Gemini Flash-Lite trial, Real-Time Legal Retrieval, and Word Integration
Desktop release featuring real-time Kenya Law retrieval, 20-prompt Gemini trial, persistent conversation replies, and seamless Microsoft Word integration.
Recommended updateManual install
What changed
- Real-time official Kenya Law document retrieval: stream and search acts, bills, cause lists, and judgments directly.
- Persistent Microsoft Word add-in bridge with shared conversation history and matter context.
- Reasoning depth controls: configure thinking budget and effort across frontier models.
Improvements
- Connect your own Gemini key in AI Providers. Public trial offers Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite with 20 submitted prompts on this device. Google quotas and charges apply separately.
Fixes
- Failed and interrupted replies are durably saved with the conversation.
- Quick Tasks let you choose or create a matter and attach task instructions before sending.
- Binary PDF bytes preserved without UTF-8 corruption during legal document extraction.
Still open
- Windows installers are unsigned manual installs.
How to update
- Windows
- Save your work and close Solon. The EXE is for clean installations only; use the MSI to upgrade an existing MSI installation. Do not mix installer formats.
- macOS
- No download available.
- Linux
- No download available.
Open download pageClickable Citations, Turn Undo, Action Approvals & Smarter Continuation
Citations in Solon's responses are now clickable and show quoted passages directly. You can preview and approve consequential file actions, undo changes from any agent turn, generate cross-document chronologies, and durably resume conversations with their matter context.
Optional updateManual install
What changed
- Click any citation in a Solon response to see the exact quoted passage and jump to the relevant page in your document.
- Undo or rollback agent turns with one click: Solon creates a checkpoint before modifying your workspace, letting you preview changes and revert safely.
- Action preview and approval: Solon previews consequential operations (overwriting files, trashing files, or external edits) and requests your explicit confirmation before proceeding.
- Cross-document chronologies: Extract chronological timelines and synthesize evidence across multiple matter exhibits simultaneously.
- Durable conversation continuation: Reopening an existing conversation restores its associated matter root, referenced documents, and generated drafts.
- Copy, quote, or revise any Solon response using the action buttons that appear when you hover over a message.
- The message box now grows as you type, so longer instructions stay visible without scrolling.
- Attached files appear as removable tags above the message box. Click the x to detach a file before sending.
- Switch between a formatted reading view and the raw text of any document, and copy the full text with one click.
- Right-click any file in your matter folder and choose 'Ask Solon About File' to start an analysis immediately.
- Tables, code sections, and structured content in Solon's responses now display cleanly with proper formatting.
Improvements
- Conversations now scroll smoothly and stay pinned to the latest message as Solon responds.
- Opening a new conversation shows suggested prompts for common legal tasks to help you get started.
- Documents are displayed with more comfortable spacing for easier reading.
Fixes
- Fixed desktop window startup visibility so the application window opens immediately upon launch.
Still open
- Automatic updates are not available yet. Please download and install this version manually from the download page.
How to update
- Windows
- Run the installer. It will upgrade your existing Solon installation automatically.
- macOS
- Open the downloaded file and drag Solon to your Applications folder.
- Linux
- Install the downloaded package.
Frontier Models, UI Polish, Font Scaling & Kenya Law Grounding
Cleans frontier model selector labels, fixes responsive font zoom scaling, harmonizes the Royal Navy theme palette, sets Code Mono as default font, fixes desktop sidebar navigation, and integrates stateless Kenya Law MCP citator grounding.
Recommended updateManual install
What changed
- Code Mono (JetBrains Mono) as the primary default font option in Appearance settings.
- Platform-aware keyboard shortcuts cheatsheet displaying native Ctrl keys on Windows/Linux and ⌘ on macOS.
- Stateless Kenya Law MCP statutory citator grounding and OSCOLA case law verification.
- Direct Microsoft Word companion sync over local loopback daemon with one-click clause insertion.
