v0.8.5-beta
gtsteffaniak/filebrowserv0.8.5-betaSep 13, 2025by gtsteffaniak
AI Summary
This is a significant feature release for filebrowser with major backend improvements for media metadata processing, including album art thumbnails and optional folder thumbnails. Key enhancements include persistent folder view settings, HEIC image support via ffmpeg, OnlyOffice viewer mode, and universal Next/Previous navigation buttons. Note: There are known regressions with onlyoffice support, document previews, and webp that will be fixed in the next release.
Key Highlights
- Backend media metadata processing with significantly improved performance and album art thumbnails in listing view
- Remember folder view type (and sorting) for each folder individually
- HEIC image support in viewer via ffmpeg conversion on non-Safari browsers
- OnlyOffice add option to open documents in viewer mode (view-only)
- Universal Next/Previous buttons with Quick Jump feature for all listing items
New Features
- Album art thumbnail support (indexAlbumArt: true config option)
- Optional thumbnail support for folders using first child item as cover
- Per-folder view type and sorting persistence
- HEIC image preview support via ffmpeg conversion
- OnlyOffice view-only mode option (integrations.office.viewOnly)
- Exclude folders and files by 'starting with' or wildcard pattern
- Better error information for failed uploads
- Upload 'clear all' option to clear error and conflict states
- Share 'default view mode' option
- Universal Next/Previous buttons with draggable Quick Jump prompt
- Hide @eaDir folder by default (Synology compatibility)
- Move to destination folder after move/copy operation
Full Release Notes
## What's Changed > [!CAUTION] > There have been a few regressions found: onlyoffice support and some document preview issues, webp preview, and inablity to scroll user edit menu. A fix will be released in the next couple of days. If these issues don't bother you, feel free to use this release in the meantime. **New Features**: - backend media metadata processing - significantly improved performance - album artwork shows in listing view as preview thumbnail Album art thumbnail (when enabled `indexAlbumArt: true` -- can slow down indexing if there's many audio files) #925 - Folders can show album art if `Show thumbnails for folders if available` is enabled in profile settings. - removed need for frontend dependencies. - optional thumbnail support for folders -- uses first child item with thumbnail as cover. Useful in combination with album metadata support to show album covers for folders with music. - Remember folder view type (and sorting) for each folder #966 - heic is supported in viewer (via ffmpeg conversion) when on non-safari browser. This can be enabled via `integrations.ffmpeg.convert.impagePreview.heic: true` #1191 - OnlyOffice: Add option to open documents in viewer mode (`integrations.office.viewOnly`) #1193 - Exclude folders and file names 'starting with' or wildcard option #1054 - added better info for failed uploads #1050 - upload prompt "clear completed" can be changed to "clear all" in uploads & downloads settings to clear error and conflict states as well. #1128 - share 'default view mode' option #1212 - Universal Next/Previous buttons - available for all listing items (including office/markdown etc) - remembers sort order from parent directory - new "Quick Jump" prompt if you drag the next/previous icons. This shows other files available to "jump" directly to quickly. **Notes**: - Added more tests to ensure new features work in future. - caching for preview images is md5 based. Moved, renamed, or duplicate images don't get re-generated. Same album artwork shares cache. - Hide @eaDir folder by default #1212 - defaults to hide "@eadir" folders (common for synology) #1212 - After move/copy, ability to move to the destination folder #999 **BugFixes**: - Access Management: issue with access settings #1195 - fix shutdown panic related to sse connection - Custom theming not working in 0.8.4 beta #1204 - Config Viewer not working #1189 - "Path not found" when trying to share a file or folder inside a sub-directory #1139 - files containing "+" in share issue #1089 ## New Contributors * @NotAlexNoyle made their first contribution in https://github.com/gtsteffaniak/filebrowser/pull/1205 * @HRTK92 made their first contribution in https://github.com/gtsteffaniak/filebrowser/pull/1215 <img width="346" height="143" alt="image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/e14340ab-bfe4-49e6-b93f-aaace1e399c3" /> <img width="391" height="237" alt="image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/b1c86efa-16d5-40b7-8193-7091e9c75b13" /> <img width="671" height="322" alt="image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/ca8a9c62-7f03-4663-8e8e-ca059370fed3" /> **Full Changelog**: https://github.com/gtsteffaniak/filebrowser/pull/1218