📢 Happier update - 2026-02-18 #37
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Thanks for the update! Really looking forward to try the updated iOS app. |
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Looking forward to hearing your thoughts and feedback! :) |
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This is truly amazing, really hope this project gets more visibility. Excited about this. |
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Alright, I wanted to give you all a proper update so it doesn't feel like things are silent or stalled.
I'm currently working full-time on Happier, stabilizing the foundations before pushing the preview out.
TL;DR
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My main focus right now is:
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Why Happier exists?
I was using Happy daily and genuinely loved the concept and the project.
I started contributing to Happy, but over time, though, I ran into:
So I started fixing them. Then I went deeper, and eventually rewrote large parts of it.
And here we are. :)
Happier isn't about replacing Happy. I loved and still love Happy, and I'm deeply grateful for the foundation Happy provided. It's just me trying to keep building and giving it new life in the direction I believe in, with faster iteration, deeper technical changes, more flexibility, and staying very close to user feedback.
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What's already implemented / being worked on
There's a lot, so here's a rough overview.
Please note that A LOT of these features are current WIP/experimental, and may not all be ready for the first versions.
This is just to give you an idea of the direction of the project.
Sessions & resume
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Permissions
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Multi-server support
You can:
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Providers & tools
Supported now:
Tools display is normalized across providers.
Diff display is way clearer.
See exactly what Claude subagents are doing directly in the UI (sidechains)
Model/mode selection is back in the UI.
Automatic installation for each CLI directly from the UI/CLI
claude, etc)WIP: implementing OAuth for Claude/Codex so you can also login directly from the UI
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File browser & Git (experimental)
It's still experimental, but the direction is clear: manage your whole project from inside Happier.
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Voice (very experimental)
You can:
Voice works in 2 modes (configurable):
Direct-to-session
Real voice agent
The goal is to support 2 voice agents modes:
The local voice agent is basically a Happier session running in the background on one of your local CLIs (claude, codex, etc).
You can choose which CLI and model to use for the voice agent.
We then communicate with it using Speech-To-Text (SST) and stream back its responses using Text-To-Speech (TTS).
The voice agents can (configurable):
In the end it will be a complete orchestration layer on top of your agents, a real colleague that can help you monitor and manage your sessions.
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Subagents & automation (very experimental)
Subagents can:
You can run a Codex session, and spin up a Claude sub-agent inside of it for UI work for example.
Or run a whole Claude session, and then run a Codex/Coderabbit review at the end inside that same session.
You can then triage the findings from the UI, select which ones should be applied, and the instructions are sent to the main LLM for implementation.
The main session's LLM can also call/manage subagents, and you can give him guidance through the settings.
Automated tasks:
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Self-hosting & installs
curl -fsSL https://happier.dev/install | bashhstackallows you to easily manage your whole local Happier stackhstack self-hostto manage your self-hosted server, etcYou can easily connect and authenticate remote Happier daemons/CLIs from your local CLI through SSH (https://docs.happier.dev/hstack/remote-daemon)
The goal is: self-hosting should feel easy and as managed as possible, not scary.
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Smaller but meaningful improvements
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I've probably missed a few things in this overview, there's been a lot of work including smaller refinements and quality-of-life improvements.
You'll discover the rest naturally once you start exploring the app. :)
I also want to emphasize something important: I'm building this because I genuinely enjoy building things, and I care a lot about this project.
I want this to feel solid, thoughtfully built, and enjoyable to use every day.
And I want to share it freely with anyone who finds it useful.
Thank you all for being here this early. It really means a lot.
If you want to test preview builds soon, drop a message in #general.
If you see bugs, report them.
If you have ideas, share them.
We'll build this together.
There's an integrated bug report feature in the app to make reporting issues easy (you can optionally attach diagnostics to help me debug faster).
You can also run
happier bug-reportfrom the CLI, it opens a GitHub issue automatically.Beta Was this translation helpful? Give feedback.
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