Changelog

Multiple Chats

Keep separate conversations for different aspects of your research. Each space can now have multiple chat sessions.

• New chat button: Start fresh conversations anytime
• Chat history: Switch between previous conversations
• Context preserved: Each chat maintains its own context and history

Mark Nodes as Viewed

Track your progress through knowledge maps. Nodes you've explored are marked as viewed, helping you see what's left to cover.

Sidebar Layout

A completely redesigned sidebar that puts your spaces and content within easy reach.

• Quick access: Jump to any space from anywhere
• Collapsible sections: Keep your sidebar clean
• Recent spaces: Your most-used spaces stay at the top

External Sources

Add content from across the web. Kerns can now pull in articles, papers, and other external sources directly into your spaces.

Node Completion

Let AI flesh out your knowledge maps automatically. Select any node and Kerns will complete it with detailed content, pulling from your sources and web research.

• Parallel processing: Multiple nodes complete simultaneously
• Source-aware: Completions reference your uploaded documents
• Progress tracking: See completion status in real-time

Math Rendering

Equations now render properly throughout the app. Mathematical content displays with proper formatting using LaTeX-style syntax.

Context Selection Menu

Control what Kerns knows when it answers. Select specific sources, chapters, or sections to focus the AI on exactly what's relevant.

• Source picker: Choose which documents to include
• Focused answers: Get responses grounded in your selected context
• Mix and match: Combine multiple sources for comprehensive answers

DFS & BFS Map Exploration

New exploration strategies for navigating knowledge maps. Choose depth-first to go deep on a topic, or breadth-first to survey the landscape.

Explore Tab

A new way to discover content. Browse community spaces, find inspiration for your research, and see what others are learning.

• Featured spaces: Curated spaces on trending topics
• Community content: See what others are researching
• One-click clone: Found something interesting? Clone it to your library

OpenAI Text-to-Speech

Upgraded our TTS engine to OpenAI for higher quality audio. New voices available, including a natural female voice option.

Focus Panel

A new way to explore individual topics in depth. Click any node on your knowledge map to open the Focus Panel.

• Rich text notes: Write and edit notes with full formatting
• Tags and colors: Organize nodes with custom tags and color coding
• Source references: See which sources inform each topic

Mobile Improvements

Major improvements to the mobile experience with better navigation and responsive layouts across all pages.

Community Spaces

Explore knowledge spaces created by the Kerns community. Find spaces on topics you're interested in and clone them to your own library.

• Discover: Browse community-created spaces
• Clone: Copy any space to make it your own
• Publish: Share your spaces with the community

Space Auto-Naming

Spaces now automatically get meaningful names based on your first source or conversation topic.

Welcome to Kerns

We're excited to launch Kerns - your AI-powered reading and research companion. Upload documents, have conversations with your content, and build knowledge maps to visualize what you learn.

Core Features

• Document Chat: Ask questions about your PDFs, EPUBs, and web articles
• Knowledge Maps: Visualize concepts and connections from your documents
• Multi-Level Summaries: Get overviews at the depth you need
• Audio Playback: Listen to your documents with text-to-speech

Getting Started

1. Create a space for your research topic
2. Upload documents or add web articles
3. Start chatting to explore your content
4. Generate a knowledge map to see the big picture

We're just getting started. Follow along as we ship new features every week.