Alpha 0.1.4

What's Changed

• fix: app going blank when the last library is deleted by @brxken128 in #1814
• [ENG-1459] Tabs visual tweak by @ameer2468 in #1818
• [ENG-1456] General UI Tweaks by @ameer2468 in #1819
• Concurrency crash for ephemeral thumbs by @fogodev in #1821
• [ENG-1414] Docker Server Installation Dialog by @utkubakir in #1774
• [ENG-1095] HEIF* and PDF thumbnail orientation by @brxken128 in #1815
• [ENG-1435] Saved Searches by @Brendonovich in #1810
• Send release message in channel by @Brendonovich in #1824
• Bump versions by @utkubakir in #1823
• Small improvements to sd-server by @HeavenVolkoff in #1822
• 0.1.4 by @utkubakir in #1825
• Fix pdf thumbs having incorrect colors by @HeavenVolkoff in #1826

Full Changelog: 0.1.3...0.1.4

Alpha 0.1.3

This latest update brings advanced search filtering, tabs, a lot of bug fixes and even more performance improvements! We have also implemented an optional full-disk access prompt for MacOS users, as sometimes there's a folder that Spacedrive can't access (but you want it to!)

Networking got a massive overhaul, and discovery can be both disabled and customized as you wish. We upgraded and optimized many parts of the UI, and made the look and feel of the app even sleeker than before.

Changes

• Fixed account card sizing
• Overview page removed
• Improved mouse navigation.
• Hid the frame and border if MacOS is in fullscreen.
• Updated website link to use www.spacedrive.com.
• Enhanced error message for when rustup isn't found.
• Prevented releasing if a branch with the same name already exists.
• Added a prompt for a tagline and category when creating a release.
• Individually quoted each line of release modal commit message.
• Fixed wording for the delete dialog.
• Removed an unnecessary import.
• Miscellaneous frontend fixes and dependencies update.
• Added loading indicator if a location is indexing.
• Added a shortcut to reveal an item in Finder or the native explorer.
• Improved copy, paste, undo, redo, and select all functionality on MacOS.
• Added icons to certain dialogs, improving the look and feel of the app.
• Urgent landing page fixes.
• Removed broadcast-stream from sd-p2p.
• Stabilized p2p settings.
• Upgraded Rust workspace and implemented IPv6 mDNS.
• Added gridGap to preferences.
• Replaced GridList with @virtual-grid/react.
• Fixed the Explorer's scrolling and made the experience smoother.
• Implemented extra Explorer settings.
• Added table sorting to the Explorer's list view.
• Fixed Explorer pathbar nested locations bug.
• Added search functionality to docs.
• Improved search bar behavior.
• Added a new & improved management shortcuts system.
• Removed the black bars around thumbnails.
• Various fixes for the search bar and preview.
• Removed unused dependencies from the server.
• Upgraded tokio's version.
• Linked sd-server build/docker push action with release action.
• Fixed Windows CI.
• Fixed landing page analytics.
• Clarified error when getting the hash of an on-demand file.
• Worked around broken webgl on the landing page.
• Fixed multiple issues with deb releases
• Fixed app crashing when generating PDF thumbnails on macOS
• Reworked and updated shipped native dependencies (ffmpeg, libheif, pdfium)
• Various bug fixes and clean-ups.

New Contributors

• @devqore made their first contribution in #1659
• @BandhiyaHardik made their first contribution in #1692
• @Carterpersall made their first contribution in #1722

Full Changelog: 0.1.2...0.1.3

Alpha 0.1.2

Highlights

1. Enhanced Thumbnail Generation:
Thumbnails are now generated more efficiently through optimized multi-threading, utilizing available resources for faster performance.

2. Job Progress Uninterrupted:
Jobs are enhanced with a step timeout feature, eliminating the issue of jobs getting stuck.

3. Location Onboarding Flow:
A streamlined onboarding flow for quicker and simpler location additions has been introduced.

