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OpenCursor changelog

What changed in each version of OpenCursor, newest first. The latest is 0.1.4, released October 29, 2026.

Updated October 30, 2026

How to update

OpenCursor offers new versions by itself. You can also run Check for Updates from the command palette, or run the install command again. Release dates and notes here come from GitHub releases.

Version 0.1.4, October 29, 2026

• Pick how hard the model thinks. A new effort button sits in the chat box next to the model: Auto, Off, Low, Medium, High or Max. It works for API models that can think, and for Claude Code (--effort) and Codex (model_reasoning_effort). Auto keeps what happened before: API models think at high, Claude Code and Codex use their own default. Also in Settings > General, and as Set Thinking Effort in the command palette.
• Auto updates. The update notice now has Enable auto updates. With it on, new versions download in the background and install the next time OpenCursor quits; a status bar item lets you restart right away. Change it any time in Settings > General > Updates. Linux .deb and .rpm installs still ask, since they need your password.
• The anonymous install count works. It was silent in every release so far, because it read the editor's default telemetry setting, which OpenCursor ships as off. It now only stops when you turn telemetry off yourself, or turn the count off in Settings > General > Privacy. What it sends is unchanged: a random ID, the version and the OS.

Release page and files for 0.1.4

Version 0.1.3, October 29, 2026

• Security fixes. Update if you open projects you did not write, such as a repository you just cloned.
• Project MCP servers now ask first. An mcp.json inside a project (.cursor/mcp.json or .open-cursor/mcp.json) used to be able to start programs on your computer without asking. OpenCursor now shows the exact command or address and where it came from, and starts the server only after you choose Allow.
• Your answer is remembered, and you are asked again if the file changes. In a folder you have not trusted, project servers never start. Servers in your own home folder config work as before.
• A project can no longer change risky settings. A project's .vscode/settings.json used to be able to change where requests are sent, and with them your API key, or loosen what the agent runs without asking. Provider addresses, the run without asking level, the command allow and deny lists, and the CLI paths and extra arguments now only come from your own user settings.

Release page and files for 0.1.3

Version 0.1.2, October 29, 2026

• Anonymous install count. Once a day OpenCursor sends a random ID it made on your computer, its version and your OS, so the project knows how many people use it. Nothing about you, your code, chats or keys is sent, and IP addresses are not stored.
• Turn it off in Settings > General > Privacy, or set openCursor.privacy.anonymousCount to false. It is also off whenever the editor's telemetry is off. The counter's code is in the stats folder of the repository.

Release page and files for 0.1.2

Version 0.1.1, October 29, 2026

• Windows, Linux and Intel Mac builds, alongside the Apple silicon Mac build from 0.1.0.
• Codex that you already have is found. OpenCursor finds the Codex that comes with the ChatGPT app and the one from Codex's own installer, on macOS and Windows, and shows it as ready instead of offering to install it again.
• Installing Codex or Gemini CLI no longer needs Node.js. On a computer without it, OpenCursor downloads a private copy of Node.js from nodejs.org, checks it, and installs the CLI with it. No admin password is needed.
• Claude Code installs with its own native installer.

Release page and files for 0.1.1

Version 0.1.0, October 29, 2026

• The first public release of OpenCursor, an AI code editor built on Code-OSS that runs on the model you choose: a Claude Code, Codex, Grok or Gemini CLI subscription you already have, a local model through Ollama or LM Studio, your own API key, or free models with no account.
• This release has the Apple silicon Mac build only.
• From this version on, OpenCursor tells you when a new version is out and installs it in one click.

Release page and files for 0.1.0

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