February 2025 Recap
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February was a transformative month for ElizaOS, with significant architectural changes, multiple releases, and an exciting expansion into entertainment that took the project well beyond its technical foundations.
🚀 Major Releases & Milestones
- ElizaOS v0.1.9 officially released after extensive preparation
- Version bump to v0.25.6-alpha.1 as development accelerated
- ElizaOS v0.25.7 released mid-month with significant improvements
- ElizaOS v0.25.8 released at month-end, completing an impressive four releases in February
🏗️ Architecture Transformation
- Major architectural shift: vendor code externalized from core, reducing size by 60%
- Package manager transition from pnpm to bun for improved performance
- Plugin registry migration initiated - moving from monolithic to modular architecture
- RAG knowledge consolidation completed for unified information retrieval
- Character templates significantly improved
- Agent/character system completely refactored
- Discord link updated for better community access
🧩 Plugin Ecosystem Revolution
- Plugin registry launched, moving toward distributed plugin system
- Quick-Intel plugin optimized with suppressInitialMessage flag
- DeFi Token Analysis plugin (plugin-expuzi) added
- Messari Copilot plugin introduced for crypto market research
- Secret AI LLM plugin added for confidential computing
- Merkle Trade plugin for Aptos blockchain
- Hyperlane GOAT Plugin added for cross-chain interoperability
🤖 AI Capabilities Expansion
- UserRapport feature added for personalized Twitter interactions
- Default voice for ElevenLabs integrated
- Middleware control added for agent servers
- Fix for vector dimension mismatch in plugin-news
- Local AI inference via DeepSeek R1 implemented
- NEAR AI integration for structured objects
- Confidential AI with Secret Network fully implemented
📺 Entertainment & Community
- CLANK TANK AI game show concept revealed
- AI-led VC DAO concept development began
- Sui AI Agent Hackathon winners announced
- Ukrainian README translation added
- ElizaOS Builder's Chat launched on Telegram
- GitHub stats: 14.4k stars (+6.5k from December), 4.5k forks (+2.4k), 508 contributors (+271)
⚡ Performance Gains with Bun
| Metric | pnpm | bun | Improvement |
|---|---|---|---|
| Install Time | 95s | 28s | 70% faster |
| Cold Start | 3.2s | 0.8s | 75% faster |
| Build Time | 42s | 14s | 67% faster |
| Memory Usage | 480MB | 310MB | 35% less |
🔒 Technical Insight: Confidential AI Architecture
The integration with Secret Network represents a significant milestone in privacy-preserving AI. This architecture ensures complete privacy throughout the AI inference process, with all data and model interactions occurring within secure Trusted Execution Environments (TEEs).
📈 Two-Month Growth Statistics
| Metric | December 2024 | February 2025 | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub Stars | 7.9k | 14.4k | +82% |
| Forks | 2.1k | 4.5k | +114% |
| Contributors | 237 | 508 | +114% |
| Plugins | 45 | 100+ | +122% |
| Languages Supported | 3 | 8+ | +167% |
🔮 Looking Ahead to March
- ElizaOS v2 development intensifies
- Agent Marketplace/Launchpad nearing completion (95% done)
- Multi-agent systems with role specialization
- Confidential compute features expansion