Changelog

Every 1FileTool release

New features, improvements, and fixes for 1FileTool — the offline file toolkit for Mac and Windows. Every update ships locally; your files never leave your device.

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v1.13.0

LatestOctober 30, 2026

Media Player — View Photos and Play Any Video

New Features

Media Player — view photos and play videos without leaving 1FileTool: open it from the sidebar, the Tools menu or search, add files or a whole folder, zoom to the pixel, step through footage one frame at a time at 0.25× to 2×, and save any frame as a PNG. A View button on tool file lists, finished results and History opens it over the page, photos and videos opened from Finder or File Explorer offer View or Play first, and HEIC, TIFF, AVI, WMV and MPEG-TS files play from a temporary copy, so your originals are never changed

Bug Fixes

Fixed conversions replacing the original file — with Replace source on, converting report.docx to Markdown or a video to MP3 overwrote the original; now only an edit in the same format replaces a file, and a conversion is saved next to the original under a name that doesn't clash
Fixed splits, merges and page extracts replacing a source — their results are now written beside the originals, and for Extract Pages, Split by Page and Split by Range the switch reads Save next to the original
Fixed Markdown and AI Context tools overwriting your files — the Markdown tools no longer replace files (a table of contents no longer overwrites README.md) and save to the output folder you choose; Convert to Markdown keeps its source, and Split for Context writes its parts beside it
Fixed recipes with a Timer trigger never running — a timed recipe now runs at its interval on the files added or changed in its folder since the last run; files already there when you save are left alone, files added while 1FileTool was closed run at the next due time, background runs respect the free daily limit, and each run shows in the recipe's history
Fixed Codex not getting 1FileTool's tools — Connect in Settings → AI Access now registers 1FileTool where Codex CLI reads it, and finds Codex even if you have never changed its settings
Fixed the background tasks pill covering buttons — after a run, the pill and the Background Tasks panel now sit above the Run button on tool pages, Send in AI Chat and Run Recipe in Recipes
Fixed full paths instead of file names on Windows — tool file lists, finished results and the Scan button on Find Duplicates and the other folder scans showed C:\…\photo.jpg instead of photo.jpg, and the output folder under each tool showed the start of its path instead of its last two folders
Fixed Open output folder missing from History on Windows — the button now appears and shows your latest result in File Explorer

v1.12.0

October 25, 2026

One Key for Your StoicSoft Bundle

New Features

Activate with a StoicSoft bundle key — keys from the StoicSoft store, which start with SS-, now activate 1FileTool alongside the Lemon Squeezy keys you already have
See the bundle you own — when your key comes from a bundle, the License page names it, for example "You've got The Local Stack.", and says 1FileTool Pro comes with that key
Bundles and loyalty discounts on the License page — on the free plan, see the StoicSoft bundles that include 1FileTool with their prices and savings; with Pro, see the discount on your next StoicSoft app, what your bundle covers and the other apps you can install with the same key
Add devices when you need them — if your key covers fewer devices than the largest plan, the License page offers more

Improvements

Plan changes show up without re-activating — checking your license now picks up a new bundle name or a higher device limit, so the License page stays current after an upgrade

v1.11.1

October 23, 2026

Office Files, Ready for AI

New Features

Word, Excel and PowerPoint tools — a new Office section converts Word, Excel and PowerPoint files to Markdown, plain text, PDF, HTML or JSON, exports every sheet of a workbook to its own CSV, pulls out every embedded picture, strips author, company, revision count and editing time before you share, and shows Document Info (properties, word count, headings, sheets, slides, media). Modern .docx, .xlsx and .pptx files are read directly with no Microsoft Office needed, Office to PDF works without LibreOffice, and Settings → Add-ons uses a LibreOffice you installed yourself for .doc, .ppt, .rtf and OpenDocument files. Office and OpenDocument files can be opened with 1FileTool from Finder or File Explorer, and a batch keeps both outputs when two files share a name.
AI Context — hand your files to a model. Convert Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF, HTML, EPUB, CSV, JSON and XML to clean Markdown (with optional OCR), see real token counts and which context windows a file fits in the Token Counter, split long documents into token-sized parts with overlap, and pack a whole folder into one bundle with .gitignore respected and secrets redacted. In a Git repository, pack only uncommitted, staged, branch or recent-commit changes with the diff on top; code maps swap file bodies for line-numbered outlines to stay in budget. Copy the result in one click or send it to AI Chat with Ask an agent, run it from Smart Folders and recipes, and reach Doc to Markdown and Pack folder for AI from Home or the new AI Context and Office menus.
More for your AI assistant — through the 1FileTool MCP, Claude Code, Codex and Gemini can now turn documents into Markdown, count tokens and pack a folder for context, alongside 12 new Office and context jobs. Turn on Start when your assistant needs it in Settings → AI Access and a request opens 1FileTool in the background with only its menu bar or tray icon showing; while AI Access is on, closing the window keeps it running and Quit still quits.
A guided tour — first launch now walks through private processing, running a tool, ⌘K search, where results land, automation and the AI features, setting your preferences as you go. Replay it from Home before your first file, Settings → General, the Help menu, or by searching for Take the tour.