4. In-App Changelog:
The in-app changelog is now linked to GitHub releases for real-time update tracking.

5. Improved MacOS Full-Screen Experience:
The MacOS window bar issue has been resolved for a cleaner full-screen view.

6. Customizable P2P Connections:
Options to enable or disable P2P and configure port settings are now available.

Changes

• Disabled certain menu options when no library is present
• Set show hidden files to false by default
• Added additional menu options for reloading the webview and navigation
• Navigate to location after adding it
• Job text tabular-nums to reduce jumpiness
• Fix app name in Windows Task Manager
• Fix regression causing P2P to be disabled by default
• Fix app startup without IPv6 network stack
• Persist window position
• Fix show object size on ephemeral locations
• Added ephemeral location notice to incentivize Location use
• Enable thumbnail support for webp images
• Hide media view on network, ephemeral, and nodes explorer
• Duplicate folder duplicates files inside
• Fix show hidden files not working correctly
• Job manager: utils/formatNumber all numbers
• Fix casing switch in "Log in" button
• Link locations button in inspector
• Better explorer count handling
• Reload webview support for Windows and Linux
• Spacedrop better testing + fix zero-sized files
• Spacedrop improvements
• Fix explorer not updating when removing from recents or tagging
• Hidden files shortcut
• Fix mouse4 mouse5 not working when hovering
• Delete shortcut on Mac
• Responsive design improvements
• Fix custom indexer rule crashing location scanning
• Windows ephemeral locations keyboard nav fix

New Contributors

• @Tilo-K made their first contribution in #1548
• @okisdev made their first contribution in #1599
• @Rocky43007 made their first contribution in #1617
• @julianbraha made their first contribution in #1619
• @Adamkaram made their first contribution in #1521

Full Changelog: 0.1.1...0.1.2

Alpha 0.1.1

The day-two patch.

• Removed login onboarding screen.
• Fixed size display on grid view
• File names now show beginning and end of name across two lines.
• Fixed poor performing Local explorer (when browsing non-Locations). Files in this section are not indexed by Spacedrive and were slow to load large directories. Now it is handled asynchronously and in batches.
• Fixed duplicate jobs spawning when indexing Location.
• Fix rename key bind on Windows.
• Better light theme icons.
• Fixed Explorer path bar on Windows
• Small UI fixes.

Alpha 0.1.0

After 15 months of development we are extremely excited to be releasing the first version of Spacedrive as an early public alpha.

This is an MVP, and by no means feature complete. Please test out the features listed below and give us feedback via Discord, email or GitHub Issues.

Features:

• Support for Windows, Linux and macOS.

• Basic onboarding flow.

• Create Libraries and switch between them.

• Add Locations to import files into Spacedrive.

  • Indexer watch for changes and performs light re-scans.

  • Identifier generates checksum and categorizes files into Objects

  • Define indexer rules to ignore certain files or folders.

    Eventually Clouds will be supported and added as Cloud Locations

  • Generate Preview Media for image, video and documents.

• Browse Locations via the Explorer and view previews and metadata.

  • Viewer options: row/grid item size, show/hide size.
  • Context menu: rename, cut, copy, paste, duplicate, delete, favorite and tag assign.
  • Multi-select with dedicated context menu options.
  • Double click to open, or open with from context menu
  • Quick View: an in-app viewer for images, videos, text files, code with syntax highlighting, PDFs.

• Browse unique files by category on Overview screen

• Create Tags and assign them to files, browse tagged files from sidebar.

• Library statistics: total capacity, database size, preview media size, free space.

• Search Library via search bar or CTRL+F.

  • Searches online and offline Locations.

    Better search options coming soon, with filters for tags, location, kind etc.

• Pause, resume and cancel Jobs with recovery on crash via Job Manager widget.

• Light and dark theme with optional system sync

• 48 custom icons for file types.

• 250+ supported file types with "magic byte" detection.

• Automatic update installer.

• Opt-in Telemetry and local logs.