v0.44.0
charmbracelet/crushv0.44.0Feb 22, 2026by github-actions[bot]
AI Summary
UI rendering improvements focused on better visual feedback for skill loading and fixing clipping issues at certain widths.
Key Highlights
- Visual indicator when skills are loaded
- Fixed character clipping at certain widths in UI
- Applied message style to each line of message items
- Fixed compact header and footer bleeding off screen
New Features
- UI indication when skills are loaded
Full Release Notes
# Smallish Rendering Things You may have noticed we care about integrity in user interfaces a lot. That's what this small release is all about. ## Which skill? Skills are awesome, but currently a little mysterious in Crush, and we found ourselves asking whether a skill was loaded or the LLM was just improvising. Now it's super clear when skills are read in courtesy a little bit of visual flourish. <img width="637" height="369" alt="image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/f62c21c6-baa7-4341-81b2-28dc8559b8c9" /> ## Size Calcs We noticed some cases where a character or two would get clipped at certain widths, which was a little annoying. Now it's fixed. That's it for v0.44.0. See ya later! ✌️ ## Changelog ### New! * c1d294d161dbee0d1bd5061c3270050c980b8d98: feat(ui): indicate when skills are loaded (@meowgorithm) ### Fixed * 12a6372bee85e72b717aa407747395258ad40ee7: fix(ui): apply the message style to each line of the message items (@aymanbagabas) * e3376ad117f8cfd267fa8a94221662b45e58d44a: fix(ui): fix cases where compact header and footer bleed off screen (#2279) (@meowgorithm) ### Other stuff * d6312f4f3d2813fc0eac06b00ca3a4932cb5a15d: chore(styles): create specific styles for image loading indicators (@meowgorithm) --- <details> <summary>Verifying the artifacts</summary> First, download the [`checksums.txt` file](https://github.com/charmbracelet/crush/releases/download/v0.44.0/checksums.txt) and the [`checksums.txt.sigstore.json` file](https://github.com/charmbracelet/crush/releases/download/v0.44.0/checksums.txt.sigstore.json) files, for example, with `wget`: ```bash wget 'https://github.com/charmbracelet/crush/releases/download/v0.44.0/checksums.txt' wget 'https://github.com/charmbracelet/crush/releases/download/v0.44.0/checksums.txt.sigstore.json' ``` Then, verify it using [`cosign`](https://github.com/sigstore/cosign): ```bash cosign verify-blob \ --certificate-identity 'https://github.com/charmbracelet/meta/.github/workflows/goreleaser.yml@refs/heads/main' \ --certificate-oidc-issuer 'https://token.actions.githubusercontent.com' \ --bundle 'checksums.txt.sigstore.json' \ ./checksums.txt ``` If the output is `Verified OK`, you can safely use it to verify the checksums of other artifacts you downloaded from the release using `sha256sum`: ```bash sha256sum --ignore-missing -c checksums.txt ``` Done! You artifacts are now verified! </details> <a href="https://charm.land/"><img alt="The Charm logo" src="https://stuff.charm.sh/charm-banner-next.jpg" width="400"></a> Thoughts? Questions? We love hearing from you. Feel free to reach out on [X](https://x.com/charmcli), [Discord](https://charm.land/discord), [Slack](https://charm.land/slack), [The Fediverse](https://mastodon.social/@charmcli), [Bluesky](https://bsky.app/profile/charm.land).