v0.8.5 v0.8.6
janhq/janOct 8, 2026 → Oct 9, 20261 day between releases
What's New
Fixes Linux AppImage crashes and restores NVIDIA GPU support; adds MCP vision capabilities.
New Features
- MCP tools now send images directly to the model for vision support.
Improvements
- Optimized memory allocation for Qwen3.8 models with MTP.
Bug Fixes
- Fixed Linux AppImage crashes caused by bundled Vulkan loaders.
- Fixed NVIDIA Turing GPUs failing on older drivers.
- Fixed Qwen3.8 with MTP performance slowdowns.
Upgrade Notes
Update is recommended for Linux users to resolve AppImage crashes. Restored support for older NVIDIA drivers is included. MCP tools now support image inputs for vision models.
The Two Releases
0.8.5
Oct 8, 2026· 14 days ago
v0.8.5 focuses on stability and migration, bundling the llama.cpp engine directly into the installer. It introduces a guided first-run wizard and renames the desktop executable to `Jan-Desktop`. Additionally, local models are no longer supported on Intel Macs, and the command-line agent has been separated from the desktop application.
Full release notes0.8.6
Oct 9, 2026· 13 days ago
Jan v0.8.6 is a hotfix release focused on stability and compatibility fixes following v0.8.5. It addresses Linux AppImage crashes, restores native support for older NVIDIA GPU drivers, and optimizes memory usage for models utilizing speculative decoding.
Full release notes