Library builder and document packs In Progress
The Linux test installation searches and reads the existing 6,782-book library using its saved index without rebuilding it.
- AndroidBuilding
- iPhone & iPadBuilding
- Linux & PiBuilding
Where things stand
Updated 11 Nov 2026. Cache 1.1 is in testing on phones. It becomes stable when every must-have below works on each kind of device and Ask is fast enough.
Testing now: Cache 1.1.0 (49)
- CheckedLaunch check on a Pixel 8, updating from the build before: libraries and linked devices are kept; watched folders, map icons and pin styles, the question that sets how settings sync, and Stop while Ask is searching.
- LiveOn Google Play testing (internal, closed and open).
- LiveOn TestFlight for public testers.
- WaitingGoogle Play for everyone, until 1.1 is finished.
Phones and tablets
- WorksNew Library and Bookshelves, adding PDFs with OCR, search inside your books.
- TestingWatched folders (new PDFs you drop in a folder are added on their own), map icons and colors for notebooks and places, and one question that sets how settings sync between two devices.
- BuildingNotebooks that sync cleanly between devices, full-size photos, and a clearer log for problem reports.
- BuildingAndroid Auto, being readied for Google's car review. CarPlay follows.
Cache on Linux and Raspberry Pi
- WorksMaps in the browser.
- MergedThe new Library, routing, and meaning search, waiting for their browser checks.
- In reviewDownloads from other sites, directions, the PDF reader, regions, weather, chat history, models, videos, and the first part of sync.
- DesigningThe storage page, sharing, the update notice and location wording.
Ask: speed and accuracy
| Pixel 8, build 47 | Full answer |
|---|---|
| First question | 61 s |
| Follow-up in the same chat | 127 s |
| Question in a new chat | 158 s |
| Time to the first words (clean run) | about 30–35 s |
What we found
- SlowThe phone reads the question and its sources far slower than it should.
- SlowA changing line in the instructions throws away work Cache had saved between questions.
- AccuracySome answers skip searching your library when they shouldn't.
What we're doing
- MeasuringTiming older builds on the same phone to find where it slowed down.
- TestingFixed instructions, checked against a set of real questions before they ship.
How to read this
- DoneShipped and tested on real devices
- BuildingWork has started
- PlannedIn 1.1, not started yet
- LaterComing to this platform in a later release
- n/aDoes not apply to this platform
Must-have
The promise. Cache 1.1 is not stable until every one of these works.
Cache on Linux x64 and Raspberry Pi In Progress
The complete Linux test package is installed and the new Library compression controls pass live browser checks.
- Androidn/a
- iPhone & iPadn/a
- Linux & PiBuilding
Background sync
Cache keeps your devices in step and updates weather and alerts on phones, even while Cache is closed.
- AndroidPlanned
- iPhone & iPadPlanned
- Linux & Pin/a
Map icons and colours for notebooks and places In Progress
Each notebook gets its own icon on the map, in the notebook's colour.
- AndroidPlanned
- iPhone & iPadPlanned
- Linux & PiPlanned
Guide pictures with real maps In Progress
The Cache guide's pictures show real maps.
- AndroidBuilding
- iPhone & iPadBuilding
- Linux & PiPlanned
Book sorting: auto-filing, Unsorted and Place it Done
Linux shelf browsing, Unsorted, manual Place it and number lookup are implemented and have passed automated interaction checks and light/dark renders.
- AndroidBuilding
- iPhone & iPadBuilding
- Linux & PiBuilding
PDF compression at ingest (computers, Linux and Pi) In Progress
Approved Linux compression defaults, single-book choices and stored-outcome UI are installed; live settings save/reload passes.
- AndroidLater
- iPhone & iPadLater
- Linux & PiBuilding
Setup wizard with curated catalogues Done
A guided first run that sets up your area, a model, libraries and alerts, with hand-picked collections to start from.
- AndroidBuilding
- iPhone & iPadBuilding
- Linux & PiPlanned
OCR on every device In Progress
Scanned PDFs become searchable on any device you add them to: phones, computers, including Linux and Raspberry Pi.
- AndroidBuilding
- iPhone & iPadBuilding
- Linux & PiPlanned
One Share and sync screen, item by item In Progress
Everything you can share on one screen, grouped by kind, each library, map region, model, notebook and video switched on or off on its own.
- AndroidBuilding
- iPhone & iPadBuilding
- Linux & PiBuilding
Add your own source: plug in any web service In Progress
In Weather and alerts › More sources: give a name, the web address (with the place's latitude and longitude if it answers by location) and a key if needed.
- AndroidBuilding
- iPhone & iPadBuilding
- Linux & PiPlanned
Discover: get more for Cache, starting with the setup wizard Done
One place to find and get everything for Cache.
- AndroidDone
- iPhone & iPadBuilding
- Linux & PiPlanned
Faster start, weather and search Done
Opening the app no longer rescans large libraries.
- AndroidBuilding
- iPhone & iPadBuilding
- Linux & PiPlanned
Faster answers on phones Done
Ask reuses the work it has already done between questions and after a restart, and Android reads the model straight from its file, so it no longer fills memory.
- AndroidBuilding
- iPhone & iPadBuilding
- Linux & Pin/a
Navigation: compact banner, elevation profile and route mini map Done
A smaller turn banner with the position lower on the screen, the screen stays on while guiding, a pull-up elevation profile for the route, and a corner mini map of the whole route you can swap with the main map.
- AndroidDone
- iPhone & iPadBuilding
- Linux & PiBuilding
Bookshelves: numbers, spare copies, rename and hidden books Done
Every book gets a shelf number shared across your devices.