Improvements

A current, supported app engine — 1FileTool now runs on an up-to-date Electron and Chromium that still receives security fixes, replacing a version that no longer did
macOS 13 Ventura or later is now required — the updated engine no longer runs on macOS 12 or earlier, and Macs on older versions are not offered this update
Tamper-resistant app — 1FileTool now refuses to start if its app files have been modified, and ignores debugging and code-injection settings passed through the environment
Safer image handling — the image engine behind compress, convert, resize and the other image tools is updated, closing known flaws that a specially crafted image or SVG file could trigger when opened
Safer spreadsheet handling — the Excel and CSV reader is updated to a release that fixes known flaws a crafted spreadsheet could exploit to slow the app down or tamper with how it processes data
Downloads refuse a compression format with a known flaw — model, voice and OCR downloads and licence checks no longer accept Brotli-compressed responses, closing off a recently disclosed vulnerability in the decoder
Updated components throughout — the AI Access connection for your assistant, the auto-updater and other built-in components move to their latest fixed versions
OCR keeps its language data — the English OCR data is downloaded once into 1FileTool's own data folder and reused, instead of being fetched again for every OCR job

Bug Fixes

Fixed archive names being treated as commands — extracting a .tar, .tar.gz or .tgz file whose name contained shell characters could run a command; the name is now only ever used as a file name

v1.10.0

September 2, 2026

AI Chat — Talk to Your Files

New Features

AI Chat — attach files or a whole folder and ask an AI to summarize, refactor, explain, rename, or fix them without leaving 1FileTool. It drives the coding-agent CLIs already installed on your machine — Claude Code, Grok, Codex, Gemini, Antigravity, OpenCode, Hermes Agent, Cline, Amp, Qwen and Aider — so only your instructions are sent and the files are read where they live. Let Auto pick the first agent it finds or choose a specific one and its model, watch supported agents stream their reply live, and open anything the agent creates or edits from a result card with Reveal Folder and Open with 1FileTool. Past chats stay in the sidebar, and if no CLI is detected you can rescan or install OpenCode from the app.
iPhone photos, everywhere — HEIC and HEIF images now work in every image tool instead of only the dedicated converter: compress, resize, convert, crop, rotate, flip and make icons from the photos your iPhone takes, strip location and camera data from them, and remove their backgrounds offline. Typing "HEIC" in search jumps straight to a HEIC to JPG tool.

Bug Fixes

Fixed iPhone photos failing to open in most image tools — HEIC and HEIF files now load and process everywhere instead of erroring out
Fixed photos coming out sideways after converting to another format — images now keep the right orientation when you change their format

v1.9.1

August 12, 2026

Better Navigation

New Features

Tools in the menu bar — Image, Video, Audio and PDF each get their own menu listing every tool in the category, plus an "All … Tools" entry, so Compress, Convert, Merge and the rest are one click away instead of a scroll through the sidebar.
A Tools menu for everything else — Files, Text, Privacy, Design, Markdown and AI grouped exactly as they are inside the app, with Compress / Convert / Resize / Watermark quick groups and direct entries for PDF Editor, Markdown Editor, Workflow Recipes, Folder Monitor and Power Tools.
A Go menu for your workspace — Home, History, Workflow Recipes, Folder Monitor and Settings in one place.
Settings from the keyboard — press ⌘, on Mac or Ctrl+, on Windows and Linux to open Settings instantly.
Support without leaving the app — Settings now links out to the website, feedback.stoicsoft.com and hello@stoicsoft.com, and the Help menu carries the same 1FileTool Website, Send Feedback and Email Support entries.

