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Every feature, and where each app stands on it. “In development” means built but switched off for customers.

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Books and portfolio

Feature	Mac app	Windows app
Portfolio and company pages One place for every company's books, with a page per company for statements, reconciliation, findings and the investor report.	Available Read the page	Available Read the page
QuickBooks sync Connect a company in the dashboard, then bring its months into the books from the app.	Available Read the page	Available Read the page
Annual reports read in a project Read the statements in a company's published annual reports (PDF) and keep them as a company inside a project.	Available Read the page	Available Read the page
Adding a company Add a company by hand or from QuickBooks, give it its files, and approve Haruno's suggested mapping before the first close.	Available Read the page	Available Read the page
Closing a month Turn a month's files or synced months into statements, checks and reports, and lock the month. A locked month is reopened or corrected only with a reason.	Available Read the page	Available Read the page
Mappings The list that says which account goes on which statement line. Haruno suggests it, a person reviews and approves it.	Available Read the page	Available Read the page
Findings and questions What the checks found in a company's books, how to resolve each finding, and the questions for management Haruno drafts after each close.	Available Read the page	Available Read the page
Reconciliation Each balance sheet account checked against the schedule that supports it, with exceptions listed.	Available Read the page	Available Read the page
Investor report The report a company's investors receive for a closed month, with a comment and a review stamp. It is marked as a draft until someone reviews it.	Available Read the page	Available Exports of the statements and reconciliation are described on the same page. Read the page
Reports and exports Export a company's statements, reconciliation and investor report, or the whole portfolio, as a PDF and a web page.	Available Read the page	Available Described on the Investor report page.
Scheduled QuickBooks sync Fetch the months of QuickBooks companies on a timetable, with an optional summary email after each scheduled sync. A scheduled sync never closes a month.	Available since 1.3.54 The summary emails are sent by hand by our team for now. Read the page	Available Each company has its own schedule, set from its menu. Read the page
Settings for the books Where the portfolio is kept, the defaults a new company starts from, the account names your organization saved for scanned statements, and the switch for the sync email.	Available Read the page	Available It is the Books sheet under the gear in the Portfolio toolbar, not a Settings tab.
Ask Haruno about the books Ask in a chat about a company's figures, statements, checks and ledger. Haruno reads the books and cannot change them, apart from a mapping when asked.	Available Read the page	Available
弥生会計 Next export Export a month's journal or trial balance from 弥生会計 Next, then close the month in the Portfolio from the trial balance.	Not available The Mac app cannot export from 弥生会計 Next, and adding company files accepts only Excel, CSV and PDF, not the ZIP a trial balance arrives as.	Available Read the page
Yayoi invoicing (Misoca) Look up invoices, quotes and customers in a Misoca account, and with approval create an invoice or record a payment.	Not available The Mac app has no Yayoi connector.	Available An organization administrator registers the Yayoi app on the dashboard first. Read the page
Account names for scanned statements Your organization saves the names of statement lines. Haruno marks a scanned name that sits close to one of them, and a person corrects it from the page.	Available Only for scanned statements in Traditional Chinese. Settings has a list to review and remove names. Merged, but not in a released version yet. Read the page	Available Windows offers to save a corrected name from its question about a scanned line. It has no list in Settings to review or remove names. Merged, but not in a released version yet.
Stellar wallets Follow a company's Stellar wallets, value their balances and activity in dollars and yen, and hand each month to the books.	Not available	Available Sign-off anchoring works on the Stellar test network only. Read the page

