What's new in docs

This page highlights documentation changes after each Olares release that affect how you use Olares. It focuses on new guides, major updates, and deprecations. Minor corrections and clarifications are not listed here.

The docs are built and published from the main branch of the Olares GitHub repository, so they always reflect the latest documentation changes.

For Olares OS software release notes, see the GitHub releases page.

• Olares 1.12.6
• Olares 1.12.5

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Olares 1.12.6

Released: July 23, 2026

For the highlights and walk-through of Olares v1.12.6, see the Olares 1.12.6 blog post.

New docs

• Added Olares CLI overview, an introduction to managing Olares from the command line.
  • Added Install Olares CLI, covering how to install olares-cli locally or inside an agent app.
  • Added Log in with Olares CLI, explaining how to authenticate olares-cli with your Olares ID.
  • Added Olares CLI agent skills, describing how to use built-in skills for cluster management, apps, settings, and more.
• Added Activate an Olares device using the Olares CLI, for activating a device from the command line.
• Added Manage shared AI models with the Common directory, explaining how to use the Common directory for models shared across apps.
• Added Compress and extract files, covering ZIP, 7z, TAR, and password-protected archives in Olares Files.
• Added Mount NFS shares, for accessing NFS shared directories from Olares.
• Added Shared applications, explaining the new shared app architecture and migration options for legacy v2 shared apps.
  • Ollama
  • ComfyUI
  • Dify
  • OnlyOffice
  • SearXNG
  • Xinference
• Added Configure Overlay Gateway, for managing Overlay Gateway settings.
• Added Olares One onboarding, a guided walkthrough for managing Olares One through natural language.
• Added Desktop widgets, documenting the new widgets on the Olares desktop.
• Added Run local AI models with Engine Base apps, for deploying and running local AI models on Olares.
• Added Home Assistant with Overlay Gateway, for accessing Home Assistant over the local network.
• Added Jellyfin with Overlay Gateway, for accessing Jellyfin over the Overlay Gateway.
• Added *Arr apps upgrade guide, a guide to updating *Arr apps after the Olares v1.12.6 internal entrance changes.

Updated docs

• Rewrote Connect AI apps to align with the v1.12.6+ architecture.
• Consolidated Olares One software documentation into the main manual and versioned the ISO download links.
• Updated My Olares, adding the Limit CPU frequency and Automatic startup toggles under My Hardware.
• Updated Basic file operations with new sorting options, Markdown editing, preview, and additional supported formats.
• Updated Managing accelerator resources to cover GPU and other accelerator resources.
• Updated Manage BIOS and EC with EC 1.03 and BIOS 1.05 changelogs, including the note that Automatic startup requires Olares OS 1.12.6 or later.
• Updated ComfyUI with migration steps and the new v1.12.6 directory structure.
• Updated App submission guide to reflect the new packaging and submission workflow.
• Updated OlaresManifest Specification to document the 0.12.0 schema, including new fields such as apiVersion, accelerator, workloadReplicas, overlayGateway, LLMGatewaySupported, appCommon, and externalData, plus deprecated fields.
• Standardized the local model and service connection workflow across AI use-case guides. AI use-case guides now connect to models through the Model Console instead of relying on the standalone Ollama app or individual model apps.

Deprecated docs

• Added a deprecation notice to the Ollama use-case guide because the standalone Ollama app was removed from Market in Olares 1.12.6.
• Retired the Olares CLI reference pages. The deprecated pages have been superseded by the new Olares CLI overview, Install Olares CLI, Log in with Olares CLI, and Olares CLI agent skills guides.
• Retired all Studio documentation. Studio is no longer available in Market. Use the Olares CLI agent skills guide and the App submission guide for the new packaging and porting workflow.
• The Allow subnet routing feature is temporarily disabled in Olares 1.12.6, and the related documentation has been removed from Configure VPN access to Olares. The feature will return in a future release.
• Retired the DeerFlow use-case guide. The DeerFlow app was replaced by DeerFlow 2.0.

Upcoming deprecations

• The Ollama use-case guide will be removed in a future release. The standalone Ollama app was already removed from Market in Olares 1.12.6, and AI use-case guides now connect to models through the Model Console.