Settings
Every page and option of Newen's Settings.
Settings opens with Ctrl+,, /config, or the account menu. Its search box finds any option. Pages are grouped as Preferences (General, Sessions, Browser, Accounts), Agents (one page per installed agent) and This computer (System, Storage). Defaults are in bold.
General
Section titled “General”| Option | Choices | |
|---|---|---|
| Theme | System, Light, Dark | |
| Interface font | System, Ubuntu | Menus, sidebars and panels |
| Transcript text size | Small, Medium, Large | |
| Transcript width | Narrow, Medium, Wide | |
| Default transcript view | Normal, Thinking, Verbose | A session’s own menu changes only that session |
| Motion | System, Reduced, Full | Reduced keeps panels, sliders and menus from moving |
| Logos of connectors and plugins | on, off | Looked up by name on svgl.app, else the server’s own site, and kept on this computer |
| Code font | default monospace | |
| Skills, connectors and plugins | Customize… | See Connectors, skills and plugins |
Sessions
Section titled “Sessions”While agents work
| Option | Default | |
|---|---|---|
| Keep computer awake | on | Only while a turn runs; the display can still turn off |
| Keep awake on battery power | on | |
| Connect new sessions to Remote Control | off | When the agent offers it |
| Archive inactive sessions | Never | Or after 1, 7 or 30 days; pinned sessions stay |
Notifications
| Option | Choices |
|---|---|
| Permission requests | Off, Badge only, Banners |
| Questions | Off, Badge only, Banners |
| Task complete | Off, Banners |
| Notification sound | Newen, None |
| Draw attention | on: flag Newen’s window when a session finishes or needs you |
Pull requests: Branch prefix, Pull request kind (Ready for review or Draft), Open pull requests in browser (off), Auto-archive after PR merge (off). See Git and pull requests.
Browser
Section titled “Browser”| Option | Default | |
|---|---|---|
| Chromium | your PATH |
Linux: the Chromium to run; NEWEN_CHROME wins |
| Native view | off | Linux: draw pages with the shipped Chromium, from the next start |
| Open links in built-in browser | on | Off: links go to your default browser |
| Allowed sites | none | Each with Remove; local addresses never ask |
Accounts
Section titled “Accounts”GitHub: Signed in as @you, with View profile, Reconnect and Disconnect; without the GitHub CLI, Install and connect. Then one group per agent: Sign in or Sign out. See Agents.
An agent’s page
Section titled “An agent’s page”| Group | Options |
|---|---|
| Program | Program: the program to run, empty for the one on your PATH. Version: the one found, and the versions Newen was tested with |
| New sessions | Model (Agent’s default), Effort, Permission mode, and where the agent has unsafe modes, Allow bypass permissions mode (off) |
| Sessions | The agent’s own options (see Agents), and Environment variables, KEY=value one a line |
| Providers | For agents with model providers, such as OpenCode |
System
Section titled “System”| Option | |
|---|---|
| Version | Newen’s version |
| Open at login | Off by default: start Newen when you log in |
| Licenses | The terms of third-party software Newen uses |
| Updates | The state, Check for updates, Download, Skip this version, Restart to update |
| Release notes | The notes of the version on offer |
| Install updates automatically | On: download in the background; installing waits for you |
| Show what’s new | On: a release’s announcement before restarting into it and once after |
| Play videos in What’s new | Where Cisco’s codec exists; downloads it only when turned on |
See Updates.
Storage
Section titled “Storage”What Newen keeps on this computer, and what can be freed. See Storage.