Chat, history and projects

Feature	Mac app	Windows app
Chat Ask Haruno about a company, a file or a task, in a conversation you can come back to.	Available Read the page	Available Read the page
Projects A library of projects, each with its own sources, chats and settings. Every company in the Portfolio has a project of its own.	Available since 1.3.61 Read the page	Available Read the page
History Find, filter, pin and reopen past chats.	Available Read the page	Available Read the page
Git view A view of the working folder's git changes, for people who work in a repository.	Not available Built, but not shown. It needs an open folder, and since 1.3.61 Projects replaced the one open folder. Read the page	Not available Built and read only, but its navigation item shows only when Haruno's own working folder for the project is inside a Git repository, which it is not on a normal PC. Read the page
The message box Type, attach files and folders, point at a file with @, run a Playbook with a slash, dictate by voice, and send or stop.	Available The Permissions row of its plus menu is in the advanced view only. Read the page	Available Described on the Chat page, with Attachments and Slash commands.
The chat dock Keep the chat open in a panel beside any other page, so you can ask Haruno about what you are looking at without leaving it.	Available since 1.3.53 Read the page	Available On every page except Chat. There is no special case for company pages. Read the page
The side panel The panel beside the chat that lists what Haruno is doing step by step, the files it made and the sources it used, and holds the document preview.	Available Read the page	Available A third tab, Browser, shows the page the agent browser has open. Read the page
Preview panel Reports and other documents Haruno writes open beside the chat, update as Haruno rewrites them, and can be saved, printed or shared.	Available Read the page	Available Read the page
Playbooks Save a set of instructions once and run it in any chat with a slash command. The Playbooks window writes, changes and deletes them.	Available Read the page	Available Read the page
Files A file browser for a working folder, with the usual file actions.	Not available Built, but not shown. Projects replaced it in 1.3.61. Read the page	Available Read the page
Cloud files Connect Google Drive, OneDrive, SharePoint or Dropbox, choose the folders Haruno may use, and link Drive files to a project.	Available Only Google Drive files can be linked to a project as a source. Read the page	Available Described on the Cloud storage page. Only Google Drive files can be linked to a project.
Attachments Attach files and folders to a message with the paperclip, by dragging, by pasting or from the Files page, and see when an attached file has moved or gone.	Available Described on the Mac's message box page.	Available Read the page
How Haruno reads your files What can be attached, which documents are read for summaries and with what limits, and which kinds of file Haruno never opens or runs.	Available	Available Read the page
Scanning attachments for malware Every attached file is checked by the antivirus on the PC before a message can be sent, and a file reported as malware blocks the send.	Not available The Mac app checks what a file really is and refuses programs, but it does not scan files for malware.	Available Uses Microsoft Defender. With another antivirus in charge, files go through marked Not scanned. Read the page
Branching a chat Copy a conversation into a new chat to try another direction without losing the original.	Not available The Mac app has no equivalent.	Available Read the page
Regenerating a reply Send the last message again for a new answer, with the answer you had saved in History as its own chat.	Not available The Mac app can edit a message and send it again, but it has no Regenerate answer button.	Available Read the page
Temporary chat A conversation that is not saved to History, does not use memory and leaves nothing behind on the PC once it ends.	Not available The Mac app has no equivalent.	In development Built, but File > New Temporary Chat is disabled in the released app while Projects are on, which they are for every customer. Read the page
Slash commands Start a message with / to pick a Playbook, or to start a fresh chat with /clear, /reset or /new, or to give Haruno a command such as /compact.	Available On the Mac a slash picks a Playbook. It has no /clear, /reset or /new.	Available Read the page
AI Optimize for prompts Turn one sentence in a Playbook, scheduled task or hook field into a complete prompt, with Undo to bring your own text back.	Available On the Mac it is in the Playbook editor and the scheduled task sheet.	Available Read the page
What Haruno keeps about a chat A chat's title, short description, pin, unsent attachments and preview document are kept with the chat, and go when the chat is deleted.	Available	Available Read the page
Agent browser Haruno opens a web page in a browser you can watch, reads it, fills in forms and downloads files. You sign in yourself, and only sites you allow are opened.	Not available The Mac app has no browser panel and no list of sites Haruno may open and sign in to.	Available Read the page
Background reviews After an answer, Haruno may save lasting notes from the chat in the background. You can leave the chat while it finishes. It only adds notes, and Use memory switches it off.	Available	Available Read the page

Scheduled tasks

Feature	Mac app	Windows app
Scheduled tasks Tasks that run on a schedule by themselves, with anything that needs a person's approval held in a Waiting queue.	Available Read the page	Available Read the page
Waiting queue Anything a scheduled task prepares that would reach other people is held for you to approve, edit or discard.	Available The queue opens from a bar on the Scheduled screen. The two Settings switches about running in the background are in the advanced view only. Read the page	Not available A scheduled task step that needs approval is refused, and the run says so.
Hooks (event triggers) Instructions Haruno follows by itself when an event arrives from a connected account, such as a new email, a message or an upcoming meeting.	In development Switched off for every customer. On the Mac it is called automation triggers, and comes with a gallery of ready-made automations and automations Haruno drafts in a chat. The Scheduled screen stays time-based only. Read the page	Available Rules that start a hook are edited in the advanced view. Read the page

