Day 20: v0.1.0
It's tagged. It's released. Pinchy v0.1.0 is real.
542 commits. 33 merged PRs. 82,918 lines of code added. 20 days from first commit to first release.
What v0.1.0 Actually Is
Let's be honest about what this is and what it isn't.
v0.1.0 is not a product you'd deploy to a 500-person company tomorrow. It's the foundation that makes that possible. Everything that's hard to retrofit later is already in place:
- Authentication — Better Auth with database sessions. Not a bolted-on afterthought.
- Multi-user from day one — Invite system, admin and user roles, personal and shared agents.
- Audit trail — HMAC-signed, immutable entries. Every agent action logged. CSV export. Integrity verification. Built in week one, not "coming soon."
- Agent permissions — Allow-list model for tools. Safe and powerful categories. Not "all agents can do everything."
- Agent personalities — Names, avatars, system prompts, taglines, greeting messages. Agents feel like team members, not chatbots.
- Knowledge Base agents — Scoped read-only access to specific directories. Your agent knows your docs without seeing your secrets.
- Docker Compose deployment —
docker compose up. Three containers (Pinchy, OpenClaw, PostgreSQL). That's it. - Mobile UI — Bottom tab bar, responsive layouts. Not a desktop-only dashboard.
- CI pipeline — Linting, testing, security auditing. E2E tests with Playwright. Smoke tests that verify the full Docker stack.
What Changed Today
The release PR itself was small: version bump, release workflow, README rewrite. The README went from 130 lines of aspirational feature lists to a clear, honest document: what works today, what's coming, how to get started.
I also added a GitHub Actions release workflow that auto-publishes when a version tag is pushed, and deploys the docs site on releases (not on every push to main).
20 Days In Numbers
Some stats from the journey so far:
- 542 commits in 20 days (27/day average)
- 33 PRs merged (proper code review, even as a solo dev)
- 82,918 lines added, 12,712 removed
- 61 GitHub stars (organic, no launch event)
- 470 unique cloners (3,248 total clones)
- 517 unique repo visitors
- 3 demo calls booked via Calendly
- 6 forks
- 19 blog posts (this is #20)
All of this while working a full-time freelance project. AI agents made that possible. Not by writing all the code, but by turning stolen hours into productive ones.
What Comes After v0.1.0
The release isn't a finish line. It's a starting point that says: "This is stable enough to try. We stand behind it."
What's next:
- Knowledge Base improvements — the feature every demo call asks about
- Full RBAC — team-scoped permissions, not just admin/user
- Plugin architecture — scoped tools instead of raw shell access
- Cross-channel workflows — email in, Slack out, properly routed
But first: a deep breath. And maybe a beer.