Improvements

Windows and Linux look like a native desktop app — no empty band under the title bar, and the top of the window no longer swallows clicks meant for the sidebar or page.
Shortcuts and privacy copy match your device — Windows and Linux show Ctrl instead of ⌘, and "Nothing leaves this PC" instead of Mac-only wording.
The menu bar says 1FileTool — About, Hide and Quit use the real app name instead of a generic label.

Bug Fixes

Fixed video conversion to WebM failing every time — WebM now encodes with VP8 video and Opus audio, the formats the container actually accepts, so Convert → WEBM works like MP4, MOV, AVI and MKV.
Fixed "Open with 1FileTool" stacking the same files twice — a second handoff from Finder or File Explorer replaces the previous selection instead of doubling the list.

v1.9.0

July 25, 2026

AI Access, One Workspace

New Features

AI Access (MCP) — let Claude Code, Codex, or Gemini drive 1FileTool in plain language. Say "use 1filetool mcp to compress these images" and 64 operations become available to your assistant: compress and convert images, PDFs, video and audio; split, merge and OCR PDFs; extract text; strip metadata; zip and rename; run your saved recipes. One click in Settings → AI Access wires up every CLI it finds. Files never leave your Mac — the assistant sends instructions only. Destructive jobs like Shred and Rename refuse without explicit confirmation, inspection questions cost no quota, and the whole thing stays off until you switch it on.
A faster way through 200+ tools — filter the tool list as you type, browse each category by the job it does (Reduce, Resize, Convert, Edit, Protect) instead of one long list, switch tools without losing your files or settings, and keep the run button docked at the bottom with your file count and total size.
Pick up where you left off — Home now shows your last three jobs so you can jump straight back into the tool and file you were using, plus a recent-output list showing which tool produced each file, how long ago, and a click to reveal it in Finder.
Know your daily allowance before you start — a free-file counter in the sidebar counts your 8 daily files down as you work, and every tool page repeats the count in the run bar so the limit never surprises you mid-batch.

Improvements

The sidebar free-file meter updates the moment an AI-driven job finishes, so the count is right whether you pressed Run or your assistant did
Searching for "AI", "MCP", or "assistant" jumps straight to the AI Access setup screen
Rebuilt navigation — the sidebar is grouped into Workspace, Editors, Tools and Automation, with counts for saved recipes, watched folders and history
Every processed file now shows its size before and after plus the exact percentage saved, so a batch can't hide one file that grew
Replaced the fixed "Privacy Score 100%" on Home with a number you can check: total bytes uploaded to a server, always zero
One consistent look across PDF, Image, Video, Audio, Text, Files, Design, Privacy and AI Tools — settings, drop zones, file lists and buttons all behave the same
A calmer colour scheme — one accent colour marks everything clickable, green is reserved for saved space and successful runs
Light and dark appearances rebuilt together, so neither feels like an afterthought
Every button, field and list item now shows a clear focus outline as you tab through the app
Processing and success screens dropped the confetti in favour of the numbers that matter

Bug Fixes

Fixed Power Tools being unreachable — the category had a page but no sidebar entry, and its Run button had no visible background
Fixed the daily file count not updating after a run — the sidebar meter and run bar now refresh the moment a job finishes
Fixed the notifications bell sitting underneath the upgrade button — both are now fully visible and clickable
Fixed files that grew during compression showing a misleading saving — a larger result now shows an amber "+4%" instead of hiding in the batch total
Fixed the Save button being covered by the upgrade button in the Recipes workspace

v1.8.0

July 19, 2026

On-Device Background Removal

New Features

On-Device Background Removal — remove image backgrounds fully offline after a one-time model download, in single images or full batches with per-file progress and cancellation. Supports JPG, PNG, WebP, HEIC, TIFF, AVIF, and BMP; export a transparent cutout or replace the background with white, black, or a custom color. Right-click a supported image and choose Remove Background to jump straight in.

