Pulp Free Chat 1.1.24 — Release Notes (changes since 1.1.20)

paul · August 29, 2026, 11:25pm

Pulp Free Chat 1.1.24 — Release Notes

Changes since 1.1.20. This release rolls up everything from 1.1.21 through 1.1.24.

Most of it is about one thing: what happens when you switch models. Pulp used to guess whether
there was enough memory at that exact moment, and it guessed wrong often enough to get in your
way. It no longer guesses.

Switching models

Switching models just works now. Previously, picking a different model could answer with
“…needs about 10.7 GB of memory. About 3.0 GB is free right now” instead of switching — and
the model would often load fine moments later anyway. Pulp now unloads the model you were
using and loads the new one, showing a loading state while it does. No memory message, no
guesswork about the moment you happened to click.
One model at a time, by default. Keeping two models loaded on a memory-limited computer
was the root of most of these problems. Now the previous model is unloaded when you switch.
You wait once for the new one to load, and the machine has room for it.
New: “Keep more than one model in memory.” In Manage models, off by default on every
computer. Turn it on if you have memory to spare and want faster switching — models then stay
loaded together, as they used to.
Asking a question of a model that is already loaded no longer fails. If another model was
still sitting in memory, Pulp could refuse to answer and blame the model you were using, even
though that model was fine. It now clears the other one out of the way instead.
Switching while an answer is still being written no longer interrupts anything. You can
change models mid-answer; the answer in progress finishes normally, and the new model
responds without complaint.
Better wording when a model genuinely is too big. If a model cannot fit your computer at
all, Pulp says so plainly and suggests a smaller one — instead of advising you to close other
applications, which could never have helped in that case.

Updates

“Check for updates automatically” now actually checks. It was only ever checking once a
day, so if you had pressed the button yourself that day, nothing further happened and the
setting looked broken. Pulp now checks when you open it and roughly every hour after that,
and tells you when an update is ready.
“Download updates automatically” downloads, and waits. With it on, an available update is
fetched in the background — but nothing is installed until you choose Install & restart.

Downloading models

One model downloads at a time. Starting several at once could leave the whole set stuck
with none of them finishing. The second Download button is now unavailable until the first
completes, rather than failing after you press it.
Downloads can be cancelled. There was previously no way to stop one. Cancel now takes
effect about a second after you press it.
A stalled download no longer hangs forever. If a download goes quiet for a minute, Pulp
stops it and says so, so you can try again — instead of showing a percentage that never
moves, which even restarting the app would not clear.

Availability: macOS (Apple Silicon and Intel) and Windows (x64), plus the web/LAN client.

Updating: open Pulp and check for updates, or download a fresh copy from the usual link.
Your chats and installed models are preserved across the update.