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Every Leafy release, newest first. Quit (⌘Q) and reopen to install one.

Current version: 1.19

1.19

Jul 16, 2026 · Current
  • PDF export: save your words to PDF, with 4 style options (Formal, Minimal, Warm Cards, Compact).
  • Favorites: star your favorite words, and export just the ones you've selected.
  • See it in action: a short video now plays right after setup, showing you how to scan and save words.
  • Thai fix: Thai words no longer get rejected as "not a real word."
  • Right-to-left fix: Arabic/Hebrew text now displays correctly throughout.
  • Various bug fixes and smoothing across onboarding, translations, and import/export.

1.18

Jul 11, 2026

Maintenance update — bug fixes and behind-the-scenes improvements.

1.17

Jul 10, 2026
  • Customizable word table: show, hide, and reorder columns.
  • Word details redesigned, with faster loading.
  • Selection toolbar: AI now tags key words, and can split phrases into words.
  • Recently Scanned: jump straight to a saved word.
  • Better language detection, plus polish and fixes.

1.16

Jul 2, 2026
  • Menu bar mode: run Leafy with no Dock icon.
  • Pinyin search: find Chinese words by typing pinyin.
  • Greek added, with on-device text recognition.
  • Smarter import: restores folders, icons, and colors.
  • Selection toolbar now works in more apps and over PDFs.
  • Clearer permission prompts.

1.15

Jun 24, 2026
  • Menu bar mode is now stable — no more focus glitches.
  • Permission prompts no longer get stuck behind the main window.
  • Selection toolbar now appears over more apps.
  • Apple Silicon only from this version on; Intel Macs should stay on 1.14.

1.14

Jun 15, 2026
  • Settings no longer crashes when opened from the menu.
  • Scan shortcut: dictionary downloads no longer pull you into Leafy.
  • Daily limit now resets at your local midnight.

1.13

Jun 14, 2026
  • Merge & Split words: combine words into a phrase, or split one back apart.
  • Re-look up with AI: fix a word's spelling or language, then retry.
  • Phrase explanations: merged phrases are now explained properly.
  • Smarter language detection for scanned words.

1.12

Jun 9, 2026
  • Popup theming fix: the lookup popup now follows your app theme correctly.
  • Export/import dialogs now open on the correct window.
  • Connection reliability: lookups no longer fail during quota outages.

1.11

Jun 7, 2026
  • Localized part-of-speech tags throughout the app.
  • Screen Recording fix: a denied permission now shows a clear prompt.
  • Simplified languages: UI is now English and Spanish only.

1.10

Jun 7, 2026
  • Rebuilt from the ground up — older features like Stories and text-to-speech were retired.
  • Smarter definitions: filter your word list by part of speech.
  • Auto-resume lookups after your Mac wakes.
  • More languages, including Greek and Classical Chinese.

Before the public beta

Internal builds only — never released to real users. Leafy's first public version was 1.10, above.

1.09

May 29, 2026

Floating navigation and a timeline word list.

1.08

Apr 27, 2026

Translation and AI-prompt improvements.

1.07

Apr 13, 2026

Onboarding and polish.

1.06

Apr 10, 2026

Dock icon fix.

1.05

Apr 10, 2026

Update checking added.

1.04

Apr 10, 2026

Text-to-speech and favorites added.

1.03

Apr 2, 2026

Usage indicator added.

1.02

Apr 2, 2026

Smart word filters added.

1.01

Apr 1, 2026

Translation backend changed.

1.00

Apr 1, 2026

The first archived build.