Status

Pines is source-available now and still before public app distribution.

This page separates what already exists in the repository from the work still needed before Pines is presented as a finished iPhone and Apple Watch app.

Available In Source

  • iPhone app surfaces for Chats, Models, Vault, and Settings.
  • Local model route with MLX runtime integration, model discovery, preflight, installs, and deletes.
  • BYOK cloud routes for OpenAI-compatible endpoints, OpenRouter, Anthropic, and Gemini.
  • Vault import for documents and notes, including OCR, chunking, embeddings, search, and retrieval.
  • MCP support for tools, resources, prompts, subscriptions, OAuth PKCE, and user-reviewed sampling.
  • Approval-aware tools, browser actions, Brave Search BYOK, and local audit events.
  • Apple Watch companion for chat access, quick replies, cancellation, and conversation management.
  • Optional private iCloud sync, release validation, and source archive packaging.

Before Public Release

  • Broader real-device acceptance across current iPhone hardware.
  • Production UX polish for regeneration, provider editing, sync conflicts, and model compatibility messaging.
  • Final App Store privacy validation against the resolved package graph.
  • Distribution decisions for TestFlight and App Store availability.

Canonical source

This page summarizes the repository status document. Use the GitHub file for exact implementation notes as the code evolves.

Open STATUS.md