- Native system browser opener for Help & Documentation in the account menu.
Improvements
- Cleaned model catalog names to concise standards without parenthetical marketing descriptions (GPT-5.5, Gemini 3.7 Flash, Claude Sonnet 5, DeepSeek V4 Pro, Qwen 3.8-Max).
- Harmonized Royal Navy theme palette to consistent Oxford midnight navy and burnished gold (#F0A552) with high-contrast text, eliminating mismatched cyan pills.
- Removed unnecessary Command Palette modal and confusing ⌘K banner from the home overview.
Fixes
- Fixed sidecar toolbar buttons colliding and overlapping when enlarging text zoom (115%, 130%, 150%) via fluid flex-wrapping and dynamic rem sizing.
- Fixed sidebar 'New Chat' button not opening a new chat session when clicked from inside an active matter workspace.
- Fixed 'Help & Documentation' button failing to launch in desktop Tauri builds.
- Fixed 3-line model selector text wrapping in narrow sidecar dock panels.
Privacy and access
- Hardware OS Keyring credential isolation for BYOK model keys with zero cloud document retention.
Still open
- Automatic background updates are not enabled yet. Install this version from the download page or GitHub release.
How to update
- Windows
- Run the new MSI/EXE installer. It will cleanly install or upgrade Solon on your machine.
- macOS
- Open the DMG and drag Solon to Applications.
- Linux
- Install the DEB or AppImage package.
Open download pageSQLite FTS5, Security Fixes, and Gateway Support
Implements local full-text search indexing, robust local file security guardrails, memory optimizations, and fixes for OpenAI gateway compatibility.
Recommended updateManual install
What changed
- Local SQLite FTS5 search indexing for lightning-fast, offline matter search.
- Zero-allocation memory optimizations during file restoration.
Improvements
- Updated backend LLM Gateway to safely route 'reasoning' payloads strictly to supporting models (o1/o3).
Privacy and access
- Removed raw terminal shell commands from the execution allowlist.
- Blocked UNC and absolute path traversal for Windows.
- Disabled script-injection arguments for pandoc and sed commands.
Still open
- Automatic updates are not enabled yet. Install this version from the download page.
How to update
- Windows
- Run the new MSI installer. Uninstalling the previous Solon build is not normally required.
- macOS
- Open the DMG and replace Solon in Applications when macOS asks.
- Linux
- Install the new DEB over the previous package.
Open download pageMore reliable sign-in
Improves how Solon keeps you signed in after closing the app, waking your laptop, or returning from browser sign-in.
Recommended updateManual install
Improvements
- The assistant, account area, and settings now agree about whether you are signed in.
- Solon now refreshes your sign-in more reliably before it needs to contact the service.
- Returning to Solon after your laptop sleeps should be smoother and less likely to require signing in again.
Privacy and access
- Desktop downloads remain limited to approved private-alpha testers.
- Your matter files remain local unless you choose to send selected context to Solon AI.
Still open
- Automatic updates are not enabled yet. Install this version from the download page.
How to update
- Windows
- Run the new MSI installer. Uninstalling the previous Solon build is not normally required.
- macOS
- Open the DMG and replace Solon in Applications when macOS asks.
- Linux
- Install the new DEB over the previous package.
Open download pageFirst private alpha release
The first Solon desktop build for approved testers, with sign-in, local matter workspaces, and access to Solon AI.
Optional updateManual install
What changed
- Approved testers can sign in and use the Solon desktop app.
- You can open matter folders and keep your workspace files on your own device.
- Browser sign-in can return you to the desktop app.
Improvements
- Private-alpha usage runs on granted credits, so testers do not need to set up payments.
- Solon keeps matter files and recent work on your device by default.
Privacy and access
- Desktop downloads are limited to approved private-alpha testers.
How to update
- Windows
- Run the MSI installer.
- macOS
- Open the DMG and copy Solon to Applications.
- Linux
- Install the DEB package on supported Linux test machines.
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