v0.50.0

Mesh-LLM/mesh-llmv0.50.0Mar 30, 2026by github-actions[bot]

AI Summary

A feature-heavy release adding cross-platform builds, an autoupdater, and background service support.

Key Highlights

  • Added CPU-only Linux build backend
  • Implemented autoupdater
  • Added support for installing mesh-llm as a background service
  • Added auto-detection and download of split GGUF files from HuggingFace

New Features

  • CPU-only Linux build
  • Autoupdater
  • Background service installation
  • Split GGUF auto-download

Full Release Notes

## What's Changed
* Add Rust formatting rule before commits by @i386 in https://github.com/michaelneale/mesh-llm/pull/41
* fix detect_bin_dir: correct off-by-one in cargo dev path by @michaelneale in https://github.com/michaelneale/mesh-llm/pull/45
* Add tagged cross-platform GitHub release workflow by @i386 in https://github.com/michaelneale/mesh-llm/pull/36
* Autoupdater by @i386 in https://github.com/michaelneale/mesh-llm/pull/48
* fix: blurry react-flow on GPU hover by @ndizazzo in https://github.com/michaelneale/mesh-llm/pull/49
* ci: integration smoke tests — real inference on Linux, macOS, Windows (docs) by @michaelneale in https://github.com/michaelneale/mesh-llm/pull/47
* feat: add CPU-only Linux build backend by @michaelneale in https://github.com/michaelneale/mesh-llm/pull/51
* feat: auto-detect and download split GGUF files from HuggingFace URLs by @michaelneale in https://github.com/michaelneale/mesh-llm/pull/50
* fix: Connected Peers table scroll clipping by @sheikhlimon in https://github.com/michaelneale/mesh-llm/pull/53
* Fix missing llama-moe-split in bundles by @i386 in https://github.com/michaelneale/mesh-llm/pull/65
* Ignore .DS_Store by @i386 in https://github.com/michaelneale/mesh-llm/pull/74
* Upgrade GitHub Actions and enforce Node 24 by @i386 in https://github.com/michaelneale/mesh-llm/pull/73
* Use stable macOS release artifact in installer by @i386 in https://github.com/michaelneale/mesh-llm/pull/75
* Let users install mesh-llm as a background service by @i386 in https://github.com/michaelneale/mesh-llm/pull/58

## New Contributors
* @sheikhlimon made their first contribution in https://github.com/michaelneale/mesh-llm/pull/53

**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/michaelneale/mesh-llm/compare/v0.49.0...v0.50.0