Improvements

Much cleaner cutouts — upgraded the offline AI from 320px Silueta to the 1024px IS-Net model, with smoother confidence-based edges and preserved existing transparency
Clearer background-removal setup — see the one-time model download size and progress, cancel a download, or delete the model to reclaim storage
Safer image compression — JPG, PNG, WebP, and GIF compression now keeps the original file whenever reprocessing would not make it smaller
Leaner on-device AI support — desktop releases include only the files your OS and computer need

Bug Fixes

Fixed background-removed images showing horizontal scan lines and broken transparency
Fixed small PNGs losing clean transparency after compression
Fixed compressed images becoming larger than the originals
Fixed photos changing orientation after compression
Fixed batch compression producing unreadable files for unsupported formats

v1.7.0

July 17, 2026

Background Updates & Flexible Pro Licensing

New Features

Background Software Updates — keep converting and processing files while a new version downloads in the background, with a compact progress notice and install-on-quit control
Flexible Pro Options — compare 1, 3, and 5-device one-time licenses and open the matching checkout directly, plus see bundle and next-app loyalty savings

Improvements

Clearer Free vs Pro comparison showing the Free plan's 8-file daily allowance next to unlimited processing, full-length on-device AI, live Smart Folder automation, and workflow recipes
Simpler update renewals — keep using your current Pro version forever after its included update period ends, and renew only when you want future features
One place for license details — plan, registered email, active devices, update eligibility, activation options, and renewal choices together

Bug Fixes

Fixed background update downloads stopping after a connection change — they now retry automatically and keep their status visible
Fixed opening the update window restarting an in-progress download — the current download now continues in the background with its progress intact
Fixed Restart & Install reopening the previous version on macOS — the app now closes cleanly so the update can finish installing

v1.6.0

July 17, 2026

Quiet Updates, Clearer Pro

New Features

Background Software Updates — keep converting and processing files while a new version downloads in the background, with a compact progress notice and install-on-quit control
Flexible Pro Options — compare 1, 3, and 5-device one-time licenses and open the matching checkout directly, plus see bundle and next-app loyalty savings

Improvements

Clearer Free vs Pro comparison showing the Free plan's 8-file daily allowance next to unlimited processing, full-length on-device AI, live Smart Folder automation, and workflow recipes
Simpler update renewals — keep using your current Pro version forever after its included update period ends, and renew only when you want future features
One place for license details — plan, registered email, active devices, update eligibility, activation options, and renewal choices together

Bug Fixes

Fixed background update downloads stopping after a connection change — they now retry automatically and keep their status visible
Fixed opening the update window restarting an in-progress download — the current download now continues in the background with its progress intact
Fixed Restart & Install reopening the previous version on macOS — the app now closes cleanly so the update can finish installing

v1.5.0

July 13, 2026

On-device AI (read-aloud, audiobooks, voice cleanup), silence cutting, and true redaction

New Features

AI Tools — All On Your Device: Read Aloud turns a document or text file into natural speech (MP3), Document to Audiobook converts a PDF or Markdown file into a chaptered M4B or MP3 with chapters pulled from headings and bookmarks, and Voice Cleanup removes background noise, hum, and hiss from recordings. Everything runs offline, you pick from several natural voices downloaded once, and you can try each tool free with a short preview before unlocking full-length output and batch with Pro.
Silence Cut for Video and Audio: automatically remove silent gaps from screen recordings, lectures, sermons, and podcasts; review the cut plan and how much time you'll save before exporting; and tune silence sensitivity and the padding kept around speech.
Visual Duplicates: find near-duplicate photos rather than just exact copies, auto-pick the best version of each group (largest and sharpest) and send the rest to a review folder, running on thousands of photos entirely on your device.
True Redaction & PII Detection: Detect PII scans a PDF for emails, phone numbers, SSNs, and credit card numbers; Auto-Redact PII finds and permanently removes them in one click; and Verify Redaction confirms nothing sensitive is still hidden or recoverable.
Smart Folders: content-aware Folder Monitor rules that sort and route files by what's inside them — match on name, file type, or text content, rename matches with date/year/month tokens, move matching files into subfolders, preview changes with a dry run, and start from Invoices, Screenshots, and Bank-statement presets.

Improvements

Background Tasks: long jobs now run in the background with a status bar in the corner, so you can keep using other tools, run several operations at once, watch each one's progress from any page, cancel a running task anytime, and reveal finished files in one click.
Faster batch processing: image, PDF, and video batches now process multiple files at the same time to finish sooner.
New AI Tools category appears at the top of the sidebar and shows up automatically for existing users.

