Merge pull request #1003 from devoxx/release/v1.4.0

chore: bump version to v1.4.0 and use proper icons for provider settings

Author: stephanj

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -2,6 +2,20 @@ so # Changelog
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
+## [1.4.0]
+
+### Added
+- Exo distributed AI cluster as new local LLM provider — run large AI models across multiple Apple Silicon devices connected via Thunderbolt (#1002)
+- Exo auto-discovery of downloaded models from /state API
+- Automatic Exo instance creation with placement preview across cluster
+- Background progress bar during Exo model loading with cancellation support
+- Auto-recovery when Exo instances disconnect or get recycled
+- Collapsible cluster status panel above chat showing nodes, memory, GPU usage, temperature, and active instance status
+- Exo Docusaurus documentation page
+
+### Fixed
+- MarkdownConversationRenderer missing createConversationJEditorPane method
+
 ## [1.3.3]
 
 ### Fixed

build.gradle.kts

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ plugins {
 }
 
 group = "com.devoxx.genie"
-version = "1.3.3"
+version = "1.4.0"
 
 repositories {
     mavenCentral()

src/main/java/com/devoxx/genie/ui/settings/AbstractSettingsComponent.java

@@ -127,4 +127,36 @@ protected void addProviderSettingRow(JPanel panel, GridBagConstraints gbc, Strin
         jPanel.add(btnApiKey, BorderLayout.WEST);
         return jPanel;
     }
+
+    protected @NotNull JComponent createTextWithDownloadButton(JComponent jComponent,
+                                                              String url) {
+        return createTextWithIconButton(jComponent, AllIcons.Actions.Download, "Download from " + url, url);
+    }
+
+    protected @NotNull JComponent createTextWithInfoButton(JComponent jComponent,
+                                                           String url) {
+        return createTextWithIconButton(jComponent, AllIcons.General.Information, "Open documentation: " + url, url);
+    }
+
+    private @NotNull JComponent createTextWithIconButton(JComponent jComponent,
+                                                         Icon icon,
+                                                         String tooltip,
+                                                         String url) {
+        JPanel jPanel = new JPanel(new BorderLayout());
+        jPanel.add(jComponent, BorderLayout.CENTER);
+        JButton btn = createActionButton(
+                null,
+                icon, tooltip,
+                e -> {
+            try {
+                BrowserUtil.open(url);
+            } catch (Exception ex) {
+                Project project = ProjectManager.getInstance().getOpenProjects()[0];
+                NotificationUtil.sendNotification(project, "Error: Unable to open the link");
+            }
+        });
+
+        jPanel.add(btn, BorderLayout.WEST);
+        return jPanel;
+    }
 }

src/main/java/com/devoxx/genie/ui/settings/llm/LLMProvidersComponent.java

@@ -175,23 +175,23 @@ public JPanel createPanel() {
         addSection(panel, gbc, "Local LLM Providers");
 
         addProviderSettingRow(panel, gbc, "Ollama URL", ollamaEnabledCheckBox,
-                createTextWithLinkButton(ollamaModelUrlField, "https://ollama.com"));
+                createTextWithDownloadButton(ollamaModelUrlField, "https://ollama.com"));
         addProviderSettingRow(panel, gbc, "Ollama Request Context Override", ollamaContextWindowOverrideCheckBox);
         addHintText(panel, gbc, "When enabled, DevoxxGenie sends Ollama num_ctx from discovered model metadata; when disabled, Ollama keeps its own runtime default.");
         addProviderSettingRow(panel, gbc, "LMStudio URL", lmStudioEnabledCheckBox,
-                createTextWithLinkButton(lmStudioModelUrlField, "https://lmstudio.ai/"));
+                createTextWithDownloadButton(lmStudioModelUrlField, "https://lmstudio.ai/"));
         // Add hint text for LMStudio URL
         addHintText(panel, gbc, "Base URL for OpenAI-compatible chat; model metadata is always fetched from /api/v1/models");
         addProviderSettingRow(panel, gbc, "LMStudio Fallback Context", lmStudioFallbackContextEnabledCheckBox, lmStudioFallbackContextField);
         addHintText(panel, gbc, "Used only when LMStudio model metadata does not expose context length");
         addProviderSettingRow(panel, gbc, "GPT4All URL", gpt4AllEnabledCheckBox,
-                createTextWithLinkButton(gpt4AllModelUrlField, "https://gpt4all.io/"));
+                createTextWithDownloadButton(gpt4AllModelUrlField, "https://gpt4all.io/"));
         addProviderSettingRow(panel, gbc, "Jan URL", janEnabledCheckBox,
-                createTextWithLinkButton(janModelUrlField, "https://jan.ai/download"));
+                createTextWithDownloadButton(janModelUrlField, "https://jan.ai/download"));
         addProviderSettingRow(panel, gbc, "LLaMA.c++ URL", llamaCPPEnabledCheckBox,
-                createTextWithLinkButton(llamaCPPModelUrlField, "https://github.com/ggerganov/llama.cpp/blob/master/examples/server/README.md"));
+                createTextWithDownloadButton(llamaCPPModelUrlField, "https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp"));
         addProviderSettingRow(panel, gbc, "Exo URL", exoEnabledCheckBox,
-                createTextWithLinkButton(exoModelUrlField, "https://genie.devoxx.com/docs/llm-providers/exo"));
+                createTextWithInfoButton(exoModelUrlField, "https://genie.devoxx.com/docs/llm-providers/exo"));
         addHintText(panel, gbc, "Distributed AI cluster — auto-creates model instances across connected devices");
         addProviderSettingRow(panel, gbc, "Custom OpenAI URL", customOpenAIUrlEnabledCheckBox, customOpenAIUrlField);
         addProviderSettingRow(panel, gbc, "Custom OpenAI Model", customOpenAIModelNameEnabledCheckBox, customOpenAIModelNameField);

src/main/resources/META-INF/plugin.xml

@@ -45,6 +45,16 @@
     ]]></description>
 
     <change-notes><![CDATA[
+        <h2>v1.4.0</h2>
+        <UL>
+            <LI>Feat: Add Exo distributed AI cluster as new local LLM provider — run large AI models across multiple Apple Silicon devices via Thunderbolt (#1002)</LI>
+            <LI>Feat: Exo auto-discovery of downloaded models from /state API</LI>
+            <LI>Feat: Automatic Exo instance creation with placement preview across cluster</LI>
+            <LI>Feat: Background progress bar during Exo model loading with cancellation support</LI>
+            <LI>Feat: Auto-recovery when Exo instances disconnect or get recycled</LI>
+            <LI>Feat: Collapsible cluster status panel showing nodes, memory, GPU usage, temperature, and active instance status</LI>
+            <LI>Fix: MarkdownConversationRenderer missing createConversationJEditorPane method</LI>
+        </UL>
         <h2>v1.3.3</h2>
         <UL>
             <LI>Fix: Catch NoClassDefFoundError for CompilerTopics in non-Java IDEs (PhpStorm, WebStorm, etc.) (#990)</LI>

src/main/resources/application.properties

@@ -1 +1 @@
-version=1.3.3
+version=1.4.0