- AndroidBuilding
- iPhone & iPadBuilding
- Linux & PiBuilding
Link QR code opens Cache when scanned In Progress
Bug, 1.1.
- AndroidBuilding
- iPhone & iPadPlanned
- Linux & PiPlanned
Linking can leave a one-sided device entry
Bug, 1.1.
- AndroidPlanned
- iPhone & iPadPlanned
- Linux & PiPlanned
Notebooks sync cleanly: a version check between devices In Progress
Linked devices on different versions pause syncing and say which one needs an update.
- AndroidBuilding
- iPhone & iPadBuilding
- Linux & PiPlanned
Keep my copies: one device never replaces another's
A per-link switch: "Don't replace my copies from this device".
- AndroidPlanned
- iPhone & iPadPlanned
- Linux & PiPlanned
Repeater lists and imported places sync
Repeater lists and places imported from files sync between your devices like other notebooks.
- AndroidPlanned
- iPhone & iPadPlanned
- Linux & PiPlanned
Watch a folder: new PDFs are added automatically In Progress
Point Cache at a folder and every PDF in it, and any added later, becomes part of your library.
- AndroidBuilding
- iPhone & iPadBuilding
- Linux & PiPlanned
Ask shows each step, and says when a chat is full In Progress
While it works, Ask shows what it is searching for and reading.
- AndroidBuilding
- iPhone & iPadBuilding
- Linux & PiBuilding
Stretch
Ride along if ready; never hold the release.
Weather and alerts status page In Progress
One page showing what weather and alerts Cache is watching, and when it last checked.
- AndroidPlanned
- iPhone & iPadPlanned
- Linux & PiPlanned
Read any library as pages
Read any library page by page, like a book.
- AndroidPlanned
- iPhone & iPadPlanned
- Linux & PiPlanned
Play while downloading, and pre-cut per-region map files In Progress
Start using a region while it is still downloading, and get its map as one fast download.
- AndroidBuilding
- iPhone & iPadBuilding
- Linux & PiPlanned
Live status card (Android ongoing card, iPhone Live Activities)
For sync, big downloads and serious alerts.
- AndroidPlanned
- iPhone & iPadPlanned
- Linux & Pin/a
Linked folders: build a library from your own folders, in place In Progress
Linked folders remain In Progress. The Linux interface is installed and its manual existing-PDF workflow passed live verification with all 40 selected files reused. Automatic indexing of new PDFs and the wider linked-folder feature remain unfinished.
- AndroidPlanned
- iPhone & iPadPlanned
- Linux & PiBuilding
Android Auto and CarPlay: navigation plus voice commands In Progress
Owner decision (2026-11-08): 1.1 stretch goal. - Scope: navigation on the car's screen, plus spoken Cache commands (for example "navigate me here" or "add this to my notes").
- AndroidBuilding
- iPhone & iPadPlanned
- Linux & Pin/a
Link devices by NFC tap
1.1 (owner approved 2026-11-09).
- AndroidPlanned
- iPhone & iPadPlanned
- Linux & PiPlanned
What "stable" means
- Every must-have works on Android, iPhone and Linux/Pi, tested on real devices.
- No known way to lose data (nothing deleted unless another device verifiably has it).
- Upgrading from 1.0.30 is safe.
- Answer quality at the 85% bar on the 72-question benchmark.
- The guide matches the app.
Later
Planned for later releases. Details and dates are not set.
1.2: Your people, any link
- Peer-first downloads
- Source links
- Sync redesign: Sync / Host / Off, links and groups, swarm downloading
- Groups: share specific things with specific groups
- Hub: an always-on device that hosts for a group
- Desktop apps: Windows, then Linux, then Raspberry Pi
- Library drive: USB-C drive or SD card
- Cut long place summaries at a sentence end
- Offload and stream back for your own PDFs
- Update and share Cache over iroh
- Partner tracking: see your group on the map
- Home screen shortcuts and phone widgets
- Track recording and pace counting
- PDF compression on phones
- First aid module and TCCC card template
- Remote models: answer with another Cache device over iroh, or an OpenAI-compatible service
- Reticulum network layer (replaces iroh)
- Share an item as a file
- Send an item to chosen devices or a group
- Everything on the map is searchable
- Contacts notebook template
- Vault for sensitive information
- Linked folders on phones and Windows
- Road ahead notes (co-driver style voice calls, with hazards)
- Recently deleted: bring back what you deleted, for a time you set
- Bookshelves: a log of recent placements, to watch and correct the sorter
- Choose your own vehicle icon on the map
- Group and family members on the Android Auto and CarPlay maps
- An open-source voice for navigation, on every platform
- Your own voice: record a short script and Cache speaks in it
1.3: Watch, read, listen, play
- Ask cites the videos in your Library
- Games and chess
- Entertainment module: reading and listening
- Your own video library, sorted by transcript
- Jellyfin and Plex connectors
- A YouTube-level video player
1.4: Situational Awareness
- Thin ATAK bridge
- Weather radar layer on the map
- Wind layer on the map, with gusts and wind at height
- Aircraft layer (ADS-B), online or from your own receiver
- Ships layer (AIS), online or from your own receiver
- Fires and fire weather on the map
- Earthquakes on the map
- USGS stream gauges on the map
- 511 road conditions on the map
- Avoidance navigation: routes go around places you mark
- Nearby alerts: tell me when I'm near a place, list or hazard I chose
1.5: A smarter, faster Ask
- Second training round
- Router improvements (one-tool design)
- Per-model search-before-answering
- Model-visible "this phone" becomes "this device"
- Long chats: 30 to 40 turns
- Faster answers: a new engine and fewer search rounds
- Voices: Ask's answers read aloud