v1.5.0-beta

tobi/qmdv1.5.0-betaJun 13, 2026by gtsteffaniak

AI Summary

Focuses on PWA enhancements, search improvements, and file sharing capabilities.

Key Highlights

Restored PWA install prompt with sidebar button
Enhanced search with lazy matching and case sensitivity
Shares can have pinned files
App notifications for background file operations

New Features

Basic HTML viewer with relative reference support
Pinned files in shares
Lazy search match
Case sensitive search option
PWA camera/video capture buttons
Web Share API integration
Browser notifications for file operations

Full Release Notes

## What's Changed

 **New Features**:
 - Added basic html viewer with relative reference support (#2522)
 - Shares can have pinned files, requires a user to have edit access to share
 - Enhanced search
   - now uses "lazy" match by default. (#2509)
   - added missing `case sensitive` option in the UI
 - Progressive Web App (PWA) improvements
   - restored install prompt with sidebar install button (#2086)
   - camera and video capture buttons on upload (mobile-friendly `capture` inputs)
   - send files to other apps via the Web Share API (`Send to app` in the context menu)
 - App notifications for file operations (#2478)
   - optional browser notifications when uploads, chunked downloads, move/copy, or failures finish while the tab is in the background
   - single on/off toggle in Notifications settings, stored in browser local storage

 **Notes**:
 - [docker] upgraded ffmpeg version 8.1 to 8.1.1

 **BugFixes**:
 - fixed PWA manifest `scope` and `id` so install works when the app is served under a base URL
 - installing a public share as a PWA now opens the share URL instead of the site root (#2302)

**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/gtsteffaniak/filebrowser/compare/v1.4.4-beta...v1.5.0-beta