Connectors

Feature	Mac app	Windows app
Connectors Connect Haruno to the services you use, such as mail, calendar and cloud storage.	Available Read the page	Available Each connector is installed and updated on its own. Read the page
Gmail and Google Calendar Sign in to Google so Haruno can work with your Gmail and your main calendar. Sends and invitations with guests are held in a scheduled task.	Available Reading mail is not available on Haruno's own Google connection; the Gmail row says so. Read the page	Available Gmail and Google Calendar are two connectors on Windows.
Cloud storage Connect Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive or SharePoint so Haruno can read a file, work in a folder kept in step with the account, or upload a file.	Available Read the page	Available Read the page
Slack Connect a Slack workspace so Haruno can read channels and, when you approve, post and reply as you.	Available Used in chats only. A scheduled task never uses Slack. Read the page	Available Read the page
Discord Connect a Discord bot you create so Haruno can read a channel and, when you approve, post messages and files.	Available A scheduled task holds its posts for your approval. Read the page	Available Read the page
Web search Haruno can search the public web and read a public post on X by its link. It is built in, so there is nothing to connect and nothing to approve.	Available Read the page	Available Read the page
Office Tools, file reading and preview Create and edit Word, Excel and PowerPoint files without Microsoft Office, read documents, PDFs, images and audio, and show a file in the preview panel.	Available Read the page	Available On Windows these are three connectors: Office files, Files and media, and File preview.
Custom MCP servers Add a server of your own by its web address to give Haruno extra tools, each set to On, Off or Confirm.	Available Advanced view only. Scheduled tasks never use these servers. Read the page	Available Advanced view only. Works in the sandbox. Not used by scheduled tasks or hooks. Read the page
Google Drive connector Read, work in, upload to and share files in a Google Drive, in one Haruno folder or across My Drive.	Available Listed under Google in Connectors. Described with the other cloud drives under Cloud storage.	Available Read the page
Dropbox connector Read files from a Dropbox, work in a folder kept in step with it, and upload a file with approval.	Available Described with the other cloud drives under Cloud storage.	Available Read the page
OneDrive connector Read files from a OneDrive, work in a folder kept in step with it, and upload a file with approval.	Available Described with the other cloud drives under Cloud storage.	Available Read the page
SharePoint connector Read files from a SharePoint document library, work in a folder kept in step with it, and upload a file with approval.	Available Described with the other cloud drives under Cloud storage.	Available Read the page
Office files connector Create and edit Word, Excel and PowerPoint files in the working folder, with no Microsoft Office needed.	Available Called Office Tools on the Mac. Described with file reading and preview.	Available Read the page
Files and media tools Read documents, spreadsheets, presentations, PDFs and text files, make PDFs, and look at pictures and recordings. Always on.	Available Always on. It has no row in Connectors.	Available Always on. It has no card in Settings. Read the page
File preview Open a report or draft Haruno wrote in a panel beside the chat, which reloads as the file changes. Always on.	Available Always on. It has no row in Connectors.	Available Always on. It has no card in Settings. Read the page
Gmail Connect a Google account so Haruno can send mail and manage labels, and with an organization's own Google app also search, read, reply to and trash mail.	Available With Haruno's own Google sign-in it sends mail and manages labels only. Reading needs a Google app an organization sets up.	Available With Haruno's own Google sign-in it sends mail and manages labels only. Reading needs a Google app an organization sets up. Read the page
Google Calendar Connect a Google account so Haruno can list events and, when you approve, create, change and delete them and invite guests.	Available Described with Gmail on one page.	Available Read the page
Outlook Mail Connect a Microsoft account so Haruno can search and read mail, save attachments, send, reply and move mail to Deleted Items.	Not available The Mac app has no Outlook connector.	Available Read the page
Outlook Calendar Connect a Microsoft account so Haruno can list events in a time window and, when you approve, create an event.	Not available The Mac app has no Outlook Calendar connector.	Available Lists and creates events. It cannot change or delete them. Read the page
Telegram Connect a Telegram bot you create so Haruno can send messages, photos and files to a chat once you approve each one.	Not available The Mac app has no Telegram connector.	Available Read the page
Notion Connect a Notion workspace with a token you create so Haruno can search and read, and when you approve, create and change pages.	Not available The Mac app has no Notion connector.	Available Read the page

