and conversions, are now shown inline alongside other results instead of taking over the whole view
• Rewrote AppIndex/FileIndex in Swift

Fixed

• License settings now show the masked email instead of unknown
• Fixed padding issues around the app
• Fixed incorrect icon sizes

Known Bugs

• The Kepler panel glass can sometimes appear dark when placed in front of a dark background, even if the system is in light mode. We are working on a fix.

Kepler Update

This update brings mostly bug fixes.

Detailed Changelog

Added

• Option to select if the launcher starts on the main or active screen.
• Safe area around the screen edges to prevent the launcher from being dragged off-screen.

Changed

• Preview now uses the toggle option by default.
• Built-in plugins no longer show the plugin header.
• Launcher can now be dragged anywhere except the text area.

Fixed

• Preview window losing focus.
• Preview window opening on a different screen than the panel.
• File Search now allows direct paths like ~/Downloads/.

Kepler Update

This update brings bug fixes and the real liquid glass experience.

I want to express my special thanks to Nate for helping me in bringing the custom variant of Liquid Glass to life.

This update mostly reimplements features of 0.4.5 and moves a step forward in the direction of plugin support.

Detailed Changelog

Added

• New custom liquid glass variant

Fixed

• Window position is now saved relatively and will persist across differnt screen sizes.

Kepler Update

This update brings bug fixes and the true liquid glass experience.

Detailed Changelog

Added

• File Search plugin can now be activated via /f to allow faster file search.

Changed

• Adapted the real liquid glass look for macOS 26
• Removed the activate plugin pill (ActivePill) in favor of a sleeker bar.
• Native Plugins/Features no longer have the plugin header with Author and Version
• Improved dragging:
  • Better Haptic Feedback
  • Better indication for snapping to the guidelines

Fixed

• LookAhead now shows the date when an event is not on the same day.
• Typos in settings
• Aligned item sizes
• Padding is now even and just perfect.

This update brings major performance improvements, a smaller launcher window, and two big new integrations: File Search and Expression Evaluation.

File Search

Kepler can now search your files directly from the launcher.

Important: File Search must be enabled first in Settings > File Search.

You can open File Search by typing file search in Kepler, or by assigning it as your default shortcut under Settings > Shortcuts.

By default, Kepler only indexes ~/Documents. You can add more folders in the File Search settings. You can also exclude files or directories you do not want indexed. Regex patterns are supported.

Kepler includes sensible defaults to avoid indexing heavy folders like node_modules and .git.

Expressions

Kepler now integrates the excellent Soulver Core, allowing you to evaluate expressions directly in the launcher.

From basic calculations to complex equations, unit conversions, and date/time calculations - just start typing and Kepler will show the result.

Aliases

Aliases let you launch your favorite apps even faster.

They work like shortcuts on top of Kepler’s fuzzy search and can be configured in Settings > Search.

Detailed Changelog

Added

• File Search plugin
• Expressions plugin powered by Soulver Core
• Search aliases
• Option to enable or disable the expand animation
• Ability to drag the Kepler window and snap it back to the default position using guidelines
• Settings for default input and output languages in Translation

Changed

• Migrated to a custom keyboard shortcut implementation for better UI integration
• Improved the License page UI
• Made the Kepler launcher window much smaller
• Separated settings for each plugin and feature

Fixed

• Fixed jumping border radius when entering the first character
• Fixed separated background appearance in Settings