Bug Fixes

Redaction now permanently removes content instead of only covering it with a black box, so redacted text can no longer be copied out or recovered.

v1.3.1

July 1, 2026

Folder Selection

New Features

Folder Selection: Drop whole folders into any file drop zone and 1FileTool collects supported files inside
Select folders from the file picker instead of opening folders and selecting files one by one

Improvements

Cleaner large-folder handling skips duplicates and adds folder contents in a consistent order
Open multiple files from Finder more reliably on macOS
Linux release packaging prepares downloads with the right file type support

Bug Fixes

PDF image watermark file selection now accepts the PDF plus JPG or PNG watermark image in the same selection
The sidebar and Recipes page now consistently show the 1FileTool app name

v1.3.0

June 26, 2026

Workflow Recipes

New Features

Build multi-step file workflows — chain everyday file actions into saved recipes you can run again whenever the same job comes up.
Start from ready-made recipes — use Privacy Upload Pack, Image Web Pack, or PDF Delivery Pack as a starting point, or create a blank workflow.
Process more file types in one flow — combine image, PDF, video, audio, privacy, rename, and ZIP actions in a single recipe.
Run recipes from Folder Monitor — watched folders can now run a saved recipe when new files arrive, not just a single tool.
Review recipe history — see manual and Folder Monitor runs, success status, output files, and what each step produced.
Open with 1FileTool — right-click supported images, PDFs, videos, audio, Word documents, data files, and archives into 1FileTool from your system file picker.
Choose the best tool before processing — 1FileTool shows matching tools for the files you opened, grouped by type.
Send files straight to the tool page — picked files load automatically into Compress, Convert, Merge, Extract, metadata, ZIP, File Info, and other matching tools.
Open multiple files at once — mixed selections are grouped so each file type gets relevant actions without re-dropping files inside the app.

Improvements

Recipe outputs stay organized — each workflow run saves final files into a dedicated recipe folder, with an option to keep intermediate files when you need them.
Folder Monitor shows recipe runs clearly — monitors label recipe targets, show the number of enabled steps, and include recipe activity in monitor history.

v1.2.0

June 19, 2026

PDF to Word & Word to PDF

New Features

PDF to Word & Word to PDF
Anonymous Usage Analytics

Improvements

Smarter output placement — conversion tools save the new file next to your original instead of replacing it
Batch conversion keeps going when a file fails — skips unreadable files and reports which were skipped

Bug Fixes

Fixed Repair PDF failing on encrypted or password-protected PDFs
Fixed batch conversion aborting on the first bad file

v1.1.0

June 15, 2026

Favorites, unified batch tools, and a cleaner workflow

New Features

Favorite Tools
Unified Batch Tools
Settings — Tabbed Layout
Markdown to HTML

Improvements

History page now shows accurate file sizes for batch jobs
Better history search and sorting works correctly even for batch tools
"Replace source" is now on by default for new users
Cleaner workflow on every tool page — file list appears after output options
Better keyboard accessibility — tool cards support Enter and Space keys with ARIA labels

Bug Fixes

Fixed history not updating file paths after replacing source
Fixed batch operations showing zero file sizes in history

v1.0.5

April 3, 2026

Batch Compress — Real-Time Per-File Progress

Improvements

Batch Compress — Real-Time Per-File Progress
Software Updates — Release Notes

Bug Fixes

Fixed batch compress only showing the first file's progress
Fixed Check for Updates dialog not opening

v1.0.4

April 3, 2026

PDF Compression & Video Tools Now Fully Built-In

Improvements

PDF Compression — Now Fully Built-In
PDF Tools — All Built-In
Video & Audio — Reliable After Packaging

Bug Fixes

Fixed video tools failing in the built app
Fixed PDF compression showing a confusing warning

v1.0.3

April 3, 2026

Markdown Tools & Editor, Folder Monitor, SVG to PNG

New Features

Markdown Tools (10 tools)
Markdown Editor
Folder Monitor
Notification Center
SVG to PNG

Improvements

Compression stats after processing
Smarter progress screen
File sizes shown in drop zone
Better drag and drop

v1.0.2

March 31, 2026

Visual PDF Editor, Tool Presets, Clipboard Paste & Drag Out

New Features

PDF Editor
Tool Presets
Clipboard Paste
Drag Out to Other Apps
Sidebar Customization

Bug Fixes

Fixed app failing to launch after packaging

v1.0.0

March 31, 2026

One app. Every file. 273 tools, all processed locally.

New Features

PDF Tools (39 tools)
Image Tools (37 tools)
Video Tools (25 tools)
Audio Tools (16 tools)
File Tools (23 tools)
Text Tools (30 tools)
Design Tools (14 tools)
Privacy Tools (4 tools)
Power Tools (85 tools)
Dashboard & Navigation