Sandbox and safety

Feature	Mac app	Windows app
Sandbox Haruno does its work in an isolated space, so a task cannot reach beyond the folders it was given.	Available Always on. There is no setting to turn it off. Read the page	Available Always on, in both views. There is no setting to turn it off. Read the page
Permissions and approvals Haruno asks before it does something that matters. A permission mode decides how often, and the normal view always uses the automatic mode.	Available The normal view is fixed at Automatic. The advanced view chooses the mode. Read the page	Available The mode chip and the Default permission mode setting are only in the advanced view. Read the page
Sending things outside A command that sends data off the computer always asks first, with only Allow once and Deny. A scheduled task or hook with nobody present is refused.	Available since 1.3.61	Available Read the page
Running commands in the sandbox In the sandbox Haruno runs commands in a simpler built-in shell. Most everyday commands work, and a few advanced shell tricks do not.	Available The Mac's isolated space is a Linux machine with a full bash shell, so Windows's shell limits do not apply.	Available Read the page
Git inside the sandbox In a sandboxed chat Haruno can look at a repository and make local commits with a short list of git commands. Anything that needs the network is refused.	Available The Mac's isolated space has the full git program.	Available Read the page
Web access and fetching pages Haruno can open and read a public web page for you even though commands in the sandbox have no internet. One setting decides whether it asks first.	Available A website Haruno wants to open asks first. Sites you always allow are listed in Settings ▸ Advanced ▸ Security.	Available Settings ▸ Advanced ▸ Allow Web Fetch without asking is on by default and only appears in the advanced view. Read the page
Which files Haruno can reach A chat can use its own folder, its project's folders and a scratch area. Other folders are out of reach, and a project chat can offer to share one.	Available	Available Read the page
Picking up where a session left off Reopen a chat from History and send a message. It continues in the same conversation, earlier messages stay as they were, and History keeps one entry.	Available	Available Read the page
Reading GitHub With a Git connection to a GitHub repository, Haruno can read issues, pull requests, reviews and releases, and search them. It cannot change anything.	Not available The Mac app has no GitHub connector.	Not available The Git connector is hidden from the catalog for new customers. Only people who already have it installed keep these tools. Read the page

