Add three major quality-of-life features to improve user experience: Toast Notification System: - Non-blocking notifications for all major actions - Four variants: success, error, warning, info - Auto-dismiss with progress bar - Bottom-right positioning with smooth animations - Replaced old status messages throughout the app Command Palette (Ctrl+P): - Keyboard-driven quick access to all actions - 14 built-in commands across 5 categories - Real-time fuzzy search with arrow key navigation - Shows keyboard shortcuts for each command - Grouped by category with visual feedback Auto-save & Recovery: - Automatic draft saving (1s debounce) - Per-character draft storage in localStorage - Auto-recovery on app restart or character switch - Draft age display (e.g., "2 hours ago") - Auto-cleanup of drafts older than 7 days - Clears draft when message is sent Updated README with new Ctrl+P keyboard shortcut Updated ROADMAP with Phase 8: Quality of Life & Polish section 🤖 Generated with [Claude Code](https://claude.com/claude-code) Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Claudia
Desktop AI chat application built with Tauri and Rust, focused on roleplay and character-based interactions.
Features
Chat
- Streaming responses with real-time display
- Full markdown rendering with syntax highlighting
- Message swipes (multiple response alternatives)
- Edit and regenerate from any message
- Per-character conversation history
- Copy code blocks with one click
Characters
- V2/V3 character card import/export (PNG format)
- Multiple characters with avatar support
- Full character editor (description, personality, scenario, examples, etc.)
- Character-specific chat history
Roleplay Tools
- World Info/Lorebook system with keyword detection and priority
- Author's Note with configurable positioning
- User Personas with chat/character locking
- Prompt Presets with instruction blocks
- Message Examples from character cards
- Regex Scripts for text transformations
- Token counter with per-section breakdown
API
- Bring-your-own-API (Anthropic-compatible)
- Automatic model detection via /v1/models
- API validation and error handling
Running
npm install
npm run dev
Build for production:
npm run build
Configuration
On first launch, configure in Settings:
- Base URL (e.g., https://api.anthropic.com)
- API Key
- Model
Config stored in ~/.config/claudia/config.json
Keyboard Shortcuts
- Enter - Send message
- Shift+Enter - New line
- Ctrl+Enter - Send message (alternative)
- Up Arrow - Edit last user message (when input is at start)
- Left/Right Arrow - Navigate between response alternatives
- Escape - Close panels/modals, cancel editing
- Ctrl+K - Focus message input
- Ctrl+P - Open command palette (quick access to all actions)
- Ctrl+/ - Toggle Roleplay Tools panel
Roadmap
See ROADMAP.md for detailed development plans.
Current Focus: Chat Branching/Checkpoints for non-linear conversation exploration
Upcoming:
- Chat branching with timeline visualization
- Character expression sprites
- Group chats with multiple characters
- Quick replies and macro system
- Context templates for different model formats
Development
Built with:
- Tauri 2.0
- Rust backend
- Vanilla JavaScript frontend
- tiktoken-rs for token counting