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February 10, 2026

Stellaris Companion 0.5.0Your Empire's Strategic Council

The initial public release brought save-grounded strategic advice, campaign Chronicles, automatic save discovery, and privacy-first local parsing to Windows, macOS, and Linux.

Highlights

What Changed in 0.5.0

ADV

Save-Grounded Strategy

The Advisor turns current campaign data into practical guidance for military, economy, diplomacy, leaders, planets, and technology.

CHR

Campaign Chronicle

Chronicle mode records the changing shape of an empire as chaptered narrative instead of letting a long campaign disappear into old saves.

LOCAL

Privacy-First Desktop App

Save parsing and campaign history stay local, with a bring-your-own Gemini key and installers for Windows, macOS, and Linux.

Strategic Council

Advice shaped by the empire you are actually playing

The first public release introduced an AI strategic council that reads the latest Stellaris save and answers questions using the state of the player's own campaign.

  • Ask for strategic briefings, economic priorities, military comparisons, diplomatic risks, and technology direction.
  • Advisor tone adapts to the empire's ethics, government, and civics.
  • A fast briefing cache keeps follow-up questions responsive.
Campaign Memory

From individual saves to a continuing history

Stellaris Companion tracks changes between saves so players can see both the immediate strategic picture and the longer story of their empire.

  • Automatic save detection finds the newest campaign save.
  • Local history snapshots capture how the campaign changes over time.
  • Chronicle mode turns recorded events into chaptered campaign history.
Local by Default

Fast extraction without uploading save files

A local Rust parser extracts the useful campaign context before an Advisor question is sent to Gemini using the player's own API key.

  • Stellaris .sav files remain on the player's computer.
  • Parsing, extraction, and campaign-history storage happen locally.
  • Issue reports are optional and reviewable before submission.
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These notes cover the historical 0.5.0 release. Download the current stable version, or view the original release and its installers on GitHub.

View the 0.5.0 release on GitHub →