The app itself

Feature	Mac app	Windows app
Normal and advanced view The normal view is the everyday app. The advanced view adds the controls an engineer would want.	Available Read the page	Available Read the page
Automatic updates The app finds a new version on its own and offers to install it.	Available Read the page	Available Read the page
What's New window After an update, the app opens a page describing what changed in the new version.	Available since 1.3.49 Read the page	Not available
Plugins Add-ons that put their own pages in the app's navigation.	In development A developer preview, switched off for every customer. The Portfolio is built into the Mac app, not an add-on. Read the page	Available Add-ons are made and signed by Haruno, and install and update on their own. The Portfolio add-on is always on. Read the page
Settings: General Account, theme, chat text size, language, launch at login, updates, the advanced view switch and Delete local data.	Available Read the page	Available Read the page
Settings: Advanced The settings that only appear in the advanced view, such as memory, the sandbox's security controls and web access.	Available Only in the advanced view. Read the page	Available Only in the advanced view. Read the page
Keyboard shortcuts The keys for the commands used most, and a list of them you can open at any time.	Available Read the page	Available Keys can be changed, cleared or reset in Settings. Read the page
Account and sign-in Sign in with your Haruno account in the browser. The account row and menu in the sidebar, sign out, plan and usage banner.	Available Read the page	Available Signing in and out is the Account row in Settings ▸ General, and the welcome screen offers it on first run. The navigation pane has no account row.
Languages The app is in English, Japanese, Traditional Chinese and Arabic. Change it in Settings.	Available Applies after a restart. No Simplified Chinese. Read the page	Available The language and the theme apply at once, with no restart. Read the page
Menus and navigation The menu bar and the sidebar or navigation pane that open every page and command in the app.	Available Read the page	Available Read the page
First-run setup and sign-in A welcome screen that signs you in through the browser, offers to connect QuickBooks, and can be skipped for now.	Not available The Mac app has no welcome screen. You sign in from the account row or Settings, and an empty Portfolio offers Add company.	Available Read the page
About page The installed version, its release date, the update check and a link to the privacy policy.	Available About Haruno is in the Haruno menu and shows the name and version.	Available Read the page
In-app guide Short how-to guides inside the app, with search and step pictures, that follow the app's language and your own shortcuts.	Not available The Mac's Help menu has What's New, Keyboard Shortcuts and the Privacy Policy, and no guide.	Available Read the page
Reopening where you left off A new start opens the page you were on, with the open project, tab or task and your last chat.	Available since 1.3.61	Available Read the page
Closing the app What the close button, File Exit and the tray icon do, and when Haruno asks before quitting.	Available Described on the Menus page.	Available Read the page
Installing and uninstalling A small setup file from the website installs Haruno for one Windows account without administrator rights, and an uninstaller asks before it deletes any data.	Available The Mac app comes in a disk image: open it and drag Haruno to Applications.	Available Read the page
Notifications Haruno tells you when it needs a permission, asks a question or finishes while you are looking at something else, with one switch to turn it off.	Available The app has no on or off switch for these. macOS Notifications settings control them.	Available Read the page
Diagnostic logs The small log files Haruno keeps on the PC to find problems. They hold no conversation content, and nothing is sent unless the customer attaches it.	Available The Mac keeps diagnostic records without chat content. It has no button to copy or send them.	Available Read the page

In development (not available)

Feature	Mac app	Windows app
Inbox A sidebar row that would list what every automation did, with what waits for approval at the top.	In development Switched off for every customer. Waiting items stay on the Scheduled screen. Read the page	Not available The Windows app has no Inbox page.
Knowledge Vault A place for your own linked notes that you could also open to Haruno in a chat.	In development Switched off for every customer. Read the page	Not available The Windows app has no equivalent.
Memory manager A Memory window that would show what Haruno has stored about you and let you correct or delete it.	In development Switched off for every customer. The Use memory switch in Settings is separate and ships. Read the page	Not available The Windows app has only the Use memory switch, in the advanced view. No window lists or edits what Haruno remembers.
Chat references Typing # in the message box would point at a past chat, and replies would name the chats they mention.	In development Switched off for every customer. Read the page	Not available The Windows app has no equivalent.
Run several chats at once A chat that is still working would keep going when you start or open another.	In development Switched off for every customer. Read the page	Not available The Windows app has no equivalent.

Projects

Feature	Mac app	Windows app
Project sources Link files, folders, web pages and cloud items to a project. Your originals stay where they are.	Available since 1.3.61 Read the page	Available Read the page
Chats in a project A chat in a project works with the project's sources and memory. Start one there, or move any chat in or out.	Available since 1.3.61 Read the page	Available Read the page
Project settings A project's name and purpose, pin, memory, document export, archive and delete.	Available Read the page	Available Read the page
Project memory Facts and decisions Haruno keeps for a project so a new chat starts informed. You can read them, change them, clear them and switch them off.	Available Read the page	Available Read the page
Company projects Every Portfolio company has a project of its own, named after it and kept in step with the company when it is archived, restored or renamed.	Available since 1.3.61 Read the page	Available Read the page
The project menu and Open Folder The project's name in the menu bar opens a menu to switch, create, rename or remove projects. File, Open Folder takes you to the Projects page.	Not available The Mac app has no project menu. Projects open from the Projects row, and File ▸ Open or Create Project… opens the library.	Available Read the page
Folders that are too broad or too large Haruno refuses folders such as a whole drive or the user folder and asks first about very large ones. Adding a folder as a project source is not checked.	Not available The Mac's check applied to the one open folder, which Projects replaced. A folder linked to a project is not checked.	Available Adding a folder to a project as a source does not check its size. Read the page